Editing Drag racing (section)

=== North America ===
The [[National Hot Rod Association]] (NHRA) oversees the majority of drag racing events in North America. The next largest organization is the [[International Hot Rod Association]] (IHRA). One of the major sanctioning bodies in drag racing.

The World Drag Racing Alliance (WDRA) WDRA is the first fully functioning sanctioning body created (one that actually sanctions facilities) since 1970.

Besides NHRA, IHRA, and WDRA, there are several other racing organizations were created over the past several decades. The Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA), founded in 2014, races 1/8 mile with events throughout the US. The National Mustang Racers Association (NMRA), started in 1999, is considered the leader in Ford motorsports events.<ref>What is NMRA?  https://www.nmradigital.com/drag-racing/c15</ref> The National Muscle Car Association (NMCA), is the longest running major street-legal drag racing association. The NMCA provides competitive and organized national event competitions from grassroots drag racers all the way to the powerful and fast VP Racing Fuels Xtreme [[Pro Modified|Pro Mod]] racers.<ref>What is NMCA?  https://www.nmcadigital.com/</ref>

There are also niche organizations for muscle cars and nostalgia vehicles. The Nostalgia Drag Racing League (NDRL) based in Brownsburg, IN, runs a series of 1/4 mile (402&nbsp;m) drag races in the Midwest for 1979 and older nostalgic appearing cars, with four classes of competition running in an index system. Pro 7.0 and Pro 7.50 run heads up 200 mile per hour (320 kilometre per hour) passes, while Pro Comp and Pro Gas run 8.0 to 10.0 indices. NDRL competition vehicles typically include Front Engine Dragsters, Altereds, Funny Cars, early Pro Stock clones, Super Stocks and Gassers.<ref name="NDRL Website">{{cite web|last1=Mullin|title=NDRL – Nostalgia Drag Racing League|url=http://www.nostalgiadragleague.com|access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref>

The [[National Electric Drag Racing Association]] (NEDRA) races [[electric vehicle]]s against high performance gasoline-powered vehicles such as [[Dodge Vipers]] or classic [[muscle car]]s in 1/4 and 1/8&nbsp;mile (402&nbsp;m & 201&nbsp;m) races. The current [[electric drag racing]] record is <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nedra.com/200mph_club.html |title=National Electric Drag Racing Association – Roger Hedlund 200 mph Club |publisher=Nedra.com |date=4 April 2012 |access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref> 6.940 seconds at 201.37&nbsp;mph (324.0736&nbsp;km/h) for a quarter mile (402&nbsp;m). Another niche organization is the VWDRC which run a VW-only championship with vehicles running under 7 seconds.

Prior to the founding of the NHRA and IHRA, smaller organizations sanctioned drag racing in the early years, which included the competing AHRA in the United States and Canada from 1955 to 2005.