Sonoma Raceway will host more than 45 days of racing action on its drag strip during the 2019 season, as the Sonoma Valley facility celebrates 50 years of racing in wine country.

The NHRA Sonoma Nationals will highlight the schedule for the 32nd consecutive year, as the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series returns for its only stop in Northern California. The NHRA Division 7 Drag Races, presented by Korbel, Summit ET Bracket drag racing and the popular Wednesday Night Drags program also return to the drag strip.

The 10,000-horsepower machines of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series will rattle the grapevines as NHRA’s best go head-to-head in the world’s fastest race cars, reaching speeds over 330 mph, July 26-28. The 2019 national event will also feature the return of jet dragsters following Friday night qualifying. The weekend will also look back 50 years of drag racing history in Sonoma, as the raceway celebrates the sports legends, it’s memorable moments and incredible fans throughout the race weekend.

In addition, the raceway’s popular Wednesday Night Drags program enters its 31st  season this year, which attracts more than 200 drivers nightly. The amateur drag racing competition runs most Wednesday evenings from March 13-November 13 and gives anyone with a driver license and a car that passes a simple technical inspection a chance to race down the quarter-mile drag strip.

The fan-favorite Top the Cops program, which gives teens the chance to race against law enforcement officers, who compete in full uniform in their official vehicles on the quarter-mile drag strip, will also run from April through August in conjunction with Wednesday Night Drags.

For more information, including the complete 2019 Sonoma Raceway Drag Racing Schedule, visit the Sonoma Raceway website.