Kroger Adding Pink Ribbons
And a New Title to Fall Race
MEMPHIS – Kroger is taking the driver’s seat as the new title sponsor of the fall NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Memphis Motorsports Park on Oct. 25. The race will officially be entitled the “Kroger On Track for the Cure 250 presented by the Southern Dodge Dealers.” Read More...
‘Nitro’ Seats Sold Out Ahead
Of NHRA Return Sept. 26-28
MEMPHIS – The “Nitro Section.” Just the term sounds ominous. And it is – right in the wake of each burnout, right in line for the "nitro tears," and right where the hardcore drag racing fans want to be when the NHRA nitro show returns next month. Read More...
Rich Christensen Brings New
‘Armdrop Live’ Event to MMP
MEMPHIS – Rich Christensen, the creator of PINKS, Pass Time and Drag Race High, is bringing his newest creation – Armdrop Live – to Memphis Motorsports Park on Sept. 19-20. Everyone can enter. Anyone can win. And $10,000 goes to the winner in a full 256-car field. Read More...
Race Fans Rejoice! – Same
‘Cool’ Dates for 2009 Majors
MEMPHIS – With the track’s marquee NHRA and NASCAR events still to come in September and October, Memphis Motorsports Park has finalized its major race dates for the 2009 season. Read More...
Cross-Country ‘Drag Week’
Includes Memphis Sept. 12
MEMPHIS – Last year, it was the HOT ROD Power Tour. This year, it’s HOT ROD Drag Week – a cross-country competition to decide who has the “Fastest Street Car in America” – and the road to the title goes through Memphis on Friday, Sept. 12. Read More...
Jones Burns It Up to Take
Track’s First Burnout Title
MEMPHIS – Three competitors – all driving pick-up trucks – separated themselves from the field this season, but only one would emerge from the clouds of tire smoke as the 2008 Burn-Out King of Midnight Madness and Memphis Motorsports Park. Read More...