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 [...]
Discovery Channel TV Star’s Memphis Street Racer Series Features Arm Drop Starts~ JJ’s Arm Drop: America’s List TV star JJ da Boss, a.k.a. Jonathan Day, brings his Memphis Street Racer series JJ’s Arm Drop to US 131 Motorsports Park on July 15-16 with a full day of small tire racing on Friday followed by an [...]
Micro Million, SFG Half Million Offer Big Rewards over 10 Consecutive Days After a weather-induced postponement in 2021, US 131 Motorsports Park, “Michigan’s Fastest Track,” tries again to deliver 10 consecutive days of big money bracket racing with the inaugural Micro Million June 23-26 followed immediately by the SFG Half Million June 27-July 3. It’s [...]
Small Tire Shootout, Battle of the Brands, Roll Racing, Car Show Among Features~ Coming off an extremely successful inaugural event in 2021, Street Car Takeover, billed as “where street cars go to party,” returns to US 131 Motorsports Park the week of June 17-18 with its special brand of no prep, “run-what-ya’-brung-and-hope-ya’-brung-enuff” drag racing coupled [...]
Rotary Engine Record Holder ‘Jazmine’s Toy’ Mazda Pickup Among Entries~ Confirmation of the entry of Jazmine’s Toy, the world’s quickest and fastest rotary engine Mazda B2000 pickup, and the introduction of three new eighth-mile racing categories have combined to ramp up interest in Import vs. Domestic 7 scheduled June 9-11 at US 131 Motorsports Park. [...]
Another great weekend of Lane Automotive Bracket racing in the books! These racers all ended up in the Engine Pro Winner’s Circle, the best place to be! Saturday, June 4, Top ET winner Steve Mikus, of Ashley def. Dave Lorentz, Benton Harbor, semi-finalist Ken Bosch of Holland. Modified winner Roy Parish, Kalamazoo def. Al Bruischart, [...]
Happy Tucker Tuesday! Tucker loved seeing old friends and meeting new ones this past weekend at the Memorial Weekend Racer Appreciation race. Monday was a bit warm. He was SO happy to stay in the camper with the air-conditioning. Pretty sure it’s his camper. Thank you for all the support that we received this past [...]
The Memorial Day Racer Appreciation weekend, May 27-30 was filled with great memories and competitive racing. Racers from multiple states traveled to The Fastest Track in Michigan for guaranteed payouts, excellent track conditions and great racing. Special thanks to Blossom Racing Engines, Hoosier Racing Tire and VP Racing Fuels for making this event even better. [...]
Garlits, Muldowney, Glidden, Kalitta Among Winners at Michigan’s Fastest Track in Michigan~ When a new expressway connecting Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo was carved out of Michigan farmland in 1961, one of the parcels of land between the new road and its two-lane predecessor was considered by most to be too long and too narrow for [...]
This past weekend, May 14-15, was the first Lane Bracket Series points race for the 2022 racing season. The weather was beautiful on Saturday, despite negative weather forecasts all week, and the racing was competitive as expected. However, Sunday received the unexpected rains, and racing was incomplete. Saturday's winners were Top ET Troy Stone of [...]
