Slide Into Our DMs Q&A: 3.40s on Radials, “Stevie Fast” Jackson, Tequila,...
Show host Wes Buck kicks off the first-ever episode of the Slide Into Our DMs Q&A, where he responds to questions asked by DRAG ILLUSTRATED staffers, readers, racers, fans and industry members...
View ArticleDeFlorian On MMPS 4-Wide Debut In Charlotte: “It’s Going To Be Badass”
This Mountain Motor Pro Stock racing in the NHRA thing has gone perfectly for John DeFlorian, who has left an impressive stamp on MMPS history in just two events. His exploits include an exhibition win...
View ArticleTop Dragster Standouts Tom And Ryan Martino Receive Key To The City
This past week, national drag racing standouts Tom and Ryan Martino of Martino Motorsports were honored in City Council Chambers by Youngstown Mayor Jamael Brown for their 2018 PDRA Lucas Oil Top...
View ArticleVincent Nobile Set To Drive Rocky Watford’s MMPS Camaro At NHRA Four-Wide...
Vincent Nobile wasn’t seeking out a driving opportunity. But when one came to him as unique and exciting as this, he wasn’t about to turn it down. Nobile will be competing in a Pro Stock class this...
View ArticleSelf-Proclaimed “Hobby Racer” Fredy Scriba Dishes on Nitrous Record-Setting...
Pro Mod racer, Fredy Scriba, raised eyebrows at Maryland International Raceway during the season-opening Northeast Outlaw Pro Mod series event on April 13, when he thundered down the quarter-mile to...
View ArticleDI DRIVER BLOG PRESENTED BY WELD RACING: Megan Meyer
“Courage is grace under pressure.” ― Ernest Hemingway Coming off of a three-race win streak, and headed into our biggest race of the year, to say there is some pressure is an understatement. I am one...
View ArticleWorld Products Release New Version Of Man O’War Small Block
World Products has released a new 9.200″ deck version of their Man O’War ford small block. This block is ideal for the oval track market and drag racing applications. The lower deck height allows...
View ArticleTop Sportsman Driver Don O’Neal Looking for 4-Wide Medicine
The NHRA NGK 4 Wide Nationals are days away from kicking off at Zmax Dragway. However, for defending 4 Wide Top Sportsman racer Don O’Neal, just being able to compete will be a successful weekend by...
View Article‘Carolina Kid’ Travis Harvey Wins First Big Dog Shootout of 2019 Season
Travis Harvey drew from his many trips down the tricky eighth-mile track at Piedmont Dragway to overcome a tremendous field that was present for the first Big Dog Shootout of the 2019 season. The Elon,...
View ArticleTeam Aruba Set For 2019 MMPS Debut At NHRA Four-Wide Nationals In Charlotte
Team owner Ven Eman and driver of the Aruba.com Mustang Trevor Eman have made their way back stateside, traveling from their home country of Aruba to their race shop base in Union, S.C. to prepare for...
View ArticleGoodson Tools & Supplies For Engine Builders Expands Crankshaft Polishing...
Goodson Tools & Supplies for Engine Builders has expanded its line of Crankshaft Polishing Belts to include more sizes, grits and abrasives. Chris Jensen, Goodson Tech Department, said, “The newest...
View ArticleMegan Meyer To Debut New NGK RUTHENIUM HX™ Spark Plug Livery At NGK Spark...
NHRA’s current winningest female in the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series (LODRS), Megan Meyer, will return to zMAX Dragway with teammate Julie Nataas for this weekend’s NGK Spark Plugs NHRA 4-Wide...
View ArticleAnother First For Enders: Her First NHRA Four-Wide Pro Mod Race In Charlotte
Erica Enders picked up her first Pro Stock win at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals a year ago in Charlotte. With the unique race at state-of-the-art zMAX Dragway celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2019,...
View ArticleAlex Laughlin Making Mountain Motor Pro Stock Debut In Charlotte With Elijah...
Make it four classes for Alex Laughlin in 2019. Laughlin has already driven a Pro Stock car, a turbocharged Pro Mod Camaro and a blown drag radial Corvette this year. Now, he’s adding a Mountain Motor...
View ArticleTF’s Mike Salinas Plans To Take Advantage Of Opportunities At NHRA Four-Wide...
With the way his Scrappers Racing Top Fuel dragster is running, Mike Salinas sees a golden opportunity in front of him and he plans to take advantage. His elite team includes crew chief Brian Husen and...
View ArticleDefending FC Event Winner Cruz Pedregon Feels Right At Home At NHRA Four-Wide...
When the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series and zMAX Dragway first made plans for a four-wide drag race in 2010, Cruz Pedregon considered himself a fan of the concept. Heading into this weekend’s 10th...
View ArticleJ.R. Carr After More Speed, First Wally As MMPS Takes Over Four-Wide Nationals
It wasn’t just that J.R. Carr set the world record for the quickest and fastest pass in Mountain Motor Pro Stock history, it was that so many people were there to congratulate him. Carr was one of 10...
View ArticleNHRA Pro Mod ‘Speed Queen’ Erica Enders Looks Back on WSOPM 2018
Erica Enders decided last year she was going to race Pro Mod at select races in addition to her duties as a full-time Pro Stock driver for Richard Freeman’s Elite Motorsports. Within that 12 months,...
View ArticleSalinas Sets Top Fuel Track Record At zMAX Dragway, Takes Provisional No. 1...
A day filled with a rain delay and a wind delay ended on an impressive note for Top Fuel driver Mike Salinas on Friday at the 10th annual NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway....
View ArticleLarry Larson Set To Attempt Quickest & Fastest Street Car Run In History At...
Larry Larson has the right vehicle, the proven skill, and now has the stage set to attempt to regain the title as having the Fastest Street Car during the 2019 Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals...
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