Star Racing is offering FREE SHIPPING on all parts and tires preordered for delivery to the 2013 Manufacturers Cup series season opener this weekend April 5-7 at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Fla.!

Call 800-841-7827 or click today to reserve all the parts and tires you will need to be competitive and successful this weekend! Everything you need for the race can be picked up at the Star Racing trailer on the midway. You can also stop by to pick up a Star Racing catalog or to purchase shirts, hats and koozies!

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As one of the members of the Manufacturers Cup group, Star Racing will once again be a class sponsor - this time for the Top Gas class.

Top Gas is the quickest index class contested at Manufacturers Cup events and is considered the stepping-stone into the Pro ranks. Most bikes compete with either big displacement normal aspirated motors to nitrous or turbocharged machines. All compete with a heads-up, pro tree start. Top Gas is run on qualified 64 bike field, based on a standard of 8.20 in the quarter mile (5.20 in the eighth mile). Standard safety requirements are the only class rules. During qualifying, runs quicker than the 8.20/5.20 index will be placed at the bottom of the qualifying sheet. During eliminations, runs quicker than the standard disqualify the rider under Handicap "break-out" procedures. 

In only a few days, the 2013 Manufacturers Cup series will kick off with the season opener at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Fla.

The opening weekend at this exciting new venue will also include an awards ceremony for the 2012 Champions of the Cup series, where they will receive award plaques and a Championship jacket.

Bradenton Motorsports Park and its surrounding communities have tons to offer racers and their families in addition to the facility itself. (See Fun for Non-Racers below.)

Why the New Locations for 2013?

Since the Manufacturers Cup spring race has been held the weekend of April 12-14 since the group's inception, that weekend was assumed to be the same for the 2013 event.

However, after receiving the surprising news that the normal host track for this event, South Georgia Motorsports Park (SGMP), had already committed to host an ADRL event on that weekend instead, the Manufacturers Cup group was not able to come to terms with SGMP on the spring race plans.

Since the Manufacturers Cup group had already begun discussing a new spring race date with SGMP before negotiations were dropped, the Cup officials decided to keep the new spring date for future discussions and negotiations with multiple facilities.

The Manufacturers Cup has always prided itself on being very conscious of other motorcycle drag racing schedules and has always tried to do whatever possible to avoid putting Cup events on top of already scheduled events.

The Manufactures Cup announced both their spring and fall event dates and locations on Monday, Dec. 17, and within a week of that announcement SGMP announced they would also be contesting events on those same weekends.

The move to Bradenton Motorsports Park by the Manufacturers Cup provides traveling racers, especially those with families looking for options outside the track, with numerous entertainment options to choose from.

White, sandy Gulf of Mexico beaches are just 20 minutes away. Holmes Beach and Bradenton Beach are located just 20 miles straight west on Route 64.

Golf enthusiast have countless courses to choose from, a hackers paradise! A nearly endless amount of boats are also available for charter out of multiple Bradenton / Sarasota marinas for those wanting to reel in the big one.

The Hard Rock Casino, now the 6th largest casino in the world, is located just 50 miles from the track at the intersection of I-4 and I-75, so it is right on the way for all racers coming South.

If your better half likes to shop as much as you like to race, bring her along! The shopping at Ellington Premium Outlet Mall is top notch with all the biggest names and is only 15 minutes from the track.

Sarasota, only a 30-minute drive from the track, provides even more choices including the world famous Lido Beach, the Mote Marine Aquarium, and the Ringling Museum of Art, along with designer boutique shopping and fine dining at St. Armands Circle.