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Virginia Motorsports Park Weather - Petersburg, VA NHRA Race Weather

June 21st

Partly Sunny

Low: 71F

High: 93F

SSW 5-10MPH

June 22nd 

Mostly Sunny

Low: 76F

High: 97F

SSW 5-10MPH

June 23rd

Partly Sunny 

Low: 78F

High: 98F

SW 5-15MPH

Petersburg, US
7:04 am, Dec 21
35°F
L: 33° H: 37°
Feels like 35.42 °F broken clouds
Wind gusts: 0 m/s
UV Index: 0
Precipitation: 0 inch
Visibility: 10 km
Sunrise: 7:20 am
Sunset: 4:55 pm
Humidity 90 %
Pressure1020 mb
Wind 0 m/s
Weather from OpenWeatherMap

Forecast Discussion & Updates

NHRA

PlayNHRA Virginia Nationals 

Virginia Motorsports Park


Fri Jun 21st – Partly Cloudy. High around 93°F. Low around 71°F. SSW 5-10 mph.


Sat June 22nd – Mostly Sunny.  High around 97°F.  Low around 76°F.  SSW 5-10 mph. 


Sun June 23rd – Partly Cloudy. High around 98°F.  Low around 78°F.  SW 5-15 mph. 


Summary: Not much to say as a persistent high-pressure system will linger over the area throughout the entire race weekend, suppressing all possible precipitation and causing continuously hot temperatures.


All Times are in EDT.

Updated: June 19th, 2024 1:00 am EDT

 

Meteorologists

IMSA Mark Sweeney (@IMSA_Wxman)

IndyCar @IndyCar_Wxman

NHRA Elizabeth Ohlemacher (@NHRA_weather)

NASCAR & Formula One Aaron Studwell, Ph.D. (@RaceWeather) & Elizabeth Ohlemacher (@NHRA_weather)

Formula One T. Chase Haralson (@Tcharalson)

Virginia Motorsports Park (VMP) is a 1/4 mile (0.402 km) dragstrip in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, just outside of Petersburg.It opened in 1994 and originally hosted the NHRA’s Virginia NHRA Nationals. It has a seating capacity of 23,000 spectators. After a brief time with IHRA beginning in 2010, the track returned to NHRA in 2012.
 
On January 30, 2018, NHRA announced that a pro national event will be returning to Virginia Motorsports Park, as the NHRA Summernationals moved from Englishtown, New Jersey, after Old Bridge Township Raceway Park decided to cancel all drag racing operations there earlier in the month.The first Virginia NHRA Nationals took place in early June 2018. That event lasted two seasons before being removed by the NHRA on March 25, 2020 as part of a purge of races to reduce the schedule to 19 events because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The Virginia NHRA Nationals will be returning May 13-15, 2022.
 
Virginia Motorsports Park is also a member track of the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA), a regional sanctioning body of professional 1/8 mile (0.201 km) doorslammer (Pro Stock and Pro Modified) style drag racing, with Pro Modified classes split by type of power boosters added (turbocharger/supercharger, nitrous oxide, and an entry-level 632ci limit format), and the Pro Stock class being Mountain Motor. The current owners are Tommy and Judy Franklin, who purchased the facility in 2017.Tommy Franklin is also one of the founders of PDRA.The track has been hosting the PDRA Brian Olson Memorial World Finals since October 2019.
 
Virginia Motorsports Park has a dirt track located beside the dragstrip which hosts tractor pulling, motorcross and other events. The facility also hosts the annual Dinwiddie County Fair in October.
 

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