Luke Schwemler had one word to describe the custom-built JR Race Car given to the Junior Dragster World Champion at the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Summit World Finals at Memphis International Raceway.Awesome.With a custom paint scheme from Jerron Settles of Imagine That Customs, the custom-built car was unveiled by...

On Wednesday, we gave you the rundown of the top five in points of each of the four Pro categories for 2016. Dialing it back just a few years, how did that roster look in 2013?In one category, names from the 2016 championship appeared then, too, but in a different...

Make no mistake, every competitor on the IHRA circuit – from the rookie weekend racer to the seasoned pro – loves to win. But if there's one driver who maybe loves to win just a tiny bit more than the other racers, we nominate Mark Sanders.He's the driver and owner...

Since the second IHRA Drag Racing Series event of the 2016 season at San Antonio Raceway, Hayden Proffitt II has been touring with the IHRA, all the way from his home in Texas up to Canada.Proffitt campaigns the Hot Streak II, a twin-jet 1957 Chevrolet pickup truck that closes out...

When you are racing with a true international series, there's no telling what might be part of the program, and the International Hot Rod Association's IHRA Drag Racing Series, with events from Orlando, Florida to Edmonton, Alberta, is a true international series.Case in point: The Outlaw Sled Drag Racing Association,...

Billy Harper and that glossy black 2000 Dodge Viper, with its 903 cubic-inch, nitrous-fueled engine, make up one of the most feared entries in the Pro Modified ranks. Harper is quick on the trigger at the starting line, and the car is usually dead reliable through eliminations.But two weekends ago...

Normally in victory lane, the winner's attitude is pure excitement. For Jay Turner, winner in Nitro Motorcycle at the IHRA Mopar Canadian Nationals Presented by Williams Racing at Grand Bend Motorplex in Ontario, the prevailing emotion was relief."I thought we were ready when we got here," the IHRA reigning champion...

Frequent bridesmaid Trevor Eman, the 29-year-old driver of the Aruba.com Ford Mustang Pro Stock, put it all together Sunday in the IHRA finals for the Mopar Canadian Nationals Presented by Williams Racing at Grand Bend Motorplex in Ontario."It feels great," said Eman about his first ever IHRA win. "It was...

Billy Harper is well on his way to making up for a miserable performance last weekend at Maryland International Raceway, with a dominating run during first-round qualifying at the Mopar Canadian Nationals Presented by Williams Racing at Grand Bend Motorplex in Ontario.Last week, Harper set fast time in the Pro...

The second round of qualifying for the IHRA Mopar Canadian Nationals presented by Mopar ran during the heat of Saturday afternoon – and even in Canada, at the Grand Bend Motorplex, it's pushing 88 degrees – and while several drivers improved their times from the coolness of Friday night, there...