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The International Hot Rod Association also known as IHRA is the 2nd largest drag racing sanctioning body after the NHRA. A European Top Alcohol Dragster at Santa Pod Raceway Front engine dragsters are what they raced in the 1960s. ...
The National Hot Rod Association, known as the NHRA, was founded by Wally Parks in 1951 in the State of California to provide a governing body to organize and promote the sport of drag racing. ...
The Carrier Era The IHRA was formed in November 1970 by businessman Larry Carrier. Throughout this period the organisation was operated primarily in the south-eastern United States from its headquarters in Bristol, Tennessee. The IHRA initally followed the NHRA's professional class structure of Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock until the 1984 season when it decided to drop the premier Top Fuel category, an arrangement that only lasted three years before the class was reinstated for the 1987 season. Carrier is also credited with initiating drag racing's, now ended, long-term sponsorship association with the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company's Winston brand. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...
Bristol is a city located in Sullivan County, Tennessee. ...
Clocked Speed = 314 mph (506 km/h), Kwinana Race Track, W.A., 2005 Top-Fuel Racing refers to a class of drag racing in which the cars are run on 85% nitromethane and about 15% methanol (90% nitromethane, 10% methanol under FIA) also known as racing alcohol, instead of gasoline. ...
Funny Car is an NHRA drag racing car class. ...
Pro Stock Drag Racing is a class of drag racing featuring Factory Hot-Rods. The class can be known as all motor, as there are very strict rules governing the modifications allowed to the engines, and the types of bodies used. ...
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Winston cigarettes are manufactured by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. ...
1988-98 IHRA headquarters briefly moved to Waco, Texas in 1988 after it was purchased by Texan racer and track operator Billy Meyer who made many changes to the organization, some of which proved controversial amongst racers such as completely restructuring the (amateur) sportsman classes overnight. Another radical change came as a result of Meyer's ownership of the Texas Motorplex, considered then to be the premier drag racing facility in the world. The Motorplex had previouly been the NHRA's flagship track but for 1988 it hosted two IHRA national events and was the site of Top Fuel's first 4 second run by Eddie Hill. Other changes included the addition of a 'junior' Pro Stock class for small-block and V6 engines, named Factory Modified, which lasted until the end of the 1990 season. However, financial failure meant that Meyer's reign lasted just one year before the association was again sold on to a jewish bussinessman called Hank Travis Waco is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For other uses of the term, see Small block (disambiguation). ...
The Ford Essex V6 engine A V6 is an internal combustion piston engine with six cylinders in a V configuration. ...
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In 1990 an all new class, Pro Modified, was introduced which has since become a feature at NHRA events and has become one of drag racing’s most successful classes enjoying popularity in both North America and Europe. During this period Pro Modified became the IHRA's main asset in its recovery from the 1988 season that had nearly destroyed it. Pro Modified Pro Modified(also known as pro-mod), is a class or division in the sport drag racing. ...
World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...
Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ...
However the nitromethane powered Funny Car class was dropped for the 1991 season only the be reinstated for 1992 before being dropped again, not to return until 2006. Flash point 35 °C R/S statement R: S: RTECS number PA9800000 Related compounds Related nitro compounds nitroethane Related compounds methyl nitrite methyl nitrate Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa) Infobox disclaimer and references Nitromethane is an organic...
Funny Car is an NHRA drag racing car class. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Bill Bader and Clear Channel In 1998 the organization was purchased by Bill Bader who significantly expanded the promotion in the Midwest from his headquarters in Norwalk, Ohio. He sold the IHRA to Clear Channel Communications, but remained as president until his retirement in October 2004. The headquarters remain in Norwalk which is also the site of the IHRA's flagship World Nationals event. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
Norwalk is a city located in Huron County, Ohio. ...
Clear Channel Communications (NYSE: CCU) is a media company based in the United States of America. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Canada Despite the "international" in its name the IHRA was for years based solely in the United States. However, in recent years the organisation has made significant inroads north of the border. The IHRA's first major event in Canada was a one-off in 1992 at Cayuga, Ontario but it wasn't until later in the decade that Canadian events became the regular fixtures they are today. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
Cayuga is the name of a village in the province of Ontario, Canada located where Ontario Kings Highway #3 (the Talbot Trail) crosses the Grand River. ...
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