Two completely unrelated events happened a short time apart that resulted in the creation of Immokalee Regional Raceway, the South Florida drag strip that hosted the first 2017 IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship race this season.First, Immokalee businessman Ralph Hester overheard some police officers from nearby Cape Coral talking about...

It was the 1970s and Deborah Tankersley had one of the best-looking rides as she attended classes in college: A gold 1970 Pontiac GTO with a black vinyl roof. Little did she know then her beloved GTO would still be in the family in 2017, and running more than 130...

With Immokalee Regional Raceway and Palm Beach International Raceway in the books as the first two tracks in the debut season of the 2017 Summit Sportsman National Championship, let's take a look at where the Championship is headed next: State Capitol Raceway near Baton Rouge, Louisiana on March 3-5.The historic...

James Cowie admits it: Yes, he and his family and friends contributed to the Florida economy during February. Not the conventional way of, say, booking themselves into a beachfront hotel or a Disney World resort, but by following the 2017 IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship.Cowie said there were five Canadian...

Old school? No argument.John Hudson's 1956 Chevrolet Hot Rod was built in the 1980s by the late, legendary Lil' John Butera – "God rest his soul," says the current owner and driver, John Hudson, of Daytona Beach, Florida."As a kid," Hudson says, "I used to go to the track and...

They call it Junior Dragster, but there's nothing junior about the intensity and emotion that goes into every final round of the IHRA's youngest class of racers.Last weekend, Nick Ferraro of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, did the double at Immokalee Regional Raceway in southwest Florida, winning the final round of the...

"We're making some history here," said Ralph Hester, owner of Immokalee Regional Raceway in southwest Florida.And he was right, times two: First, the 2017 IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship kicked off here with separate, complete events last Saturday and Sunday at IRR.And second, eliminations on both days aired live on...

In baseball, opening day is signaled by the smell of peanuts and the crack of the bat.In drag racing, it's the smell of burning rubber and the sound of a big-block V8 engine.That sound, that smell and a whole lot more comes to Immokalee Regional Raceway, the historic eighth-mile drag...

Both the mainstream media and the enthusiast media are weighing in on last Monday's announcement that IHRA drag racing will return to ESPN's online streaming service this weekend, beginning with the kickoff for the IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship at the historic Immokalee Regional Raceway just east of Fort Myers...

If you missed Monday's big announcement about IHRA drag racing returning to ESPN, here it is in a nutshell:"After a nearly two-decade hiatus, the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) and ESPN have signed a multi-year agreement for the worldwide leader in sports to resume its partnership with the IHRA. The...