"Over the top" is a phrase easily associated with zMAX Dragway. From the facility's lavish amenities to the ability to race the fastest-accelerating machines on the planet four abreast, the Bellagio of drag strips has already carved its niche in the annals of drag racing history in less than two years of existence.

Street-legal drag racing takes center stage at zMAX Dragway when the Street Racing Challenge returns for the final time in 2009 to the Bellagio of drag strips tomorrow evening. The program began earlier this year as a combined effort between zMAX Dragway officials and local law enforcement to take street racing off the streets and into a safe, legal and controlled environment.

Upon the conclusion of the first round of qualifying from today's NHRA Carolinas Nationals, NHRA announced the fields for the four-lane, four-wide exhibition run. It will mark the first time in NHRA history, modern Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars will race four lanes, four wide, unleashing a powerful assault of 28,000 horsepower on spectacular zMAX Dragway.

The Countdown to 1, NHRA's six-race playoff, officially got underway Friday with Top Fuel points leader Antron Brown earning the provisional pole in Top Fuel at the Second annual NHRA Carolinas Nationals. The other provisional No. 1 qualifiers at the 19th of 24 races in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series were Cruz Pedregon (Funny Car), Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) and Hector Arana (Pro Stock Motorcycle).

Friday and Saturday - If no Pro Nitro qualifying sessions are completed then the day is considered a full rainout and the customer is credited the amount of the ticket toward another day of NHRA racing through 2010 at zMAX Dragway. Following the completion of one round of Pro Nitro qualifying, there will be no credit.

Speedway Children's Charities and B.R.A.K.E.S are joining forces once again for their Second Annual Benefit Dinner on Thursday, Sept. 17. The event, presented by tiwi™, will be held in The Speedway Club at Charlotte Motor Speedway with a cocktail reception beginning at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. and guest speaker Todd Follmer, chief executive officer of tiwi™.

Determined to give drag racing fans the race they want to see in the wake of the U.S. Nationals, Speedway Motorsports President Marcus Smith is offering to host a winner-take-all $20,000 grudge race between John Force and Tony Pedregon on Friday night, Sept. 18, during the NHRA Carolinas Nationals at zMAX Dragway.

Drag racing fans will get a double shot of nitro at zMAX Dragway in 2010 as the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series returns for two dates at the Bellagio of drag strips.

B.R.A.K.E.S., the safe driving organization founded by NHRA Top Fuel drag racer Doug Herbert, and Speedway Children's Charities will partner for their second annual benefit dinner and PPG Paintball Tournament on opening day of the NHRA Carolinas Nationals, Thursday, Sept 17.

Round two of the inaugural Media Mayhem Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway saw members of the Charlotte media drag racing Toyota Camry pace cars down the concrete quarter mile at zMAX Dragway on Aug. 13, 2009. FOX Charlotte's Brien Blakely beat out WBTV anchor Tonia Bendickson.

Two of the country's top sanctioning bodies for street-legal drag racing, the National Mustang Racing Association and the National Muscle Car Association, have converged at zMAX Dragway for the NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals this weekend.

It's been nearly one year since media members were given an intimate tour of a nearly completed zMAX Dragway. On that day, they learned first hand what many fans and competitors would learn later, that Speedway Motorsports Chairman Bruton Smith had been true to his word and delivered the Bellagio of drag strips.

Two new cast members - six-time IHRA Top Fuel champion Clay Millican and Denver morning radio personality Steve Meade (aka 'Willie B') - and some first-ever historical moments will highlight a new season of SPEED™ grassroots drag racing lifestyle show, PINKS All Out, presented by NAPA. Starting Thursday, July 16, 10 premiere episodes will start at 8 p.m. ET.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Greg Biffle intends to pull some unusual double duty this weekend when he takes to the quarter-mile at zMAX Dragway for Saturday's PINKS All Out.

Local law enforcement officials gathered at zMAX Dragway to help speedway officials announce a new program designed to take street racing off the streets and into a safe, legal and controlled environment. The first Street Racing Challenge kicks off at the Bellagio of drag strips on Thursday at 5 p.m.