{"id":13811,"date":"2015-04-03T16:49:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T23:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=13811"},"modified":"2015-11-11T09:09:21","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T17:09:21","slug":"spring-is-here-so-are-races-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/spring-is-here-so-are-races-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring is Here! So are Races &#038; Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13815\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13815\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MG_5176_lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13815\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/spring-is-here-so-are-races-shows\/_mg_5176_lg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MG_5176_lg.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,330\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"_MG_5176_lg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo: www.charlottemotorspeedway.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MG_5176_lg-300x155.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MG_5176_lg.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13815\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MG_5176_lg.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: www.charlottemotorspeedway.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MG_5176_lg.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MG_5176_lg-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MG_5176_lg-638x330.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: www.charlottemotorspeedway.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nothing like the smell of burnt rubber to bring in the Spring season. Here are the can&#8217;t miss events going on in April.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"750\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"366\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/click.motorheadmedia.com\/?qs=911ac9585b850abcfced42187f9e69f9604a567246db01325756f2ac6fedfb80\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.racingjunk.com\/ui\/4\/50\/37714504-342..jpg\" alt=\"MagnaFuel\" width=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"Middle\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">Charlotte<br \/>\nMotor Speedway<br \/>\nSpring AutoFair<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>April 9-12<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/click.motorheadmedia.com\/?qs=911ac9585b850abc348fe4a5c34db0ab07523278314c255f38e9ac00091c69c5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.racingjunk.com\/ui\/6\/50\/37714506-199..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"Middle\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">Texas Motorplex<br \/>\nRacingJunk.com<br \/>\nFast Friday<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>April 10<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/click.motorheadmedia.com\/?qs=911ac9585b850abc054d048fa71f19776c3c1cc1dc877f9668df530c55e88ee5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.racingjunk.com\/ui\/7\/50\/37714507-034..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"Middle\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">Formula Drift Round 1<br \/>\nStreets of Long Beach<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>April 10-11<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/click.motorheadmedia.com\/?qs=911ac9585b850abce1eabbc00678d93ef8dbe771ca7bd1ec7d105ce866a3e590\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.racingjunk.com\/ui\/2\/51\/37714512-914..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"Middle\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">Lucas Oil Speedway<br \/>\n2nd Annual MLRA<br \/>\nSpring Nationals<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>April 10-11<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/click.motorheadmedia.com\/?qs=911ac9585b850abc6a75a6113dcd07f7e4db9a2d4c16b7ee54fce4be9d48ec00\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.racingjunk.com\/ui\/3\/51\/37714513-201..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"Middle\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">Goodguys<br \/>\nMeguiar&#8217;s 15th<br \/>\nDel Mar Nationals<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>April 10-12<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/click.motorheadmedia.com\/?qs=911ac9585b850abcbc374671dd8066c918a97b2cad2a6f237604a7574eb5b6da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.racingjunk.com\/ui\/4\/51\/37714514-471..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"Middle\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">SummitRacing.com<br \/>\nNHRA Nationals<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>April 10-12<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/click.motorheadmedia.com\/?qs=911ac9585b850abca7001107b5f09edc548568a86d8f22db24378cc6d4760965\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.racingjunk.com\/ui\/5\/51\/37714515-160..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"Middle\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">Thompson Speedway<br \/>\nIcebreaker<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>April 10-12<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/click.motorheadmedia.com\/?qs=911ac9585b850abce745ed58ed2a39cfa2442b1ace31b88983a6f81c0e0e0204\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.racingjunk.com\/ui\/6\/51\/37714516-758..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"Middle\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">NHRDA<br \/>\nTexas Diesel Nationals<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>April 11<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/click.motorheadmedia.com\/?qs=911ac9585b850abc6e186a57e6e43e431326934e0a2acad461dc8e1e58474327\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.racingjunk.com\/ui\/7\/51\/37714517-040..