As a special and sensational bonus, Summit Motorsports Park fans who purchase tickets by Dec. 31, 2016 for events taking 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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As a veteran of the United States Air Force and a parent with a passion for positively influencing children, AJ Myers of Copley, Ohio created Patriot 500 Racing in 2009.

As part of the nonprofit program, he visits schools to talk about science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and to aid in visualization, he takes with him his ’96 Top Sportsman Corvette, which is named American Pride.

Upon partnering with Summit Motorsports Park for the program in 2015, Myers tapped Bear Motorsports presented by Wiseco Intermediate Junior Dragster driver Aubrey Collins to help introduce it to drivers and their families, and he then announced a points program for 2016 for junior dragster drivers who sign up and run associated decals on their vehicles.

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Summit Motorsports Park will turn up the wick while offering everything from wheelstanders to wild racing and fireworks to fuelers as part of the 2017 season, and tickets to take it all in go on sale at noon Nov. 14, 2016.

A variety of packages and prices are available for the 11th Annual Cavalcade of Stars presented by Budweiser, the largest NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event in the country, May 19-21; the 11th Annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, featuring 330-plus mph Top Fuel dragsters, Funny Cars and fireworks, June 22-25 and Trick Flow Specialties Fun Ford Reloaded 2, which Ford fans will flock to, July 7-9.

The 16th Annual Wanda Brand AkzoNobel Blue Suede Cruise will captivate with a Sweet 16 theme, July 14-16; Dodges, Plymouths, AMCs and Chryslers will cruise in to the 5th Annual Monster Mopar Weekend, July 28-30 and everything from Tempests to Trans Ams will take to the track surface at the 26th Annual Ames Performance Pontiac Nationals, August 4-6.

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After watching his dad race a motorcycle for several years, Kyle Dolamore decided that he, too, wanted to race a motorcycle.

He began by climbing onto his dad’s Suzuki and learning the lay of the land at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio four years ago. After making a few modifications to the motorcycle to get it to run low tens – and to get him accustomed to going quicker and faster – he climbed onto a new Suzuki two years ago, and now lays down 8.50s in the track’s highly competitive Wiseco/Cycle Tech Super Bike category.

“Watching my dad race helped me a lot when I started racing, and it continues to help me today,” said Dolamore, of his dad, Tony Dolamore. “He also wanted me to ride with him, and I’m glad that I get to.”

Dolamore, who lives in Wellington, Ohio and is a senior at Black River High School in Sullivan, Ohio, finished in seventh place in Wiseco/Cycle Tech Super Bike points in 2016 after consistently going rounds. He also qualified to be part of the team representing Summit Motorsports Park at the NHRA North Central Division Summit Racing Series Finals at Lucas Oil Raceway, Sept. 16-18, 2016, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Following a year filled with remarkable and record-setting racing at Summit Motorsports Park is the release of its 2017 schedule.

Among the offerings are the 36th Annual Spring Warm-Up on April 15 followed by the 11th Annual Cavalcade of Stars presented by Budweiser, which is billed as the largest NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event in the country, May 19-21.

Super Summit, which sees sizable increases in racers and race fans each year, is June 9-10, and the 11th Annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, which is heavy on high horsepower and high mph Top Fuel dragsters, Funny Cars and fireworks, is June 22-25. Fords will be the focus for Fun Ford Reloaded 2, July 7-9, and street-rodders will cruise in for the Sweet 16 Wanda Brand AkzoNobel Blue Suede Cruise, July 14-16.

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Riveting and rip-roaring action will be rolled out at the 40th Annual Kelly Services Night Under Fire, which is slated to be the most action-packed presentation of the time-honored and treasured event yet.

Tickets are available now for the spectacle set for Aug. 12, 2017 at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.

“In honor of the 40th anniversary, Summit Motorsports Park will unveil a never-before-seen show,” said Bill Bader, Jr., president of Summit Motorsports Park. “There will be new talent, a new $125,000 fireworks show, a new theatrical light show and new special effects.”

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Martin Connelley’s successful race season started as soon as he climbed into Jason Martin’s ’93 Mustang motivated by a BES-built big-block Ford on nitrous and drove to a 7.77 and a runner-up finish in Edelbrock Xtreme Street at the 14th Annual Ross Racing Pistons NMCA Muscle Car Mayhem in Florida in March.

While he went on to earn a third place finish in points in the category when the series wrapped in August, he wasn’t ready to hang up his helmet.

He proved that by powering Eddie McCarty’s ’86 Mustang to a 5.04 to qualify third in Team Z Motorsports Ultra Street at the Summit Racing Equipment Shakedown at the Summit presented by Mickey Thompson Performance Tires and Wheels, Sept. 16-18, 2016 at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. Then, he trapped an incredible 4.99 in the second round of eliminations to become the first driver with an 8.2 deck nitrous-fed engine to dip into the 4s in the ultra-competitive Ultra Street.

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While he’s been crossing the country to compete in Ultra Street, Ultra 275, Nitrous X and MX235 and racking up wins along the way, Shawn Pevlor of Cincinnati, Ohio had his sights set on sailing in Team Z Motorsports Ultra Street at the Summit Racing Equipment Shakedown at the Summit presented by Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels, Sept. 16-18, 2016 at Summit Motorsports Park.

He did just that by motivating his Mustang to an incredible 4.763 and 148 mph in qualifying to ceremoniously set the elapsed-time record for the category, which multi-time champion Butch Kemp of Romeo, Michigan had held since March with a 4.773. Then, he went on to win the race with a 4.78 and 147 mph.

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While rain was nonstop for the first half of the Summit Racing Equipment Shakedown at the Summit presented by Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels, action was nonstop for the second half of the event Sept. 16-18, 2016 at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.

At stake was a $150,500 purse, including $40,000 to win in ProLine Outlaw Pro Mod, which is the largest purse ever paid in Summit Motorsports Park history.

As the event’s quickest and fastest category contested on the quarter-mile, ProLine Outlaw Pro Mod featured cars with superchargers, turbos and nitrous and ten out of 27 of them clicked it in the high fives in qualifying. Don Walsh, Jr. drove the loud and proud Skinny Kid Race Cars ’72 Olds to a 5.85 to lead the pack, but the final round featured Flash Fiscus and his ’12 Mustang and Melanie Salemi and her ’68 Firebird. Fiscus flew to a 5.97 to find victory over Salemi, who ran into trouble and lifted to a 12.22. While Fiscus was photographed with the $40,000 check in the winner’s circle, his proud parents were later spotted posing for a photo with it, too.

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