NORWALK, Ohio — In a groundbreaking move for the world of drag racing, the World Drag Racing Alliance and the International Hot Rod Ass’n have announced their first collaboration, setting the stage for an exciting future on race tracks across the nation.
This partnership marks a new era where both sanctioning bodies join forces to elevate the experience for racers and racing venues alike.
The IHRA and WDRA are now united in their mission to manage sanctioned facilities, ensuring insurance compliance, licensing, and organizing dynamic bracket racing programs and events.
“We have a unique opportunity to combine the strengths of both IHRA and WDRA to help our collective facilities and provide opportunities and stability for our bracket racing members,” said WDRA’s Don Scott. “WDRA’s expertise is on the member track, licensing, and bracket racing side of the sport. As IHRA launches new pro racing programs and events, there is a need for making sure the IHRA tracks and bracket racers get taken care of. The WDRA team is going to make sure that we are there to support the IHRA facilities and bracket programs because this arrangement is simply good for our sport.”
Darryl Cuttell, who purchased IHRA in December shared a similar sentiment.
“Both groups have the best interests of the tracks and racers at heart,” Cuttell said. “We all agree that we will make our sport better by working together, and each group complements each other perfectly. Anyone that has been around me or our group knows that we are going to make it happen.”
Together, these organizations oversee 110 sanctioned facilities (not including upcoming agreements) and host 15 bracket racing events, laying the groundwork for a vibrant, supportive racing community.
