The first of twelve special Sunday afternoon, Summit SuperSeries point events scheduled for the 2009 season will be run on April 26th.

Seven classes will be contested, with the most expensive race entry fee being just $25.00

The Top, Mod, Street, Junior Fuel, and Junior Super Stock classes all offer guaranteed cash race purses. Competition is also offered in trophy classes for motorcycle and junior stock racers.

Racers are NOT required to be part of the track's points program nor members of the IHRA to compete at any Dragway 42 Summit SuperSeries event however contingency awards at individual events and over $6,000 in cash and prizes in season championship awards are available as bonuses to Dragway 42 point racers.

The name says it all!

Participants will pay just $50 to cover the total entry fees for the entire weekend's activities including a test & tune on Friday, a $1,000 to win event on Saturday, and a $1,000 to win event on Sunday.

The Memorial Day "Cheap Race Weekend" program will be a Box / No Box combo with the winner in each category advancing to the $1,000 to win final round.

The 2009 Midwest SRT Nationals hosted by Realtune Performance and NEOH SRTs will contest the drag racing and show portions of their Father's Day Weekend event at Dragway 42.

This year the Midwest Nats, open to all SRTs with all modern Mopars invited as special guests, will take place around the Medina / West Salem Ohio area where dyno, track and accommodation facilities are available for use within 30 minutes of each other. Be sure to attend and participate as there will be a host of super shiny, record-breaking, dyno raging cars there!

The event is open to All SRT Vehicles and modern (1985-up) Mopars including K Platform, Turbo Mini Vans, Daytonas, Neons, Lasers, Trucks, Modern Chryslers, Modern Jeeps, Modern Plymouths, etc.

Three drag racing classes (Street, Stock Turbo, and Open) will be run at this event. The show portion of the event will include awards for Best Interior, Best Exterior, and Best Engine Bay.

For additional details including event registration information, click .

An April rainout has moved the track's 52nd Anniversary Racer Appreciation "Free Race" and IHRA Ironman Classic presented by Drag Review Magazine to the Independence Day.

This event becomes the meat in Dragway 42's exciting 3-day, holiday weekend racing sandwich!

The July 4th Racer Appreciation event will feature four separate classes of competition (Box, No Box, Street Trophy, and Junior Dragster Combo) with all four class winners taking home an IHRA Ironman trophy.

In addition, the Box and No Box classes at this event will both offer $500 to the winners and $200 to the runners-up.

For the 2009 Racer Appreciation event, there is no race entry fee. Participants pay just the regular $10 general admission fee and may race in their choice of any single class for free.

Dragway 42's extremely popular "Rock and Race" event returns for a 4th consecutive year.

This award winning, full weekend event continues a tradition of focusing on vintage drag racing action plus performances from multiple live bands.

All forms of the car culture are on display with the cruise-in, car show, car corral, swap meet, and vendors while the burnout contest and pin-up girl contest should not be missed.

The racers who are "the future of the sport" get their place in the spotlight as the Ohio State Junior Dragster Championships again returns to Dragway 42.

This event will feature 3 classes of competition for 3 age groups. The Junior Fuel and Junior Super Stock eliminators will be highlighted with $500 cash to win purses in both classes. Junior Stock racers will compete in a trophy class at this event.

A pit party will be held on Saturday evening and all of the junior racers are invited to stay over and participate in Sunday, August 9th's regularly scheduled Summit SuperSeries race day with its 3 classes of Junior Dragster competition.

The title says it all. Enjoy a day and night of action with ground pounding, earth shaking jet and wheelstander exhibition runs plus great drag racing competition in a $1,000 to win bracket class.

The name says it all!

Participants will pay just $50 to cover the total entry fees for the entire weekend's activities including a test & tune on Friday, a $1,000 to win event on Saturday, and a $1,000 to win event on Sunday.

The Labor Day "Cheap Race Weekend" program will be an all-No Box event.

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The 2008 event was our biggest ever. Can we make it better for 2009?

Three big days of drag racing action, fun races, and all of the great Halloween activites return to Dragway 42 in this 11th Annual event.

Trailer decorating, costume contests, trick-or-treat, and more are joined with special activites such as Saturday night's wheelie contest to make the "Halloween Thing" weekend the season's most exciting and enjoyable event for folks from all age groups.

For a printable "Halloween Thing" Weekend Event flyer, click .