ALBANY, IN — The excitement of the IHRA Ironman Classic is coming to a couple of great race tracks in Indiana and Iowa this weekend.

Muncie Dragway hopes to get a break from the weather with their rescheduled race for Saturday. Humboldt County Dragway has the Ironman Classic on Sunday. Both Ironman races are part of huge Labor Day weekend events at the Midwest tracks.

ETHRIDGE, TN — Chris Gray, David Bell, Axle Higgins and Hope Capley were IHRA Ironman Summer Madness winners last Saturday at Ethridge Motorsports Park.

In addition to winning the IHRA Ironman trophies, it was the final season points race for all classes.

MOROCCO, IN — The IHRA Division 5 (Thunder) Summit Team Finals are less than a month away at US41 Dragstrip on September 19-21, 2024.

US41 racers look to defend their Division 5 title on the home track. In preparation for this and other events, the Indiana facility underwent major upgrades earlier this year including a milling of the entire quarter-mile to make the track as flat and smooth as possible. They created one of the nicest racing surfaces in the country. 

DYERSBURG, TN — Four racers scored IHRA Sportsman Spectacular presented by Moser Engineering wins at River Road Raceway, while five others earned IHRA Summit SuperSeries points championships.

Scottie Privett (Box), Chris Strange (No Box), Billy Foster Sr. (Street) and Maddox Lockhart (Junior Dragster) earned the prestigious IHRA Ironman trophies, sought-after big checks and commemorate medals for their victories.

MARION, SD — Thunder Valley Dragways captured its first-ever IHRA Division 6 (Midwest) Summit Team Finals championship on Saturday night.

Racing at their home track, Thunder Valley’s Team 1 raced to a 64-55 win over Humboldt Dragway Team 2. Thunder Valley’s Team 2 was right behind with 54 points, followed by Humboldt Team 1 with 22 points.

PARKER, SD — It was time to double up Friday at the IHRA Division 6 (Midwest) Summit Team Finals at Thunder Valley Dragways.

There were two Gamblers races, along with tow-rig, track operators races and best appearing awards presented at the South Dakota drag strip. Paul Sanders took the doubling up literally, winning both No Box races.

MARION, SD — Thunder Valley Dragways drivers used their home track knowledge to sweep Thursday Gamblers races at the IHRA Division 6 (Midwest) Summit Team Finals.

Dustin Medenwald (Box), JR Ward (No Box) and Ashton Tilberg (Junior Dragster) captured the opening-night victories on the track which had a major renovation to the racing surface in May.

HOLLAND, TX — The IHRA Division 4 Junior Team Finals presented Vision Industrial Services comes to Little River Dragway on Aug. 31-Sept. 1.

Saturday’s slate includes Index, Bracket 330 and Trophy races. It’s a $450 winner’s purse for the Index and Bracket 330 races with no age limit on the Bracket 330. The Trophy race is for ages 6-8.

CENTERVILLE, AR — The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) appreciates the hard work of all the track owners and operators to provide the member racers great places to race down the drag strip.

Such is the case with Centerville Dragway in Arkansas where the property was affected by a bad storm last Sunday. There was a lot of damage including trees knocked down, sheds torn up and power knocked out.

AMARILLO, TX — Four racers including 2023 IHRA Summit SuperSeries national runner-up Tyler Janousek captured IHRA Ironman Classic victories last Saturday at Amarillo Dragway.

It was a great day of racing at the West Texas track with Jackie Armstrong (Box), Tammy Drury (No Box) and Bob Nicholson (Sportsman) also taking home the prestigious IHRA Ironman trophies.