By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio
BAYTOWN, Texas – After 35 years of historic drag racing at Houston Raceway Park, the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series will be making their final appearance on April 22-24 at the legendary track by holding the 35th annual NHRA SpringNationals.
The final race is practically sold out as fans are flocking to the track this weekend from across the country to say goodbye to one of the premier tracks that has held historic drag races since the track held its first national event in 1988.
“It looks like our final NHRA race will be one for the record books,” Houston Raceway Park General Manager Seth Angel said. “We’ve already sold out of all the full event packages for both the Nitro Club and the Top Eliminator Club and single-day passes for both of those areas are becoming pretty scarce. Tickets in the remainder of the grandstands are selling quickly so we’re recommending any interested fans jump on HoustonRaceway.com as soon as possible to get their tickets. We don’t want anyone to miss out.”
A full NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series race card will be featured, including Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle. The event will also feature racing in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and NHRA Summit Racing Series.
On Friday the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series qualifying will feature one round at 6 p.m. CT. There will be two rounds of qualifying on Saturday at 1 and 4:15 p.m. Final eliminations are scheduled for 11 a.m. CT on Sunday. Television coverage includes qualifying action on FS1 at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, and then eliminations action at 7:30 p.m. ET on Sunday.
For tickets call 281-383-7223 or visit www.HoustonRaceway.com.
Raceday San Antonio will be posting stories daily this week, and we will be at the track this weekend providing stories, results and photos of the final NHRA race at Houston Raceway Park. To see our coverage, visit RacedaySA.com.
