NOTICE! CALLING ALL FORD FANS!
FORD FUN DAY MAKEUP DATE IS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3rd!
See the Ford Day Flier here
Click HERE for the TMN 2010 Flier, or scroll further down the page.
Bracket Racers: The 2010 Big Bucks 7-11 Bracket Race is September 24th, 25th and 26th! Find the flier here.Metz Performance: Official Left Lane Sponsor 2010
Custom Classics: Official Right Lane Sponsor 2010
This week at The Legendary Great Lakes Dragaway:
Click on any of the event names for a description of the event!
Tuesday, August 31st: Street Tires Only Fun Racing 5-10pm
Race for $20, spectate for $12
Trophy Bracket Race open for ANYONE on Street Tires! Just $25 to enter (meaning pay the $20 to race, and another $5 to enter into the trophy bracket race. Cars on slicks or cars with delay boxes are not eligible.)
Reaction Time contest:
If you cut a perfect .000 reaction time, you will win $100! (One winner per night; 2nd or more winners will receive $20.)
Come really close with a .001 to a .009? You will win your $20 price of admission back!
There is no fee to enter this contest... just come out and for test and tune, if you happen to get a .000-.009 light, YOU WIN!
Contest is only open to street tired cars or bikes without delay boxes. Cars with slicks or delay boxes are not eligible. One $100 winner per night. In case of two cars getting a .000 in the same race, the winner of the drag race will receive the $100, 2nd place will win $20. This is the day for the people with daily drivers to come have a chance at being a star!
Labor Day Weekend September 4th AND 5th: The Time Machine Nationals
Times and prices for each day:
Gates open at 8am
Feature show starts approximately 6pm until 10pm Admission:
Adults 16 and older: $25
Kids 10-15: $10
Kids 9 and under: FREE
Fun Racing Test n Tune for All (available from 10am-4pm) just $40!
Monday, September 6th: Test n Tune Open For All Noon until Dusk
Open time runs for $30, spectate for $12
Big events coming to GLD:
Import Wars Midwest Nationals September 11th & 12th
Great Lakes Dragaway has started a text messaging update service to augment our email newsletters to keep all of you, our racers & fans alike updated on the latest information related to the legendary drag strip that is celebrating it's 56th year of being in the drag racing industry!
To kick this off, we held a ticket raffle for FOUR tickets to the July 10th Nitrous Street Car Brawl! Congratulations to the winner (name withheld at winner's request)!
This is just the first of many contests we plan to hold through the text messaging service, and these prizes will be exclusive to those on our text alert members!
To sign up, text gld to 313131; (393939 in Canada) you will receive a confirmation reply via text message. You may also text us whatever you want to say by prefixing the message with "gld", for example: "gld i will be at the next brawl!!"
We also plan to start holding contests for our email newsletter subscribers as well! Click the yellow box at the top left of this page to get on our email list!
Shown above is August; for the complete 2010 schedule, (including gate times) click here or on "2010 schedule" in the site navigation list to the left.
Since this year is not only full of big weekend events, but different events every night of the week for our fun racers as well... have you considered buying a 2010 season pass?
Come to GLD whenever you want... fun race all week and spectate the weekend's special events, for only 450 bucks! If you're interested, click here for more information. The fun racing passes WILL be accepted for fun racing on Saturdays & Sundays, provided no major event is going on that day (NSCB, Import Wars, Night of Thrills, etc.)
Spectator Season Pass:
Don't really race much, but get a rush out of watching drag racing? You can always buy a spectator season pass for $250.
2010 Spectator Season Pass
We accept Paypal, Visa, American Express, Discover and Mastercard via our e-store... this is the preferred method of purchase, but if you have special circumstances or any questions... or want to buy a large amount of passes for your car club & want to ask for a discount... email Mike at mike@greatlakesdragaway.com and he will help you out!
You may also purchase these as a gift... simply fill out the recipient's name and address on the order page; you will be given a screen to fill out your billing\shipping info at checkout.
Stay at the Radisson while you travel to GLD, and receive a discount! Click the Radisson icon above to reserve online.
Radisson Hotel & Conference Center Kenosha
11800 108th Street , Pleasant Prairie Wisconsin 53158
Reservations: (888) 201-1718 USA
Telephone: (262) 857-3377 Fax: (262) 857-3383
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» Vintage Clip Player
Great Lakes Dragaway is one of the oldest dragstrips in the entire United States. Many classic matchups and great times have taken place here. These snippets of classic footage from the Great Lakes Dragaway Archives contain rare video from the early days of Great Lakes Dragaway. We hope you enjoy them! In order to please a wide audience, we have several formats for you to choose from.
Flashplayer Player instructions: Click the "PLAYLIST" button and select a title from the list. It will begin playing on the video screen. To replay, re-select the video from the playlist.
