There is only one way to conclude Ohio Bike Week and that’s with a drag race.
We’re not talking about any old drag race. We’re talking about the largest, loudest and most exciting All Harley drag race in the Midwest. It’s the 22nd Annual AHDRA Ohio Bike Week Nationals and it’s coming to Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. With 16 classes of Harley’s in competition and a huge vendor midway there’s something for everyone. Ten thousand bikers and more Harley’s than you can count in a day will make you think you just got off the bus in Sturgis. Don’t just come for the races or the parts distributers; come for the experience, the Biker life style and the camaraderie. Hook up with old friends and meet new ones.The food is sensational and the Park is second to none.Come to the 22nd Annual AHDRA Ohio Bike Week Nationals and see: It's a GIGANTIC Weekend of....ground pounding, fuel guzzling, teeth chattering 'NITRO ACTION' on TWO WHEELS!
10 days of Ridin’ Rockin’ & Racin’!Ohio Bike Week begins Friday June 1 and runs through June 10. The All Harley Drag Racing Association (AHDRA) concludes Ohio Bike Week festivities at Summit Motorsports Park, June 8 - 10th. Go to Ohiobikeweek.com for complete schedule and updates.
Each admission ticket includes access into the pit areas and General Admission Parking is FREE!
Primitive Family CampingCamping for tents, pop-up, tent or folding camping trailers and Truck Campers. No generators will be permitted. Camping spaces are approximately 20' X 50' each. Campers will be parked on a first come, first serve basis. The campground location is subject to change dependent upon weather and ground conditions. Trackside Motorhome ParkingParking for motorhomes and recreational vehicles alongside the track. Parking in our trackside spots require that your vehicle be classified as a Class A, B or C Motorhome, Travel Trailers, Fifth Wheel, Sport Utility Trailer, Truck Camper. No Tents or Pop-Up trailers. Upon purchase of a camp ground site, campers will be provided with a list of rules and regulations. All person(s) staying in one of our camping locations are required to have a weekend admission ticket.
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Are you ready to celebrate speed, horsepower and our nation's birthday during the week of July 4th, 2012?
The NHRA race has been moved permanently to July 4th week, and in 2012 it will be July 5-8. Many of our guests will have Thursday, July 5 and Friday, July 6 as vacation days. Plan your summer around the 6th Annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals!Now, some of you will be able to see for the first time our new Friday night race format with non-stop entertainment including FIREWORKS. Besides the fast Pro Stock Cars, the exciting nitro-burning Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars, you'll see Bob Motz' jet powered Kenworth, 300 mile-per-hour jet powered dragsters and our signature fireworks show celebrating our nation's 236th birthday. And to help make this a more affordable family vacation, Friday reserved seats for kids 12-under are FREE with paid adult reserved tickets!
The Top Eliminator Club is the ‘ultimate’ race fan hospitality package. Fans have an opportunity to choose their reserve seats in one of two premiere starting line seating sections; access to a private hospitality chalet which includes a catered buffet, live on track-closed circuit television and private restrooms; and receive an exclusive member’s only event goodie-bag. The Top Eliminator Club ticket package includes the following:
Top Eliminator Club VIP Package is $325/per person
Call 419-668-5555 to reserve your tickets today!
The Lucas Oil winners were Marty Thacker (Top Alochol Dragster), Fred Hagen (Top Alcohol Funny Car), David Rampy (Comp), Bob Marshall (Super Stock), Edmond Richardson (Stock), Nick Folk (Super Comp), Mark Horton (Super Gas), Ryan Ondrejko (Top Sportsman), and Troy Stone (Top Dragster). Mike Castellana won the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Race.
Each ticket includes access into the pit areas.General Admission Parking is FREE!
