Jeff Lutz Takes HOT ROD Drag Week Unlimited Crown
Jeff Lutz first unveiled his “Evil Twin” ’57 Chevy at PRI in December, 2013. One thing was clear: he was looking to do big things with the car. At this year’s Hot Rod Drag Week, he did just that. Fully...
View ArticleHartford Gets Help from The Hose Connection
Matt Hartford’s Pro Stock Avenger will sport a special wrap for the upcoming AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals Sept. 18-21. Instead of the familiar Total Seal Pistons Rings logo, the Dodge Avenger will be...
View ArticleFarber Hosts Special Guests at NHRA Charlotte
Pete Farber Racing made the best of a wet weekend Sep. 12-14, at the Pep Boys NHRA Carolina Nationals Pro Mod race at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte, NC, by helping a special family make some lifelong,...
View ArticleNostalgia Nitro Floppers Take On Tulsa this Weekend
Although the outcome of the championship points competition is no longer in doubt, there will be plenty of excitement this Friday and Saturday, Sept. 19-20, at Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park for the...
View ArticleBaseball Fan Hight Happy About Texas Doubleheader
Robert Hight is a self-professed lover of baseball and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 2009 Funny Car champion has raced with a Dodgers-themed Funny Car and thrown out the first pitch at ballparks across...
View ArticleJRi Shocks Shoots PDRA at Rockingham
Check out this cool video shot at the recent PDRA race at Rockingham Dragway by our friends at JRi Shocks. Good stuff!
View ArticleIHRA Unveils 2015 Nitro Jam Schedule
The International Hot Rod Association™ (IHRA) and IRG Sports + Entertainment™ are excited to announce the 2015 IHRA Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series (NJDRS) schedule. The 12-race, 2015 IHRA Nitro Jam Drag...
View ArticlePDRA Adds Quarter-Max Top End Zone to Live Online Coverage
As the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) prepares to put the exclamation point on its opening season Oct. 10-11, with the PDRA Championship Finals at Virginia Motorsports Park, Quarter-Max is...
View ArticleLarry Larson’s Street-Driven S10 Clicks Off 6.16/219mph Pass
Larry Larson is as close as it gets to a mythical creature in the world of fast street cars as evidenced by his most recent performance during HOT ROD Drag Week where he failed to actually win the...
View ArticleC. Force, Todd, S. Gray and Arana Jr. are First on Friday at NHRA Dallas
Courtney Force (above) raced to the Funny Car qualifying lead Friday at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals with a track record performance at Texas Motorplex. J.R. Todd (Top Fuel), Shane Gray (Pro Stock)...
View ArticleSchumacher, Hagan, J. Gray and Krawiec Win Postponed Charlotte Race at Dallas
Don Schumacher Racing swept the nitro categories as Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel, above), and Matt Hagan (Funny Car) took home titles in the delayed Pep Boys NHRA Carolina Nationals Saturday at Texas...
View ArticleDriver Hangs Out of Barrel-Rolling Pro Street ’55 Chevy & Survives
As Discovery Channel’s Street Outlaws continues to grow in popularity the number of no-prep races at motor sports facilities around the country will likely continue to increase, and it’s hard not to...
View ArticleSchumacher, C. Force, Connolly and Hines Win at NHRA Dallas
Tony Schumacher and his U.S. Army Top Fuel dragster team are rounding into championship form as he raced to his second victory in as many days, this time winning the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals Sunday...
View ArticleSpradlin Motorsports Scores Rare ‘Double Up’ at NOPI Nationals Supershow in...
Multi-time division champion Top Dragster and Top Sportsman team Spradlin Motorsports with driver Casey Spradlin (above) entered into its first NOPI Nationals Supershow Sep. 19-21, and came away with...
View Article“Trash Can” Nova Goes 9s with Turbo’d Stock Bottom-End 5.3 Chevy
We’ve seen a lot of “sleepers” in our day, but very few compare to this 1972 Chevy Nova. Featuring a stock bottom-end 5.3-liter Chevy with twin Precision Turbo 58mm units burning E85, this rust bucket...
View ArticlePrecision Turbo & Engine Presenting NHRA Pro Mod at St. Louis
It was announced today (Sep. 23) that the NHRA has named Precision Turbo & Engine, the leader in turbocharger technology for street and race applications, as presenting sponsor for the NHRA Pro Mod...
View ArticleDI Warm-Up: NC Street Outlaws Visit Roxboro Dragway
The NC Street Outlaws series visited Timberlake, NC’s Roxboro Dragway Aug. 30, as fans and racers enjoyed a great day of racing and equally great weather. Series founders Jamie Doss and Jamie Parsons...
View ArticleCastellana Throws Down Unofficial Quickest-Ever Nitrous Pro Mod Pass
Nitrous Pro Mod star Mike Castellana and crew chief Shannon Jenkins were out testing their Speedtech ’69 Camaro yesterday (Sep. 23) at Virginia Motorsports Park (VMP), where they laid down an...
View ArticleUPI Performance Sponsors Pro Stock Motorcycle Rookie Kennedy
UPI Performance, a high performance V-Twin engine shop out of Ashland, OH, has joined the Star Racing family of partners as primary sponsor of Rookie of the Year candidate, Chaz Kennedy and as an...
View ArticleKeith Berry Goes 4.09/186 with Turbo Small Block on Radials
Keith Berry, better known by his friends and foes as a stylin’, profilin’, limousine riding, jet flying, kiss-stealing, wheelin’ n’ dealin’ son of a gun, threw down the gauntlet in testing for No Mercy...
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