WDRA
WDRA DEBUTS NEW WEBSITE
Springfield, IL – The World Drag Racing Alliance went live with their new website today at www.racewdra.com. As the WDRA strives to 
develop business alliances within the sport, the new website, along with the recently updated WDRA branding and logo package, were designed by racers.
The website is organized so that the things the racers need most such as membership, the rulebook and information on the various bracket programs WDRA delivers through the member track network are easy to find.
“While we are making the website live today, I want to make sure the racers know that the rulebook and the online membership components are still going through their final phases and will be made live as soon as they are ready” said WDRA’s Don Scott. “The rulebook will get posted on the website after PRI just before it goes to the printer and the membership component will roll out in two phases.
WDRA WELCOMES CAPRI WESLEY TO THE ALLIANCE
Springfield, IL – The World Drag Racing Alliance is proud to announce that Capri Wesley has joined WDRA as the Director of Sales. Her 
immediate actions will be building partnerships for racer and track benefits. With 16 years of professional sales experience, we are very excited about having her as part of the WDRA family.
Capri is no stranger to the drag racing world as she has been racing various tracks throughout the Southeast for the past 15 years. “I’m beyond excited about the opportunity to have such an important role in the future of WDRA,” said Wesley. “To be able to take my past 15 years of successful sales experience across multiple organizations and use that in the world of drag racing, is going to be so powerful. Having an important involvement in the world of drag racing at this level is really a dream come true. I’m passionate about the success and future growth of WDRA. I’m honored to be a part of it.”
Capri will join the rest of the WDRA team at the PRI show this coming weekend.
WDRA ANNOUNCES FAN ENGAGEMENT PARTNERSHIP WITH WINLIGHT BETS
Springfield, IL – The WDRA is proud to announce Winlight Bets as the organizations Official Fan Engagement Partner. Winlight Bets will 
debut their interactive software live at the Southeast Spring Bracket Finals event at Darlington Dragway.
“In the current marketplace that drag racing lives in, our goals need to shift from trying to save money to that of offering new revenue streams to WDRA Member facilities,” said WDRA Founder Don Scott. “Our agreement with Winlight Bets assures that our member tracks are at the forefront of this potentially revolutionary revenue opportunity as the Winlight Bets team works through the development of the system.”
Rex Simmermaker founded Winlight Bets to bring legal betting action to the fastest sport on earth, drag racing. The app, available at the events, will allow fans to engage in the action with predictive, free to play betting which will result in producing prize winners.
“We are excited to support the WDRA and be a partner with the alliance. We believe that Don Scott and the WDRA team will help so many tracks improve financially, and we will do our part to bring fan engagement to a level never seen before in our sport,” said Simmermaker. “Our goal is to help bring together a potential revenue stream to the sport we love and the WDRA fits that goal.”
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT JOINS THE WDRA ALLIANCE
Springfield, IL – The World Drag Racing Alliance announced today that the newly created sanctioning body and Summit Racing Equipment have created an alliance to support the bracket racing community with Summit Racing’s new sponsorship of the WDRA Sportsman Drag Racing Series. The quarter million-dollar Summit Sportsman Drag Racing Series (SSDRS) will include the race for the track championship at member WDRA tracks during the year, the WDRA Summit Bracket Finals series of events and the WDRA Summit World Championships at Darlington Dragway to conclude the season.
“We are beyond thrilled to have the leading supporter of sportsman racing programs join the WDRA in providing huge opportunity and national exposure to our network of US and Canadian member tracks and the bracket racers that support them,” said WDRA’s Don Scott. “Summit Racing Equipment has a long history of supporting their drag racing customers and we look forward to doing our part to carry on that tradition,” said Scott.
The Summit Sportsman Drag Racing Series will begin January 1, 2023 and the goal of the program is to find the best racers at each WDRA member track and gather them together in head-to-head competition at the Summit Bracket Finals and the individual WDRA track champions at the Summit World Finals at Darlington Dragway in October.
WDRA FORMS ALLIANCE WITH GOD SPEED MINISTRY
Springfield, IL – The WDRA is proud to announce a new alliance with God Speed Ministry. God Speed Ministry was founded in May of 2004 
as an organization of ‘racers ministering to racers.’ God Speed Ministry has grown from serving one organization to serving eight series in North America. They cover drag races, road races, swap meets, car shows and other outdoor events across the US and Canada. God Speed Ministry seeks to provide spiritual nourishment and growth to the participants, fans and sponsors at these events with non-denominational ministry, emergency response, outreach, speakers/services, and more.
