| The Salt Lake Tribune

Tooele -- Miller Motorsports Park has signed an agreement with the National Auto Sport Association (NASA), one of America’s top sanctioning bodies for sports car racing, that creates the Utah Region of NASA.

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The NASA Utah Region will replace the Miller Park Racing Association, which was founded in 2006 when the track opened, to foster the growth of amateur sports car racing in the Intermountain West.

The local racing community has grown sufficiently to attract national sanctioning from NASA, leading to the creation of the Utah Region.

In addition to sanctioning and operating the Utah Region racing series, the Utah Region of NASA will also offer a variety of options for drivers who want to experience high-speed driving without the constraints of a competitive environment.

"This is a proud day for us," said John Larson, general manager of Miller Motorsports Park. "When we launched the Miller Park Racing Association back in 2006, the goal was just to provide a local platform for sports car enthusiasts who wanted to go racing in a safe and controlled environment. It is very gratifying that NASA has agreed to create the Utah Region, and it will take our local racing and track-day programs to a new level."

The 2012 NASA Utah Region season will consist of seven race weekends between April and October, with two feature races per weekend, and will utilize all four of MMP’s track layouts. The season also includes non-points Spring and Fall Enduro events held in March and October.

The season gets underway on March 31, with the non-points, three-hour Spring Enduro. Dates for the seven race weekends (two races per weekend) are April 21-22, May 12-13, June 30-July 1, July 28-29, August 18-19, September 15-16 and October 6-7, with the Fall Enduro concluding the season on October 27.