On January 30, 2018, NHRA announced that a pro national event will be returning to Virginia Motorsports Park, as the NHRA Summernationals moved from Englishtown, New Jersey, after Old Bridge Township Raceway Park decided to cancel all drag racing operations there earlier in the month.

[4] It was not held in 2023, but is on the NHRA Misson Foods Drag Racing Series schedule for this year to take place on June 21-23, 2024.

[5] Virginia Motorsports Park is also a member track of the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA), a regional sanctioning body of professional 1/8 mile (0.201 km) doorslammer (Pro Stock and Pro Modified) style drag racing, with Pro Modified classes split by type of power boosters added (turbocharger/supercharger, nitrous oxide, and an entry-level 632ci limit format), and the Pro Stock class being Mountain Motor.

[8] The track has been hosting the PDRA Brian Olson Memorial World Finals since October 2019.

[9] Virginia Motorsports Park has a dirt track located beside the dragstrip which hosts tractor pulling, motocross and other events.