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Save Time, Book Now and Save $$$$Summit Motorsports Park is proud to introduce four hotel properties presenting special “limited time” offers to race fans. Please secure your rooms quickly before these good deals are all gone!Great Wolf Lodge Guest makes reservations by doing the following:1. Call toll free: 800-641-Wolf (9653)2. Use the Group Name: Summit Racing NHRA Nationals3. Use Block Code:1207SUMM4. Room Rate: $154.00 + $9.99 Resort Fee + tax per nightSawmill Creek Resort Guest makes reservations by doing the following:1. Call toll free: 1-800-Sawmill (729-6455) a. Use the Group Name: Summit Racing NHRA Nationals2. Go to www.sawmillcreek.com a. Click on “Make A Reservation”… then “Groups” b. Enter Group ID: 653 c. Enter Password: 10850005733. Room Rate: $150+ tax per nightBreakers ExpressGuest makes reservations by doing the following:1. Call: 419-627-21062. Use the Group Name: Summit Racing NHRA Nationals3. Use Block Code: NHRA064. Room Rate: $122 + tax per nightBest Budget Inn SanduskyGuest makes reservations by doing the following:1. Call: 419-626-3610 Ext 02. Use the Group Name: Summit Racing NHRA Nationals3. Room Rate: $69 + tax on Thursday and Sunday, $119.00 + tax on Friday and Saturday
Schedule Subject to change without notice!
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Long before there was a Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, there was the Fonz, Richie Cunningham, the real Elvis Presley, Doo Wop music and the most unbelievable cars on the planet. Saturday night at the Big Boy Drive-In Restaurant was the original Blue Suede Cruise. Life couldn’t be any better. Think back to those wonderful nights backed into a parking spot, eating a hamburger off a window tray and sucking down a Coke. If you only knew then that the original muscle cars and the ones with the frenched headlights, no door handles and hood louvers cruising past you all night long would still be cruising and be at the Wanda, AkzoNobel "Blue Suede Cruise" at Summit Motorsports Park you could have planned ahead for a lot less money. Those were the days of the firsts. Your first car, your first speeding ticket, your first date and your first………….we’ll leave it at that.
Today there may be no more firsts but the memories are alive and well as Summit Motorsports Park. The Fonz, Cunninghams and Elvis are all gone but the cars and Doo-Wop live on. For the ones with a bit of grey in what hair may be left the Blue Suede Cruise will bring back the greatest times of your lives and for your kids and grandkids it will leave them green with envy looking at what they missed.
Well, we have a secret for all of you below forty. You haven’t missed it yet. Come to the Summit this summer and wrap yourselves in thousands of candy-colored Hot Rods, Customs, Classics, Muscle Cars & Trick Trucks. As a special treat they don’t just sit there. There are unlimited Fun-Runs down the Summit Motorsports Park quarter-mile dragstrip. This is a don’t miss event. We’ll be there, how about you?
Pre-register before the event starts and receive tickets to the Friday Night BBQ!
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For those of you that have never attended the Wanda, AkzoNobel Blue Suede Cruise let me tell you what your entry buys you at Summit Motorsports Park. Here’s the 30-second tour: Thousands of Hot Rods & Classics on display, Fun Runs all day long on the ¼ mile, Vendors & Exhibitors all over the place, a swap meet, a car corral, the very popular Atomic Age Bazaar and the always packed Women’s World. For entertainment there is the Saturday Night Concert, huge fireworks, flame throwing and the gorgeous Neon Parade of Lights.If you and your family enjoy going to the local cruise-in events you will go nuts at this one. It is by far the Largest Street Rod Event in the Midwest! You deserve it and so does your Hot Rod.
It’s a weekend in Paradise and you are invited.
What is there to do at Summit Motorsports Park after I’ve seen all the cars in the Wanda, AkzoNobel Blue Suede Cruise? You wouldn’t believe how many times we’ve been asked that very question over the years. My answer has always been “This must be your first time here!”
The Blue Suede Cruise is a little bit like a 3-ring circus. There’s always something going on and there’s always something for every member of the family.
There’s the Manufacturers Midway with just about anything your heart desires to turn your Pinto into one of those fire breathing monsters you have spent the day taking pictures of. By the way, should you really happen to have a Pinto, don’t miss the twenty or so brand new looking ones on display.The Swap Meet is designed for those that need that special Widget or Trungeon Bearing for their 1953 Nash Rambler. Most of the collectable stuff you see for sale is high-demand got to have mechanical parts to keep the love of your life on the road.
The Car Corral will accommodate those that want to sell their rolling stock and those who want to buy it. The Wanda, AkzoNobel Blue Suede Cruise at Summit Motorsports Park is a must if you need to pay off the house or if the kids have finally left the nest and there’s room in the driveway for that bright yellow and chrome love of your life that you know will really make the neighbors hate you. I know, you just can’t wait.The Atomic Age Bazaar features all kinds of things from the days of Duck and Cover. The what? OK, try this explanation then. Way back when, the country was afraid of Atomic warfare and for some reason they made really silly things like chrome legs on kitchen tables, weird shaped furniture and pictures by some guy that couldn’t paint a straight line if he had to. They also had real cool hood ornaments, great gas pumps and signs you would sell the kid’s Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle for. What do you mean the little woman won’t come with you? Tell her it’s a Deco display. She will beat you to the car.
