Night of Champions Drag Racers’ Banquet
Last Updated on January 7, 2025 by WWTR
You are invited to join us in celebrating our 2024 Carl’s 4 Wheel Driver & Performance Center champions. The awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, February 22, 2025, in the World Wide Technology Raceway Driver’s Meeting Room, located in the center of the oval infield next to the garage/paddock area.
We will host a Practice Tree Race before we get underway with the awards portion of the banquet. This will, again, be used as a fundraiser to help cover some of the travel costs for the Division 3 ET Finals held in Norwalk Ohio. We are working on a plan to add a “Saturday Night Practice Tree Race Series” to our bracket weekends, another fund-raising program to help offset travel costs for the Division 3 ET Finals.
Practice Tree Race Information:
All entries will be CASH Only and you will register on site.
$20/entry (max of 4 entries)
$10/buyback (inserted into Round 2)
All money generated by the Practice Tree Race will be split 50% to Payout and 50% to the ET Finals Travel Fund.
Purse will be split 70% Winner, 20% Runner Up, and 5% Semis.
ET Finals Travel Fund will be split amongst all racers traveling to represent WWT Raceway at the D3 finals in Norwalk, OH.
Times:
Doors Open: 2 PM
Practice Tree TT: 3 PM
Practice Tree Elimination: 4 PM
Dinner: 6 PM
Awards: 7 PM
Banquet Tickets:
RSVP Pricing: $40/person
Please RSVP by Monday, February 10th, https://www.tixr.com/…/2024-wwtr-drag-racing-banquet… , or by calling 618-215-8888 ext. 101
At the Door Pricing: $45/person (OR after the RSVP Deadline)
*****In the off-season, WWTR changed to a new ticketing platform, TIXR. This is to be a more user-friendly program. We will use this new platform to purchase tickets for the 2024 Banquet of Champions; therefore, you will need to set up a new account.*****
The dress code is to dress as if you are attending the races!
The banquet will include dinner, followed by awards. Cash bar will be available throughout both the Practice Tree Race and Awards Banquet. No outside alcohol is permitted on the premises.
We will be accepting serious nominations for Special Awards until January 15th. Please submit your nominations at https://forms.monday.com/forms/f125b801e40308296a7a4295131b7ada?r=use1, or by emailing bcannon@wwtraceway.com. Nominations will be presented for voting, with a deadline of January 30th Award winners will be announced at the banquet.
Hoppin’ Julio Garcia Mechanic Of The Year
This award reflects an individual who makes the most out of his/her skills to be successful in their own race operations or their fellow competitors, as to oppose spending lots of money at the project.
Mary Luter Gracious Lady Award
This award reflects someone with a great attitude and strong work ethic who always is willing to go out of her way to help anyone in need.
Young Gun Award
This is awarded not given every year, as we do not always have a candidate to award this to. The award recipient must be between the ages of 18 and 30 who demonstrates maturity, leadership and sportsmanship on and off the track.
Earl Liverpool Sportsman Of The Year Award
Presented to an individual who embodies defeat without complaint; victory without gloating; and exemplifies the very best image of World Wide Technology Raceway by presenting the very best image of his or herself.
Hard Charger Award
“the most feared driver in the staging lanes in any of the classes” i.e. the guy or girl that nobody wants to race because the odds are good you will lose that round!
Please join us for an afternoon/evening of fun! We look forward to seeing you all!
