Tanner, Marshall, Swain, Pitsch, Perrone Among Summit Racing Equipment MWDRS Winners at US 131 MARTIN, Mich. – Mark McElwee successfully defended his championship Saturday at US 131 Motorsports Park, driving his “Buzz’s Bomber” Chevy II down Michigan’s fastest track in a record-breaking 5.321 seconds at 291.26 miles per hour to delight a great crowd [...]
Nitro Funny Cars. Alcohol Funny Cars. Jet Funny Cars. Not unexpectedly, that’s the main menu for the 18th running of the Honor Credit Union Funny Car Nationals, Sept. 9-10, at US 131 Motorsports Park. But there’s so much more packed into the two-day program including the Pro Modifieds and Funny Cars of the Summit [...]
Worsham, Massey, Nitro Ninja, World Record Wheelstander and Shirley Muldowney MARTIN, Mich. – A star-studded lineup that includes the Lagana family’s “Nitro Ninja” plus the Top Fuel dragsters of defending champion Spencer Massey of Fort Worth, Texas and two-time NHRA World Champion Del Worsham of Villa Park, CA, three jets and a world record-holding [...]
Martin’s U.S. 131 Motorsports Park has always been a special place for drag racing legend Shirley Muldowney. Muldowney won three world championships and 18 national events, smashed gender barriers, defeated discrimination and has been inducted into motorsports hall of fames throughout the nation. They made a movie and written books about her, too. But she [...]
We had hoped the weather would turn around. Unfortunately, we aren’t even able to get an open window to start prepping the track. We will try again next Saturday! Open Test & Tune next Saturday, April 9, Slick Sunday, April 10.
Track Hosts First and Last Races with Intermediate Stops at Norwalk, Indy and Byron MARTIN, Mich. – It’s one thing to have a street-legal race car. It’s quite another to actually drive that car on city streets, which is the concept of HOT ROD Drag Week, a five-day competition that begins and ends this year [...]
Mid-Season Nationals Titles in Top Gas and Dirty 30 to Be Decided at Norwalk, Ohio A rapidly developing evening rainstorm knocked out the power to US 131 Motorsports Park Sunday with just two final round races remaining in the NHDRO Mid-Season Nationals on Sunday, August 29. Disappointed Top Gas finalists David Beshara of Columbus, Ohio, [...]
For Immediate Release Marckini’s Clutch Top ET Win Earns a Berth on US 131 Bracket Finals Team MARTIN, Mich. – Katelyn Smith of Sterling Heights swept both Mojo Quick 16 events and David Marckini of Grand Rapids got a big win in Top ET to highlight the rain-shortened final weekend of racing in the [...]
LAGANA ONCE AGAIN RUNS 330+ MPH AT US 131 Young, Kraus, Lawson, Hagar Also Score Big in 18th Annual Northern Nationals MARTIN, Mich. – Three days shy of his 34th birthday, Lagana collaborated with older brother Bobby Jr. track record holder Dom Lagana drove the underdog “Nitro Ninja” dragster to set the event speed Saturday [...]
DIXON, MILLICAN HEADLINE NORTHERN NATIONALS FIELD Plus Triple Engine Jet Truck, Jet Dragsters, Nostalgia Funny Cars and Dragsters August 1, 2019 MARTIN, Mich. – Larry Dixon is one of the most successful drag racers on the planet, a second-generation Top Fuel driver and three-time NHRA World Champion who’s driven for some of the most prominent [...]