Why? Because they deserve a day off too!Who says there’s nothing for the gentler sex to do at Summit Motorsports Park while attending the Wanda, AkzoNobel Blue Suede Cruise? There’s plenty to do, like push the car, watch the kids, push the car, get lunch ready and of course push the car.
There just might be one other little thing to do that I have been told not to make a big deal out of by a lot of the male racers. It will make the ladies very happy and their ‘other half’ very poor. That’s right Ladies, they said it would never be back, it couldn’t come back, it shouldn’t be back……Well, IT’S BACK and it’s bigger than ever.It’s the sensational Summit Motorsports Park Women’s World and it’s going to be a bigger Excellent Adventure than ever before. The tent is huge, the entertainment is you and the vendors are to die for. We have compiled a partial promissory list of who’s going to be there. There’s Jewelry, lots of jewelry – Bling-Bling-Bling and everything that goes with it. How about some Mary Kay and the Pampered Chef just down the block from huge lipstick booths and beautiful home-made candles? Don’t miss the wood working displays and all the craft booths. With everything that’s going on for the entire family there’s no reason not to attend the Wanda, AkzoNobel Blue Suede Cruise at Summit Motorsports Park. If you are interested in a booth call Bobbie at 419-668-5555.
Look who’s coming to Summit Motorsports Park and the Blue Suede Cruise Saturday night, July 21 at 8pm. The wild and crazy heroes of real rock ‘n roll, Phil Dirt & the Dozers, will explode on stage for what’s being billed as the greatest sounds of the past in the world today.Come travel back to a time when life was simple, the world a bit smaller and poodle skirts, saddle shoes and the corner drug store were all a part of life. There’s only one way to time travel to the days of Rock ‘n Roll and that’s at a Phil Dirt & the Dozers world class rock concert. The most popular vintage rock and roll show in the nation will help you recapture those wonderful days!With their musical talent, high energy and contagious sense of humor, Phil Dirt & the Dozers will transport you to another time and place. Sit back and listen to the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean and the Platters’ Only You. The Phil Dirt Time Machine also stops in the '70's, where you'll experience some of their greatest hits including those from the Doobie Brothers, Grand Funk Railroad, The Eagles and even the O'Jays.The concert takes place Saturday evening at 8pm, followed by a neon parade, flame throwing contest and firework show!
1972 & Older Street Rod Entry
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Primitive Family CampingCamping for tents, pop-up, tent or folding camping trailers and Truck Campers located in the northern Summit side along Wilson's fenceline. No generators will be permitted. Camping spaces are approximately 20' X 50' each. The campground location is subject to change dependent upon weather and ground conditions. 2012 RV and Motorhome-non-electric sites are located mid pits on the Budweiser side of the facility. Parking in RV/Motorhome requires that your vehicle be classified as as one of the following, Class A, B or C Motorhome, Travel Trailers, Fifth Wheel, Sport Utility Trailer, Truck Camper. No Tents or Pop-Up trailers. Upon purchase of a camp ground site, campers will be provided with a list of rules and regulations. All person(s) staying in one of our camping locations are required to have a weekend admission ticket.List of Area Lodging
2012 Wanda, AkzoNobel BLUE SUEDE CRUISE GUIDELINES
“This was my 5th Night Under Fire and it was awesome. How you put on a fantastic show year after year is short of amazing. My wife and I make it over 2 to 3 times a year. You all run a great facility. We love coming to the track and look forward to it every year. It is truly a fan friendly track.” - Todd Brest
"The fireworks display was beyond compare, it seems to get better each year. There were a lot of young children sitting around me and I had just as much fun watching the smiles on their faces as I did the racing." - Tim Stanislo
"I cannot express how great of an experience we had being there. It was amazing!!! I say that on behalf of us all and we cannot wait to come back again." - Patrice Riedel
"My family had such a great time, they're talking about next year already! What a great time they had while making memories for a life time." - Lori Carver
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Want to kick your Auto Plus Night Under Fire experience up a notch? The John Force Winner’s Circle is our premiere race fan hospitality package. JFWC members will sit in first-class starting line seats; have access to a private hospitality chalet which includes complimentary snacks, drinks and a sit down dinner; access to a private patio viewing area and private restrooms. Each patron will also receive a member’s only event goodie bag filled with exclusive Night Under Fire Souvenirs. The John Force Winner Circle package includes the following amenities:
Each John Force Winner’s Circle ticket just $199! Limited seating available, call 419-668-5555 to reserve your seats today!
