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The International Hot Rod Association – IHRA – has new management. Larry Jeffers, who currently operates Larry Jeffers Race Cars in House Springs, Missouri, has taken over the assets of IHRA with the intent of continuing competition.<\/p>\n
In a press release from IRG Sports + Entertainment (IRGSE) president and CEO Louis F. Partenza, Jeffers\u2019 acquisition was announced with the intent of promoting accurate information about IHRA and its future. \u201cWe have an agreement in principle for the IHRA to be acquired by Larry Jeffers, a successful businessman with a long career in drag racing,\u201d Partenza said. \u201cLarry is a motorsports park owner, and he operates businesses that build, modify and sell high-performance race cars and parts. He\u2019s been a professional racer himself and he understands racing businesses,\u201d the release intoned.<\/p>\n
Over the past few weeks, the future of IHRA has been one of the prominent stories in straight-line racing, as questions about its leadership swirled around. Even though the IHRA Sportsman Spectacular at Empire Dragway is just completed and there are five more events on the calendar, even though the fall IHRA Summit Team Finals have six events scheduled for September and into early October, and with the Summit SuperSeries World Finals on the docket at Holly Springs, MS for mid-October, IHRA\u2019s future continues to be water cooler talk. Partenza and Jeffers are hoping to quell the rumors.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are confident in Larry\u2019s vision for the future of IHRA,\u201d Partenza confirmed. \u201cHis plan is to build on the organization\u2019s existing history and philosophy while strengthening and expanding it into a full motorsports racing platform. With his many years in motorsports, he understands what it takes to run and grow a successful business in this industry and has deep relationships with both current and potential new IHRA sponsors.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, in the background, there have been members of IHRA\u2019s [former] leadership team that have been looking to start competing sanctioning bodies. The new IHRA leadership has signed restrictive agreements – including non-competiition and non-disclosure – intending to halt competing organizations. \u201cWe believe that any of these communications that you may have received are breaches of contracts and agreements with us; they are legally unable to compete with the IHRA for an extended period of time,\u201d the release stated.<\/p>\n
Partenza believes Jeffers\u2019 leadership \u201coffers a fresh perspective, which we think is the right one. He plans to hire a team that will share his, and hopefully your, vision for a successful IHRA and work to accomplish it hand in hand with the membership.\u201d Partenza\u2019s organization, IRGSE will, he concluded, \u201ccontinue to support Larry through the transition and team finals.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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