Whether it's roofing or racing, Vernon Rowland has it covered.The 48-year-old owner of a commercial roofing business in Oklahoma was one of the leading drivers in the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Summit Sportsman National Championship all season.With three wins and four final-round appearances, Rowland became the IHRA Super Rod...

St. Patrick's Day is known for four-leaf clovers and other good-luck charms. But it was March 18, the day after the holiday, which turned out to be the lucky day for the Weaver family from Lubbock, Texas.It was the day which Monte Weaver and his son, Kohl, both scored victories...

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 agreement is effective immediately; broadcasts begin when the 2017 IHRA Drag Racing season opens Feb. 3-5 at Immokalee...

As you'd guess from the IHRA Good Vibrations Motorports Texas Nationals at San Antonio Raceway, the second event in the 2016 IHRA Drag Racing Series season, as well as being a presenting sponsor at the Mopar Rocky Mountain Nationals in Edmonton, Alberta's Castrol Raceway, the California-based parts supplier has been...

Talk about baptism by fire: Shawn Bowen's first drag race came behind the wheel of an alcohol dragster.More surprising?"I won," he said. "No one was expecting me to, including me!"Racing has always been a family affair for Bowen. His father, Mike, drove their dragster until he had neck surgery, so...

If you think the Nitro Harleys are the most extreme form of drag racing on the circuit – well, you're right. In what other class do the riders wear ballistic vests to protect themselves against engine explosion? Loud, long and very heavy compared to other drag bikes, the IHRA Nitro...

Jet-powered dragsters have long been a part of the IHRA – formally, and running for points, and as it is this season, informally, with the race promotors in the IHRA Drag Racing Series making their own decision as to whether or not they will include the jets. For the first...

Why does John Robinson's Top Dragster have a diesel engine? Easy. "I own Texas Diesel Power, a diesel repair shop," he says, "and I don't know how to work on anything else!" Obviously, Robinson, of Weatherford, Texas, knows his diesels, though. At the Good Vibrations Texas Nationals at San Antonio...

It was not a particularly warm Texas reception at first for the IHRA and The Good Vibrations Texas Nationals Fueled by Sunoco at San Antonio Raceway – a steady crosswind of about 24 mph, with gusts over 30 mph, caused the three-day show to be condensed into a very busy...

Drag racing legend Raymond Beadle died in 2014 at age 70, but to look at the fans surrounding the Blue Max AMSOIL Nitro Funny Car at the Good Vibrations Texas Nationals Fueled by Sunoco at the San Antonio Raceway last weekend, you'd think it was Beadle himself behind the wheel....