Lots of cheering could be heard throughout the race park, as we kicked off our new “Ring of Fire” fire works show with gas bombs and a spray of pyro along the concrete walls of the drag strip, as the Pledge of Allegiance to this great Nation was recite by school age children. We expect more of the same reaction and can’t wait to show you Torch’s “Ring of Fire” creation for this year. All of which should certainly excite the senses!
JOHN FORCENot since the days of ‘Big Daddy’ Don Garlits has there been a drag racer like John Force. He is the most provocative, entertaining and talented member of the NHRA drag racing community of all time. His penchant for meeting as many of his millions of fans as humanly possible has made him the most popular Funny Car driver in the history of the sport.Courtney Force
Alexis DeJoriaJeff Arend, born a Canadian in 1962, Jeff turned to drag racing at age 17 and never looked back. He sort of turned Pro in 1985, earned his Funny Car license in ’94 by breaking the Moroso track record on his second pass in a flopper. In 1996 he beat up on John Force at a Canadian match race and won the 1996 NHRA Keystone Nationals Funny Car title. Many successful years later and he’s with the Kalitta Motorsports team knocking on the JFR team door every chance he gets. Jim Head has had personal success in everything he has ever done. Born in 1948 in Columbus, Ohio Jim has been his own man for his entire life. Earning a Civil Engineering Degree from Ohio State University in 1971 he started and still operates a huge very successful construction company located in his home town called Head Inc. Jim was one of the first drivers to use onboard computer technology and multi-stage clutch - now the standard in nitromethane racing. Always a tremendous competitor, Jim’s construction skills and safety-minded ideas have made him the favorite son of many of the national drag strips in the country. Let’s not forget his world famous and highly provocative HEAD T-shirts!Jim HeadJeff ArendDan Wilkerson
Bob Motz, the King of Quake, driving a 1998 W 900 Jet Kenworth will be back to shake up the house and to put on a fiery show like you've never seen before!
Larry “Spiderman” McBride (Top Fuel Motorcycle) is the first man to break the 5 second barrier on TWO wheels. He currently holds the ¼ mile ET record at 5.74 seconds at 240 mph. Larry received the “Spiderman” nickname from an NHRA announcer after he witnesses Larry’s unique riding style of ‘crawling’ around to keep the bike in the grove. Jill Canuso (Jet Dragster) may be petite, but don’t let her size fool you….she travels the quarter mile in over 300 mph in 5 seconds! Her competitors call her the “Little Jiant’ but we call her the ‘Queen of Diamonds’. Driving the “Terminator” jet dragster is none other than Lou Pereira, Canada’s fastest man on four wheels! He and Ernie Bogue will do their best not to allow Elaine Larsen or Jill Canuso out shine them this evening.
Ernie Bogue is a well respected Jet Dragster pilot who runs over 300 mph in five seconds. Leaving the Pro-Mod ranks six years ago to play with the fire eaters has proven quite successful with one exception. Living in a house with five girls, his wife and four daughters, the last thing he needs is to be beaten six years in a row by the Queen of Diamonds. Here’s hoping things change. Can you believe the razing he must get when he gets home?Elaine Larsen (Jet Dragster) has become a fan favorite at Summit Motorsports Park. She has a dynamo personality and her jet dragster makes more horsepower than the first four rows of race cars at the Daytona 500!
‘Drag Racing the old way’ is the Geezer Gasser motto. To be a member of this elite group, your vehicle must directly resemble as closely as reasonably possible the gas class vehicles of the mid 60’s or the “Gasser Wars” generation. The following drivers will be on site ready to talk about their gassers and the good old days of drag racing and during the show, they will entertain you with their driving skills. Chuck Lipka - ’41 Willys coupe “Little Booger”Randy Addington – 37’ Chevy Coupe “Addington Speed Shop”Bill Sworm – ’41 Willys Coupe “PT Willy”Jesse James – ’40 WillysCoup “The Gunslinger”Bill Caughron – ’48 Anglia “Golden Angel”Randy Tavoletti – ’41 Willys “Tavoletti and Gearhart Racing”
Each ticket includes access into the pit areas and General Admission Parking is FREE!
