![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Farthing-300x274.jpg\")
The ongoing merry-go-round of employees at IHRA, the International Hot Rod Association, continues forthwith, as the sanctioning group, which decided (due to weather concerns) to postpone its big race last weekend (May 22-23) at Maple Grove Raceway, has inserted a new president after firing Leah Martin. The latest person to assume the group\u2019s presidency is Dustin Farthing.<\/p>\n
Farthing, well known for his accomplishments as one of the finest personal watercraft racers in the world, has earned more than 30 professional world championships as he\u2019s competed in offshore racing, snowcross and IMSA\u2019s Lamborghini Super Trofeo competition. When not competing, Farthing has operated successful powersports dealerships, motorsports operations, sponsorship programs and large-scale construction firms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n While Tommy Thomassie was initially indicated to be taking over for Leah Martin, that was not the case. Farthing is entrusted with overseeing continued growth for the sanctioning body and its multiple series. IHRA runs and promotes drag racing, offshore powerboat racing, personal watercraft competition, stock car racing, pulling and snowmobile competitions concerns and, it says, future motorsports expansions.<\/p>\n \u201cDustin Farthing brings the combination of on-track credibility, business acumen and hands-on motorsports leadership that the IHRA needs,\u201d according to IHRA owner Darryl Cuttell. \u201cWe have put a focused strategic leadership team in place under his direction. This team will develop and execute clear short-term and long-term plans that position the IHRA for continued growth, while maintaining the strong relationships we have built with our racers, tracks, sponsors and fans.\u201d<\/p>\n In accepting the position, Farthing stated, \u201cThe IHRA has an iconic brand and passionate participants across every discipline. My focus, along with the new leadership team, is to build a sustainable foundation that allows us to grow responsibly. We remain committed to treating our racers and fans with the respect and support they deserve,\u201d he said. \u201cThat means making thoughtful decisions today that protect and strengthen the organization for the long term.\u201d<\/p>\n Due to his practical involvement in the sport, competing at high levels throughout a variety of motor sports, Farthing\u2019s perspectives could be the ones that help IHRA gain the support it needs, strengthening relationships with every entity: racers, track operators, sponsors and fans. While IHRA\u2019s expansion of its offerings continues, it\u2019s thought that Farthing\u2019s variety of experience will help contain the sanction\u2019s wild swings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The ongoing merry-go-round of employees at IHRA has inserted a new president after firing Leah Martin.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":106164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3465,3470,5029],"tags":[12432,13311,4799,13291,1379],"class_list":["post-106163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drag-racing","category-news","category-racing","tag-darryl-cuttell","tag-dustin-farthing","tag-ihra","tag-leah-martin","tag-maple-grove-raceway"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Farthing.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-rCj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106163"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106168,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106163\/revisions\/106168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}