2008 Championship races heating up as IHRA heads to Budds Creek June 13-15

With three races in the book heading into Maryland International Raceway, the 2008 IHRA championship points chases are starting to take shape. One thing is for sure, this season’s Torco President’s Cup Nationals will force each and every race team to swing for the fences if they want to be players in this season’s title hunt.
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Steven Macklyn (Salt Lake City, Utah) captured the Ironman in San Antonio while Matt Hagan (Christiansburg, Virg.) took the title at the IHRA Spring Nationals. Lee knows the Nitro Funny Car class is wide open this season.

“IHRA has a fantastic program right now,” he said. “You look at Top Fuel and look at Nitro Funny Car…there are competitive racers from...

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