Rob Harvischak from Warren, Ohio won Sunday's International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Summit Sportsman National Championship race at Dragway 42 to become IHRA Top Sportsman National Champion.Harvischak's victory allowed him to overtake Marlon Goates, the Troy, Texas driver who came into the weekend as the class leader.Troy Williams Jr. from...

When International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) teams arrive at Dragway 42 later this week for the final weekend of the IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship, they won't find one general manager; they'll be greeted by co-general managers. Gary Harper joined the Dragway 42 team in August after working at several...

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...

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...

Two-thirds of the way through the 2017 season, a trio of tight points battles highlight the International Hot Rod Association Summit Sportsman National Championship.Under the SSNC format, championships are determined using points claims from the best seven of the 10 events in which the racer competes.With eight races under their...

At just about any major drag racing event anywhere near the Carolinas, chances are pretty good at least a portion of the Longhany family from Wade, N.C. near Fayetteville will be there in their family compound. These International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) competitors love racing, but more than that, they...

She comes from Campobello, in upstate South Carolina's Spartanburg County. The 2010 census counted just over 500 residents, but one of the town's families has contributed several racecar drivers and one gifted singer to International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) events.Meet the Volkman family: IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship drivers Emily,...

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...

When you see the car, you might think it's a reference to "The Flintsones," the Hanna-Barbera animated sitcom first created in 1960 about the Flintstone family of Fred, Wilma, their daughter Pebbles and dog Dino from the town of Bedrock. But at second glance, neither Fred nor Wilma nor family...