When the 2017 International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) season began, Christopher Webb approached the season like any other – hoping to run well enough to compete for a championship. Little did he know that things would work out just right for him and that after a terrible tale on their...

Danny Waters Jr. works as a service manager at a John Deere Ag and Turf store during the week.When he isn't busy working on the mowers, tractors and other equipment used on the farms, golf courses and other sites around the Mid-Atlantic region, the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Quick...

Pete D'Agnolo had a truly classic performance to become this year's International Hot Rod Association Super Stock World Champion.He drove a familiar white 1967 Camaro in the IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship races. His father, Sam, originally purchased the vehicle as a street car and put 3,000 road miles on...

Rob Harvischak is truly at the right place, at the right time.Billed from his hometown of Warren, Ohio, the actual community where Harvischak lives is named Champion. That's certainly appropriate since Harvischak is new International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Top Sportsman World Champion.The 48-year-old driver, who has been racing for...

The inaugural season of the International Hot Rod Association Summit Sportsman National Championship is racing toward a fantastic finish.Drivers and teams will head to Dragway 42 in West Salem, Ohio for the series' 14th and final stop. Under the SSNC format, championships are determined using points claims from the best...

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...

Jeff Longhany was a standout football player at the University of North Carolina and had professional aspirations. During his career at Cape Fear High School near Fayetteville, N.C., Longhany played offense and defense, but defense was his specialty – he recorded nearly 250 tackles in his varsity football career. He...

The International Hot Rod Association Summit Sportsman National Championship is coming down the home stretch with the upcoming double-race weekend at Carolina Dragway in Aiken, S.C.It is the 13th stop in what has become a 14-race series after the recent cancellation at Baton Rouge. Under the SSNC format, championships are...

Working in the engine shop at one of the most successful race teams ever should give a person a pretty solid understanding of what makes cars go fast. That's exactly the advantage Robert Vogler III has over the other drivers in Top Dragster as they compete for the Ironman Trophy,...

It's the busiest racing weekend of the season so far for the International Hot Rod Association with a pair of double-race weekends for the Summit Sportsman National Championship and the first of nine division races in the Summit Team Finals.Summit Sportsman National Championship races are scheduled for Memphis International Raceway...