2015 Lucas Oil Divisional Schedule
 

2015 NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES SCHEDULE

Northeast Division
April 24-25 Virginia Motorsports Park Petersburg, Va. *
May 22-24 Maple Grove Raceway Reading, Pa. *
June 26-28 Lebanon Valley Dragway West Lebanon, N.Y. *
July 17-19 New England Dragway Epping, N.H. *
July 31-Aug. 2 Atco Raceway Atco, N.J. *
Aug. 14-16 Cecil County Dragway Rising Sun, Md.
Sept. 11-13 Old Bridge Twp. Raceway Park Englishtown, N.J.

Southeast Division
Feb. 13-15 Orlando Speed World Dragway Orlando, Fla.
Feb. 20-22 Auto Plus Raceway Gainesville, Fla. *
March 6-8 South Georgia Motorsports Park Valdosta, Ga.
April 17-19 Montgomery Motorsports Park Montgomery, Ala.
May 29-31 Rockingham Dragway Rockingham, N.C.
Sept. 25-26 Bristol Dragway Bristol, Tenn.
Oct. 16-18 Silver Dollar Raceway Reynolds, Ga.

North Central Division
May 1-3 Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis Brownsburg, Ind. *
May 15-17 Summit Motorsports Park Norwalk, Ohio *
June 5-7 Route 66 Raceway Joliet, Ill. *
July 24-26 National Trail Raceway Columbus, Ohio *
Aug. 7-8 Gateway Motorsports Park St. Louis, Mo. *
Aug. 28-30 Beech Bend Raceway Park Bowling Green, Ky. *

South Central Division
March 6-8 Royal Purple Raceway Baytown, Texas
April 17-19 Texas Motorplex Ennis, Texas *
May 29-31 No Problem Raceway Belle Rose, La.
June 12-14 Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park Tulsa, Okla. *
Sept. 18-20 Thunder Road Raceway Park Gilliam, La.
Oct. 9-11 Thunder Valley Raceway Park Noble, Okla. *

West Central Division
May 15-17 SRCA Dragstrip Great Bend, Kan.
June 6-7 Brainerd International Raceway Brainerd, Minn.
June 19-21 Bandimere Speedway Denver *
Aug. 13-14 Heartland Park Topeka Topeka, Kan. *
Aug. 15-16 Heartland Park Topeka Topeka, Kan.
Sept. 11-13 Tri-State Raceway Earlville, Iowa *

Northwest Division
May 15-17 Firebird Raceway Boise, Idaho
June 5-7 Mission Raceway Mission, B.C. *
June 27-28 Yellowstone Dragstrip Acton, Mont.
July 17-19 Woodburn Dragstrip Woodburn, Ore. *
Aug. 21-23 Pacific Raceways Kent, Wash. *
Sept. 18-20 Woodburn Dragstrip Woodburn, Ore. *

Pacific Division
Feb. 27-Mar. 1 Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park Chandler, Ariz. *
April 17-19 The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas *
May 22-24 Auto Club Dragway at Auto Club Speedway Fontana, Calif.
July 24-26 Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, Calif.
Sept. 24-25 Rocky Mountain Raceways West Valley, Utah
Sept. 26-27 Rocky Mountain Raceways West Valley, Utah
Nov. 5-8 The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas *

JEGS SPORTSnationals
March 20-22 JEGS Cajun SPORTSnationals Belle Rose, La.
May 29-31 JEGS Pacific SPORTSnationals Fontana, Calif.
Sept. 18-20 JEGS Northern SPORTSnationals Columbus, Ohio

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Thanks for that info Joe
Some of the races have an asterisk, any clue what the stands for?

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i think where they race the alcohol cars.

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Thanks, Joe!!

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What happened to Atlanta?

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Are you kidding me................

Tow 826 miles one way from my home in Division 7 to go race at

Sept. 24-25 Rocky Mountain Raceways West Valley, Utah
Sept. 26-27 Rocky Mountain Raceways West Valley, Utah

Why no Bakersfield or Sac or any other track that is within 500 miles of home..........

If brains where TNT, NHRA couldn't blow their Nose............

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I'm guessing that Bakersfield and Sac don't like the costs NHRA charges them to
hold one.

