NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

NHRA and officials at Maple Grove Raceway announced a sellout crowd for Saturday’s racing at the 37th annual Pep Boys NHRA Nationals.

The Koretsky family purchased the fan-favorite facility in April, making several upgrades and improvements to a track that has hosted NHRA drag racing for almost four decades.

The passionate fanbase in the area packed the historic track on Saturday for the Koretsky family’s first national event, as the tremendous crowd enjoyed an impressive day of qualifying at the first race of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs.

“It’s crazy for the first event for our family to be a sellout, but we owe it all to the racing fans out here,” Kyle Koretsky said. “They supported us and came out here, and it’s beautiful weather watching NHRA drag racing. Our team and the Koretsky family will make sure all the great fans will get in as fast as possible to watch all these fast hot rods.”

The NHRA SpringNationals in Houston and the NHRA New England Nationals at New England Dragway in Epping, N.H. also featured sellout crowds during the race weekend during the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.