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IHRA: State Capitol Summit Sportsman Nat’l Champ Event To Be Rescheduled For August
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The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) and State Capitol Raceway will move their rescheduled IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship event from September 7—10, 2017 to August 3—6, 2017, the sanctioning body announced.
Due to torrential rains and widespread flooding during the month of May, IHRA and State Capitol Raceway postponed the June 1—4 event until September. It was the best-available weekend, but it was just two weeks before the season-ending event at Dragway 42 in West Salem, Ohio, leaving little flexibility should weather again become an issue.
The sanctioning body and race track identified the first weekend in August, which at the time of the postponement was not a viable option, as the best time for the rescheduled IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship event. The event is now officially scheduled for August 3—6, 2017.
The weekend will begin with a test & tune session on Thursday, August 3 with three separate IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship events following on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
“We always want to do what’s best for the racers, and squeezing that event into the window right before the last race of the season could have made things hard on the competitors—especially if we had another weather problem. This August date gives us more flexibility for whatever might come up,” IHRA division director Frank Kohutek said in a written statement.
The next event on the IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship schedule is set for June 23—June 25 at the Piedmont Dragway in Julian, North Carolina.
Due to torrential rains and widespread flooding during the month of May, IHRA and State Capitol Raceway postponed the June 1—4 event until September. It was the best-available weekend, but it was just two weeks before the season-ending event at Dragway 42 in West Salem, Ohio, leaving little flexibility should weather again become an issue.
The sanctioning body and race track identified the first weekend in August, which at the time of the postponement was not a viable option, as the best time for the rescheduled IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship event. The event is now officially scheduled for August 3—6, 2017.
The weekend will begin with a test & tune session on Thursday, August 3 with three separate IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship events following on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
“We always want to do what’s best for the racers, and squeezing that event into the window right before the last race of the season could have made things hard on the competitors—especially if we had another weather problem. This August date gives us more flexibility for whatever might come up,” IHRA division director Frank Kohutek said in a written statement.
The next event on the IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship schedule is set for June 23—June 25 at the Piedmont Dragway in Julian, North Carolina.
