Summit Point owner Bill Scott passes away,
calling hours Wednesday evening
12.08.2009 –Summit Point Motorsports Park has been a fixture on the WKA Dunlop Tire Road Racing Series driven by Mazda for many years, and the man who worked for nearly 30 years to bring the West Virginia road racing facility back to prominence has died.

Bill Scott, 71, passed away Monday, Dec. 7, after an illness. Scott purchased Summit Point in 1980 and the track has seen steady facility improvements and growth since. Once only featuring the 10-turn, two-mile course where WKA has held numerous Road Racing nationals since the early ’80s, Scott worked to grow Summit Point into a nationally known three-track facility that holds sports and formula car, motorcycle and kart racing throughout the year.

Scott’s company, Bill Scott Racing, has also utilized Summit’s tracks to train thousands of government security agents, police and other private investigators in accident avoidance, defensive and security driving techniques. The programs are some of the best of their kind in the country.

Scott was an SCCA racer and 1970 Formula Vee world champion before turning his attention to ownership of Summit Point. He’s been a great asset to the WKA Road Racing Series, WKC and enduro karting on the east coast.

People wishing to pay their respects can do so Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Royceton Funeral Home (106 E. Washington St.; Middleburg, VA 20117). The Royceton Funeral Home can be reached at 540-687-5400.

WKA extends its sympathies to everyone at Summit Point and Scott’s family and friends.

Karting at Summit Point
Enduro karting’s history at Summit Point began around 1970 when the Woodbridge Kart Club (WKC) made the Jefferson County facility its home track. WKC has competed annually at Summit Point since, and hosted a WKA national event at the track every year from 1983 to 2005.

WKC still holds club events at Summit, utilizing both the traditional 10-turn course and the newer Shenandoah Circuit for most of its races each season.

In 2009, the Mid-Atlantic Sprint Divisional Series held two races at a temporary sprint course on Summit’s grounds. The new sprint races at Summit proved successful for the Mid-Atlantic Series and both Summit Point and series officials are eager to grow the relationship in 2010 and beyond.