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IHRA Drag Racing Returns to ESPN

IHRA Drag Racing returns to the ESPN family of networks Feb. ESPN3 to show more than 200 hours of IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship. ESPN Presents a nine-month schedule of live-streamed IHRA Drag Racing. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. 2020/21 IHRA New Zealand drag meeting dates released Meremere Dragway and the Pegasus Bay Drag Racing Club have released their drag meeting dates for the 2020/21 season. Next seasons drag meeting dates are all listed on the Events page. Friday, May 25, 2018 – Sunday, May 27, 2018. Dragway 42 Summit Sportsman Spectacular Event. Series: Summit Sportsman Spectacular Dragway 42. Friday, June 08, 2018 – Sunday, June 10, 2018. Mooresville Dragway Summit Sportsman Spectacular Event. Series: Summit Sportsman Spectacular Mooresville Dragway. Friday, July 13, 2018 – Sunday, July 15, 2018. The 2018 season will conclude and champions will be crowned at the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona on Nov. A full season schedule can be found on NHRA.com and the new race dates are below. 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship Sept. 13-16 Dodge NHRA Nationals Reading, Pa. IHRA, West Palm Beach, Florida. 97,504 likes 379 talking about this. Follow IHRA Motorsports on Social Media: @IHRA on Twitter @IHRAMotorsports on Instagram @IHRAMotorsports on YouTube.

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After a nearly two-decade hiatus, the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) and ESPN have signed a multi-year agreement for the worldwide leader in sports to resume its partnership with the IHRA. The agreement is effective immediately; broadcasts begin when the 2017 IHRA Drag Racing season opens Feb. 3-5 at Immokalee Regional Raceway in Immokalee, Fla.

ESPN will broadcast more than 200 hours of the 2017 IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship via ESPN3, ESPN's live multi-screen sports network. ESPN3 will stream as much as eight continuous hours of each event's eliminations from 13 race weekends. Broadcasts will include on-track action, interviews, reports from the pits, features and more starting with this weekend's event near Fort Myers, Fla. IHRA Drag Racing last appeared on one of the ESPN networks in 1999.

'This is a landmark opportunity for the IHRA to further advance its plans for all stakeholders in the Sportsman Racing Division,' said Chris Lencheski, vice chairman and CEO of IRGSE, the parent company of the IHRA. 'This agreement highlights our sportsman racers and positions us to move into 2018 with a tremendous partner for our professional racing series with significant momentum behind the IHRA, its teams, tracks and sponsors.'

'We're always looking for ways to serve sports fans and are very pleased to be able to offer IHRA racing to our viewers through streaming on ESPN3,' said Dan Ochs, ESPN Director Content Strategy & Acquisitions. 'IHRA and ESPN have a history dating back to the 90's, and it's great to bring them back.'

This unprecedented agreement to cover sportsman racing in 2017 is a harbinger of things to come. When IHRA Drag Racing's professional series resumes in 2018, the agreement will cover the professional IHRA national events in addition to the IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship.

'This announcement is really excellent news for the IHRA, our competitors and our sponsors,' IHRA president Mike Dunn said. 'We've been working on this agreement for a long, long time, and it's great to be able to make the announcement today - it's a game changer. With ESPN's help, we're able to spotlight our sportsman racers like never before, and next year, we'll add the professional component into the mix when our professional national events return. On a personal note, it's gratifying for me to resume my 14-year relationship with ESPN.'

ESPN3 is a destination that delivers thousands of exclusive sports events annually. It is accessible on computers, smartphones, tablets and connected devices through WatchESPN. The network is currently available nationwide at no additional cost to fans who receive their high-speed Internet connection or video subscription from an affiliated service provider. It is also available at no cost to U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel via computers, smartphones and tablets connected to on-campus educational and on-base military broadband and Wi-Fi networks.

'Drag racing belongs on ESPN which is the industry leader in television sports and has enormous reach and promotion power across all its distribution platforms,' Pilson Communications founder and president Neal Pilson said. 'IHRA fans will be the main beneficiaries of the ESPN/IHRA partnership.'

The IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship is a new national championship format for sportsman-class racers that will be determined using points claims from the best seven of the first 10 events in which a driver competes. Racers will accrue points based on a national points system and may race at whatever events they choose regardless of regional boundaries.

