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The NHRA will be honored at the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame Gala in November as the recipient of the Global Achievement Award sponsored by Lucas Oil.

The Lucas Oil Global Achievement Award was inaugurated in 2014 in memory of Pat Garlits, the late wife of legendary drag racer Don Garlits. This year, it marks the role played by all people at the NHRA, without whose support in developing drag racing the sport could not happen at the level it does today.

NHRA will be represented by Senior Vice President-Racing Operations Graham Light, who also is president of the FIA Drag Racing Commission.

As well as overseeing incredible growth and success in drag racing in the United States, NHRA has over the years been closely involved in the development of the sport overseas. In the United Kingdom, NHRA founder Wally Parks was involved in organizing the 1964 and 1965 Drag Fests, which established the sport in Europe. In the 1990s, the NHRA organized a number of races in Japan. The NHRA also chairs the FIA Drag Racing Commission, which organizes championships in Europe and Australia.

In 2011, NHRA announced the creation of the NHRA Worldwide Network, which enables drag racing facilities around the world to conduct events under the NHRA banner and have access to NHRA technical resources. In 2016, worldwide online streaming and in-house TV production has begun under President Peter Clifford.

British Drag Racing Hall of Fame Chairman Stu Bradbury said, “It is an exceptional honor to be able to present the Lucas Oil Global Achievement Award to the organization that we owe so much to for the establishment and growth of the sport across the world.”

“The NHRA is thrilled to receive the Lucas Oil Global Achievement Award, and I am looking forward to meeting UK drag racers and fans at the BDRHOF Gala,” said Light. “NHRA and its 200 dedicated employees have a passion for drag racing. They love the sport, they love the people in the sport, they just love being involved. The Safety Safari guys, the guys who haul the equipment down the racetrack and the guys who work cleaning up oil spills and drying racetracks, they work all hours to get it done, and they keep the show on the road.”

News about the gala and other events will be published on the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame website, www.britishdragracinghof.co.uk, and on www.eurodragster.com, the sport’s premier website in Europe. The 2016 inductees into the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame will be announced in July.