Twelve Race Tracks and Motorsport Facilities Acquired by Darryl Cuttel and the IHRA Go Up For Auction – Updates on Two Tracks Being Acquired, and the Latest on What the Future Holds for These Tracks!
The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) has been through a lot in the last ten years, starting with an all-bracket racing format approach in 2018, then being acquired by Larry Jeffers in August of 2022. In December of 2024, the owner of Larry Jeffers Race Cars would sell the IHRA to Darryl Cuttell.
Starting in March of 2025, Cuttell and the IHRA announced that they would be acquiring seven motorsports facilities, and the list of tracks would expand to over a dozen by the summer of 2026.
When the IHRA started to cut back on events and programs within a few months of their final track acquisition, some figured the bad news might also be coming in the form of the tracks being closed or sold, with the latter meaning they could be possibly cease operating as a race track.
Now, we have further details on the fate of twelve tracks (eleven of them with a drag strip on the property), and the fate of a couple may have already been decided.
IHRA Acquires Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School!
In just over a year’s time, the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) sanctioning body has made some significant moves to reclaim their standings in both national and sportsman level racing.
Today, they added another level to their arsenal, as the IHRA announced the acquisition of Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School.
Piedmont Dragway in North Carolina Announces IHRA Has Purchased the Facility, Bringing the Total to Five Tracks Owned by the IHRA
As we originally reported in March of 2025, the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) sanctioning body was making some serious moves to reclaim their standings in both national and sportsman level racing.
The IHRA also planned to purchased several race tracks, and between March and May of 2025, they acquired four. The fifth, Piedmont Dragway, announced it was purchased by the IHRA on Thursday, August 7th, 2025.
New Chapter, New Upgrades, New Name - Milan Dragway Gets a Host of Updates, and Becomes Darana Dragway in Time for This Weekend’s IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series, and Sick Michigan Miles Next Month!
The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) has been the subject of multiple news stories in 2025, as the series has come back with national events that include professional classes, as well as a return to their sportsman classes too.
The IHRA also got a lot of attention for the purchasing of several race tracks, including Milan Dragway, which hosts the second of five IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series events for 2025 this weekend under its new name, Darana Dragway.
Darana Dragway will also be the host track for next month's Sick Michigan Miles Presented by Driven Racing Oil, August 10-17th!
IHRA Announces 10 Venues for National Event Pro-Am 2025 Schedule – Announces Purchase of Seven Race Tracks!
The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) has been through a lot in the last couple years, including being purchased by two different entities, ceasing to host their popular Nitro Jam / Pro-Am events, and losing sanctioning for several dozen tracks to the new World Drag Racing Alliance (WDRA) and the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA).
But an announcement today about ten events for the IHRA’s Pro-Am 2025 national event schedule signifies a big change in the organization, and a few of the race tracks on the schedule should raise some eyebrows.
The IHRA schedule includes Galot Motorsports Park and Maryland International Dragway, which were under IHRA sanctioning at the start of 2024.
But some of the tracks on the schedule, including Darlington Dragway, Milan Dragway and National Trail Raceway, were under NHRA sanctioning at the beginning of the 2024 season.