Tonight is Raken Technical College Midnight Madness fueled by NOS. Racers arriving for our Carl’s 4 Wheel Drive & Performance Center bracket program or the Mopar Blast event are asked not to arrive until after 8pm. Stacking will take place in gravel lot on West Road. We are not policing the stacked line. Please follow suit and get in line. At approximately 10:30pm or when we believe we have room in the special event lot to start parking for the weekend, we will come get you.
If you arrive after the gates are closed (midnight), as long as you and everyone in the vehicle purchased on Pit Pay and have your code to be scanned, you will be permitted to enter and park for the evening; otherwise, you will have to stack until the next morning. When the gates open at 7am Saturday anyone that came in showing their QR codes must come back to the gates to receive your credentials.
In addition to running a drag race we are hosting the CAR-ing for Veterans Car show. We ask for your cooperation when parking and please respect the blocked off areas and the signage we have up. There will be an area on the east side of the lot, reserved for spectator parking. We know many of our junior folks like to park there, please pit on the west side of the cones and not encroach on the east side of the cones. The fenced in area north of the east side grandstands, we call the “wedge” where are motorcycle racers typically pit, will be reserved for the car show. The Mopar swap meet will be behind the fenced area where our premium grandstands, Nitro 1, are located next to the drag tower. Please do not block the entrance. All parking will be located in the special events lot. We will not be parking racers behind the oval front stretch grandstands at this event.
Beginning at noon until 9pm in our Pavillon, the CAR-in For Veterans Car show will be hosting various bands. When not racing, stop over enjoy the bands and support the car show.
Midnight Madness Schedule
6:00 PM Gates Open
6:30 p.m. Tech inspection Lanes 1 & 2
7:00 p.m. Racing begins
8:00 p.m. (West Road) Weekend Racers can begin stacking.
10:30 p.m. (Apprx) Weekend Racers can enter pits when allowed.
12:30 a.m. or when race director makes the callStaging Lane close
1:00 a.m. Conclude
1:15 a.m. Pit Sweep
Saturday
7:00 AM Pit Gate Open for New Arrivals
8:30 AM Jr Dragster Time Trial (Thunder, Lightning)
9:00 AM Bracket Time Trial
2nd TT and Optional RFTM
12:00 PM Car Show gates open opens (participants racer gate & spectators to West Road)
12:00 PM – 9:00 PM Live local bands @ the Pavilon)
Coach, The Panics, Moving in Stereo, Tree One Four, Slight Return, Crystal O’Connor & the Whiskey Rebels
1:00 PM Begin Eliminations
1:00 PM Car Show & Swap Meet begins
Sunday
7:00 AM Pit gate opens for new arrivals
7:30 AM RFC Service (Suite 212)
8:30 AM Jr Dragster Time Trial (Thunder, Lightning)
Bracket Time Trial/Optional RFTM
Following TT Begin Eliminations
Mopar Blast Weekend (May 18-19)
Run Order WWTR Juniors (Thunder, Lighting), WWTR Pro, New Hemi Street Machines,
Mopar SP Vs The World (1/8 Mile), Mopar Sportsman/Street, Hell Cat Demon Redeye
Mopar Pro (1/4 Mile), Exhibition, WWTR Super Pro Bike, JUNIOR STREET, WWTR Super Pro, WWTR Sportsman
Optional RFTM – racers will choose to run either a normal time trial or participate in the ‘dial-for-dollars’. It will cost $10 to participate. Money will be collected in lanes. It is the RACER’s Responsibility to make sure TOWER STAGE knows you are participating in Dial for Dollars.
Payout: 50% of money collected paid to winner, 50% to ET Finals Travel Fund
A second time trial may not occur if there is weather or excessive down time during the first-time trial. The goal is to complete that day’s race.