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"Middle\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">Trans Am<br \/>\nHomestead-Miami<br \/>\nSpeedway<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>April 12<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/click.motorheadmedia.com\/?qs=911ac9585b850abc348fe4a5c34db0ab07523278314c255f38e9ac00091c69c5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.racingjunk.com\/ui\/8\/51\/37714518-797..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"Middle\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">NHRA Lucas Oil<br \/>\nDivisional<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>April 16-19<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"384\">\n<table style=\"height: 1116px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"342\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/click.motorheadmedia.com\/?qs=911ac9585b850abcfb1dcb288a0eb72a987762823d019fca3d1d9d749372a2f9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.racingjunk.com\/ui\/3\/52\/37714523-813..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"Middle\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">Goodguys<br \/>\n1st North Carolina<br \/>\nNationals<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>April 17-19<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/click.motorheadmedia.com\/?qs=911ac9585b850abc2f16f25c06aa8b3c927bda5dc2a14a129076655dff22a636\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.racingjunk.com\/ui\/4\/52\/37714524-137..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"Middle\" width=\"202\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">Knoxville Raceway<br \/>\nLucas Oil Knoxville<br \/>\nChampionship Cup<br \/>\nSeries Season Opener<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>April 18<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/click.motorheadmedia.com\/?qs=911ac9585b850abc76b307cbf6a3cf17c64cad88e7dd675514c459e89b9e97bc\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.racingjunk.com\/ui\/5\/52\/37714525-176..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"Middle\" width=\"202\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">Tulsa Raceway Park<br \/>\nMega-Monster Truck<br \/>\nShow<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>April 18<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/click.motorheadmedia.com\/?qs=911ac9585b850abc04e5ddff2264791aa41ec1ab5ac1c2e310c0641088f98b50\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.racingjunk.com\/ui\/6\/52\/37714526-132..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"Middle\" width=\"202\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">Goodguys<br \/>\n2nd Florida Nationals<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>April 24-26<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/click.motorheadmedia.com\/?qs=911ac9585b850abcaa83107917acee428577b482d45bdc94f1d7c33f0f8b3d0a\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.racingjunk.com\/ui\/0\/53\/37714530-657..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"Middle\" width=\"202\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">28th Annual O&#8217;Reilly<br \/>\nAuto Parts NHRA<br \/>\nSpring Nationals<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>April 24-26<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/click.motorheadmedia.com\/?qs=911ac9585b850abc6c92546aef088595b7c5d80e597e47547003ec617df20507\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.racingjunk.com\/ui\/5\/51\/37714515-160..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"Middle\" width=\"202\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">Icebreaker<br \/>\nRoad Race Style<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>April 24-25<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/click.motorheadmedia.com\/?qs=911ac9585b850abc2f16f25c06aa8b3c927bda5dc2a14a129076655dff22a636\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.racingjunk.com\/ui\/4\/52\/37714524-137..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"Middle\" width=\"202\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">Lucas Oil Knoxville<br \/>\nChampionship<br \/>\nCup Series #2<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>April 25<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/click.motorheadmedia.com\/?qs=911ac9585b850abc4f492504cee3959da2ba33a7e3726719aad94c925d174b1d\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.racingjunk.com\/ui\/2\/53\/37714532-748..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"Middle\" width=\"202\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: medium;\">24 Hours of Lemons<br \/>\nThe Cure for Gingervitis<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><b>April 25-26<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>We know you&#8217;ve been itching to check out a good show or race, here are the events going on in April.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":13815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3447,3465,22],"tags":[2162,160,935,687,2333,2,2052,448,598,7,1922,888,674,2031],"class_list":["post-13811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-classic","category-drag-racing","category-event-coverage","tag-2015-goodguys","tag-car-shows","tag-charlotte-motor-speedway","tag-classic-cars","tag-del-mar","tag-drag-racing","tag-events","tag-knoxville-raceway","tag-lucas-oil","tag-nhra","tag-nhrda","tag-summit-racing","tag-texas-motor-speedway","tag-trans-am-racing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/MG_5176_lg.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-3AL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13811"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13818,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13811\/revisions\/13818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}