Ok Div. 5, 6, & 7 Sportsman racers.....

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by SPRSTK

IHRA Division 6 for Summit Super Series

To accompany its rapid expansion westward, the International Hot Rod Association is proud to announce the formation of a new division in the Summit SuperSeries made up of tracks in western Canada and the north west portion of the United States.

Beginning in 2011, 10 tracks in three Canadian provinces and four U.S. states will begin immediate competition in Division 6 with the Summit SuperSeries grassroots racing series. Each track will be eligible to compete in the Summit Team Finals which will be held next season at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta.

The newly formed division will consist of Castrol Raceway and Race City Motorsports Park in Alberta, Gimli Motorsports Park in Manitoba, Thunder Mountain Raceway, Prince George Motorsports Park and Nl’akapxm Eagle Motorplex in British Columbia and Rocky Mountain Raceways, Alaska Raceway Park, Magic City International Dragway and Philips County Motorsports Dragstrip in the United States.

“Forming this new division has been in the making for two years and it is great to finally see it come to life,” said Phil Gingerich, IHRA Director of Track Development. “This will provide the west coast exposure to the benefits of IHRA racing and could result in more new tracks joining in the future.”

IHRA officials also haven’t ruled out the possibility of expanding the division to include the Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am series in the near future. For now, however, the focus is on getting the founding tracks of the new division up and running as members of the Summit SuperSeries and continue to grow the division over the next few years.

Thanks Mike for your added info. I spoke with Scooter Peaco yesterday, and he told me much of the same things you put here, but he also told me that although the Rocky Mountain race is as Michael Beard mentioned, if the racers contact them in at least a 24ct participant number (as one of the Super Classes has done, and contact their track), they could modify their planned race to include those extra classes...again it's up to racer interest. Furthermore, it's no coincedence that the 'Vegas divisional was scheduled the same wknd as the Tucson "Nitro Jam" race (to put a fly in the ointment of thoughts of sportsman classes being there this year), however next year and beyond will be a different story, so as not to conflict with anything D5 (?), 6, or 7 will schedule...also per Scooter....again it's up to racers contacting those tracks, or contacting Scooter, Phil, or even Hank Blankenship. They're waiting, and interested in talking with us!