Eric Medlen Memorial Golf Tournament Returns for 6th Year
Since 2009, Morgan and Katie Lucas have shared the same goal of honoring their dear friend Eric Medlen while helping children at Peyton Manning’s Children Hospital at St. Vincent. The tradition...
View ArticleAussie Racer Harker Wins TA/FC at Norwalk
From top qualifier to event winner, Steve Harker swept the Top Alcohol Funny Car (TA/FC) class in his Speed City-CAM2 Blue Blood Racing Motor Oil and new sponsor, Crane Trucking, Monte Carlo at the...
View ArticleDI Warm-Up: PDRA Success Isn’t Only About Money
To judge the inaugural season so far of the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) from a strictly monetary perspective, then yes, it’s probably been a financial loss. But factor in racer...
View ArticleEsz Sets PDRA Top Dragster Record
The Ultrasonic Top Dragster ‘Ultra 4’ Shootout, in which the quickest four qualifiers compete in a no-dial-in event, has been one of the most exciting points of the class in the Professional Drag...
View ArticleDI Warm-Up: Most Valuable Asset to Racing Team or Business is Good People
Wes Buck A friend of mine once told me he believed people are like coil springs: you compress them over and over, and each time they bounce back just a little bit less than they did before. Eventually,...
View ArticleDI Warm-Up: The New Age of American Muscle
The mid-1960s through early-‘70s are widely considered to be the hands-down premium years for American muscle cars, coincidentally—or not—the same era so often remembered as the “golden age” of drag...
View ArticleGarlits Inducted Into British Drag Racing Hall of Fame
Don Garlits will help British drag racing celebrate a half-century of history and achievement later this year when he crosses the Atlantic for the first time in nearly four decades to be inducted into...
View ArticleJohnson Hopes to Remain ‘King of the Mountain’ in Denver
There are still five races before the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship begins. But as far as Pro Stock standout Allen Johnson is concerned, his personal countdown...
View ArticleSunset Racecraft Sold to Buddy Wood
Family members of the late Tracy Dennis have agreed in principle to sell Sunset Racecraft to Buddy Wood of Sulphur, OK. Buddy and Tracy were close friends and had worked together in a business...
View ArticleHines Happy About Return to Denver
Andrew Hines’ first professional race in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series came at Bandimere Speedway in 2002. The track will always hold a special memory because of that despite its unique...
View ArticleDeJoria Demonstrates Straight-Shooting Skills
NHRA Funny Car driver Alexis DeJoria (above right) has always seen herself as a bit of a “wild child.” In fact, not only does DeJoria pilot a nitro-powered Funny Car at well over 300 mph, she also...
View ArticleFirst 16-Car WCOPMA Field Expected at Sonoma this Weekend
For many years, back to the very beginning of the West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod Association (WCOPMA), everyone on the West Coast has been trying and hoping for a 16-car field to happen. The wait may...
View ArticleJ. Force, Schumacher, A. Johnson and Arana Jr. are No. 1 After Day One in Denver
Funny Car icon John Force (above, file photo) rocketed to the quickest run in Bandimere Speedway history to take the qualifying lead at the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals on Friday. Tony Schumacher...
View ArticleTodd, Hight, A. Johnson and Hines Win at NHRA Denver
J.R. Todd earned his first Top Fuel win of the season and first since 2008, by racing to victory Sunday at the Mopar Mile-High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway. Robert Hight (Funny Car), Allen Johnson...
View ArticleEnders-Stevens to Miss Next Two NHRA Races
Pro Stock points leader Erica Enders-Stevens will skip the NHRA national events in Sonoma, Calif., and Seattle in order to better prepare for the rapidly-approaching Countdown to the Championship,...
View ArticleDI Warm-Up: NHRA TV Package is Getting Better
Is it just me or have the NHRA broadcasts on ESPN and ESPN2 been getting much better lately? At the risk of drawing the perpetual NHRA naysayers’ ire, I think the last few televised races have...
View ArticleInaugural NHRA Pro Bike Battle this Weekend at Sonoma
Eddie Krawiec (above) will lead the inaugural MiraMonte Records NHRA Pro Bike Battle field as the No. 1 seed when the lucrative special event takes center stage July 26 during the 27th annual NHRA...
View ArticleWhy You Should Sell Your Radial, Pro Mod or Grudge Car and Go Bracket Racing
Mike Shabareck You can read the title as many times as you’d like. It’s not gonna’ change. But before you toss it in your virtual wicker trash can, hear me out. How many passes have you made in your...
View ArticlePDRA Points Chase to Continue at Richmond this Weekend
With four races left in its inaugural eight-race season, the all-eighth-mile Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) heads to Virginia Motorsports Park, near Richmond, this weekend (July 24-26),...
View ArticleRace Part Solutions Introduces -20 AN Push-lok Hose Ends
Race Part Solutions, in cooperation with Fragola Performance Systems, is pleased to introduce new -20 AN push lok hose ends in straight and 90′s, as well as a very high quality 1.25″ reinforced hose to...
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