This realignment of tracks is the perfect example of making more even divisions with less travel for the racers with the #IHRAReturnToGlory.

Music City Raceway moves nearly two hours closer to its IHRA Division Team Finals. It also gives a more even distribution of tracks. Knoxville Dragway has the longest trip of any track to Rocket City and even they are just 240 miles away.

Other Tennessee tracks are Crossville Dragway and Ethridge Motorsports Park. Alabama International Dragway and Lassiter Mountain Dragway represent the Yellowhammer State.

Knoxville Dragway was the 2024 IHRA Division 8 Team Champion. Steve Breeding (Top), Chris Blair (Mod), Chester Lay (Sportsman), Corey Lee (Motorcycle) and CJ Handy (Junior Dragster) were individual champions.

Two IHRA SuperSeries World Champions came from the Division 8 tracks. Jordan Johnson from Music City was the Sportsman champion and Grady Lee, who was runner-up at the D8 Team Finals, went on to win the Motorcycle championship.

That concludes our look at the new IHRA division realignment. We can’t wait to see you participate at these great IHRA partner tracks throughout the 2025 season.

Humboldt County Dragway in Iowa will once again host the IHRA Division 6 Team Finals on Aug. 21-23. Humboldt County Dragway is the oldest operating drag strip in the Hawkeye State.

Thunder Valley Dragways hosted the IHRA Division 6 Finals in 2024. The South Dakota captured the Division 6 Team championship.

Interlake Dragway represents the great North with the Canadian track located in Aspen Park, Manitoba. The track features an enthusiastic bunch of racers with champions traveling each year to Mississippi for the IHRA SuperSeries World Finals.

Brian Wood from Humboldt won the Top championship in 2024. Other individual champions were: Colton Bierle (Mod), Wade Lardy (Sportsman), Mike Robbins (Motorcycle) and Kaden Crawford (Junior Dragster).

We head West for the Division 7 tracks with the IHRA Team Finals to be held at Mendota Raceway Park with a date to be announced later. Eagle Field Drags and Kingdon Drags in the Golden State are also part of Division 7.

Mendota Raceway Park is located 30 miles from Fresno and attracts racers from San Francisco and Sacramento. Kingdon Drags is right outside Stockton, while Eagle Field began as a World War II Army Air Base. It promises to be a great time when these California racers get together.

The final Division 7 track is Hilo Drag Strip in Hawaii which has great racing through the Hawaii Drag Racing League. We will conclude our look at the new realignment on IHRA.com with the Division 8 facilities.

You’ve seen our commitment to the grassroots, Sportsman racing. This year’s IHRA Summit Team Finals, the IHRA Summit SuperSeries World Finals presented by Strange Engineering and IHRA Sportsman Spectacular presented by Moser were fantastic events. On that note, we appreciate all that our marketing partners do to support our programs and racers. 

Special thanks to the tracks and their staffs which hosted the IHRA Summit Team Finals and other major events in 2024. The staff at Holly Springs Motorsports Park continue to be amazing hosts for the IHRA Summit SuperSeries World Finals. We appreciate their efforts to make sure the racers enjoy their time at the most prestigious championship event in bracket racing.

We’re most thankful for the safety of our racers. It is a dangerous sport and we remember those who have lost their lives in the pursuit of speed and competition. Let’s not forgot them and their loved ones as well as all those affected by the devastating storms this year. 

Moving ahead, there are exciting announcements as we work on our mission #IHRAReturnToGlory. We look forward to seeing many of you at the upcoming PRI show in Indianapolis.

Happy Thanksgiving from the IHRA family to your families. Thanks for all each of you do to make this a great racing organization.

It’s one of three great Indiana tracks part of the nine-track lineup. Other great race tracks in the Hoosier State are Bunker Hill Dragstrip and US41 Dragstrip, which hosted the IHRA Division 5 Team Finals in 2024.