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Congrats to Div. 5 on putting the two Div. 5 races at Topeka on the same weekend, sure to raise attendance. Also, put the Div. 5 race at Great Bend and the Topeka nationals back to back and avoided Mothers Day, that is great. But, the Div. 3 race at Joliet is the same date as the Div. 5 race in Brainerd. I guess it saves a long drive to Joliet. Dyno

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Got replaced by Montgomery

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I can see 2-3 Division 2 races for me, and about the same for Division 3. Glad I'm not inclined to, or in a position to, chase points. Probably think about 2-3 national events, maybe.

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Thanks Joe!

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Atlanta had two races the last two years,

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I don't think attendance was real good. I know that at least one year recently, we had more cars in the second round at the SportsNational Open at Bowling Green than Atlanta had in the first round. Why they tried 2-3 times to schedule against an extremely popular race in Bowling Green that was a near 40 year Memorial Day tradition I have no idea.

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From a Colorado racer`s standpoint,7 races within 550 miles is the best I`ve seen in a long time! I just wish the Topeka double was a couple of weeks later.

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I agree..i wonder if Montgomery will be a double up race?

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Did you move?

Last I looked...

International Raceway Brainerd, Minn. 900+ miles

Tri-State Raceway Earlville, Iowa 800+ miles

I don't understand why they do the back to back to close either...

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The Salt Lake double (D7) is 550 and Acton (D6) is as well.

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Now I'm with ya!:D
Was thinking division 5...

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I don't know. Honestly, between work and funding, I can't race that much anyway. I'm going to race where I really want to, where my friends are, and close to home. I simply can't take too much time off or spend too much money. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to chase a championship one day, but I don't see it happening, at least any time soon.

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The other Atlanta race is now at Rockingham.

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I hope that div 2 schedule works for them. Looks like less racing for me. I just don't think it will improve car counts, if anything, I think they will be down.
Chuck

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I see They Put Montg. And Dallas The Same Weekend That Hurts Div 4 And Div 2 What Are They Thinking!!!!

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No divisional/national back to back races on the east coast other than Georgia/Gainesville, assuming South Georgia is still operating. But why is 4-wide so early in the year now? Virginia being the weekend before Zmax probably helped that divisional's car count and the chances of rainy weather at the 4-wide just increased. Why doesn't NHRA just push the Gatornationals and Charlotte until after Las Vegas so the teams don't have to drive from Arizona all the way to Florida and then back to Vegas and then back to Houston and Hotlanta? Al Gore would not appreciate this..

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Bobby that would make sense. Have you known NHRA to do things that make sense?

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Bruton cast the deciding vote on which of his tracks host Nationals and when.....NHRA doesn't have a lot to do with that. Follow the $$$.

Relative to the D2 schedule; I have to hand it to D2 for helping out Montgomery and Rockingham and giving up their Atlanta race (although it might help to have Atlanta as a contingency if the SGMP can't happen). They have really stuck with the 10.0/11.0/12.00 index program and think Montgomery and Rockingham will have good car counts in those and the SS and Stk classes.

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Complete schedule of all official dates we know so far, in chronological order. Waiting on the national open and IHRA Pro-Am schedules, but could be of some help for the promoters of S/SS Combo series:

