{"id":101695,"date":"2025-07-13T23:18:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T23:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/palmer-mcintire-make-history-with-wins-at-ihra-outlaw-nitro-series-debut-at-darana-raceway\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T23:18:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T23:18:24","slug":"palmer-mcintire-make-history-with-wins-at-ihra-outlaw-nitro-series-debut-at-darana-raceway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/palmer-mcintire-make-history-with-wins-at-ihra-outlaw-nitro-series-debut-at-darana-raceway\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmer, McIntire Make History with Wins at IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series Debut at Darana Raceway"},"content":{"rendered":"

The IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series era is officially underway. In a history-making weekend at Darana Raceway,\u00a0Scott Palmer\u00a0and\u00a0Mike McIntire\u00a0captured Top Fuel and Funny Car wins, respectively, at the series\u2019 inaugural event.<\/p>\n

Each earned a\u00a0$50,000 payday\u00a0and the coveted\u00a0IHRA Ironman trophy, with all the action live streamed on\u00a0IHRA.TV.<\/p>\n

Palmer, behind the wheel of the Professional Bull Riders dragster, took the\u00a0Top Fuel victory\u00a0with a 3.958-second blast at 314.24 mph, edging out\u00a0Krista Baldwin, who posted a strong 4.125 at 293.28 mph in the final. The win marked Palmer\u2019s first IHRA Top Fuel triumph since 2008 in Milan, Michigan.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve been doing a terrible job driving all weekend,\u201d Palmer admitted. \u201cI just couldn\u2019t keep my foot on the floor like a beginner. I had to step it up \u2014 luckily, my clutch work was good.\u201d<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Funny Car, McIntire backed up his No. 1 qualifier status by marching through eliminations and delivering a 4.166 at 293.41 mph in the final. He edged out former IHRA world champ\u00a0Del Worsham, who ran a quicker 4.160 at 305.56 mph but was behind on the tree.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s crazy. It\u2019s insane. I love IHRA and I love racing Del,\u201d McIntire said. \u201cThis is for my dad. He passed away earlier this year. We did this together. I can\u2019t even describe it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In\u00a0Pro Mod,\u00a0Frankie \u201cMad Man\u201d Taylor\u00a0capped off a stellar weekend with a solo shot in the final after\u00a0Mike DiDomenico\u00a0shut off at the line. Taylor clocked a 3.726 at 199.64 mph and dedicated the win to\u00a0Scotty Cannon\u00a0on his birthday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to Darryl Cuttell for putting this all together and bringing IHRA back,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cWe pour our hearts and souls into this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Larry Morgan\u00a0scored the\u00a0Pro Stock\u00a0win after opponent\u00a0Derrick Reese\u00a0red-lit in the final. Both cars shook the tires, but Morgan\u2019s Camaro continued down track for the W.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t raced in a while, but to come here and win this race is pretty special,\u201d said Morgan. \u201cI just drive the car \u2014 we\u2019re excited for all the people here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bob Malloy\u00a0came out on top in\u00a0Top Fuel Harley, ripping off a 5.340 at 204.01 mph to defeat\u00a0Jay Turner, who ran 5.491 at 193.29 mph.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Mountain Motor Pro Stock,\u00a0Jerry Tucker\u2019s .024 light made the difference over\u00a0Chris Powers\u00a0in a near-dead heat. Tucker\u2019s 4.120 at 174.89 mph held off Powers\u2019 4.122 at 174.26 mph.<\/p>\n

Tony Wilson\u00a0took the\u00a0Pro Nitrous\u00a0win after\u00a0Dale Brinsfield\u2019s\u00a0wild ride in the final saw his front end lift and slam down, triggering the chutes. Wilson stayed in it for a 3.790 at 201.64 mph.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Top Alcohol Dragster,\u00a0Jackie Fricke\u00a0delivered a near-perfect .006 light and a 5.520 at 267.53 mph to get around\u00a0Mike Coughlin, who posted a 5.606 at 262.74 mph.<\/p>\n

Finally, in\u00a0Top Alcohol Funny Car, Canadian racer\u00a0Stan Sipos\u00a0edged out\u00a0Phil Esz\u00a0with a 5.505 at 264.03 mph to Esz\u2019s 5.496 at 262.28 mph in a side-by-side battle.<\/p>\n

Next up for the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series is a return to familiar ground:\u00a0Milan Dragway in Michigan, July 23\u201326.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published on July 13, 2025. \"Drag<\/p>\n

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The IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series era is officially underway. In a history-making weekend at Darana Raceway,\u00a0Scott Palmer\u00a0and\u00a0Mike McIntire\u00a0captured Top Fuel and Funny Car wins, respectively, at the series\u2019 inaugural event. Each earned a\u00a0$50,000 payday\u00a0and the coveted\u00a0IHRA Ironman trophy, with all the action live streamed on\u00a0IHRA.TV. Palmer, behind the wheel of the Professional Bull Riders dragster, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}