St. Thomas Dragway

WHAT'S COMING....

What's Coming, May 16 - 25/08

Friday, May 16 - Performance Unlimited Street Legal Racing First QUICK 8 Bike - $500 to win, $125 runner-up - 6 -10 $15/car & driver $5/crew or spectator

Saturday, May 17 - LAMC + Toronto F-Body Club + Test & Tune Gates open - 10 Time Trials - 11 Eliminations - 2$30/test & tune $10/crew or spectator

Saturday, May 17 - Run What Ya Brung - 6 - 10 $20/car & driver $5/crew or spectator

Sunday, May 18 - Ontario Pontiac Club + Test & Tune Gates open - 11 Time Trials - 1 Eliminations - to follow $30/test & tune & Pontiac $10/crew or spectator

Friday, May 23 - Performance Unlimited Street Legal Racing $15/car & driver $5/crew or spectator

Saturday, May 24 - NHRA King of the Track + Test & Tune Gates open - 9 Time Trials - 11 Eliminations - 2 $30/test & tune $15/crew or spectator Mothers Day Race (rescheduled from May 11) Pro Comp - all run, 6.25 bump, $1,000 to win, $100 2-day entry Two Pro Comp qualifiers Saturday and one Sunday. $30/test & tune $15/crew or spectator

Saturday, May 24 - Run What Ya Brung - 6 - 10 First RWYB Quick 8 - $500 to win, $125 runner-up $20/car & driver $5/crew or spectator

Sunday, May 25 - NHRA King of the Track + Test & Tune ‘WIN A WALLY’ - TOP, MOD, Street & Bike/Sled class winners run off for 2,000 and an NHRA Wally trophy Gates open - 11 Time Trials - 1 Eliminations - to follow Pro Comp - all run, 6.25 bump, $1,000 to win, $100 entry $30/test & tune $15/crew or spectator

Posted on 28 Apr 2008 by Stdrags

2008 BITS From The PITS

St. Thomas Dragway announces 2008 Quick 8 program enhancements

Feb 18/08
  Due to unprecedented response to our earlier release of enhancements to our Performance Unlimited Street Legal program and our Run What Ya Brung program we are pleased to announce that there will be separate nights for the car/truck and bike/sled components of the Street Legal Quick 8's.
   The car/truck Quick 8 portion of the Street Legal will be run Friday nights May 9, June 13, July 18, August 8, September 5 & October 3.
   The bike/sled Quick 8 portion of the Street Legal will be run Friday nights May 16, June 6, July 11, August 29 and September 12.
   All vehicles in the Street Legal Quick 8 program must be street legal with license plates, mufflers, full lights, full interior and any tire. Wheel tubs and traction bars are allowed for cars. Wheelie bars are not allowed in bike/sled. All power adders are permissible.
   The Run What Ya Brung Quick 8 program will run Saturday nights May 24, June 28, July 26, August 16 and September 27. The class is open to all vehicles including race cars and bikes/sleds.
   As previously announced the winner of each Quick 8 will win $500, the runner-up $125 and free passes to the other 6. The quickest 8 qualified vehicles will be called to the lanes at 8.30 for round 1, 9.00 for round 2 with the finals at 9.30 each night. A Pro Tree (.400) will be used, heads-up, with no dial-ins. Regular admissions apply for all events with no additional charge to run the Quick 8. Street Legal entry fees are $5/crew or spectator and $15/car & driver. Run What Ya Brung entry fees are $5/crew or spectator and $20/car & driver.
   For further information, contact the track at 519-775-2263, FAX 519-775-2593, e-mail at sttdrags@skynet.ca

Posted on 19 Feb 2008 by Stdrags

St. Thomas Dragway announces 2008 Racing Schedule

St. Thomas Dragway is pleased to announce it’s 2008 Racing Schedule. Highlights include the first trip to Western Ontario of the Show Me the Money Tour featuring a $10,000 payout for Sunday’s Super Pro/Top category. The Tour which operates in Eastern and Northern Ontario as well as Quebec will be featured the weekend of July 4, 5 & 6. A new stand alone event for the wildly popular nostalgia cars, the ONDR Nostalgia Day, will be held on June 29. The Ontario Street Car Association returns September 6 & 7 after a one year association hiatus. The Canadian Sport Compact Series will be back on September 14. The always popular Wiseco Hot Rod Reunion will be campaigned on the August Civic holiday weekend, August 2 & 3 and will feature non-points racing for the Nostalgia vehicles. The fast growing Windsor Shootout comes back for a third year the weekend of August 22, 23 & 24. The sixth annual St. Thomas Truck Nationals, a major fund raising event for the St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital Foundation, returns August 16 and 17. The year’s largest event, the Turkey Nationals will be run once again with bonus brackets on the Thanksgiving weekend, October 11 & 12.

Fifteen Summit ET Bracket Races are scheduled with the first twelve contested as points races while the last three will be available for rain dates if needed. Two NHRA events are included in that total with the NHRA King of the Track on May 24 & 25 and the NHRA National Dragster Challenge on June 21 & 22. NHRA ‘Wally’ trophies will be up for grabs at both events. The Ontario Mini-Rod Tractor Pullers and the Garden Tractor Pullers return Saturday night June 28.

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In addition more than 25 car clubs will be holding events throughout the season. The Friday night Street Legal races return with a new enhancement - on the third Friday night of each month the quickest 8 street legal vehicles, car, truck, bike and/or sled, will run off for $500 to win, $125 runner-up and free passes for the other 6. The Saturday night Run What Ya Brung program will have a similar enhancement with the quickest 8 vehicles running off for $500 to win, $125 runner-up and free passes for the other 6 on the second Saturday of each month. As the name implies, Run What Ya Brung, all vehicles are eligible including race cars. These ‘Quick 8' Shootouts will be run May through September. The full schedule is available on the website. For further information, contact the track at 519-775-2263, FAX 519-775-2593, e-mail at sttdrags@skynet.ca

Posted on 20 Jan 2008 by Stdrags

Show Me the Money Tour

Show Me the Money Tour coming to St. Thomas Dragway

Canada's longest running and richest drag racing series, The Show Me the Money Tour, will be coming to St. Thomas Dragway July 4, 5 & 6, 2008. The tour which regularly campaigns in Northern and Eastern Ontario as well as Quebec, is Canada’s most successful touring drag racing series. Operated by Arnie Malcolm of Luskville Dragway just west of Ottawa in Quebec the series feature's a monster $10,000 payout for Sunday’s Super Pro/Top class as well as large payouts for Mod/Pro, Street and Bike/Sled. The St. Thomas Dragway Stop on the Tour will also include Top Sportsman and Top Dragster classes.

Benson Auto Parts, based in Ottawa, is the major sponsor of the series and Benson’s Glenn Highland stated that this move coincides with Benson’s expansion into Western Ontario. They have already opened two stores in London, one across from Ace Radiator on Bessemer Road and the other across from Kydd Radiator on Hamilton Road.

Malcolm attended the Turkey Nationals in October with several of his racers and had this to say ‑ ‘I’ve got to be honest, I fell in love with the place, one of the nicest tracks I have ever been to and I had a blast racing there’!! Malcolm added that additional enhancements to the show will be announced at a later date.

For further information, contact the track at 519‑775‑2263. Arnie Malcolm can be reached at arnie.malcolm@sympatico.ca or at www.luskvilledragway.com.

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Posted on 04 Jan 2008 by Stdrags