WDRA News Archive
The Summit Racing Bracket Finals, presented by Laris Insurance, was held at US 131 Motorsports Park. Congratulations to all the WDRA racers competing at the Finals—see the complete coverage and visit back often to our continued event coverage for the remaining 2023 season.
The WDRA Facebook Page is a great source for all thing WDRA, plus check out the WDRA Facebook photos page for countless competition images from the 2023 Summit Racing 2023 Bracket Finals presented by Laris Issuance.
The Summit Racing Bracket Finals, presented by Laris Insurance, was held at US 131 Motorsports Park. Congratulations to all the WDRA racers competing at the Finals—see the complete coverage and visit back often to our continued events coverage for the remaining 2023 season.
One of the unique features of the WDRA Summit Racing Equipment World Championships presented by SunCoast Performance is that all qualifiers are treated to a FREE entry $5,000 winner-take-all gamblers race as a warm-up race to tomorrow’s main event. The WDRA is proud to have created another World Championships bonus for the qualifiers on October 20 and 21 with $20,000 back into racers hands. WDRA partners American Race Cars, Laris Motorsports Insurance, Renegade Race Fuels & Lubricants and Wild Willy Fuel Fragrance stepped up and delivered for WDRA sportsman racers at the World Championship event,
Keystone Raceway Park was the hub of incredible racing at the Summit Racing Bracket Finals, presented by Laris Insurance. Read about the WDRA champions crowned at the Finals—see the complete coverage and visit back often to our continued events coverage for the remaining 2023 season.
Named the Street Legal Dragway, it is a specifically shortened 330-foot race surface that is a revolutionary concept that could change the face of street legal racing.
The driving force behind the project, Andy Marocco, wanted to create an economically feasible solution to provide a safe and legal alternative to illegal street racing. The new facility is next to the Southern California Fair Grounds in Riverside County.
Compared to the complexities of a typical dragstrip, it represents a lower-cost startup (sans timing system, building structures, and more); the track can provide a simplified option to illegal street racing in a region where the urban sprawl of Southern California has all but wiped out the typical dragstrip relative to the region’s dense population.
The World Drag Racing Alliance (WDRA), a new sanctioning group within the sport, saw an opportunity to address the illegal street racing issue head-on by partnering with Andy on the project, which can be a scalable model that can be readily adopted across the country.
The WDRA believes this is a blueprint for others to follow. All cars must be registered, insured, street legal, and the driver must have a valid license.
With the support of the World Drag Racing Alliance, Street Legal Dragway could be a game-changer for drag racing, offering a scalable model that could repeat history as a starting point for street racers to grow.
The WDRA and all of its member tracks congratulate the talented field of qualifiers for the inaugural WDRA Summit Racing Equipment World Championships presented by Suncoast Performance.
Each driver earned their spot to compete by either winning the Summit Sportsman Drag Racing Series at their local track or winning one of our 5 Summit Bracket Finals events. A few even accomplished both feats.
View the list of accomplished racers here.
Congratulations to all the WDRA finalists attending the first Summit Racing Bracket Finals presented by Laris Insurance for 2023. See the complete coverage from Eddyville Raceway Park and stay tuned to our events coverage page for upcoming bracket finals event news.
Springfield, IL – The World Drag Racing Alliance announced today that Summit Racing Equipment has renewed their commitment to the WDRA and their sportsman racing programs for 2024. The Summit Sportsman Drag Racing Series (SSDRS) will again be the WDRA’s centerpiece of bracket racing programming at WDRA member tracks. The 2024 WDRA Summit World Championships will be hosted by Montgomery International Dragway next season.
“Summit Racing Equipment has a long history of supporting their drag racing customers and we are very excited that we have Summit’s continued support to continue our work bolstering our member track network and all the bracket racers that call those tracks home” said WDRA’s Skooter Peaco.
Year number two of the Summit Sportsman Drag Racing Series will begin January 1, 2024 and the goal of the program is to find the best racers at each WDRA member track and gather them together in head-to-head competition at the Summit World Finals in October.
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