Navasota Raceway is pleased to announce the schedule and payouts for their 2011 bracket racing program. We feel that the track owner, Larry Magnus, has stepped up in a big way for the bracket racers and hope the racers will step up and support our program. We made our payouts (based on car count) the best in Southeast Texas. In addition, the bracket track champion will receive a $1000 end of year bonus. We will post the June thru October racing schedule at a later date.

SCHEDULE: (see website for start times)

Sunday Feb. 27th – bracket and street T&T
Saturday Mar. 12th – First bracket points race
Sunday Mar. 27th - Bracket points race
Sunday Apr. 10th - Bracket points race
Saturday Apr. 30th - Bracket points race
Saturday May 14th - Bracket points race
Saturday May 28th - Bracket points race

SPECIAL EVENTS:

Saturday Mar. 5th – Htownracing King of the South (KOTS) street race
Sunday Mar. 13th – Nostalgia Days at Navasota Raceway car show and bracket race (’70 and earlier)
Saturday May 14th – Southwest Jr Fuel Association points Race
Saturday June 25th – Houston Outlaw Racing (OTTA) non points race

BRACKET RACE PAYOUT:

Under 15 cars = $40 entry , $20 buy backs – pays 1st and 2nd place, $175/$75 ($250 purse)
15 car minimum = $40 entry, $20 buy backs – pays 1st, 2nd and semi’s, $250/$125/$50 ($475 purse)
25 car minimum = $40 entry, $20 buy backs - pays 1st, 2nd and semi’s, $500/$200/$75 ($850 purse)
End of year track points champion and points runner up will receive a one time bonus of $1000/$250 ($1250 purse)

STREET RACE PAYOUT:

8 car minimum = $30 entry, $15 buy backs - pays 1st and 2nd place, 125/50 ($175 purse)
16 car minimum = $30 entry, $15 buy backs - pays 1st, 2nd and semi’s, 200/100/30 ($360 purse)
If street class doesn't have a minimum of 8 entries then they can either pay $10 more to run with bracket cars or get $10 back and only T&T
End of year track points champion and points runner up will receive a one time bonus of $250/100 ($350 purse)

GENERAL RULES AND INFORMATION:

The season will consist of between 12 and 16 races. There will be a minimum of 2 scheduled races per month for spring and fall (Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct) and 1 race each in July and August. In the event of rainouts, the track will attempt to reschedule the race.

Entry into the points fund will require a $20 one time yearly buy in per driver.

With points fund the driver will be assigned a number to use at each bracket race.

Points go with driver not the car.

There will be an end of year racer appreciation race for the bracket and street class. Anyone who holds a points card gets free entry into bracket race (have to pay $10 gate entry fee).

Bracket/street points will be given as follows: 20 points to take light in first round and 10 points for each round win.

Each class will be given a minimum of 2 time trials. Depending on time constraints a third time trial may be available.

Each class will be called to the lanes individually for time trials and eliminations.

A card draw system will be used to pair cars for eliminations and to select bye runs. In the event of an odd number of cars in the lanes, one of the cars on the front row will receive the bye (the car in the lane of the first card selected each round will get the bye). The bye recipient will be taken out of the lanes, the cards will be shuffled and the card draw will proceed.

Each car is only allowed one bye during eliminations (this excludes competition singles due to breakage or no-shows).

Street cars shall have current inspection, registration and DOT approved tires. Proof of insurance can be substituted for inspection/registration for classic cars. Drag radials will be allowed. Foot brake only, no transbrake use allowed in the street class.

You must have your dial in clearly marked on your windshield and the passenger side of the car before you enter the water box. Reasonable exceptions will be allowed for motorcycle, altered and rail cars but it is the responsibility of the driver to make sure the track operator is aware of their dial-in.

No electronics controlling devices other than RPM activated automatic shifters and nitrous controllers are allowed in the bracket class.

Transbrake use allowed in bracket class.

No driver can drive 2 cars in the same class.

A driver cannot swap cars after eliminations have started.

Navasota raceway reserves the right to change the schedule and race rules at any time. Please check the Navasota Raceway website for updates.

Is Navasota NHRA or IHRA?

GREAT! We are in!,...we will support and be loyal to your track. We will NOT let you down!,,,,

Lets show the track how very much we appreciate them taking the first step!!! it says a tremendous amount of the track owner!,,,,,

Thanks so much for the positive response. We are interested in IHRA sanctioning but first we need to establish a healthy bracket program. If that materializes this year we will certainly look into it next year.

Please do . Me and my bro will be there. Always like smaller tracks for some reason , seem to do better there.