The Summit Sportsman National Championship is comprised of 30 races, two per weekend at each venue, on 15 weekends from February through September. On weekends with two venues on the schedule, only one will be available on ESPN3. Telecast times and additional details will be announced later. The 2017 IHRA Summit Sportsman National Championship schedule on ESPN3 is below:

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Date Race Location:

Feb. 4-5Immokalee (Fla.) Regional Raceway
Feb. 11-12Palm Beach (Fla.) International Raceway
March 4-5 State Capitol Raceway, Baton Rouge, La.
March 18-19 San Antonio Raceway, Marion, Texas
March 25-26 Darlington (S.C.) Dragway
May 6-7 Maryland International Raceway, Budds Creek, Md.
June 3-4 State Capitol Raceway, Baton Rouge, La.
June 10-11 US 131 Motorsports Park, Martin, Mich.
June 24-25 Piedmont Dragway, Julian, N.C.
July 8-9 Keystone Raceway Park, New Alexandria, Pa.
Aug. 19-20 Memphis International Raceway
Sept. 2-3 Carolina Dragway, Aiken, S.C.
Sept. 23-24 Dragway 42, West Salem, Ohio


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The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) is owned and operated by IRG Sports + Entertainment™, a TPG Specialty Lending company. The IHRA promotes professional and sportsman racing for drivers of all levels. The IHRA sanctions nearly 100 motorsport facilities in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Bahama's and welcomes 80,000 racers annually to their IHRA-sanctioned facilities. The IHRA oversees multiple sportsman racing programs including the Summit Sportsman National Championship and the Summit Racing Equipment SuperSeries. For more information, visit www.IHRA.com, or connect with us on Facebook.com/IHRAMotorsports, Twitter @IHRA or Instagram @IHRADRS.

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Summit SuperSeries

2021 IHRA Summit SuperSeries World Finals

October 14-16 at Memphis International Raceway

2020 Summit Super Series World Champions

Top - Gary Shearer

Mod - Mason Hatton

Sportsman - Joe Tharp Jr.

Junior Dragster - Madison Fisher

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Summit SuperSeries

20th ANNUAL SUMMIT SUPERSERIES

This $200,000 program is the World Championship for grass roots drag racers at IHRA member tracks. Summit Racing Equipment, the Official Mail Order Company of IHRA, presents this revolutionary program for IHRA's thousands of grassroots racers. The Summit SuperSeries World Finals will take place October 14-16, 2021 at Memphis International Raceway.

SUMMIT SUPERSERIES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

This program will crown a true Top (Box), Mod (No Box), Sportsman and Junior Dragster World Champion. There are two ways to gain entry into the Summit SuperSeries World Finals event. A racer can qualify by either winning a Summit Super Series track championship at a participating IHRA member track OR by winning a Summit Team Finals main event class.


1) WIN THE SUMMIT SUPERSERIES AT YOUR PARTICIPATING IHRA TRACK.Each participating track will crown Summit SuperSeries track champions who will then move on to race at the IHRA Summit World Finals for the Summit SuperSeries World Championship.


Summit SuperSeries Step #1

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Be a Summit SuperSeries member of the IHRA, including membership benefits, a license and a Summit SuperSeries number (X-Number). The second digit of the number will be the letter “X” or the last digit on Junior Dragsters.

If a racer runs in multiple classes, they must have a different X-Number registration for each class. A competitor may only compete with one X-Number per class at any given facility.

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Summit SuperSeries Step #2

* Sign up for points at a participating IHRA Summit SuperSeries track.

Summit SuperSeries Step #3

* Race at an IHRA track while running Summit SuperSeries X-Number. Summit SuperSeries eligibility does not begin until a valid X-Number with the IHRA is obtained, used as the car number and on the track’s points list. Failure to run the X-Number or failure of that number to appear on the track’s points may make a racer ineligible for the Summit SuperSeries even if a registered X-Number is on file with IHRA. Failure to maintain a current membership will result in a deduction in points for the events the membership was expired. “Gifted Rounds” are not permitted. Racers receiving “dives” as determined solely by IHRA may be disqualified.

Summit SuperSeries Step #4

* Become the Summit SuperSeries Champion as determined by a participating track. (see your local IHRA track for details)

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2) WIN THE SUMMIT TEAM FINALS MAIN EVENT CHAMPIONSHIP.

Any Summit SuperSeries competitor that has a valid IHRA membership and X-Number from at least May 1, 2021 through the respective division’s 2021 Summit Team Finals event and can win the Team Finals Main Event will become eligible for the Summit SuperSeries World Finals Championship race.