Feb. 5-8 NHRA Winternationals Pomona, Calif.
February 6-7 IHRA Nitro Jam Southwestern International Raceway Tucson, AZ
Feb. 13-15 NHRA DIV 2 Orlando Speed World Dragway Orlando, Fla.*
Feb. 20-22 CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals Phoenix
Feb. 20-22 NHRA DIV 2 Auto Plus Raceway Gainesville, Fla. **
Feb. 27-Mar. 1 NHRA DIV 7 Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park Chandler, Ariz. **
March 6-8 NHRA DIV 2 South Georgia Motorsports Park Valdosta, Ga.*
March 6-8 NHRA DIV 4 Royal Purple Raceway Baytown, Texas*
March 12-15 Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals (PSM) Gainesville, Fla.
March 13-14 IHRA Nitro Jam San Antonio Raceway San Antonio, TX
March 20-22 NHRA JEGS Cajun SPORTSnationals Belle Rose, La.*
March 27-29 NHRA Four-Wide Nationals (PSM) Charlotte, N.C.
April 5 EASTER
April 10-12 SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals Las Vegas
April 17-19 NHRA DIV 2 Montgomery Motorsports Park Montgomery, Ala.*
April 17-19 NHRA DIV 4 Texas Motorplex Ennis, Texas **
April 17-19 NHRA DIV 7 The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas **
April 17-18 IHRA Nitro Jam Bradenton Motorsports Park Bradenton, FL
April 24-25 NHRA DIV 1 Virginia Motorsports Park Petersburg, Va. **
April 24-26 O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA SpringNationals Houston
April 24-25 IHRA Nitro Jam Palm Beach Int’l Raceway Jupiter, FL
May 1-3 NHRA DIV 3 Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis Brownsburg, Ind. **
May 10 MOTHER'S DAY
May 15-17 NHRA DIV 3 Summit Motorsports Park Norwalk, Ohio **
May 15-17 NHRA DIV 5 SRCA Dragstrip Great Bend, Kan.*
May 15-17 NHRA DIV 6 Firebird Raceway Boise, Idaho*
May 15-17 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals (PSM) Atlanta
May 22-24 NHRA DIV 1 Maple Grove Raceway Reading, Pa. **
May 22-24 NHRA DIV 7 Auto Club Dragway at Auto Club Speedway Fontana, Calif.*
May 22-24 NHRA Kansas Nationals Topeka, Kan.
May 29-31 NHRA DIV 2 Rockingham Dragway Rockingham, N.C.*
May 29-31 NHRA DIV 4 No Problem Raceway Belle Rose, La.*
May 29-31 NHRA JEGS Pacific SPORTSnationals Fontana, Calif.*
May 29-30 IHRA Nitro Jam Cordova Dragway Park Cordova, IL
June 12-14 Auto-Plus NHRA New England Nationals Epping, N.H.
June 12-14 NHRA DIV 4 Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park Tulsa, Okla. **
June 19-21 NHRA DIV 5 Bandimere Speedway Denver **
June 19-21 NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals Bristol, Tenn.
June 19-20 IHRA Nitro Jam Maryland Int’l Raceway Budds Creek, MD
June 26-28 NHRA DIV 1 Lebanon Valley Dragway West Lebanon, N.Y. **
June 27-28 NHRA DIV 6 Yellowstone Dragstrip Acton, Mont.*
June 26-28 IHRA Nitro Jam Grand Bend Motorplex Grand Bend, ON
June 4-7 Toyota NHRA Summernationals (PSM) Englishtown, N.J.
June 5-7 NHRA DIV 3 Route 66 Raceway Joliet, Ill. **
June 5-7 NHRA DIV 6 Mission Raceway Mission, B.C. **
June 6-7 NHRA DIV 5 Brainerd International Raceway Brainerd, Minn.*
July 2-5 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals (PSM) Norwalk, Ohio
July 9-12 O'Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 NHRA Nationals (PSM) Chicago
July 10-11 IHRA Nitro Jam Spokane County Raceway Airway Heights, WA
July 17-19 NHRA DIV 1 New England Dragway Epping, N.H. **
July 17-19 NHRA DIV 6 Woodburn Dragstrip Woodburn, Ore. **
July 17-19 IHRA Nitro Jam Castrol Raceway Edmonton, AB
July 24-26 Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals (PSM) Denver
July 24-26 NHRA DIV 3 National Trail Raceway Columbus, Ohio **
July 24-26 NHRA DIV 7 Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, Calif.*
July 31-Aug. 2 NHRA DIV 1 Atco Raceway Atco, N.J. **
July 31-Aug. 2 NHRA Sonoma Nationals (PSM) Sonoma, Calif.
Aug. 7-8 NHRA DIV 3 Gateway Motorsports Park St. Louis, Mo. **
Aug. 7-9 O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Northwest Nationals Seattle
August 7-8 IHRA Nitro Jam U.S. 131 Motorsports Park Martin, MI
Aug. 13-14 NHRA DIV 5 Heartland Park Topeka Topeka, Kan. **
Aug. 14-16 NHRA DIV 1 Cecil County Dragway Rising Sun, Md.*
Aug. 15-16 NHRA DIV 5 Heartland Park Topeka Topeka, Kan.*
Aug. 20-23 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Brainerd, Minn.
Aug. 21-23 NHRA DIV 6 Pacific Raceways Kent, Wash. **
Aug 21-23 AUTO METER NORTHERN CLASS NATIONALS Columbus, Ohio
Aug. 28-30 NHRA DIV 3 Beech Bend Raceway Park Bowling Green, Ky. **
Sept. 2-7 Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals (PSM) Indianapolis
Sept. 11-13 NHRA DIV 1 Old Bridge Twp. Raceway Park Englishtown, N.J.*
Sept. 11-13 NHRA DIV 5 Tri-State Raceway Earlville, Iowa **
September 11-12 IHRA Nitro Jam Dragway 42 West Salem, OH
Sept. 18-20 NHRA Carolina Nationals (PSM) Charlotte, N.C.
Sept. 18-20 NHRA DIV 4 Thunder Road Raceway Park Gilliam, La.*
Sept. 18-20 NHRA DIV 6 Woodburn Dragstrip Woodburn, Ore. **
Sept. 18-20 NHRA JEGS Northern SPORTSnationals Columbus, Ohio
Sept. 24-25 NHRA DIV 7 Rocky Mountain Raceways West Valley, Utah*
Sept. 25-26 NHRA DIV 2 Bristol Dragway Bristol, Tenn.*
Sept. 25-27 AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals (PSM) St Louis, MO
Sept. 26-27 NHRA DIV 7 Rocky Mountain Raceways West Valley, Utah*
Oct. 1-4 NHRA Nationals (PSM) Reading, Pa.
Oct. 9-11 NHRA DIV 4 Thunder Valley Raceway Park Noble, Okla. **
October 9-10 IHRA Nitro Jam Memphis International Raceway Millington, TN
Oct. 15-18 AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals (PSM) Dallas, Tx
Oct. 16-18 NHRA DIV 2 Silver Dollar Raceway Reynolds, Ga.*
Oct. 29-Nov. 1 NHRA Toyota Nationals (PSM) Las Vegas
Nov. 5-8 NHRA DIV 7 The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas **
Nov. 12-15 Auto Club NHRA Finals (PSM) Pomona, Calif.

