As someone who has raced for 42 years, I-64 Motorplex promoter Tim Baldridge loves what the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Summit SuperSeries does for the grassroots Sportsman racer.Drivers at his Owingsville, Ky., facility not only race for local championships, but they get the opportunity to join other IHRA track...

The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) and Sunoco recently announced a multi-year partnership that sees Sunoco Race Fuels continue as the official fuel of the IHRA. The partnership includes Sunoco Race Fuels as the official fuel of the new IHRA Summit Sportsman Spectacular series that kicks off March 9, 2018...

Hundreds of International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Summit SuperSeries track champions, along with Summit Team Finals divisional champions from around the United States and Canada, gathered at Memphis International Raceway on Oct. 19-21 for the IHRA Summit World Finals.Representing nearly 100 IHRA-sanctioned tracks, drivers traveled from all over North America,...

It's the oldest operating purpose-built drag strip in the United States, but folks are still confused with two facts about Great Lakes Dragaway.Yes, the International Hot Rod Association member track's name is Dragaway, not Dragway, and it is in Paris, Wis., instead of nearby Union Grove.It was track founder Marge...

Johnny Tolisano is proving that he can run with the big boys.After dominating in Junior Dragsters, Tolisano is now the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Summit Sportsman National Championship leader in Top Dragster.It really should come as no surprise that the 21-year-old, who previously raced as John Tolisano III, is...

Western North Carolina is known around the country as a NASCAR hotbed with an overwhelming majority of the NASCAR teams based around Charlotte, local NASCAR racetracks throughout the region and Charlotte Motor Speedway located in Concord. Drag strips, however, are also bountiful in North Carolina, and International Hot Rod Association...

In a part of the world with some seriously extreme weather, drag racing season is about to begin. Thinking of racing in Alaska? Chances are the Iditarod, a sled-dog race that runs a thousand miles from Settler's Bay to Nome, comes to mind – maybe even 2017 champion musher Mitch...

"I knew coming here I was going to have to be good because everyone here's a champion," said Mickey Nelson of Leonardtown, Md., who fought an uphill battle in the IHRA Summit SuperSeries matchup at Memphis International Raceway.He's right – there were 226 IHRA season champions present, and Nelson knew...

The 71-car entry list for the Mod category at the IHRA Summit SuperSeries at Memphis International Raceway last weekend looked pretty typical: Camaro, Camaro, Camaro, Mustang, Camaro, Firebird, Mustang, Camaro, Volvo...Volvo?Victor Ellinger, who likes to be different, entered his 1980 Volvo Bertone, the luxury model that came with all the...

For the hundreds of IHRA Sportsman racers converging on Memphis International Raceway on Thursday, this is what they have been working toward all season. These racers persevered to become Summit SuperSeries Champions during the Summit Bracket Racing Series presented by COMP Cams or took the victory in the main event...