To be considered eligible after winning the Summit Team Finals main event, a competitor will be verified by IHRA as having met Step #1 through Step #3 above, no different than the Summit SuperSeries track champion. A 14-day renewal grace period will be granted for X-Number registrations that expire between May 1st and the Summit Team Finals event. If a registration is not renewed within a 14-day period from the expiration date the racer will not be eligible. There are no exceptions.

To take advantage of the Summit SuperSeries program, please see the track manager of a local IHRA track for complete membership and registration details.

PARTICIPANT GUIDELINES:

1) Summit SuperSeries points will not count until racer is registered with both IHRA and track and running valid X-Number on vehicle with it appearing in track points.

2) Racers in all classes are eligible (based on participating track's discretion).

3) A racer may compete for the Summit SuperSeries track championship at more than one track and in more than one class. Should one racer win the SSS championship at multiple tracks or multiple classes at the same track, they will declare the track or class they will represent prior to the Summit Team Finals. Once the racer selects the track or class they will represent, the racer will forfeit the SSS track eligibility at the second track or the second class.

4) A racer may only race in one class and represent one track at the SSS World Finals.

5) There will be no double entry for a competitor that wins the SSS track championship and a Summit Team Finals event. In the event a competitor wins both, regardless of class, the track championship will take precedent.

6) There are no substitutions for a Summit SuperSeries track champion or for a Summit Team Finals champion if that competitor chooses not to attend the Summit World Finals. Tracks that have a racer that forfeits eligibility for winning at two tracks or in two classes at the same track may submit the next highest valid SSS participant for eligibility consideration.

7) IHRA Motorsports employees, team members, staff and IHRA track owners/operators/managers are not eligible.

SUMMIT WORLD FINALS CLASS RULES:

  • All Classes – Stutter boxes, timed down track throttle stops, on-board computers, and wheel pickup sensing devices are prohibited.
  • TOP (0-9.00): Delay boxes, trans brakes, two steps, playback tachometers and nitrous are permitted. Air throttles, used as launch control devices, are permitted. Factory (OEM) installed computers will be permitted, but lap top computers are not allowed while in competition.
  • MODIFIED (All Run): Delay boxes, air throttles and starting line enhancers are prohibited. Trans brakes, two steps, automated shifters and nitrous are permitted. Delay boxes are not allowed to remain in the vehicle.
  • SPORTSMAN (7.50 & Slower, Door Cars Only): Delay boxes, air throttles, starting line enhancers, trans brakes, two steps, buttons on the steering wheel and nitrous are prohibited. Slicks, headers and line locks in the burnout process only permitted. Throttle must be manually operated by the driver’s foot. Electronics, pneumatics, hydraulics or any other device may in no way affect the throttle operation. A fixed stop under carburetor or gas pedal is permitted.
  • JUNIORS (All Run): Dial ins must be on vehicle. No holding up dial in boards. Tire covers must be removed by IHRA appointed ready line. All IHRA junior rules apply per the competitors license level and as written in the IHRA rulebook.

SUMMIT WORLD FINALS EVENT RACE PROCEDURES:

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  1. The Summit World Finals will be run on an 1/8 mile format.
  2. Bikes or sleds will run against cars.
  3. The competitors will be run on a random pull system throughout eliminations. Lane preference will be determined by the staging lane racers pull into. If there is only one lane of cars left card draw will determine lane choice. The bye has lane choice if paired.
  4. First round bye determined by best reaction time from qualifying, ties broken by first to accomplish. Further rounds are reaction time in previous round, ties broken by package, then first to accomplish. Bye runs do not carry over but may be re-earned.
  5. Courtesy staging is mandatory in all classes. Deep stagers will courtesy stage by lighting both pre-stage and stage bulbs if “DEEP” is clearly marked on all sides of the vehicle. Deep staging is the sole responsibility of the driver.
  6. Dial-ins can not be changed past the designated ready line.

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Summit Team Finals

At the end of the season, each track selects a team of racers from among its top points finalists. These drivers earn the right to represent their home track at the Summit Team Finals. Drivers compete in several performance-based categories, which may include: Top, Modified, Super, Motorcycle, Junior Dragster or other sportsman classes. Racers will eliminate down until a Summit Team Finals Team Champion and individual class champions are crowned. Class winners will receive an IHRA Ironman trophy and an IHRA Gold Card.