WDRA News Archive

Industry Veteran Jon O’Neal Joins the WDRA

“I had the pleasure of working with Jonny O when I was managing my track. I needed help with a lot of things and Jon worked with me 24/7 until I was able to get my issues resolved,” said WDRA’s Don Scott

O’Neal will be based in Ohio and can be reached at Jon@racewdra.com..

“Here was a guy willing to get in his car and drive the 8 hours to fix my problem. It was then I realized that some of the big things a sanctioning body does for member tracks is problem solving and guidance. Jon is unbelievable at servicing tracks and working with racers on making sure their needs are quickly taken care of.”

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Dynogeeks Joins The Alliance

The WDRA announced today that another company has joined the alliance to support the WDRA Member Track family. Dynogeeks, a leading custom mobile application development company with a drag racing specific timeslip app, will be easing the financial commitment for WDRA Member Tracks wishing to implement the latest in mobile timeslip technology at their facility.

Dynogeeks will become the Live Timing partner of the WDRA and will exclusively offer WDRA Member Tracks a 50% discount on the server fee, a savings of $600. Dynogeeks will also be launching a WDRA app that will organize all WDRA Member Tracks using the Dynogeeks timeslip app into an easy to use directory.

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Industry Veteran Josh Peake Joins WDRA

Springfield, IL – The WDRA is proud to announce that motorsports industry veteran Josh Peake has joined the alliance and will be responsible for member track and racer services for the Southern regions of WDRA’s member track network. Peake comes to WDRA with over a decade of experience in member track, racer services and event management at the sanctioning body level. Peake will be based in Florida where he currently is the Executive Director of North Florida Motorplex.

like Josh who is doing it along with them,” said WDRA’s Don Scott. “Josh has deep knowledge

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WDRA Welcomes Roy Hill’s Drag Racing School

Springfield, IL – The World Drag Racing Alliance announced today that Roy Hill’s Drag Racing School has joined the rapidly growing list of sponsors that will be supporting the bracket racing community by joining the WDRA in 2023. Roy Hill’s Drag Racing School will become the Official Drag Racing School partner of WDRA. Roy Hill’s Drag Racing School will award a class to each of the 2023 Summit Sportsman Drag Racing Series World Champions.


A legend in the sport of drag racing for more than fifty years, Roy’s desire to promote the sport, nurture budding talent and hone the skills of established drag racers inspired him to found Roy Hill’s Drag Racing

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TechnoCraft Joins the WDRA Alliance

Springfield, IL – The World Drag Racing Alliance announced today that TechnoCraft has joined the rapidly growing list of sponsors that will be supporting the bracket racing community by joining the WDRA in 2023. TechnoCraft will become the Official Trailer Cabinet partner of WDRA. As with the other partnerships that WDRA has announced recently, this new partnership also includes exclusive benefit offers for WDRA members and Summit Sportsman Drag Racing Series World Champions.

TechnoCraft owner Brian Hope, the son of Ron Hope of Rat Trap fuel altered fame, not only drives one of the coolest fuel altered ever but also supports the racing community he grew up in. Now TechnoCraft will

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WDRA Welcomes Capri Wesley To The Alliance

Springfield, IL – The World Drag Racing Alliance is proud to announce that Capri Wesley has joined WDRA as the Director of Sales. Her immediate actions will be building partnerships for racer and track benefits. With 16 years of professional sales experience, we are very excited about having her as part of the WDRA family. You can contact Capri at capri@racewdra.com

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World Drag Racing Alliance Featured at On All Cylinders Website

The newly-formed World Drag Racing Alliance (WDRA) sanctioning body is already picking up speed, with the recent announcement that it has inked a sponsor agreement with Summit Racing.

As part of the quarter-million dollar Summit Sportsman Drag Racing Series, the arrangement includes the race for the track championship at member WDRA tracks during the year, the WDRA Summit Bracket Finals series of events and the WDRA Summit World Championships at Darlington Dragway at the end of the season.

“Sportsman racers, along with the facilities and entities that support them, will always remain as a keystone of the Summit Racing Equipment family.

The opportunity to work with the WDRA, the facility owners and operators, and every racer in the program is a point of pride for us. I look forward to shaking hands with an inaugural set of Summit World Champions in the winners circle this fall.”

Jim Greenleaf, Summit Racing Motorsports and Events Manager.
The Summit Sportsman Drag Racing Series kicks off in 2023. As the season progresses, the best racers at each WDRA member track will be put in head-to-head competition at the Summit Bracket Finals and the individual WDRA track champions face off at the Summit World Finals at Darlington Dragway in October, 2023

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Total Venue Concepts Offers Unprecedented Discount for WDRA Tracks

Springfield, IL – The WDRA is proud to announce that Kurt Johnson and the team at Total Venue Concepts have formed an alliance with the WDRA to provide an industry leading 20% discount on all services exclusively for WDRA Member Tracks. Kurt will be the guest on an upcoming WDRA hosted Tech Talk seminar where the topic will be traction compound and the WDRA will release a 2023 program offer to its member tracks.

“This opportunity makes us a market leader in offering services from one of the most knowledgeable and comprehensive providers in the industry,” said WDRA founder Don Scott. “Kurt was a great source of information for me while I was at the helm of a dragstrip and I cherish the opportunity to provide such a monumental and unbeatable offer to our WDRA family of tracks.”

TVC is an instrumental part of the T.O.P.S. track operators meetings at PRI and Kurt has never been scared to share his knowledge base with anyone who can use the advice. The TVC team will lead or co-lead many of the meetings throughout the seminar.

“We are excited to partner with the WDRA. The backbone of the WDRA are the dragstrips across America that are keeping our sport alive,” said Johnson. “TVC realizes the importance of grassroots racing and supporting the alliance as the WDRA does with this offer.”

Total Venue Concepts prides itself in being a single source for project management not only in the drag racing world, but for all forms of motorsport. TVC provides racing surface guidance, prep, maintenance, repair and renovation as well as provides custom built hardware and solutions for each facility.

Alliance Racewear To Offer Exclusive WDRA Member Discounts and Awards

Springfield, IL – The World Drag Racing Alliance announced today that Alliance Racewear has joined the rapidly growing list of sponsors that will be supporting the bracket racing community by joining the WDRA in 2023. Alliance Racewear will become the Official Protective Equipment partner of WDRA. As with the other partnerships that WDRA has announced recently, this new partnership also includes exclusive benefit offers for WDRA members and WDRA Member tracks.


Alliance Racewear owner Billy Herman has a personal drive to help increase driver safety across the drag racing world after seeing drivers without proper protective equipment or that which is sub-par. WDRA members will receive a 20% disco

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