Ohio Drag Racing (2 Viewers)

[Nitro Fiend]

I always have considered my home state of Ohio to be a hot bed for Drag Racing. Many tracks and many competitors. A few years ago I believe there were 7 NHRA sanctioned tracks and 3 that were IHRA sanctioned. If I am seeing things correctly for 2026 Ohio will have one track that is NHRA sanctioned and 6 that are IHRA sanctioned (three of these are IHRA owned). It is obvious that the landscape of Drag Racing is changing in many different ways.

 

[SS140]

It goes back and forth all the time. I grew up on the W. PA/E. OH line, Quaker City was a regular part of my childhood. It's been sanctioned by Nascar, NAAR, NHRA, IHRA, and for a brief time...AHRA, since its inception.

Did Edgewater flip sanctions? I know IHRA was leaning on them heavily, but they decided to stay NHRA last year. Thompson and Norwalk are both NHRA too...so there should be at least three NHRA tracks.

 

[Ponyhntr]

It goes back and forth all the time. I grew up on the W. PA/E. OH line, Quaker City was a regular part of my childhood. It's been sanctioned by Nascar, NAAR, NHRA, IHRA, and for a brief time...AHRA, since its inception.

Did Edgewater flip sanctions? I know IHRA was leaning on them heavily, but they decided to stay NHRA last year. Thompson and Norwalk are both NHRA too...so there should be at least three NHRA tracks.

Edgewater is now IHRA, as of last week.

 

[Nitro Fiend]

I forgot that at PRI they announced that Thompson flipped from I to N.

 

[SS140]

Edgewater is now IHRA, as of last week.

Cool! Congratulations!