The outcome, not very surprising. How it happened, now that was unexpected.

In life, there are a few things you can almost always count on: death, taxes and Peter Gallen being at or near the top of the charts at Pittsburgh Raceway Park.

With only three races remaining in the 2014 IHRA Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series season, championship points are at a premium.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The International Hot Rod Association’s (IHRA) Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series returns to Pittsburgh Raceway Park in New Alexandria, Pa. August 1-2 for the IHRA Nitro Jam Pittsburgh Nationals presented by Good Vibrations Motorsports.

The International Hot Rod Association™ (IHRA) and IRG Sports + Entertainment™ (IRG) unveiled a brand-new website this week for the series’ popular Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series.

If you are looking for that intense, nitro-burning, 320 mph kick that only comes from watching a pair of Top Fuel Dragsters go down a dragstrip, then the IHRA and US 131 Motorsports Park have just the event for you.

This year, every lap matters.

While fans at Pittsburgh Raceway Park have grown accustomed to the International Hot Rod Association’s annual visit to the Steel City, nothing can prepare them for what is in store this year.

After more than a decade away, the IHRA’s Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Tour presented by AMSOIL returned to Cordova Dragway Park over the weekend for a special Wild Card event.

Any question as to why the IHRA Summer Nationals at Cordova Dragway Park was the most anticipated IHRA national event of the season was answered Saturday night.

It was billed as one of the biggest nostalgia Nitro Funny Car races ever held. And so far, it is living up to all the hype.

With one of the most decorated nostalgia Nitro Funny Car fields ever assembled on the property, it was IHRA newcomer and Grand Blanc, Michigan native Shawn Bowen making the first move, propelling the “Violator” 1977 Pontiac Firebird Nitro Funny Car to the top of the charts at the IHRA Summer Nationals at Cordova Dragway Park.