Schedules Toppled by IHRA Drama
The ripples from the IHRA issues are spreading into other race series’, including NASCAR and NHRA.
The ripples from the IHRA issues are spreading into other race series’, including NASCAR and NHRA.
As we wait for that Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Brainerd round to roll in another week from now, it’s time to reflect on the regular season titles and money at stake after both Brainerd and The Big Go – the Toyota NHRA U.S. Nationals – on Labor Day weekend.
With the imminent demise of the latest iteration of International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) racing, it was the group’s sportsman racers who really got the shaft
The resurgence of Elite Motorsports in NHRA’s Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Pro Stock category has been slow and determined. It has a lot to do with the difference between one chassis designer and another – and has been in process for more than a year.
The extravaganza that is NHRA’s 75th anniversary will continue next year when the series – and, indeed, anyone that loves straight-line racing – will turn to the GOAT of Funny Car, John Force, to celebrate his 50 years in the sport.
There are now only two races left to determine the winners of NHRA’s Mission Foods Drag Racing Series regular season championships, the participants in its six-race Countdown to the Championship playoffs and to crown victors in both the Brainerd and Indy drag racing contests.
As the IHRA story gets even more complicated, a reported exchange with Richard Freeman leaves IHRA’s future more uncertain.
NHRA’S 37th visit to Seattle Raceways is the 12th event in the Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, as it barrels towards the close of its “regular” season when initial championships in the sanction’s 75th anniversary season take place.
Central California’s Gary Scelzi was the chosen star of this event, and it’s doubtful anyone else could have repped the series better.
The 38th annual DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals had more twists and turns than the road course that surrounds its quarter-mile dragstrip.