Summit Racing Equipment
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. Summit Racing Equipment started in 1968 in Akron, Ohio and grew to over 100 employees by 1993, with their mail-order catalog driving their performance auto parts sales. 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. Motorsports. Team Summit. Summit Racing Equipment sponsors  NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series racers Greg Anderson and Jason Line, NHRA Funny Car driver Tim Wilkerson and Bigfoot Monster Truck driver Larry Swim. 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.