For all racers who are entered into the track points program prior to the start of eliminations for that event...

• A racer receives 10 "participant" points for each Dragway 42 Summit SuperSeries event where an entry is paid, a tech card is submitted, and the racer is paired with another vehicle in the first round of eliminations for that event.



• A racer receives 10 additional points for each round of eliminations that is won at that event. This includes a normal round win over an opponent, a bye run due to an odd number of cars in the round or due to competition breakage, or the disqualification of an opponent.


***Buyback rounds and beyond do not accumulate points***


• A racer whose vehicle breaks before eliminations has two options. The first option is to take a "break pass" and receive NO points for the event. The second option is to notify the tower that the vehicle is broken and will not run in the first round. If the tower is notified of this fact before the first round of eliminations, the racer will still receive their 10 "participant" points for that event.


With this program, racers are no longer forced to run their tow vehicle, etc. to receive first round points as was necessary in previous years. A racer must be present at the track and must make a time trial using their competition number to be eligible for this option to collect their 10 points for participation at the event.

IT IS THE RACER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO NOTIFY THE TOWER IF YOU ARE BROKEN, WILL NOT MAKE FIRST ROUND, AND WISH TO CLAIM YOUR "PARTICIPANT" POINTS.

Point Calculation Examples:

• Racer A has signed up for the 2008 Dragway 42 Points program for the Wind-It-Tight Engines Mod class. He wins his first and second round races, but has a .0005 redlight in round three to end his day. Racer A receives 10 points for participation in the first round of eliminations plus 10 points for his win in the first round plus 10 points for his round in the second round, earning a total of 30 points for the event.


• Racer B is also signed up for the 2008 Dragway 42 Points program for the Top class. He has some bad luck in round one, his vehicle stalls in the waterbox and his opponent receives a competition bye run. Racer B fixes the problem, buys back into round two, then goes five more rounds to win the event. Racer B receives 10 points for participation in the first round of the Top Class. He does not receive any points for the first round loss or any points for the rounds won after the buyback, earning a total of 10 points for the event.

POINT FEES: Entry to the season-long Dragway 42 track points program is $60 for the Top and Mod classes; $50 for the Street and Pro Bike classes; and $25 for the Jr. Fuel and Jr. Super Stock classes. Jr. Stock points entry is free of charge.

Racers wishing to be part of the Summit SuperSeries must also be current IHRA members. Racers participating at the IHRA Bracket Team Finals are also required to be current IHRA members.

The $10 "X" Number fee paid previously to IHRA for Summit SuperSeries point participation has been dropped for Dragway 42 racers for the 2008 race season.

BENEFITS: Point racers compete for track and sponsor provided cash and prize pools for their individual classes at Dragway 42.

The value of the awards issued by the track and sponsors to Dragway 42's racers who compete in the season-long track points program exceed $50,000 in cash and prizes.

At the national level, the IHRA Summit SuperSeries prize pool exceeds $250,000 in total value.

For 2008, the season-long track champion in Dragway 42 "Top" class will be the track's Summit SuperSeries Box class representative for the World Championship program and the season-long track champion in Wind-It-Tight Engines "Mod" class will be the track's Summit SuperSeries No Box class representative for the World Championship program. The first competition for those representatives will be at the IHRA Division 3 North Star Bracket Team Finals runoff at Pittsburgh Raceway Park in September.

Specific details of the Dragway 42 championship prizes for the individual classes as well as the World Championship may be found by clicking .

At the 12 scheduled Dragway 42/IHRA Summit SuperSeries events, racers are also eligible for up to $230 in contingency postings for a class win or runner-up from 9 different national, Summit SuperSeries sponsors. An additional $120 in contingency postings are available from 6 different Dragway 42 track based contingency sponsors for a class win at the 12 Dragway 42 Summit SuperSeries events as well as all Dragway 42 events with an advertised class winner purse of $2,000 or more.

Dragway 42 track based contingency sponsors include Akron Horsepower (service work), Chrome Gods (metal finishing), Dragway 42 (engine diaper usage), Medina Mountain Motors (service work), Rossler Transmissions (purchase or service), and Wind-It-Tight Engines (service work). The list of national series contingency sponsors may be found by clicking .

For 2008, Dragway 42 will host a total of 12 scheduled Summit SuperSeries points events. All of these events will be run on Sundays in 2008. The events are scheduled for the following dates:

Sunday, April 27
Sundays, May 11 and 18
Sundays, June 1, 8, and 22
Sundays, July 13 and 27
Sundays, August 10 and 24
Sundays, September 7 and 14

For 2008, the number of racers allowed to represent Dragway 42 as members of "Team 42" has been expanded.

At the end of the 2008 Dragway 42 point season, a team of 45 racers (43 participants and 2 alternates) from Dragway 42 will be invited to be a part of "Team 42" which will participate in the IHRA Division 3 NorthStar Bracket Team Finals that will be contested at Pittsburgh Raceway Park in late September.

All racers in all Dragway 42 point classes are eligible for consideration to be part of "Team 42".

The initial selection process will be based on the number of racers signed up for points in each class. For example, if half as many racers are signed up for Akron Horsepower Street than are signed up for Wind-It-Tight Mod, then initially half as many Street racers will be invited as Mod racers.

If any of the 45 racers initially invited to be part of "Team 42" are unable to participate in the Team Finals event, track management will work further down to point standings to select replacement racers for those spots to ensure that a full field of Dragway 42 team members are allowed to participate at the Bracket Team Finals event.

The specific breakout of the number of racers per class will be determined after the 6th point event of the year.