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About IHRA Headquartered in Norwalk, Ohio, the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA), a division of Feld Entertainment, promotes professional, semi-professional and local level racing opportunities for drivers at all levels. http://www.ihra.com Nitro Jam The Nitro Jam™ Drag Racing Series is a North American professional drag racing entertainment circuit featuring 300+ MPH Top Fuel Dragsters, nitro-powered Pro Fuel Dragsters, wild Prostalgia Nitro Funny Cars as well as amazing exhibition acts including jet vehicles, wheelstanders and other various racing acts. In 2010, the series will be comprised of ten events in major cities throughout the United States and Canada. http://www.nitrojam.com ![]() Thunder Jam Geared toward families with an emphasis on affordabilty, The Thunder Jam series is a one night drag racing entertainment show at midsize to large capacity racetracks (1/4 or 1/8 mile facilities) . Thunder Jam shows feature extreme, crowd-pleasing exhibition acts such as 20,000 horsepower j et powered trucks and dragsters, funny cars , wheelstanders, thrill acts , and select IHRA professional drag racing category exhibitions. Local sportsman racing is also a feature component of a Thunder Jam event. http://www.thunderjam.com Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Tour Designed to offer semi-professional drag racers the opportunity to chase a championship without extended travel, the Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Tour consists of races held in various regions throughout the country. Drivers earn points towards Pro-Am championships, as well as IHRA National Event Drag Racing Series championships. Sportsman racers in Top Sportsman, Top Dragster, Super Stock, Stock, Quick Rod, Super Rod and Hot Rod will compete for both divisional and national points. These drivers make up the back bone of IHRA drag racing with their competitiveness and skills. http://www.ihra.com/proam/ Summit Racing Equipment SuperSeries The Summit SuperSeries is a season long IHRA ET Bracket World Championship tournament contested locally at IHRA sanctioned racetracks. Individual race class champions from each participating IHRA track will race other track champions from their respective geographical division at divisional Summit Team Finals events which conclude the regular IHRA racing season. The champion of each divisional runoff will earn their way into the eight-car field of finalists who will again race for the Summit World Championship during the season ending IHRA World Finals. http://www.ihra.com/superseries/ IHRA Junior Dragster Program The IHRA Junior Dragster Program is designed to allow youth, as young as 8 and up to 18 the opportunity to race against their peers in near replica models of the models that the pro’s drive. They compete at a local track level, divisional level, as well as at the Summit Team Bracket Finals, and the new Junior Team Finals Events. These events are contested on an 1/8 mile format on an ET dial your own format or a pre-set index on a heads up breakout basis. With three levels of Junior Dragster competition, it makes this class a great starting point for competitors to learn the basic of drag racing while promoting family fun. http://www.ihra.com/juniors/ IHRA Teen Championship Racing Teen Championship Racing (TCR) allows teenagers 13 to 17 years old to compete against each other in street legal cars and trucks. The TCR program is an inexpensive way for families to get involved in drag racing and offers a chance for parents to cultivate a close working relationship with their children. A Co-Driver will accompany the TCR competitor on all runs to coach the driver and to join in the fun. TCR participants receive an IHRA Competition License, IHRA Rule Book, a one-year subscription to Drag Review magazine, and medical coverage. All races are conducted over a distance of 1/8th mile with an ET dial-in format. Cars are limited to 11.00 seconds and slower. TCR drivers may not compete in any other class except Jr. Dragster. http://www.ihra.com/juniors/tcr.php Drag Review Magazine Drag Review Magazine (DRM), is the official magazine of the International Hot Rod Association. Published 23 times a year, DRM offers IHRA members and subscribers up-to-date information and coverage from Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series national events as well as from the Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am, Summit SuperSeries, Summit Allstars, Champion System Sportsman Nationals, Tournament of Champions, Elite Eight Pro Stock Shootout, Mickey Thompson Pro Modified Ten Grand Slam, and Moser Axle Mania programs. In addition, every two weeks the all-color publication presents news, personality and track features, interviews, technical articles, columns, photo spreads, points updates, and much more. There is also a digital version of the magazine, DRM Online, available by just clicking on the link found on all IHRA websites. http://www.ihra.com/dragreview/ |







