NMCA/NMRA All-American Nationals Also Features Xtreme Pro Mods, Car Show~ The world’s most awesome factory hot rods challenge Michigan’s fastest track this weekend when the very best of the NMCA (National Muscle Car Association) and the NMRA (National Mustang Racers Association) compete in the All-American Nationals at US 131 Motorsports Park. Cobra Jet Mustangs, COPO [...]
Wells Also Wins in Rain-Plagued Event; Parish, McKissick Claim Jr. Dragster Titles Samuel Peterson, who just a year ago still was racing in the Jr. Dragster division, got his second win since moving up to the big cars Sunday when he drove a 1985 Chevy S-10 pickup to a $7,500 victory in the weather-plagued seventh [...]
Miller, Van Fleet, Hillen, Everage, Alexander Among Other Two-Wheel Champions~ Chicago’s Don White was the lone double-up winner Saturday as Harley-Davidson riders challenged Michigan’s fastest track at US 131 Motorsports Park. White got an easy victory in the Dresser class when he was unopposed in the final. He later added a win in the 12.20 [...]
‘No Spectators’ Rule Forces Cancelation of Another Major Event at US 131 Motorsports Park Recent executive orders issued by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have placed even more restrictions on sports and entertainment venues and, as a result, have forced Jason Peterson, General Manager of US 131 Motorsports Park, to cancel [...]
Rader Shines in Car Show; Simply Getting to Race Makes Latimore a Winner~ Marty Salerno of Carolstream, Ill., and Jerry Neidlinger of Vicksburg were the Pro ET and Street ET winners Sunday at US 131’s annual Summer Bug Run but it was Donovan Latimore’s story that sent everyone home feeling a little better about the [...]
Many-Time NHRA and IHRA Champ Tunes Up This Week’s JEGS/SFG $1.1 Million Event Taking advantage of the opportunity to log some track time in advance of this week’s JEGS/SFG $1.1 million bracket race, many-time NHRA and IHRA World Champion Edmond Richardson of Greenbrier, Tenn., was among the winners in the IHRA Summit Sportsman Spectacular at [...]
This Friday-Sunday, June 5-7, US 131 Motorsports Park will be hosting an event exclusive to young racers ages 6-17 years old. The Protect the Harvest Midwest Jr. Dragster Super Series featuresh multiple classes racing each day, there is much entertainment on the track. Tickets are $15 per day, or $40 for a weekend pass, children [...]
The NMRA/NMCA All-American Nationals will be contested at US 131 Motorsports Park over the weekend of August 27-30, 2020. The change in venue is due to Summit Motorsports Park’s decision to remain closed for 2020 as they regroup and plan for a return to action in 2021. “It has been a crazy year but one [...]
Amid Restrictions, Northern Nationals, Funny Car Nationals Remain on Schedule With no clear indication of when government prohibition of spectator attendance at Michigan sporting events might be relaxed amidst the continuing Covid-19 pandemic, US 131 Motorsports Park officials reluctantly announced the cancellation of the track’s popular “Night of Thunder” event which was to have been [...]
Due to the new executive order from our Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer, regarding the ever-evolving world issue of the Covid-19 virus, our opening date has been revised to Saturday, April 18, 2020. For our racers who have Annual Tech Inspection appointments, we will be contacting you to reschedule those appointments. Because the information around this [...]
