Over 800 high school students from across the Midwest will drag race for a portion of $20,000 in scholarship money to the University of Northwestern Ohio. The 18th Annual ACDelco High School Nationals presented by Amalie Motor Oil at Norwalk Raceway Park will feature high schools competing against each other for bragging rights, and students racing for their educational future.

This annual race is unusual in a few ways, including a rule against real racecars. Students compete in street-legal cars only.

Last year’s winner, Drew Elliot, of Bellville, Ohio, won the event in 2005, taking home a $10,000 scholarship. Runner-up Robert Reid of Pataskala, Ohio took home a $5,000 scholarship.

Norwalk Raceway Park hosts the fastest cars on the planet each year, from 330 mph Nitro Funny Cars and Top Fuel Dragsters, to jet cars at mind numbing speeds. But for Norwalk Raceway President Bill Bader, Jr., the High School Nationals is a great chance to teach safety and responsibility to a captive audience.

“The High School Nationals gives us a splendid opportunity to teach a captive audience about the safety and responsibility of racing on the drag strip,” Bader said. “Plus, it is a great chance for students to earn a large amount of scholarship money to a great institution, the University of Northwestern Ohio. [PRWEB]