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PETERSON WINS SECOND BIG CAR RACE ON HIS HOME TRACK
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 MORE, THE MERRIER AT US 131’S BOTTOM BULB BASH
For Immediate Release THE MORE, THE MERRIER AT US 131’S BOTTOM BULB BASH Seventh Annual Event Also Features Master, Advanced and Beginner Jr. Dragsters MARTIN, Mich. – What do you give drag racers who’ve lost [...]
CHICAGO RIDER DOUBLES UP IN ALL-HARLEY RACE AT US 131
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 [...]
GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDERS DOOM NORTHERN NATIONALS
‘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 [...]
SALERNO, NEIDLINGER WIN SUMMER BUG RUN TITLES
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 [...]
EDMOND RICHARDSON AMONG BRACKET WINNERS AT US 131
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 [...]
MIDWEST JR DRAGSTER SUPER SERIES THIS WEEKEND
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 [...]
NMRA/NMCA ALL-AMERICAN NATIONALS MOVES TO US 131 MOTORSPORTS PARK
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 [...]
US 131 FORCED TO CANCEL ANNUAL ‘NIGHT OF THUNDER’ EVENT
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 [...]
REVISED OPENING DATE APRIL 18
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 [...]
IMPORTANT NEWS FOR US 131 BRACKET RACERS
We are currently putting the final touches on the 2020 racing season schedule. The tentative 2020 schedule has been released, just a couple more additions to make. We hope to finalize this soon. Mark your [...]
2020 EVENT PASSES NOW OFFERED JUST IN TIME FOR GIFTS
Do you need a gift for the racing enthusiast on your Christmas list? Let us help with the PERFECT idea! Going on sale today, for the first time ever, our 2020 EVENT PASSES! Of course, your enthusiast would never expect [...]
Hot Rod Drag Week 2020
Sept 13th, 14th and 18th - Sunday, Monday and Friday HOT ROD Drag Week is the event where street/strip cars are driven 1,000-plus miles on public roads during a trip that includes four dragstrips and [...]
SNOWMOBILES AND CYCLES AT MICHIGAN’S FASTEST TRACK
Fireworks Show, Live Band Among Extras at 30th annual Super Sled Shootout~Jeff Kerridge's title in the Pro Outlaw class will be defeated this weekend when the world’s quickest snowmobiles share Michigan’s fastest track surface with [...]
‘AMERICAN OUTLAW’ WINS 15TH FUNNY CAR NATIONALS
‘Detroit Tiger’ Also a Winner as Kapp, Sanborn, Dishon Get Nostalgia Victories~ Allan Middendorf of Columbia, IL, drove the “American Outlaw” Dodge past the Chevy Monte Carlo of point leader Ken Singleton of Chickasha, OK, [...]
ORIGINAL MUSCLE CARS FEATURED AT FUNNY CAR NATIONALS
Nostalgia Drag Racing League Shares Stage with Nitro Burners and Jet Dragsters~Four of the winners of this year’s NHRA Hot Rod Reunion at Bowling Green, Ky., including 7.0 champion Jeff Sanborn of Shelbyville, Tenn., will [...]