Photo from KOI Drag Racing website.

submitted by Steven Harvey, Manchester Community Fair

Anyone with an itch to go fast can register their vehicle and should do so. Manchester Community Fair has KOI Drag Racing returning to this year’s amazing fair line-up. KOI Drag racing offers a class for anything that has wheels and a motor. Do you have something that doesn’t have a motor or wheels? Don’t worry. KOI has classes to accommodate it. Last year we had a SNOWMOBILE race! Bring your vehicle down to the fairgrounds on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, and sign up to race your way to glory. Registration starts at 4 pm, practice starts at 5pm, and side-by-side heads-up drag racing eliminations start at 7pm.

KOI Drag Racing puts on over 100 shows a year across Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. What makes this event unique is that it allows those kids and adults who always felt they could get in a vehicle and speed down the track at massive speeds a chance to follow their dreams. It is open to any-aged person and promotes a night of fast-paced drag racing from everything from kids’ four-wheelers, motorcycles, and four-wheelers to cars, side-by-sides, pick-up trucks, tractors, and semi-tractors. Each driver will be placed in their appropriate class where they will participate in a single- or double-elimination format, depending on the number of entries.

All riders and drivers must sign a release form before participating in any event. All racers participate at their own risk to themselves and their equipment. Any rider under 18 must have a parent or legal guardian sign a release form. ATV and bike riders must wear a full-faced, DOT-approved helmet with the chin strap strapped and no sandals or slippers. All truck drivers, aside from street truck drivers, must wear a DOT-approved helmet, which can be full-faced or open-faced.

For more information, a complete set of rules for racing can be found on their website at www.koidragracing.com by clicking under the appropriate class at the top of the page, or call Lewis at (859) 576-7380.