A pair of tracks with rich racing traditions move to Division 5 with Kil-Kare Raceway in Ohio and Kentucky Dragway. Two in the Badger State with incredible traditions continue to be part of D5 with Great Lakes Dragaway, voted the most historically significant drag strip in the United States, and Wisconsin International Raceway.

Midstate Dragway, the former Central Illinois Dragway, fills out the terrific lineup of tracks. 

Muncie Dragway won the Division 5 Team championship in 2024 with US41 Dragstrip the runner-up. TJ Trench from US41 was the Top winner and Greg Dillman from Muncie was the Mod champion.

Jimmie Barrett, the 2021 IHRA SuperSeries runner-up from Midstate Dragway, was the Sportsman winner. Thomas Bixler from Great Lakes won the Motorcycle title and Owen Zwetow from Great Lakes took the Junior Dragster victory.

We will take a look at the remaining divisions in the coming days on IHRA.com.

There are six other Texas drag strips included in Division 4 with Little River Dragway and Paris Dragstrip just a couple of hours away. Other Division 4 tracks in the Lone Star State include Amarillo Dragway, Edinburg Motorsports Park, Penwell Knights Raceway and Wichita Raceway Park.

The other two tracks come from the border states of Louisiana with State Capitol Raceway and Albuquerque Dragway in New Mexico.

Xtreme Raceway Park scored its third straight Division 4 Team Finals championship in 2024 with Edinburg Motorsports Park the runner-up.

Scott Wallace, who went on to capture the IHRA SuperSeries World Championship, was the Top champion with 2023 IHRA World Champion Jeromy Hefler the runner-up in a battle of Xtreme drivers.

Jake Howard, the Mod runner-up at the 2024 IHRA World Finals, also represented Xtreme. He was the winner at the D4 Team Finals over Randall Vinyard. Penwell Knights driver Robert Schoemer was the Sportsman winner and Little River rider Chaz Landers was the Motorcycle winner.

Tate Hildebrandt, who won the IHRA SuperSeries World Championship in Junior Dragster, was the winner in that class. Hildebrandt represented Edinburg Motorsports Park at the IHRA Team Finals.

We continue our look at the realignment tomorrow on IHRA.com with Division 5 tracks.

Other tracks from the Buckeye State add to the strong lineup of tracks. They include Kuhnle Motorsports Park, just 65 miles away from Quaker City and Dragway 42, just 75 miles away. To further show the IHRA trying to make it convenient for the racers, Pacemakers Outlaw Motorsports Park is 115 miles away.

There’s a little more travel for Capitol Raceway in Maryland and Custom T’s Motorsports Park in Virginia, but they’re certainly welcome additions to Division 3. Some of the former Division 3 tracks have been moved to Division 5, which makes better travel for their racers.

Quaker City’s team championship run in 2024 was led by Mark Miller with the win in the Mod class and former IHRA Summit SuperSeries World Champion Joe Tharp Jr. in the Sportsman class.

Brittany Dumonte defeated fellow Dragway 42 racer Lisa Boes in the Top final. Other winners were from Kil-Kare Raceway with Austin Stidham in Motorcycle and Kaiden Travis in Junior Dragster. 

We will continue our look at the new realignment tomorrow on IHRA.com with Division 4, which features a bunch of tracks in the Lone Star State.

Holly Springs Motorsports Park will again host the IHRA Division 2 Team Finals on Sept. 11-13. It’s the perfect precursor to the Northern Mississippi track hosting the IHRA World Finals on Oct. 23-25, 2025.

It brings together tracks from six different states. That includes neighboring states with Centerville Dragway and Newport Dragway from Arkansas, and Jackson Dragway from Tennessee.

Three Missouri tracks are represented with Bonne Terre Drag Strip, Ozark Raceway Park and Skelton Raceway. Beacon Dragway in Paducah, Kentucky and I57 Dragstrip in Benton, Illinois round out those from other states.

Keep checking out IHRA.com and our social media pages with the hashtag #IHRAReturnToGlory for further updates on Division 2 and the other divisions. We will highlight Division 3 next and some of our Northern tracks.