IHRA Adopts Rules For Electric Drag Racing

4re Nut · Dec 29, 2011

Interesting: http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1071095_ihra-adopts-rules-for-electric-drag-racing

...The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) has teamed up with the National Electric Drag Racing Association (NEDRA) to announce that electric cars and motorcycles are now recognized by the IHRA.

In short, this means that electric cars, dragsters and motorcycles can now run in IHRA events, and are subject to published IHRA competition rules to ensure a fair and level playing field.

Since the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) recognized electric vehicles a few years back, the IHRAs move should open up the number of tracks available to electric drag racers and further legitimize the sport.

While the IHRA is the second-largest drag racing sanctioning body in the United States (next to the NHRA), it is the largest one in Canada. Electric drag racing has proven popular in Western Canada (and in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, where NEDRA is incorporated), so the move will undoubtedly grow interest in the (relatively) new sport...
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