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...

To say the odds were stacked against Jerry Cotton in 2017 would be a huge understatement.At an age when most folks retire and battling a health condition which left him nowhere near full strength, Cotton came within one round of becoming an International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) World Champion.Cotton was...

Travis Loy barely won the championship at his home track of Knoxville Dragway. Just weeks later, he came within one round of becoming the Mod World Champion at the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Summit World Finals."I didn't think I was going to win the points. The last two races...

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...

Memphis International Raceway (MIR), site of this weekend's International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Summit World Finals, is the Mid-South's premiere racing destination for racers and spectators alike. The facility, located minutes from Memphis, Tenn., includes multiple Motorsports venues allowing it to host a wide variety of events.Drivers and teams from...

The IHRA Summit World Finals at Memphis International Raceway was full of flashy rides – Chevrolet Camaros, Ford Mustangs, Plymouth Barracudas, many of them painted up like show cars.But there's something to be said for the old-school approach – the car that is an ultimate sleeper: Something that looks pedestrian...

We've told you about the IHRA Summit World Finals, to be held at Memphis International Raceway, Oct. 20-23. But some of you have asked a rather obvious question: How do racers get there?The format is slightly different from the 2015 race. The Summit SuperSeries is a $240,000 program leading to...

The long-awaited, star-studded 63rd Annual World Series of Drag Racing, presented by Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau is in the books, and featured plenty of entertainment, both on and off the track.It was the first time Memphis International Raceway hosted the event, which had previously been held at Cordova International...