The park is soon to witness some of the country's hottest racing competitions. The Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals is held annually at VMP in October.VMP was also awarded the Drag Champ Track of the Year in January 2020 which was a voted award!.VMP was given the Golden Trowel Award World Record in 2019 for the smoothest racing surface.Johnson covered the track in 6.893 seconds and pulled off a spectacular run of 200.13 mph! The records broken were about reaching 200 miles per hour and the entire quarter-mile drag in under 6.9 seconds.
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The recent Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series held in September 2020 attracted massive crowds.Speaking of historical events, here is a list of some of the most iconic events that occurred in the park: Virginia Motorsports Park was established in 1994 as one of the ten most extensive facilities in the world and bagged the title of hosting the first National Drag Race in the state of Virginia.
For the past two decades, the park has witnessed an average of 250,000 people every year. The park has made its mark on the racing community and has been showcasing some of the most thrilling and action-packed motorsports events in history.
Boasting a seating capacity of over 23,000 spectators, the park is home to some of the hottest racing action such as drag racing, motocross, truck and tractor pull, autocross, the great bull run, BMX racing, and is host to the Dinwiddie County Fair which attracts around 10,000 people annually from various parts of the country. This 500-acre facility includes a quarter-mile drag race strip, the Mud Bog, and a family All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) park, among various others.
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The facility is owned by Tommy Franklin, one of the founders of the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA), and his wife Judy Franklin, who purchased the park in 2017. Known as one of the top-ranked racing tracks in the US, Virginia Motorsports Park was inaugurated back in 1994 for all race lovers out there. Located just outside Petersburg in Dinwiddie County, Virginia Motorsports Park is a state-of-the-art dragstrip.
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