16th Annual Door Wars
 

April 18th, 2024

   Story courtesy of:  MIR

 

 

MECHANICSVILLE, MARYLAND (April 18th, 2024) – The Atomizer Racing Injector Door Wars presented by ATI Performance Products is back at Maryland International Raceway (MIR) April 26th – 28th bringing the best door slammer heads up action to MIR in 2024. From the thunderous roar of the Northeast Outlaw Pro Mods, to the wheel standing Warriors Outlaws, and the close racing action of the 1320 Fabrication ET Series presented by East Coast Collision, this event will have a bit of something for everyone.

The Atomizer Racing Injectors Door Wars presented by ATI Performance Products will bring plenty of heads up racing action. The Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod Association (NEOPMA), Warrior Outlaws (W/O), Maryland Performance Center Real Street (R/S), DMV N/T Heavy Hitters (HH), DMV N/T Heavy Hitters Street (HHS), and Top Sportsman Quick 16 (T/S) will be competing in the Pro and Heads Up categories. The NEOPMA racers will be kicking off their racing season at this event with defending champion Derek Ward starting the chase to go back-to-back. Each of these classes will bring a stellar variety of action for racing fans everywhere. Records will be reset, championship chases will begin, and in the end, one driver from each class, will stand above the rest.

The 1320 Fabrication ET Series presented by East Coast Collision will also be running with the Door Wars event. Top ET and Mod ET will both run at this event. Hubble Motorsports Junior Dragsters will not be running at this event in 2023. While still early in the season, current points leaders Rickey Nelson (Top ET) and John Mattera (Mod ET) will work on building their points leads this season.

Returning 2024 will be ThunderMania! ThunderMania will bring back-to-back pro sessions on Saturday night starting at 6pm with final chance qualifying and 1st round eliminations. Fans will be able to see all of their favorite heads up cars fighting it out to qualify for the field or dig to find a little more to make it to the next round. After the 8pm session, MIR is lighting up the night sky with a grand finale style fireworks show! Be sure not to miss ThunderMania starting at 6pm on Saturday night!

On Friday April 26th, MIR will host a Pro Testing session that will be $150 per car. This pro session will start at 10am and run through the Friday evening Test and Tune that will end at 10pm. The track will be prepped every two hours starting Noon. The Pro Session is open to all Pro Mods, W/O, R/S,HH, HHS, T/S, and ET racers. Friday night’s Test and Tune will start at 5pm and will be open only to Door Wars participants. Friday night will also bring one Pro Qualifier for the heads-up classes. Saturday will bring one Sportsman Time Trial in the morning at 9am and will go straight into eliminations after at approximately 1130am. The second Pro Qualifying session of the day will be at 2pm. Final Chance Qualifying for the NEOPMA and eliminations for the W/O, R/S, HH, and HHS will be starting at 6pm on Saturday. NEOPMA first round will be at 8pm with all other heads up classes going into second round. On Sunday, new entry Sportsman racers only will get one time run and will go straight into eliminations. Second round eliminations for the NEOPMA will start at 11am.

For the purses, entry fees, run times, and more, head over to the ATOMIZER RACING INJECTOR DOOR WARS PRESENTED BY ATI PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS EVENT PAGE.