IRG Sports + Entertainment (IRGSE) announced that Mike Dunn has been named senior consultant for the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA).One of the most accomplished figures in drag racing, Dunn served as IHRA President from Feb. 2016 until moving to this new position. The change allows him to pursue other...

Fabian Brown, a professional announcer from Waldorf, Md., has been the voice of Maryland International Raceway in Mechanicsville, Md., a short drive south of Washington, D.C., for 14 years. The Maryland native planned to enlist in the United States Marine Corps, but when that didn't work out, he already had...

A pair of three-time world champions will make runs down the track Saturday to highlight action for the 64th annual World Series of Drag Racing, presented by O'Reilly Auto Parts, at Cordova International Raceway.Three-time NHRA Top Fuel World Champion Larry Dixon and Del Worsham, who has IHRA and NHRA Funny...

Merrill Schrimscher doesn't subscribe to the theory that bigger is always better.Instead, the veteran racer from Lake Mary, Fla., found his quick success racing after switching to a smaller engine. He changed out the 396-cubic inch motor in his 1969 Chevrolet Camaro to a 350-cubic inch motor. And, it's hard...

The numbers are trending upward in the land Down Under. IRG Sports + Entertainment announced that the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Australia recently achieved a milestone of issuing more than 2,000 competitor licenses in just seven months.As a proud partner and sanctioning body of the 400 Thunder Australian Professional...

The 2016 IHRA Drag Racing Series Pro season was a long but successful one, filled with challenges and rewards. Here are six things those of us at the IHRA were thankful for this year:The best track crew in the business. Scooter Peaco and his staff – including, of course, the...

Mike Dunn, president of the IHRA, did not have to rise through the amateur ranks to become one of the country's top drag racers. The son of Hall of Fame Drag Racer "Big Jim" Dunn, Mike began racing just before he turned 20 in 1976. The following year he earned...

IHRA continues with additional international growth; future announcements to be made in the coming weeksSydney Dragway recently announced that the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Australia is now the preferred sanctioning body for the world class venue located at Eastern Creek in the Sydney Metropolitan area.Sydney Dragway Vice Chairman Rick...

If you've never been to a Cacklefest, you should mark it on your bucket list: There's one at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif. this Oct. 23-25.So what is a Cacklefest? It's a drag racing reunion, at which you are likely to see some of the most iconic dragsters ever, along...

Earlier this week we featured an interview with IHRA President Mike Dunn, whom you likely either know from his decades of racing, and winning in, Funny Cars or Top Fuel dragsters, or from his 14 years of work as the color commentator on ESPN's drag racing coverage.Here's a clip that...