The new International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Summit Sportsman Spectacular will make its debut at tracks in Texas and North Carolina and there is great value in pre-entering those events.The opening weekend of races is March 9-11, 2018 at Xtreme Raceway Park, Ferris, Texas and Farmington Dragway, Mocksville, N.C. The...

The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) announced today that member tracks Alaska Raceway Park and Gulfport Dragway in Mississippi have signed multi-year agreements with the sanctioning body.Alaska Raceway Park (pictured above) boasts a quarter-mile drag strip that opened in 1964. The racing surface was completely rebuilt in 2000 with a...

Chris Black was in a state of disbelief in the moments after winning the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Mod World Championship at the Summit World Finals last weekend at Memphis International Raceway.The Butler, Pa., driver had just driven his 1988 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck with a small-block engine to...

Tom Gall explained it was a long journey to win the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Top World Championship last weekend at the Summit World Finals.The 28-year-old driver wasn't talking about the 800-mile drive from his hometown of Beresford, South Dakota, to Memphis International Raceway. He was talking about the...

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 International Hot Rod Association Summit Team Finals crank back up this weekend with events scheduled at three different tracks.Teams from Division 2 East (Heat Wave) will compete at Carolina Dragway in Aiken, S.C., those from Division 3 (North Stars) will be at Keystone Raceway Park in New Alexandria, Pa.,...

To the untrained Junior Dragster eye, a quick look at the JR Race Car website shows just about anything a family interested in starting a Junior Dragster program for a child would need to get started. They have chassis, engines, clutches, wheels, tires, flywheels and much more – all the...

The world of motorsports might be the most partner-driven of all sports – for any sanctioning body, corporate partners make it possible for a sport to survive and thrive. For the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA), there is no more vital partner than Summit Racing Equipment, The World's Speed Shop.The...

The transformation is almost complete at Quaker City Motorsports Park.When Norm Fox bought the historic Salem, Ohio track in 2011, it was in dire need of tender, loving care. Six years later, he and the staff led by his son, A.J., have turned the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA)-sanctioned facility...

There has been a flurry of activity recently with seven race tracks entering sanctioning agreements with the International Hot Rod Association over the past six weeks.Six of the seven agreements are multi-year deals with the tracks ranging from historic facilities to a pair still in the building phase.Three iconic Indiana...