Pro Modified is arguably the healthiest sing eliminator in all of drag racing and has been so for many, many years, with its transition from the IHRA to the NHRA and the growth of organizations like the ADRL and now the PDRA, but now, we’re hearing the class will be taking another step forward — by going back to its roots so speak. Dragzine has learned from a reliable source at the PRI Show in Indianapolis that the International Hot Rod Association, from which Pro Modified was born way back in 1990, will be reviving the category in 2015 as a full-time championship category at its Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series national events.

The IHRA brass have a press conference scheduled for Friday morning at the Indiana Convention Center, and we’ll be on hand to bring you all of the developments on this story that, for the time being, we’ll call a rumor.