Family Primitive CampingCamping for tents, pop-up, tent or folding camping trailers and Truck Campers. No generators will be permitted. Camping spaces are approximately 20' X 50' each. Campers inside the Family Campgrounds must adhere to "quiet hours". The campground location is subject to change dependent upon weather and ground conditions. Scotty's Primitive Camping Camping for tents, pop-up, tent or folding camping trailers and Truck Campers located in Scotty's lot just west of the race track and Wilson's Gate C. No generators will be permitted. Camping spaces are approximately 20' X 50' each. The campground location is subject to change dependent upon weather and ground conditions. Scotty’s Primitive RV and MotorhomeParking for motorhomes and recreational vehicles in Scotty's lot off Route 18. Parking in Scotty's requires that your vehicle be classified as one of the following, Class A, B or C Motorhome, Travel Trailers, Fifth Wheel, Sport Utility Trailer, Truck Camper. No Tents or Pop-Up trailers. All occupants of any of our camping areas must have admission tickets. Please call our office with any of your questions.
Upon purchase campers will be provided with a list of rules and regulations. List of Area Lodging
Schedule subject to change without notice!
This is a point's race for our Mr. Gasket Super Series program. Race classes being contested this evening are: Mallory Super Pro, Hays Pro, Wiseco/Cycle Tech Super Bike and Accel Sportsman.
For anyone and everyone who got into racing purely for ‘The Fun of It’, the Classic is an event where fun is the rule of the day for both you and your family! With eight days of racing, camping, lottery prizes, bonus races, joke and limerick contests and random drawings... you can race or watch and have the time of your life! For most people, this alone would be worth the visit. But our team adds one more Spooktacular feature in the form of our famed Saturday: Fright Night!
Our park teams up on Saturday, October 27, 2012 with a conglomeration of ghosts, princesses, witches, cheerful cartoon characters and creepy ghouls as we embrace the best of Halloween traditions! Even our facility is cloaked in the spirit via pumpkin carving contests, decorated pit spaces and terrifying trailers! The energy is contagious! Who-o-o-o-o-ose costume is most original, scariest, prettiest...or sexiest? There are so many you’ll have to decide for yourself!
As evening falls...thousand of children tremble with barely suppressed excitement in preparation for the treasured TRICK OR TREAT hour! Motorized vehicles are parked. Engines are silenced and pit lights dimmed just prior to sending the children on their trek from one trailer to another, where they will collect treats of all kinds. They know they’ll never reach all 1200+ trailers, yet they scurry along pit roads, stuffing their grocery bags full of goodies! Think about it - when YOU were a child, could you have reached even 100 homes during TRICK OR TREAT? YOUR children can when they TRICK OR TREAT with us!
We race just about anything here at Summit Motorsports Park, even motorhomes!
When Trick or Treat draws to a close, motors from the fastest vehicles yet to qualify roar to life. The adult party and costumes contest commence, and the fastest cars entered in the main event make their final qualifying attempt. It's the adult witching hour - now the fun is also mom and dad’s! In one of the most popular features of the entire week, Fright Night lights up with our incredible Wheelie Contest, starring our bumper dragging, heart stopping ‘air show’! From the grandstands comes a unified gasp as raw power is applied in an effort to lob a vertical vehicular salute to Classic fans. Make no mistake, the drivers behind the wheel of these cars are... well...special.
The Halloween Classic isn’t just a race, it’s a happening! Often imitated, never duplicated - our Halloween Classic is the last blast of 2012. And it IS, a blast!
In early September, we will mail out the K&N Halloween Classic entry forms. If you do not receive mailings from Summit Motorsports Park and wish to be part of this fun filled week, then click here to join our mailing list. And specify you wish to receive a Halloween Classic brochure in the comment box. You must have an original registration form to pre-enter! We encourage racers to pre-enter for a number of reasons, one it expedites the entry process on Sunday October 21st and secondly the gambler’s races have limited fields.
A detailed event day schedule will be available at a later date.
