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Students Shine in Summit Motorsports Park Racing to Read Program

For the second year in a row, Summit Motorsports Park offered a Racing to Read program to students in kindergarten through sixth grade at select schools, and participation was plentiful for the three-week race-themed program which recently wrapped up.

Colorful bookmarks, keychains, pencils and erasers were among the prizes presented to students as they read – and recorded how much they read – during the at-home program. Recognized as Top Readers for having read the most when the program came to a close were Cody Miller of Maplehurst Elementary, Brooklyn Younce of Pleasant Elementary, Melissa Isais of League Elementary and Ryan Mortus of Norwalk Catholic Elementary, all in Norwalk, Ohio.

For their exceptional efforts, they each will receive a Fire Kids Edition Tablet, a certificate of achievement and two adult and two children’s tickets for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, June 22-25 at Summit Motorsports Park.

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Super Summit 2017 to Showcase Beautiful Cars and BIGFOOT

The spotlight will be on cars shined up to show and souped up to go at Super Summit 2017 presented by Summit Racing Equipment, June 9-10 at Summit Motorsports Park. Admission is free for participants and spectators.

Super Summit 2017 will feature a non-judged cruise-in, and participants can make fun-runs down the same track Summit Racing Equipment-sponsored Pro Stock drivers Greg Anderson and Jason Line and other famous drivers compete on.

The event also will include an autocross course.

“We have seen interest grow in autocross activities, and this is a chance for our customers to try it in a non-competitive format,” said Jim Greenleaf, Motorsports and Events Manager for Summit Racing Equipment, headquartered in Tallmadge, Ohio. “Instructors from Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course will be on hand to coach people, and cars from top autocross suppliers like RideTech will also be there.”

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Summit Motorsports Park Seeks Alternative to Ruling to Remove Light Poles

As the president of a motorsports venue that annually welcomes more than 500,000 fans for sportsman and professional drag racing, Bill Bader, Jr. was proud to announce the installation of a state-of-the-art lighting system in 2016 to illuminate both sides of the track surface at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.

Designed by Musco, it cost $400,000 and features 15 steel poles on the Budweiser side of the park from the head of staging to the sandtrap, where an additional pole is located on the Summit side of the park.

The lighting vastly improves driver and fan experience at the park, which the Baders have owned for nearly 45 years and which has been named Track of the Year seventeen times by the National Hot Rod Association, National Muscle Car Association and International Hot Rod Association and received the Greater Ohio Showmen’s Association’s Best Special Event Award in 2016.

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Hall Sets Sights on Success at Summit Motorsports Park in 2017

Dennis Hall has celebrated many accomplishments since he began racing at Summit Motorsports Park in the early 1990s, but the Mansfield, Ohio resident said none have been as impactful as the most recent.

He was named the 2016 Bill Bader Sportsman of the Year during Summit Motorsports Park’s 43rd Accel Banquet of Champions in January 2017 at Sawmill Creek Resort in Huron, Ohio, and was welcomed to the stage by previous Sportsmen of the Year as hundreds in attendance applauded.

“I was honored beyond belief,” said Hall, an engineer for Warren Rupp, Inc. in Mansfield, Ohio. “I appreciated every hug and every handshake as I made my way to the stage, and once I got there, it was very humbling to be standing alongside people who had been named Sportsman of the Year before me. It’s a great group of people.”

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Track Rentals Available at Summit Motorsports Park

Track rentals are now being scheduled for mid-April through October, 2017 at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.

Track manager Sam Lance and the committed track crew will provide custom track preparation for sportsman and professional drivers in street-tired, slick-tired and drag radial-tired vehicles of all horsepower levels.

They’ll also professionally and promptly run the program, which is popular for drivers who want to make repeated passes to dial in combinations or chassis, drivers who want to test privately and members of car clubs.

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Edelbrock Named Title Sponsor of Summit Motorsports Park’s Super Series

Summit Motorsports Park is proud to announce that Edelbrock has been named title sponsor of the park’s popular Super Series.

Categories including Edelbrock Super Pro, Edelbrock Pro, Edelbrock Sportsman Delivered on Time by TFC Transportation, Wiseco/Cycle Tech Super Bike, Edelbrock Stock, NHRA Junior Street and Novice, Intermediate and Advanced Bear Motorsports Junior Dragsters presented by Wiseco will be part of the Edelbrock Super Series contested on select Saturdays April 22 through Oct. 7, 2017.

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Summit Motorsports Park Champions Celebrated During Ceremony

The remarkable accomplishments of the 2016 Summit Motorsports Park champions were celebrated at the 43rd Annual Accel Banquet of Champions at Sawmill Creek Resort in Huron, Ohio, on January 14, 2017.

The ceremony opened with music, special lighting and side-by-side entrances by Bear Motorsports Junior Dragster presented by Wiseco Novice champion Zachary Doell and his father, Dan Doell; Intermediate champion Michael Crowell and his father, Steve Crowell; Advanced champion Courtney Grisez and her brother, Connor Grisez; Wiseco/Cycle Tech Superbike champion Rick McWaters and his girlfriend, Korbi Durfee; Accel Sportsman Delivered on Time by TFC Transportation champion Jim Ring and his wife, Kimberley Ring; Lakewood Pro champion Mike O’Rourke, Sr. and his son, Mike O’Rourke, Jr. and Quick Time Super Pro champion Allen Moore and his dad, Mike Moore.

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Summit Motorsports Park Named 2016 NMCA Track of the Year

During an especially engaging NMCA awards ceremony on Dec. 9, 2016 at the Indiana Convention Center, Summit Motorsports Park was named 2016 NMCA Track of the Year.

“NMCA is proud to have Summit Motorsports Park as a partner track, but even more proud to have it as a close and personal friend,” said Steve Wolcott, president and CEO of ProMedia Events, which produces NMCA, NMCA WEST and NMRA. “The B Guarantee (the park’s pledge to present the best show possible at the best price possible) was instrumental in the development of our own ProPledge customer service program, which has helped NMCA grow.”

The 2016 NMCA event at Summit Motorsports Park saw nearly twice as many cars and spectators as the 2015 event despite an unfavorable weather forecast, which Summit Motorsports Park president Bill Bader, Jr. attributes to the caliber of cars and competition featured.

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Summit Motorsports Park & Total Venue Concepts Partner for 2017 Shakedown at the Summit

Plans have been put into place for Summit Motorsports Park and Total Venue Concepts to partner for the Summit Racing Equipment Shakedown at the Summit 15 presented by Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels, Sept. 14-17, 2017 at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.

According to park president Bill Bader, Jr., Total Venue Concepts’ Kurt Johnson will collaborate with the park’s marketing team and track manager, Sam Lance, for the event’s marketing and track preparation.

“Shakedown is a really unique event for us, and it’s starting to take on its own identity,” said Bader, Jr. “Because of that, we want to do everything we can to ensure its continued success.”

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Free Cavalcade of Stars Tickets to Accompany Ticket Orders through Dec. 31

As a special and sensational bonus, Summit Motorsports Park fans who purchase tickets by Dec. 31, 2016 for events cavalcade-of-sportstaking place in 2017 will receive four tickets valued at $200 total for the 11th Annual Cavalcade of Stars presented by Budweiser.

The largest NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event in the country will be May 19-21, and is part of a lively line-up at America’s Racetrack that includes the 11th Annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, featuring 330-plus mph Top Fuel dragsters, Funny Cars and fireworks, June 22-25, Trick Flow Specialties Fun Ford Reloaded 2, July 7-9 and the 16th Annual Wanda Brand AkzoNobel Blue Suede Cruise, July 14-16.

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