Summit Racing Equipment
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| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive aftermarket |
| Founded | Tallmadge, Ohio, USA (1968) |
Key people | Scott Peterson, President & CEO Al Noe, CMO |
| Products | Automotive parts |
| Website | summitracing.com |
Summit Racing Equipment is an automotive parts company with four retail stores located in Tallmadge, Ohio; Sparks, Nevada; McDonough, Georgia; and Arlington, Texas. Summit Racing Equipment is also involved in motorsports as a sponsor.
History
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Summit Racing Equipment started in 1968[1] in Akron, Ohio and grew to over 100 employees by 1993, with their mail-order catalog driving their performance auto parts sales.[2]
In 2016, Summit Racing announced it would open a warehouse and retail facility in Arlington, Texas; their fourth location after McDonough, Georgia; Sparks, Nevada and Tallmadge, Ohio.[1][3]
Motorsports
Team Summit
Summit Racing Equipment sponsors NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series racers Greg Anderson and Jason Line,[4] NHRA Funny Car driver Tim Wilkerson[3] and Bigfoot Monster Truck driver Larry Swim.[5]
Team Summit Legends (former Team Summit racers and friends of the company) include the following friends of Summit Racing Equipment: Don Garlits, Frank Hawley, Jim Oddy, Connie Kalitta, Kenny Bernstein, Bob Chandler, Dan Runte, the late John Lingenfelter and the late Scott Kalitta.
Summit Racing Series and Summit-Sponsored Races
Summit Racing Equipment supports and sponsors a wide variety of motorsports events and organizations, including the NHRA Summit Racing Series, the NHRA Summit Racing Junior Dragster Series, the IHRA Summit Racing Sportsman National Championship, the IHRA Summit Super Series, the Australian National Drag Racing Association, the European Drag Racing Series, the IMCA, the United States Modified Touring Series, and the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA). Summit Racing also sponsors the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in NHRA's Mello Yello Series.
Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park
In 2007, Summit bought the naming rights to Norwalk Raceway Park, becoming Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park (often shortened to Summit Motorsports Park, though it is still sometimes referred to simply as "Norwalk"). The track hosted its first NHRA national event upon becoming an officially sanctioned track the very same year. Summit is also the title sponsor of Norwalk's national event, which features both the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series and NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series.
References
- ^ a b "Summit Racing Announces $82 Million Warehouse Facility, Retail Super Store Will Open in Arlington". www.arlingtontx.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ^ Knight-Ridder/Tribune, Robert Fernandez. "MAIL ORDER IS PART AND PARCEL OF FIRM'S SUCCESS". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
- ^ a b staff, Posted by NHRA com. "Daniel Wilkerson will fly Summit Racing Texas colors in Dallas return to Funny Car". NHRA. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- ^ Editor. "Team Summit NHRA Reading Nationals Pre-Race Package". Retrieved 2020-11-18.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Summit Racing/BIGFOOT® and Trick Flow/BIGFOOT® Monster Trucks Crush Cars at the Summit Racing Equipment Atlanta Motorama". PRWeb. Retrieved 2020-11-18.