Who formed the International Hot Rod Association in November 1970?

Larry Carrier formed the International Hot Rod Association in November 1970. The organization became a major North American drag-racing sanctioning body alongside the NHRA.

Carrier was a businessman who established the IHRA’s early base in Bristol, Tennessee. In its first era, the association broadly followed NHRA’s professional structure, including Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock. The IHRA later developed its own class policies and event identity while continuing to sanction drag-racing tracks and competitions.

Several names in the answer choices are associated with later IHRA history. Billy Meyer purchased the organization in 1988, and Bill Bader acquired it in 1998. Wally Parks, meanwhile, was the founder of the National Hot Rod Association, not the IHRA. Those connections make the question particularly prone to cross-association mix-ups.

Carrier’s period of leadership lasted through the organization’s formative years. The IHRA eventually expanded beyond its original southeastern focus, becoming the second-largest North American drag-racing sanctioning body after the NHRA.