Submitted by jbirchfield@ihra.com on Thu, 08/07/2025 - 09:37 HOLLY SPRINGS, MS — The Varner family had plenty to celebrate at last weekend’s IHRA Sportsman Spectacular event at Holly Springs Motorsports. Derek Varner, the father, scored the win in Mod (No Box) with Blake Sanders, a frequent contender at Holly Springs, taking the runner-up honors. In the Junior Dragster final, Josiah Varner got the best of brother John Varner to take the victory. Alex Meadows in Top (Box), Chris Foster in Sportsman, and Chad Otts in Motorcycle also captured special IHRA Ironman trophies. The winners in all five classes qualified for the IHRA Summit SuperSeries World Finals at Alabama International Dragway. Meadows went home the winner in the Top class as Madison Fisher raced to the runner-up finish. Foster got the best of Tommy Jackson in the Sportsman final round. Otts scored a clean sweep of first and second place in the Motorcycle class. More great racing takes place at Holly Springs Motorsports as this weekend is the final IHRA Summit SuperSeries points race of the season. It features $6,000 to win for the Top (Box) class based on 100 cars and $3,000 for Mod (No Box) based on 100 cars. IHRA Summit SuperSeries track champions will be crowned in all five classes — Top (Box), Mod (No Box), Sportsman, Motorcycle and Junior Dragsters — as they will qualify for the IHRA World Finals in that way. Go here to check out the Holly Springs Motorsports Facebook page with more big events like the Mulligan’s Wild race on August 16, coming up. Mod Winner Derek Varner Mod Runner-Up Blake Sanders Top Runner-Up Madison Fisher Jr. Dragster Winner Josiah Varner, Runner-Up John Varner Chad Otts, with the clean sweep taking first and seccond place in Motorcycle Sportsman Winner Chris Foster Sportsman Runner-Up Tommy Jackson Sportsman Spectacular Ironman Trophies Tags IHRA Sportsman Spectacular