GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville to host the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Southeast Division on March 6-8. The event is one of 44 scheduled across the country where drivers earn points leading to divisional, regional and national championships as well as a chance at a share of the year-end purse of more than $519,000. Categories include Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock Eliminator, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street. The division’s Davis Golf Carts Top Sportsman Series and Hickory Enclosed Trailer Sales Top Dragster Series will also be run in conjunction with the event.
Gates at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville open at 8 a.m. each day. Qualifying and time trials start Friday at 10 a.m. and continue Saturday at 9 a.m. Comp Eliminator, Top Dragster and Top Sportsman qualify on Friday at 4:30 p.m. and Saturday at 12:30 and 5:30 p.m. Eliminations continue on Sunday morning at 9 a.m. Comp, Top Dragster and Top Sportsman round 1 begins at 10 a.m.
Tickets for Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville are $50 for a Weekend Pass. Children 12 and under are admitted free with a paid adult.
Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville is located on State Road 225, 3.5 miles north of the Gainesville Municipal Airport. For more information call the track, (352) 377-0046, or visit www.AutoPlusRaceway.com.
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES: Fact Sheet
WHAT: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series – The third of seven events in the Southeast Division competition where drivers earn points leading to divisional, regional and national championships as well as a chance at a share of the year-end purse of more than $519,000. Categories include Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock Eliminator, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street. The division’s Davis Golf Carts Top Sportsman Series and Hickory Enclosed Trailer Sales Top Dragster Series will also be run in conjunction with the event.
WHERE: Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville, Gainesville, Fla. Track is located on State Road 225, 3.5 miles north of the Gainesville Municipal airport.
WHEN: Friday through Sunday, March 5-8.
SCHEDULE: FRIDAY, March 6 – Qualifying and time trials begin at 10 a.m. Comp Eliminator, Top Dragster and Top Sportsman qualify at 4:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, March 7 – Qualifying and time trials begin at 9 a.m. Comp Eliminator, Top Dragster and Top Sportsman qualify at 12:30 and 5:30 p.m.
SUNDAY, March 8 – Eliminations continue at 9 a.m. Round 1 of Comp Eliminator, Top Dragster and Top Sportsman is at 10 a.m.
TICKETS: GENERAL ADMISSION/PIT PASS – Event Pass $60, Weekend Pass $50, Sunday $10. Children 12 and under are admitted free with a paid adult. For more information please call Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville, (352) 377-0046 or visit www.autoplusraceway.com.
2014 EVENT
WINNERS: Scott Richardson, Comp Eliminator; Tyler Caheely, Super Stock; Jeff Harrington, Stock Eliminator; Scott Lamar, Super Comp; Steve Furr, Super Gas; Chris Depascale, Super Street; John Benoit, Top Sportsman; Joe Di Pasquale, Top Dragster.
BONUS
PROGRAMS: NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES POINTS FUND: a $519,000 point fund from Lucas Oil, which will be shared by 2015 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series divisional, regional and national champions. Regional awards include $10,000 each to the Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car champions with Divisional awards of $3,000 to the champions in both Competition and Super Stock; $2,000 each to the champions in Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street. The seven national champions will share a bonus of $135,000.
JEGS ALLSTARS: The best of the best from each of NHRA’s seven divisions will compete for a share of the $124,000 point fund from JEGS High Performance. The 2015 JEGS Allstars event will culminate a year-long points battle between drivers in each of NHRA’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series’ eight classes as well as Top Sportsman and Top Dragster. The top points earner in each category will qualify to represent his/her division at the 2015 JEGS Allstars. Points are based on in-division races only.
The winning division and regional teams will share $25,000 and individual awards include $7,000 each to the Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car champions, $6,000 to champions in Comp Eliminator and Super Stock, $5,000 to Top Sportsman and Top Dragster champions, and $4,500 to the Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas, and Super Street champions. Runners-up in all categories will earn $2,000 apiece. Each Allstars competitor will also receive a share of a $25,000 towing fund to get to the event.
Event sponsor, JEGS High Performance, is offering a “double up” bonus to JEGS Allstars participants. Any 2015 JEGS Allstars champion who also wins the national event will have his/her Allstars prize doubled.
Davis Golf Carts Top Sportsman Series: Run in conjunction with the NHRA Lucas Oil Series, competitors in the Top Sportsman class are vying for division championships and a share in the year-end purse.
Hickory Enclosed Trailer Sales Top Dragster Series: Run in conjunction with the NHRA Lucas Oil Series, competitors in the Top Dragster class are vying for division championships and a share in the year-end purse
MOSER SPORTSMAN SHOOTOUT: Drivers who compete in seven NHRA sportsman classes will be eligible to participate in a new sportsman shootout program sponsored by Moser Engineering. Moser Engineering Sportsman Shootout qualifying points will be earned by competitors in Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas, Super Street, Top Dragster and Top Sportsman at each Southeast Division NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event. The Moser Sportsman Shootout will be held at the 2015 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Silver Dollar Raceway with a posted purse of $15,000, with the winner taking home up to $5,000.
Web address, www.AutoPlusRaceway.com or www.nhra.com
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