WDRA News Archive

Laris Motorsports Insurance Joins The WDRA Partner Alliance

Springfield, IL – The World Drag Racing Alliance announced today that Laris Motorsports Insurance has become a major marketing partner and will be supporting the sportsman racing community by joining the WDRA in 2023.  Laris Motorsports Insurance will become the Official Racing Equipment Insurance      partner of WDRA as well as the presenting sponsor of the Summit Bracket Finals series of events.

Laris Motorsports Insurance provides unique products for the racing community including on track and off track racing vehicle damage as well as trailer, tools and equipment coverage.  Laris Motorsports Insurance president Laris Holden, as a drag racer himself is committed to supporting the racing community and was heavily involved in developing insurance lines specific to what racers need.

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Suncoast Performance Signs On To Support Summit Sportsman Drag Racing Series

Springfield, IL – The World Drag Racing Alliance announced today that Suncoast Performance has joined the WDRA alliance of sponsors supporting bracket racers. The Summit Sportsman Drag Racing Series and the Summit World Championships are now both presented by Suncoast Performance.

Suncoast Performance is a leader in Transmissions, Converters and related accessories for OEM gas and diesel applications for Dodge, Ford and Chevy. Suncoast Performance controls all aspects of their products from design to manufacturing in their 75,000 square foot facility in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

“This is yet another racer owned business joining the alliance to support sportsman racers” said WDRA’s Josh Peake. “The guys at Suncoast Performance are sportsman racers and wanted to join the Summit Sportsman Drag Racing Series program so they could add to the support for their fellow racers.”

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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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