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 MECHANICSVILLE,
MARYLAND (December 13th, 2022) –
Maryland International Raceway ™
(MIR) proudly announces the release
of the 2023 schedule.
New events added to the 2023 season
include Funny Car Chaos August 25th
– 26th. Funny Car Chaos is a
national series and MIR will be the
exclusive East Coast stop. We expect
to see the largest field of Funny
Cars in the history of MIR at this
event. A second King of The Creek
has been added in September. The
Young Guns Showdown on June 24th
-25th has been upgraded to a Jr
Dragster only event and will feature
$5,000 to win on Sat and $2,500 on
Sunday for the serious J/D racers.
Signature special events in 2023
will include: two Swap Meets, two DK
Racing grudge events, HDAY, three
Xtreme Dragbike Association (XDA)
events, Atomizer Racing Injectors
Door Wars presented by ATI
Performance Products, Truck Mania,
Total Chaos Night of Radials, three
Custom T’s Grudge events, two King
of the Creek 25k’s, Race Motive Roll
Race, Professional Drag Racers
Association (PDRA), two War on
Wheels events, DonkMaster, Burchoil
Jet Wars, Dreamfest, WDRA Sportsman
Spectacular, Superchargers Showdown,
Ford Fever Classic presented by the
Mid-Atlantic Ford Dealers, Mopar
Eastern Classic, the Haltech World
Cup Finals – Import vs Domestic
presented by Wiseco, and Door Wars –
A Footbrake Experience.
The largest all Honda and Acura
event in the world returns to MIR!
Honda and Acura enthusiasts will
travel to Maryland for HDAY held on
April 15th -16th. Do not miss this
event, as some of the best-looking
imports will be in the car show
while the fastest ones will be on
the track. For more information go
to
https://gohday.com/.
In motorcycle action, MIR will host
three action-packed weekends in
2023. Miller Brother Productions
returns with the Xtreme Dragbike
Association (XDA) and each of these
events will draw 700+ motorcycle
racers and thousands of fans. XDA
features 1/4 mile six-second, 230
mph Pro Street bikes along with
several other pro classes, Grudge
classes and sportsman classes. You
can find out more information at
www.XDAracing.com or follow them @xdaracing.
 The
Atomizer Racing Injectors Door Wars
presented by ATI Performance
Products returns April 28th – 30th.
This event has become our signature
outlaw event. It will feature the
Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association
(NEOPMA), Warriors Outlaw, MPC Real
Street, DMV No Time Heavy Hitters,
Top Sportsman our 1320 Fabrication
ET Series presented by East Coast
Collision program, and more! The
NEOPMA will have a $31,000 to win
race with their club as they will be
celebrating 31 years of success!
This is one of our “must attend”
events this season. Be sure to catch
Thunder Mania with back-to-back pro
sessions Saturday night and
fireworks!
The Professional Drag Racers
Association (PDRA) is back at MIR on
June 15th - June 17th and features
Pro Nitrous, Pro Boost, Extreme Pro
Stock, Pro Outlaw 632, Pro Street,
Pro Nitrous Motorcycle, Top
Sportsman, Top Dragster, Bracket
Bash, Pro Junior Dragster and Top
Junior Dragster. PDRA is home to the
fastest 1/8-mile doorslammers on the
planet - so be sure not to miss all
the action. You can find out more
about the PDRA at
www.pdra660.com.
The summer heats up with the return
of the fan favorite Burchoil Jet
Wars and thrill show on Saturday
July 22nd. This “wow factor” event
will feature fireworks, jet funny
cars, jet dragsters, a jet truck,
Warriors Outlaw, MPC Real Street,
1320 Fabrication ET Series presented
by East Coast Collision, and more.
This event is ideal for all ages and
a perfect night for families to come
out and enjoy the show!
 Funny
Car Chaos will be the event to be at
on the East Coast when it arrives
for the first time August 25th –
26th bringing the largest field of
Funny Cars in MIR history! If you
love nitro and alcohol breathing
monsters, then you won’t want to
miss this event. Fast cars, close
racing, and more for something to
cure your inner kid as a marquee
category will be here. Any funny car
can be here, so be sure not to miss
it! This event will also feature the
Legends of Budds Creek car show and
nostalgia bracket classes.
 The
2023 edition of the legendary
Superchargers Showdown will be
another stellar event when it
returns October 6th – 8th. The
second longest running event in the
history of the facility continues to
be a stapled feature on the
schedule. Check out all the action
with the final race for the NEOPMA
Pro Mods on their championship
weekend. Plus, Warriors Outlaw, MPC
Real Street, Jet Cars, and the 1320
Fabrication ET Series. Be sure to
catch Thunder Mania with
back-to-back pro sessions Saturday
night and fireworks! More details to
come.
 As
with every season, we save the best
for last of the biggest and baddest
events on the planet! The 27th
annual Haltech World Cup Finals
presented by Wiseco will feature
Import vs Domestic drag racing and
will be bigger than ever. This
five-day event is held on November
1st - November 5th and draws cars
from NMCA, NMRA, LSX Shootouts,
Buick GN Shootouts, Major Radial
events, IREV, IFO, Pan-Ams, TX2K,
HDay, FL2K and every other major
event and series. WCF has over 350
heads-up racers from over 10
different countries battling it out
on the ¼-mile for over $180,000 in
cash purse and bragging rights in
front of 50,000+ fans. Adding to
that excitement is the famous bikini
contest, a huge vendor midway, DJ’s
and more. Records will fall, legends
are made, and it all happens at one
place! For more information on this
event visit:
www.importvsdomestic.com or follow
them @importvsdomestic
 MIR
has some of the best bracket racers
in the country and we have a great
“big buck” bracket program designed
just for you in 2023. MIR will once
again host the King of the Creek
25k’s event on June 1st – 4th, plus
a second King of the Creek event in
2023 held September 7th – 10th. 2023
will bring Door Wars - A Foot Brake
Experience to a new date held
November 17th – 19th. This event is
a footbrake only series with one of
the largest footbrake purses in the
country as FRBR Promotions will be
putting up a $10k - $10k - $10k
winning purse format. MIR also hosts
four two-day ET Blowout Weekends
with $5K to win in Top ET, $2K to
win in Mod ET as well as $500 to win
with the Hubble Motorsports Junior
Dragsters each day. The first
Blowout of the season is the Opening
Blowout held April 1st - 2nd. The
Spring Blowout is held May 20th -
21st, the Summer Blowout is
September 23rd – 24th, and the final
blowout of the year is the Fall
Blowout on October 28th - 29th.
Racers at the WDRA Sportsman Series
will have a chance at $5k to win in
Top ET, $2,500 in Mod ET and $500 in
Junior Dragster on August 18th –
20th. Atomizer Racing Injector Door
Wars presented by ATI Performance
Products, Burchoil Jet Wars, and the
Superchargers Showdown will all be
1320 Fabrication ET Series presented
by East Coast Collision points
races.
The Late Model Performance Midnight
Madness Series and 1320 Fabrication
ET Series presented by East Coast
Collision are the backbone of our
schedule and they both promise to
continue delivering fun and friendly
competition for you and your family
to enjoy. Also, be sure to make
Budds Creek your destination when
you need to Test & Tune your car or
bike on select Friday nights and
Sundays.
We are excited to bring our racers,
fans, media, sponsors, and vendors
another great season of good times,
racing and fun at Maryland
International Raceway. We hope to
see all of you at Budds Creek in the
spring.
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