Eastern Conference Finals


Each season, racers from throughout the eastern United States and Canada take their shot at Wallys and a share of prize money during the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing Eastern Conference Finals. The event features racers from all tracks in Divisions 1, 2, and 3. Each NHRA member track may send an unlimited number of teams of 10 racers to the event. The event awards a Wally and prize money to the winner in each of the eight age categories -- 6-9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16-17 -- and a Wally to each member of the winning team.


2020 Jr. Drag Racing Eastern Conference Finals
zMAX Dragway (Charlotte, N.C.)
July 10-18

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Previous years' results: 2019 | 201820172016 | 2015

Eastern Conference Finals • July 18, 2020

Carter Jackson (age 6-9), Cooper Hancock (10), Cole Jennings (11), Kade Renoll (12), Kileigh Carter (13), Garett Sprague (14), Travis Hill (15), and Dylan Hite (16-17) outlasted the fields in their respective age groups to claim Wallys at the 2020 NHRA Jr. Drag Racing Eastern Conference Finals at zMAX Dragway. Virginia Motorsports Park won the team championship.


Eastern Conference Finals • July 15, 2020

Before they competed for Wallys in the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing Eastern Conference Finals, NHRA Summit Racing Jr. Drag Racing League drivers who made the trip to zMAX Dragway took part in several pre-Conference Finals races. Click the headline above for final-round results from those races.


Eastern Conference Finals • July 15, 2020

Due to a variety of reasons, including the threat of inclement weather on Saturday, the schedule for the 2020 Eastern Conference Finals has been changed.


Eastern Conference Finals • July 11, 2020

Attention racers attending the JDRL Eastern Conference Finals event at zMax Dragway.

We are coming into this event with several changes and want to make sure you are up to speed on what is going to be required.


Eastern Conference Finals • June 19, 2020

The 2020 NHRA Jr. Drag Racing Eastern Conference Finals will be held at the “Bellagio of Drag Strips," moving from original host track Bristol Dragway to zMAX Dragway in Charlotte. The event, which includes several pre-Conference Finals races leading up to the ECF, will be contested on the original dates of July 10-18.


Eastern Conference Finals • June 4, 2020

The daily event schedules for the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing Western and Eastern Conference Finals have been released. Both Osage Tulsa Raceway Park and Bristol Dragway have multiple days of racing planned leading up to the main events.


Eastern Conference Finals • Jan. 23, 2020

The dates and sites for the 2020 NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League Conferences Finals have been announced. The Western Conference Finals will once again take place at Osage Tulsa Raceway Park June 22-26, and the Eastern Conference Finals returns to Bristol Dragway July 12-18.