Certainly for every race track and bracket racer in the NHRA’s Northwest Division the Summit “Race of Champions” is the marquee event of the year. Drivers from each of 16 different race tracks worked hard to be part of this “race within a race”. On the line is a trip to legendary Pomoma Raceway and its season ending AAA Auto Club of Southern California Finals (November 6-8, 2012) to compete for the Summit Bracket Racing World Championships in Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman and Motorcycle/Snowmobile.

Summit Racing Equipment pays each driver/rider $ 3500.00 as prize money and to pay expenses for the trip to beautiful Southern California. In addition, the drivers are treated to special pit parking and a Summit sponsored dinner.

Prior to eliminations, there are “Driver Introductions” on the starting line and pre-race ceremonies.

In short, it is a true once in a lifetime achievement and an honor to represent the Northwest.

This year the ROC was held at Pacific Raceways in conjunction with the Summit E.T. Finals. Due to on track delays and the King County imposed “curfew” the Summit Race of Champions began on Saturday night, was “interrupted” due to the curfew; resumed late Sunday between rounds of the regular “Divisional Team Championship” and was finally completed on Monday morning when the semi finals and final rounds of Motorcycle/Snowmobile were completed!

Images for all four days of the Summit ET Finals are now available by clicking here –

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The Sunday portion of the Summit E.T. Finals each year is for the coveted “Team Championship”. This year’s edition featured 16 different racetracks composed of no less than 550+ drivers from all over the northwest competed for the “team title”!

Fierce competition, cheering, and fun along with lasting memories mark this event; and this year it was no different.

Racing started right at 9AM Sunday and continued until 5:30 Sunday night. As the event wound down to the late rounds of competition, the popular “Summit Race of Champions” also resumed between rounds of the Team Championship part of the program. The staging lanes were a literal “beehive of activity” as the NHRA Certification Team and Pacific Raceways crew tried to keep everything “coordinated”!

The hard work and cooperation by the racers and teams involved produced a near “miracle finish” as the Team Points Championship was completed along with all but the semi-finals and final in Motorcycle/Snowmobile in the Race of Champions!

Images are available now by clicking here…

The Woodburn Warriors of Woodburn Dragstrip were the Team Points Champion along with the following individual category winners:

With more than 550 competitors in total at this years Summit E.T. Bracket Finals; its not surprising to have almost two thirds of the racers enter the “Friday Night Gambler”. With that amount of competition involved the purses in all classes from Super Pro to Junior Dragster were overwhelming to say the least! A perfect example was Super Pro. With over 100 entries in this class alone the purse swelled to over $ 7500.00!!

Complete photo coverage can be seen by clicking this link.

Saturday’s Race of Champions photo gallery will be available tomorrow!

The “Event-Before-The-Event” – Photographer Jim Doyle was on hand to capture all the action and pre-race testing at Pacific Raceways.  Click here to view and purchase photos from the Test N Tune, Day one of the Summit ET Racing Finals.  More coverage is coming soon!

Last weekend marked a fast and furious completion of the 13 event Auto Max USA Bracket Series at Pacific Raceways. The weekend’s event winners included:

With the final event now complete and the series points finalized here are the 2012 Auto Max USA Bracket Series Season Champions:

With the series completed everyone is looking forward to this weekend and the Summit E.T. Bracket Finals which will be hosted this year at Pacific Raceways. More than 18 different racetracks will field teams competing for the Division Six Team Championship on Sunday.

Saturday is the big day as the top points earner’s from each racetrack in Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman and Motorcycle will race for the bracket racers “crown jewel” a win in the prestigious Summit E.T. Race of Champions (ROC). A win in the Race of Champions, means a big payday of $ 3500.00 from Summit Racing Equipment and a trip to Pomona, California to race for the Summit E.T. Bracket Racing World Championship at legendary Pomona Raceway in front of a capacity crowd during the AAA Auto Club of Southern California Finals!

Good luck to all the teams and we will see you this weekend!

Images from this weekend’s AUTO MAX Bracket Racing Series are available now in the photo gallery – to go there click here.

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