2023 NHRA Summit ET Bracket Racing Series at Wild Horse Pass

These are general rules and guidelines for the 2023 Summit ET Series at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. Refer to the 2023 NHRA Rulebook for complete tech requirements and competition rules. For ET Finals information, see the "2023 NHRA SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT ET GUIDELINES" document near the bottom of this page. 

Listen for your class to be called over the PA (radio station is 87.9 FM) and pull into the lanes designated by the announcer for your class. Please remain in the pit area until your class is called. Competitors not in the staging lanes 15 minutes after the first call will be considered a no-show and forfeit the race. We will do our best to accommodate all racers with reasonable amounts of time between runs, and the final call to determine a NO-SHOW will be at the discretion of the Race Director. 

You must stay within your index for the class that you signed up for. If you DIAL out of your class index at any time during eliminations and win, you will be disqualified, and your competitor will be reinstated. Each competitor will be responsible for checking the Dial In Boards and scoreboards for his/her dial in. If your "dial-in" on the main scoreboard is not correct, DO NOT PRE-STAGE your vehicle. Get the starter’s attention to make the necessary corrections (point at the scoreboard). Once you pre-stage, you have accepted the dial in for that round. There will be no re-runs if an incorrect dial-in is accepted by a driver.

*** MOTORCYCLE CLASS ***

The default setting in our motorcycle class is a .400 PRO tree. If you wish to run with a .500 FULL tree, put "F": after your DIAL-IN. A - (minus symbol) will appear on the scoreboard before your DIAL-IN. If you run a FULL tree and you do not see a dash before your DIAL-IN on the scoreboard, DO NOT PRE-STAGE. Get the attnetion of the Starter and wait for the tower to fix the tree type. 

Once in the staging lanes, lane changing or swapping is not permitted. Once you cross the line at the head of staging no dial-in changes or lane changes are allowed. If there are cars lined up in one specific lane at the end of a class, the first vehicle to pull out will get lane choice, the second car must pull into the other lane or forfeit the run.

The second round of qualifying/time trials is a Run for the Money round for the following classes: Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman, Jr. Street, Jr. Dragster.

Participants: 

• Put a DIAL-IN on your car that is within your bracket class
• Pay $20 cash in the lanes
• There will be no handicap at the start – you’re running against the clock, not the other lane
• Red lights
• CROSS-TALK does not apply in Super Pro because the tree is not staggered.
• Win is based on the paid participant that runs closest to their chosen dial-in, withut breakout, within their class. In the event of a tie, the best non-red or least red reaction time takes the win, and if there is still a tie, the first one to run their number takes the win

NON-Participants: 

• Treat this round as a qualifying run only. 
• DO NOT put any DIAL-IN on your car

If your race vehicle breaks during QUALIFYING, please contact the race director or timing tower ASAP. You may tech and enter another vehicle, as long as that vehicle is not already in competition, before ELIMINATIONS in your class begin. You must dial an ET within your class. A refund will only be available if (1)you did not make a pass, and (2)you do not want your show up points.

First-round bye runs will be determined by the racer with the best reaction time during the final qualifying run in each class. Elimination bye runs for non-laddered rounds will go to the best reaction time from the previous round. If there is a tie in reaction times, then the first one to do it will qualify for the bye. #1 qualifier receives bye if applicable. The Potential Bye will be pulled to the side to wait until the end of the round to see if there is an odd number of cars. They will have lane choice if there’s an even number of cars and they do not get a bye run. .

Eliminations will be laddered once the field of cars is 16 or less (2nd round in classes with 17-32 first round cars, 3rd round in classes with 33-64 first round cars, and so on). The original ladders are generated based off the most recent round of eliminations, closest to dial-in without breakout, using a Sportsman ladder. 

Super Pro (box, electronic) class only. If you do not want Cross Talk please put an “N” behind your dial. MUST BE AFTER YOUR DIAL Otherwise cross talk will be activated. Look for a – (minus symbol) on the DIAL-IN displayed on the scoreboard at the end of the track. If the – is not present before the DIAL-IN, DO NOT PRE-STAGE… Get the attention of the Starter (point at the scoreboard).

In the event of a re-run, both competitors will stay in the same lane as the previous run. Dial-ins may be changed.

Courtest staging: Is not required but recommended. First car to pre-stage waits for competitor to pre-stage before fully staging.

Deep staging: Vehicles must be marked on both side windows and windshield with DEEP on their windows (both sides so the Starter can see it). The starter will not wait or hold up your competitor for a deep staging process. It is marked on the car as a courtesy to the starter and your competitor. If you deep stage without "DEEP" on your window the starter has full discretion and the final call whether to back you out to re-stage or you will be disqualified for a staging infraction. 

New in 2023, we will allow first round competition losers to buy back into their category before round 2. Must pay cash in the tower between first and second round to re-enter. We will not collect in the lanes, and we will not collect from any racer once the first pair of cars pull in to the water box for the second round of your class.  Buy back opponents will not receive round points for the first or second round, but will START accumulating points in the 3rd round. There are no buy backs for Motorcycles, Junior Dragster, or Junior Street. Cannot change driver, vehicle, or class. 

Prices: Sportsman $25 / Pro $35 / Super Pro $45.