January 13, 2023, St. Louis – World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois, will kick of its annual season of street-legal drag racing and drifting on Friday, March 24. The Ranken Technical College Midnight Madness fuel by NOS Energy Drink program offers a safer alternative to illegal street racing by offering organized-yet-informal drag racing on the safer confines of WWTR’s NHRA-sanctioned ¼-mile drag strip.
Each Midnight Madness is an event, featuring street-legal drag racing, drifting in the drift pit, DJs and promotions.
Ranken Technical College Midnight Madness fuel by NOS Energy Drink is open to any licensed driver with proof of insurance and any street-legal car or motorcycle. Minors must present a signed parental release form (available on WWTR’s website). Each vehicle must pass a basic technical inspection and a fire and safety team is present at each event.
2023 Midnight Madness schedule: March 24, April 14. May 12, June 23, July (TBD), August 11, September 8, and October 13 (Halloween party and season finale).
Schedule for all events, except for March 24:
5:30 p.m. — PitPay advance purchase express entry.
6-11 p.m. — Racer gate tech card sales.
6-11:30 p.m. — Tech inspection.
6 p.m.-12 a.m. — Concession stand open.
6:30 p.m.-1 a.m. – Street-legal drag racing.
7 p.m.-1 a.m. – Drifting.
March 24 schedule:
4 p.m. — PitPay advance purchase express entry.
5:30-11 p.m. — Racer gate tech card sales.
4:30-11:30 p.m. — Tech inspection.
6 p.m.-12 a.m. — Concession stand open.
5 p.m.-1:30 a.m. – Street-legal drag racing. (First 30 minutes exclusively for PitPay advance.)
7 p.m.-1 a.m. – Drifting.
For more information, please call WWTR at (618) 215-8888. Follow WWTRaceway on social media platforms.