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Being from the most Southeastern part of Div 4, and only 80 miles from the start of Div 2 presents some problems. Last year running Div 4 did not work well for me. Just had problems getting to the races I needed. So far all the discussion is right on point, and like everyone else, we are just looking for now. At least we got till next year to figure it out. Course Mardi Gras in mixed in there. There are probably about 20 or so of us in the Swamp area that have this issue. Orlando 720 miles, Gainleville 600, Valdosta 530, Montgomery 360, Houston 300, Dallas 500, Shreveport 350, No Problem 40, Oklahoma 3 light years, Bowling Green 625, Indy 900, Diesel Fuel back up in price next year, Lunch now.

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I agree with you.....I had planned to really try to run the D2 schedule but I cant do 3 division races in 4 weeks for about another 20 years. Then through a national in there at the end for 4 races in 5 weeks, not going to happen for me. Then schedule Charlotte in March which is traditionally a cold month for us, I'm disappointed to say the least.

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I know the schedule has me hitting my head up against a wall....lol. Trying to schedule the .90 Association in decent weekends is going to be tough. June is a wash, along with September & October and the one weekend that we normally have at Atco for our finale is the Bracket finals at Atco this year.

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I think Michael is saving me time making a schedule like I do for this site, lol

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As usual D4 loads up the races in March and April. I don't have the funds to run 5 races in 8 weeks. I get it the weather isn't hot so its a good time to race just expensive and with my job I get one weekend off a month but that's my problem. I'll try to make a few if I can.

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Thanks Michael!
I don't understand the astricks? I'm old.

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As someone posted on the first page of this thread, indicates events where they run alky classes.

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I saw that, and just forgot. Sorry.
Thanks!

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Ed, I bet you don't know what Hashtag # means either. That is some of them new words we never learned when we were young.

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Jeff, dumb me, I have been calling that a pound signs for about sixty five years now. Guess I wasn't paying attention in school that day.

Looking at what I spent on diesel last summer, I'm going to look the schedual over, and pick. & choose. No Problem is an expensive trip. May make one of them , not both. Would like to run the Sports Nats.

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I'm only 43 and still trying to figure out the #. #whatsthedeal?

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Atlanta w/ a double didn't work on memorial day weekend, I doubt Rockingham will either. Holiday weekends aren't always the best for scheduling races...at least for me.:(

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I'm going to try to make the Div 5 double at Topeka. Closer than a couple of the Div 4 races for me, and only one race worth of diesel. Probably skip the No Problem points race and maybe Houston?

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Sammy, we're the step children of the division down here. They have to please the majority in Texas & Oklahoma. Montgomery alot closer from here!