OUR VALUES:
The United Black Drag Racers Association in commitment to the sport of drag racing and the community fosters the values of quality, respect, diversity, family, service, excellence, and fellowship.

OUR GOALS:

• Use drag racing as a means of:
  1. educating the community regarding safe driving and alternative recreational activities, and
     
     
  2. roviding an example of effective leadership and positive group interaction.
  
  
  
• Establish and maintain a supportive, cohesive, and united representation of African-Americans and other ethnic groups in the sport of drag racing, the membership, and the community including but not exclusive to: educational scholarships, youth/adult mentoring, community outreach and support.

OUR HISTORY:

In 1989, with the success of Black Sunday firmly in place, a holiday banquet was added to the annual festivities. The undertaking of the banquet required a good deal of organization and planning; eventually making it necessary to establish a banquet committee. That established committee was the predecessor of the present United Black Drag Racers Association (U.B.D.R.A.).

Officially established in 1994, today, the U.B.D.R.A. has grown into a nationally recognized organization and has established itself as one of the premier African American organizations in the world of motor sports. Its success has led to the establishment of one U.B.D.R.A. chapter in Wisconsin and encouraged numerous others to form organizations in various areas throughout the country, thus increasing the interest for organizations such as the U.B.D.R.A. across the United States.

Today the United Black Drag Racers Association is a 501c3 organization that has donated well over $150,000 to national, regional and local charitable organizations. In addition to monetary donations, the organization often participates in community parades, car shows, and a host of other civic events.

Dedicated to its mission to preserve and promote the sport of drag racing in a positive manner for the membership and the community, the organization hosts annual car shows, school show-and-tell programs, the Annual Awards Banquet and of course, Black Sunday.

Increasing at an extraordinary rate each year, the popularity of Black Sunday has grown so much that the event is currently being held at three different venues across the country - St. Louis, MO, Byron, IL and Indianapolis, IN with more opportunities being presented each year.

The road of growth from a race for bragging rights to an organization dedicated to utilizing the sport that it loves as a means of serving the community that it belongs to, has been a challenging but fulfilling one. The possibilities gleam bright before us and we have pulled up to the starting line. As the staging lights on the starting tree come down, we're off...