Just one week after hosting the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Thunder Valley Nationals, Bristol Dragway was the site for the future stars of the sport with the O’Reilly Auto Parts Junior Drag Racing League Eastern Conference Finals.
Driving half-scale dragsters powered by five horsepower motors, racers will share a purse of $98,000 in savings bonds and take part in a week full of fun filled activities.
Speed may be the name of the game in NASCAR, but simply going fast hasn’t been enough to prevent Morgan-McClure Motorsports from enduring a frustrating 2007 season.
When the resurfacing project at Bristol Motor Speedway and Bristol Dragway forced the NHRA O’Reilly Thunder Valley Nationals to be moved from May to last weekend, it pushed back another event as well.
A former NASCAR publicist pleaded guilty Monday to several charges, including statutory rape and taking indecent liberties with a child, for his relationship with a young girl.
All four inductees have special banners featuring their likeness hanging from the back of the dragway grandstands. Their names are also affixed to the top of the suites that sit atop the grandstands.