WDRA ANNOUNCES DATES AND LOCATIONS FOR 2024 SUMMIT BRACKET FINALS AND SUMMIT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS

November 6, 2023

Just three weeks after finishing its inaugural season, the WDRA reveals the Summit Bracket Finals and Summit World Championship race schedules for 2024.

SPRINGFIELD, IL: After a highly successful first season, the World Drag Racing Alliance (WDRA) is excited to release the 2024 Summit Bracket Finals presented by Laris Motorsports event schedule.

Returning sponsors, Summit Racing Equipment and Laris Motorsports Insurance, will again support the five-event series which will take place on five consecutive weekends. The series kicks off with the Midwest Bracket Finals at Eddyville Raceway Park on September 5-8, followed by a stop at Keystone Raceway Park on September 12-15 for the Eastern Bracket Finals. US 131 Motorsports Park will welcome the Northern Bracket Finals competitors September 19-22, 2024. The WDRA team will then venture South for the last two events, both of which will be contested at new host facilities. The Southern Bracket Finals will run at Montgomery International Dragway September 26-29, followed by the Southeast Bracket Finals at Union Dragway on October 3-6, 2024.

“It was great to have a lot of the racers come to us with positive comments on the $3K-$5K-$5K race formats the WDRA created for the Bracket Finals,” said Skooter Peaco while representing the WDRA. “No one has ever put together that kind of high-paying event package for a Bracket Finals, so it was nice that we could pull that off in our first season.”

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NOTICE TO WDRA MEMBERS

November 6, 2023

Due to the WDRA safety and insurance violations that occured at Darlington Dragway over the weekend during a track rental event, WDRA has terminated the sanctioning agreement of Darlington Dragway effective today. WDRA members should be advised the WDRA excess medical program benefit for WDRA members is now that of a non-member track.

WDRA Summit World Championships produce the National Top 10 List

November 2, 2023

Springfield, IL – The WDRA has crowned its inaugural Summit Sportsman Drag Racing Series World Champions and now is proud to release the national top 10 rankings. These 2023 rankings are a reflection of the driver’s performance and overall finish at the Summit World Championships. In some cases, positions were determined by the best losing package of that round to determine final positions.

A total of nineteen different tracks had drivers place in the top 10 with five tracks (Farmington, Darlington, Empire, Prescott and Union) placing three drivers in the top 10. Another five tracks (Mid-Michigan, US 131, Kinston, North Florida and Eddyville) placed two of their racers in the top 10.

Six drivers who won their respective class at a Summit Bracket Finals event went on to finish in the top 10 with two from the Midwest and two from the Southeast Summit Bracket Finals leading the pack.

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The 2023 Southeast Division Coverage of the Bracket Finals at US 131 Motorsports Park

November 1, 2023

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.

See the Southeast Division Bracket Finals coverage here.

October 27, 2023

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 2023 Northern Division Coverage of the Bracket Finals at US 131 Motorsports Park

October 20, 2023

See the Northern Division Bracket Finals coverage here.

An Additional World Championship Bonus Announced

October 19, 2023

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,

The 2023 Eastern Division Coverage of the Bracket Finals at Keystone Raceway

October 18, 2023

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.

See the Eastern Division Bracket Finals coverage here.

Dragzine Magazine Features the WDRA Sanction Effort With Revolutionary 330′ Street Legal Dragway

September 29, 2023

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.