Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 328 DRAGNOTES As the second-largest drag racing sanctioning body in the world, the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) continues to evolve its unique drag racing programs, implement new technologies and find ways to boost events for racers, fans and sponsor partners. To ensure the IHRA has the resources to support their mission, IHRA executives have announced a new annual membership starting January 9, 2017, for members world-wide. The heightened 2017 IHRA membership includes: • Live streaming of the Summit Sportsman National Championship program via a National broadcast partner. • Upgraded sportsman format with the best point purses in the motorsports industry. •  A weekly digital newsletter, coverage on RACER.com and access to a quarterly digital copy of Drag Review Magazine. •  A competition license that is good to compete at any IHRA event at nearly 100 sanctioned tracks across the world during the 2017 season. •  IHRA provides members excess medical coverage. Racing at an IHRA track, racers have $5,000 in excess medical coverage but as an IHRA member, if a track-related incident occurs, members receive $100,000.00 in excess medical coverage. If it's a serious injury, IHRA coverage will pay $200 a week for 26 weeks. •  A copy of the 2017 IHRA Rulebook and IHRA decals. •  Additional membership benefits will be announced at a later time. The increased IHRA membership fee will not go into effect for 30-days, allowing members to renew or sign-up for a one-year membership under the old fee structure until the January 9, 2017 cutoff date. In addition, any IHRA membership that currently expires on or before March 31 can be renewed for one year at the 2016 rate through January 9, 2017. Please visit, www.IHRA.com to view the new IHRA membership fees. NEW IHRA MEMBERSHIP FEE FOR 2017 +UPGRADED MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS Feb 3-5 Immokalee Regional Raceway Immokalee, FL 1/8 Feb 10-12 Palm Beach International Raceway Jupiter, FL 1/8 March 3-5 State Capitol Raceway Baton Rouge, LA 1/4 March 17-19 San Antonio Raceway Marion, TX 1/4 March 24-26 Darlington Dragway Darlington, SC 1/8 May 5-7 Maryland International Raceway Budds Creek, MD 1/4 TBA TBA TBA 1/4 June 9-11 US 131 Motorsports Park Martin, MI 1/4 June 9-11 Farmington Dragway Mocksville, NC 1/8 June 23-25 Piedmont Dragway Julian, NC 1/8 July 7-9 Keystone Raceway Park New Alexandria, PA 1/4 August 18-20 Empire Dragway Leicester, NY 1/8 August 18-20 Memphis International Raceway Millington, TN 1/4 Sep 1-3 Carolina Dragway Aiken, SC 1/8 Sept 22 - 24 Dragway 42 West Salem, OH 1/4 2017 SCHEDULE