Drag racing returns to Jamestown this weekend.
The Jamestown Drag Racing Association will be holding two days of races at the Jamestown airport this weekend with side-by-side, eighth-mile track racing.
Drivers will take to the track on Saturday and Sunday.
Time trials will be run from 9 a.m.-noon each day, with elimination races beginning at 1 p.m.
Last year, 168 cars ran during the event.
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Glenn Christianson, president of the Jamestown Drag Racing Association, is expecting 120 cars on Saturday and upwards of 200 on Sunday.
They're expecting a crowd of nearly 700 on Saturday and around 1,000 on Sunday.
Along with the racing, Scott McVey and the Hooters top-alcohol funny car will be making an appearance. The funny car can run 250 mph plus on a quarter-mile track.
