2017 Norwalk Night Under Fire Photos

Mother Nature provided a perfect day for the 40th Annual Kelly Services Night Under Fire at Summit Motorsports Park. A sellout crowd of 40,000 fans witnessed the largest 1 day race in the country. The program featured 8 nitro funny cars, jets, pro-mods, gassers, a wheelstander, the NDRL 7.0 pro category, the awesome Shockwave Jet Truck and $100,000 worth of fireworks to close out the night. Here is the story in photos by David Oakes.

The Prock Rocket continued its hot streak by winning the FC card with a 3.86 @ 323 mph over Cruz in the final

A resurgent Pedregon ran 3.93 and 3.92 back to back

Marty Snead got crossed up and tagged the outside wall in his Willys

Ernie Bogue’s Beast from the East won the jet dragster match ups

The awesome Shockwave truck spared the Norwalk asphalt this time around.

Dale Creasy’s Tek Pak funny car made a rare appearance.

Ron Hunter’s Turbo Dodge Stratus out ran John DeCerbo in the pro-mod final.

Brian Spotts’ It’s Crazy Anglia took home the gasser crown.

World Champ Ron Capps lights the candles in the night session

Of course, a large % of the crowd came to see the 16 time champ.

84 year old Jim Brewer’s Peacemaker Wheelstander