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Super Nats to stay in Salem
SALEM
The Steel Valley Super Nationals will be back here this year.
Corey Ward, chief executive officer and owner of the Steel Valley Super Nationals, announced Friday that he and the newly renamed Quaker City Motorsports Park have renewed an agreement to produce the Steel Valley Super Nationals event June 24-26.
In a statement, Ward said his event “is one of the most popular and successful performance automotive events in the region.”
The announcement means fun for the racing crowds at the track at 10359 W. South Range Road. It also will allow the city to continue to have allied events that bring customers to Salem’s restaurants and other attractions.
Ward said, “The Steel Valley Super Nationals is Northeast Ohio’s huge horsepower party.”
He said that for three days, the grounds of Motorsports Park will be jammed with more than 3,000 high-end hot rods, street rods, muscle cars, custom trucks, sport compacts, street machines, and 25,000 spectators.
Ward said, “We enjoy our relationship with the great people at Quaker City Motorsports Park.”
Stadium GM Superstore of Salem will remain as the title sponsor of the event. Mike Hudock, the general manager of Stadium GM Superstore, said, “We are excited about the news the Super Nats are staying.”
At one time last year, Mayor Jerry Wolford proposed a separate racing program with Dan Swindell, then the owner of the track called the Quaker City Raceway.
That plan faded, and Swindell sold the track and most of the property at an auction last year.
Norman Fox, the owner of Fox Auto Salvage & Parts in Malvern, bought the property for $460,000.
The Steel Valley Super Nationals also will renew its partnership with the city of Salem, and both will co-promote the events.
The Steel Valley Super Nationals started in 1987 and took place at the Canfield Fairgrounds for 18 years. The event was purchased in 2005 by area promoter Ward of Austintown and his partner, Brian Caiazza of New Wilmington, Pa., who moved the event to Salem in 2006.