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from: roddingandracing.com

NEW IHRA PRO-AM FORMAT IN 2008!
"Since it's inception three years ago, the American Drag Racing League (ADRL)
has visited Texas twice a year with national events at Texas Raceway in
Kennedale and Houston Motorsports Park in Houston. Last year the ADRL
moved it's World Finals from Kennedale east to the Texas Motorplex in Ennis.
In 2008 the season opening Dragpalooza also moves to a new home at
Houston Raceway Park (HRP) in Baytown. Both Texas tracks are NHRA
sanctioned and both hold NHRA national events and although they are both
quarter mile tracks, the ADRL utilizes the eighth mile outlaw format. Below
are thumbnails taken during the 2007 World Finals in Ennis and I hope you can
join me along with hundreds of racers and thousands of fans for the 2008
ADRL racing season. March 7-8 finds the ADRL at HRP for the RacingJunk.com
Dragpalooza IV while their final event is again at the Texas Motorplex on
October 24-25 for the 4th Annual AlphaTrade World Finals. 2008 promises to
be an interesting year for IHRA Division 4 racers. Four double Pro-Am events
are on tap plus a new double event consisting of a Pro-Am event together
with a Sportsman only National event. The double Pro-Am events will begin on
Friday with testing and tuning. Saturday will open with two qualifying
sessions followed by the first Pro-Am event. Sunday has only one qualifying
session followed immediately by the second Pro-Am event. Two chances on
the same weekend for racers to get valuable points. The final event will share
the same qualifying format but with the Sunday event counting as a National
event. The Division 4 Pro-Am season begins March 14-16 at San Antonio
Raceway. April 18-20 finds them at Tulsa Raceway Park in Oklahoma. State
Capitol Dragway in Baton Rouge the former home of the NHRA Cajun
Nationals, hosts the third event on May 2-4 and Pine Valley Raceway in
Lufkin will round out the four double Pro-Am events on June 20-22. The final
Pro-Am National event combo will take place on August 29-31 at the new,
currently under construction Dallas Raceway. Sounds like an interesting
format but the bottom line, especially for racing fans, is that it's a full
weekend of great heads up racing. I personally haven't covered an IHRA
divisional race since they were held at Lone Star Raceway in Sealy but
hopefully I can make it back in 2008. Like I said, good heads up racing
IHRA style!"