“We want to publicly welcome God Speed Ministry to the WDRA family,” said WDRA founder Don Scott. “God Speed Ministry brings the church to events and connects people to God and each other. Their highly skilled and compassionate chaplains deliver sermons before races as well as pray for and with racers throughout the event. This is an important part of our Bracket Finals, World Championship and any WDRA managed event we do.”
WDRA, Contingency Connection Sign Multi-Year Agreement Benefitting Tracks and Racers
Kingsport, TN – In an unparalleled move, the World Drag Racing Alliance (WDRA) has announced a multi-year partnership agreement with 
the Contingency Connection to offer an incredible opportunity to WDRA member tracks and racers.
Through an exclusive alliance, the WDRA and Contingency Connection will deliver national sponsorship opportunities to local racetracks. WDRA will offer member tracks a $1,000 discount towards enrollment in Contingency Connection’s Racer Rewards program. Additionally, Contingency Connection and WDRA will reward each class champion at each of the 2023 WDRA Bracket Finals events and WDRA Sportsman Drag Racing Series World Championships a Racer Awards Book valued at over $4000, totaling a program value of benefits to WDRA racers at $112,000.
In addition to the opportunity to join Contingency Connection at an exclusive discount, one WDRA member track will win a free enrollment into the 2023 Contingency Connection awards program valued at $2850. Details on this opportunity will be announced soon.
WORLD DRAG RACING ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES QUARTER-MILLION DOLLAR SPORTSMAN DRAG RACING SERIES FOR 2023
Springfield, IL – Today the World Drag Racing Alliance (WDRA) announced the creation of the quarter-million dollar Sportsman Drag Racing Series for bracket racers competing at WDRA member tracks in 2023. WDRA member tracks will contest the Sportsman Drag Racing Series during local points races in 2023 and each member track will crown track champions in eligible classes. Each eligible track champion will advance to the Sportsman Drag Racing Series World Championships in October and compete for their share of the $200,000 in payout plus bonus prizes. This free-entry race stands as the unparalleled best value in bracket racing.
The Sportsman Drag Racing Series World Championships will also feature test & tune, gamblers races and a racer party. “I want to make sure that all of the bracket racers and track owners know that the WDRA is kicking off the list of programs we will be offering with this Sportsman Drag Racing Series announcement and this program is not dependent on signing any certain number of tracks or securing a sponsor to partner with us” said WDRA’s Don Scott. “Everything is already in place for WDRA to operate this program.” Under the umbrella of the Sportsman Drag Racing Series, the WDRA will also operate the WDRA Bracket Finals events at the end of the 2023 season. WDRA members will also have an opportunity to qualify for the Sportsman Drag Racing Series Championships through winning one of the WDRA Bracket Finals events.
WDRA HITS THE 30 MEMBER TRACK MARK
The newly formed World Drag Racing Alliance, the first new drag racing sanctioning body since 1970, has in just a few weeks already signed 30 member tracks to its roster for the 2023 season. Those member tracks are located in 18 different states and Canada. The signings represent a diverse group of owners and operators that provide a variety of motorsports content to the industry.
“The reception for WDRA has been nothing short of overwhelming” said WDRA founder Don Scott. “My phone and the phones of the tracks that make up our Track Advisory Committee have not stopped ringing. The challenges we have chosen to undertake by forming this new organization are being validated by the member tracks that are joining our efforts” said Scott.
World Drag Racing Alliance (WDRA) formed
Mechanicsville, MD – A new drag racing sanctioning body has been formed as the World Drag Racing Alliance (WDRA) is revealed. Under 
the ownership of Don Scott, a former partner at Central Illinois Dragway and successful businessman, the WDRA will fill voids left with recent sanctioning body changes.
“With restrictions placed on some former industry leaders, I have formed the WDRA to continue with successful programs previously known in the industry,” said Don Scott. I’m anxious to be sure that programs that have been successful in the past will continue in the future and therefore I picked up the ball and started a new sanctioning body with the help of several industry veterans.”
I’ve also secured the services of a former sanction body president and multi-track owner, Scott Gardner. Gardner has agreed to a consulting role to help build the foundation of the new organization and to work with all the tracks in securing sanction commitments for 2023. I felt that it was important to have representation from an industry insider that has managed tracks, run successful programs, has a good business relationship with the insurance providers and knows what the important issues are within sportsman racing” continued Scott.
