Steel Valley Super Nats get under way tonight in Salem


June 24, 2011 at 10:41p.m.

SALEM

The Steel Valley Super Nationals began much like the 2011 race season: wet and gray.

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Hot rods and dragsters sat in trailers tonight next to a quiet 1/4-mile asphalt drag strip at Quaker City Motorsports Park.

Promoter Corey Ward said they tried to focus on the drag racing aspect of the event, now in its sixth year in the Salem location. He said pre-registration for the event is up over past years and he anticipates 25,000 participants over the weekend.

The Steel Valley Super Nationals, he said, are experiencing a resurgence with the new ownership.

Read more about the event in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.