Track and Mailing Address: 4700 West State St, Charleston, IL 61920
Track Phone: 217-345-7777 - Office Phone: 217-512-0673 or 217-663-1982
e-mail: colescountydragway@gmail.com
Harlin Family Racing In Memory of:
Rex & Virginia Brown
July 9th
Precision Power Source
Vashawn Young
July 29th
Easton Family
Terry Dale Farms
August 5th
Rusty Hill Racing
August 12th
Rev Tune Racing
August 13th
Spoiled Rotten Racing
September 30th
Erwin Inspection
October 1st
Fiveohh Trucking
October 14th
Cummins Family Racing
Jr. Dragster Family
2022 Jr. Dragster Champion
Tucker Mack
2021 Jr. Dragster Champion
Jesse Fritts
2020 Jr. Dragster Champion
Tanner Spires
2019 Jr. Dragster Champion
Jesse Fritts
2018 Jr. Dragster Track Champion
Meah Scales
2017 Jr. Dragster Track Champion
Kinzer Lee
2016 Jr. Dragster Track Champion
Eric Willenborg (4X)
2015 Jr. Dragster Track Champion
Abby Svoboda
2014 Jr's Dragster
Track Champion
Eric Willenborg (3X)
NHRA Jr. Street
NHRA Jr. Street
As part of its wide variety of racing series, NHRA offers
the Jr. Street program, in which teenagers who are 13 to
16 years old can race one another in street vehicles, be
they vintage machines or models straight from the showroom
floor. The cars must be full-bodied street-legal vehicles
that meet program requirements. Participants must have a
licensed supervising adult in the car on all runs, which are
made on the eighth-mile track using an elapsed time dial-in
format and limited to 9.00 seconds and slower. Participants
may not compete in any other class except Jr. Dragster. As
part of the membership purchase necessary for this program,
participants also receive the digital edition of
award-winning National Dragster, access to
NationalDragster.net, and excess medical insurance (coverage
may be different outside the United States).
NHRA Jr. Street is for drivers of full-bodied cars,
trucks, vans, or SUVs. Prohibited vehicles include open-top
SUVs or open-top SUV-type vehicles. Convertible tops are
allowed but must be closed at all times. Motorcycles and
race cars are prohibited. All vehicles must be street-legal
and driven in and carry proof of vehicle registration and
valid insurance. Vehicles also must display valid license
plates and be able to pass all state highway safety
requirements for the state in which the vehicle is
registered.
REQUIREMENTS &
SPECIFICATIONS
OPERATION: Participant may only drive the vehicle from
the staging lanes to the starting line, on the track, and on
the return road as far as the time-slip booth. The licensed
supervising adult must drive the vehicle at all other times.
AGE REQUIREMENTS:
Licensed participants must be at least 13 years old and may
participate through the year of their 16th birthday.
LICENSED SUPERVISING ADULT: All runs must be made with an
approved licensed supervising adult, who must be the
participant’s parent or legal guardian or 25 years of age or
older with a valid state driver’s license. The licensed
supervising adult must be seated in the passenger seat of
the vehicle anytime the participant is in the driver’s seat.
The teen may only drive the vehicle from the staging lanes
to the starting line, on the track, and on the return road
as far as the time-slip booth. The licensed supervising
adult must drive the vehicle in the pits, into the staging
lanes, and must take over after the run on the return road
past the time-slip booth.
DRIVER RESTRAINT SYSTEM: Use of seat belts is mandatory for
both the participant and licensed supervising adult.
HELMET: Helmets are mandatory for the participant and the
licensed supervising adult. Helmet can be either an
open-face or a full- face helmet meeting Snell M2005, M2010,
K2005, SA2005, or SA2010 or SFI 31.1/2005 or 41.1/2005
certification.
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING: No shorts, bare legs, tank tops, or
bare torsos permitted while racing (applies to both
participant and licensed supervising adult).
CREDENTIALS:
A valid NHRA JR. Street program participant card and
membership are mandatory. License application must be fully
completed and submitted to NHRA in Glendora, Calif., for
processing. License application available at
NHRARacer.com
or (Click
Here).
All new license applications must include a certified copy
of the participant’s birth certificate and a completed and
notarized minor waiver and release. Six (6) approved passes
are required by the participant: a minimum of five (5) with
a licensed supervising adult and one (1) with an NHRA track
official, who will determine the safety and eligibility of
the vehicle per elapsed time limits. After six (6)
successful runs by the participant,
the official and licensed supervising adult will sign the
license application.
An NHRA track official may deny a license to anyone he or
she believes cannot handle the vehicle. If an NHRA track
official denies an applicant, he or she must repeat the
entire licensing procedure. As part of the licensing
process, an NHRA track official also will conduct a vehicle
orientation test (to demonstrate mastery of vehicle’s
controls), a basic driving test (to demonstrate mastery of
vehicle operation), and track orientation (to identify track
fixtures, starting line, timing system, return road,
time-slip booth, etc.). A vehicle orientation test is
required for each vehicle entered in competition. An NHRA
track official or licensed supervising adult must be in the
vehicle at all times during the licensing procedure. To add
a vehicle, the participant must complete a vehicle
orientation test, basic driving test, and safety and
eligibility vehicle test and make two (2) approved runs with
a licensed supervising
adult and one (1) approved run with an NHRA track official.
Participant must hold an active membership in the NHRA Jr.
Street program.
NHRA JR Street (Video provided by NHRA)
Track and Mailing Address: 4700 West State St, Charleston, IL 61920
Track Phone: 217-345-7777 - Rods Phone: 217-512-0673 Email:
colescountydragway@gmail.com