{"id":61347,"date":"2026-10-03T13:45:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T18:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=61347"},"modified":"2026-10-03T21:27:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T02:27:28","slug":"world-wide-technology-raceway-sells-out-for-sixth-consecutive-saturday-at-napa-auto-parts-nhra-midwest-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/03\/world-wide-technology-raceway-sells-out-for-sixth-consecutive-saturday-at-napa-auto-parts-nhra-midwest-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"World Wide Technology Raceway sells out for sixth consecutive Saturday at NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><em>Courtesy of the NHRA<\/em><\/p>\n<p>ST. LOUIS \u2013 The NHRA and World Wide Technology Raceway announced a sixth consecutive Saturday sellout for the 15th annual NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s sold-out crowd at the NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals is another tremendous showcase of the passion and enthusiasm St. Louis fans have for NHRA drag racing,\u201d said NHRA President Glen Cromwell. \u201cThe team at World Wide Technology Raceway continues to provide an outstanding experience and it\u2019s exciting to see another packed house in St. Louis during our 75th anniversary season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"61348\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/03\/world-wide-technology-raceway-sells-out-for-sixth-consecutive-saturday-at-napa-auto-parts-nhra-midwest-nationals\/mail-4-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mail-4.jpg?fit=1200%2C900\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"mail (4)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and 1976 INDYCAR SERIES champion Gordon Johncock has passed away at the age of 90. (INDYCAR photo)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mail-4.jpg?fit=640%2C480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-61348\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mail-4.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mail-4.jpg?resize=640%2C480 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mail-4.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mail-4.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mail-4.jpg?resize=150%2C113 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mail-4.jpg?resize=450%2C338 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mail-4.jpg?w=1200 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s sellout is NHRA\u2019s 11th sellout of the 2026 season and third consecutive Saturday sellout during the Countdown playoffs. The event gives World Wide Technology Raceway its sixth consecutive Saturday sellout at the NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>The NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals is the midway point in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship playoffs and serves as a crucial stop on the tour. Fans were treated to two qualifying sessions from the stars of the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Race Series.<\/p>\n<p>Racing eliminations begin on Sunday at 10:00 a.m. CT at the NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy of the NHRA ST. LOUIS \u2013 The NHRA and World Wide Technology Raceway announced a sixth consecutive Saturday sellout for the 15th annual NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals. \u201cToday\u2019s sold-out crowd at the NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals is another tremendous showcase of the passion and enthusiasm St. Louis fans have for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":676,"featured_media":61348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1213,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-editors-picks","category-nhra"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7hzTZ-fXt","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mail-4.jpg?fit=1200%2C900","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/676"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61349,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61347\/revisions\/61349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}