Enders-Stevens named to Board of Directors for Serving Orphans Worldwide
Furthering a successful partnership that began at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, Serving Orphans Worldwide (SOW) has invited Pro Stock driver Erica Enders-Stevens to fill a seat on its Board...
View ArticleAdam Arana Answers Call to Serve in U.S. Coast Guard
ProtectTheHarvest.com/Lucas Oil rider Adam Arana has enlisted in the United States Coast Guard and will step aside from his young Pro Stock Motorcycle career in 2015. Arana, 23, begins his service Jan....
View ArticlePeak Puts Force Back on Track for 2015
John Force Racing and PEAK announced Nov. 1, a new agreement with its PEAK Antifreeze + Coolant and BlueDEF brands serving as a primary sponsor for John Force during the 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag...
View ArticleLas Vegas Track Records Fall in Qualifying for NHRA Toyota Nationals
Matt Hagan (above) took another step towards a second Funny Car world championship when he qualified No. 1 with the sixth-quickest time in NHRA Funny Car history at the NHRA Toyota Nationals at The...
View ArticleSmith Draws Close to Repeating as NHRA Pro Mod Champion
Don Walsh claimed the No. 1 qualifying position and a first-round victory during the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series portion of the NHRA Toyota Nationals Nov. 1, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor...
View ArticleProck Tunes Beckman to 6th-Place Start at Las Vegas
Jack Beckman was able to celebrate the holiday season early when Don Schumacher Racing hired two-time world champion crew chief Jimmy Prock a week ago and assigned him to help Beckman and his Infinite...
View ArticleEdwards Runs First 3-Second Pass on Drag Radials at Huntsville
The race to the threes is over. In the final round of RadialFest 2K14 at Alabama’s historic Huntsville Dragway, Brad Edwards flashed across the stripe in 3.990 seconds at 193.47 mph to make him the...
View ArticleEnders-Stevens, Massey, Worsham and Hines Win at Las Vegas
Erica Enders-Stevens (above center) reclaimed the Pro Stock points lead with one race remaining by earning a major victory at the NHRA Toyota Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on...
View ArticleNew PDRA Pro Boost Ride Coming for Melanie Salemi
Melanie Salemi Melanie Salemi, a Top Dragster standout from Buffalo, New York, will step out of her Toyrific Racing dragster and move into the ever-popular class of Pro Mod for 2015. The opportunity...
View ArticleSmith Wins Vegas; Repeats as NHRA Pro Mod Champion
Rickie Smith took home his second consecutive world championship title with a victory during the final race of the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series season Sunday at the NHRA Toyota Nationals. Pro Mod...
View ArticleIRG Completes Purchase of Cordova Dragway Park
IRG Sports + Entertainment (IRG) announced that effective Nov.3, it has closed on the transaction to acquire Cordova Dragway Park and has assumed control of the facility’s operations. The motorsports...
View ArticleEnders-Stevens Poised to Make Pro Stock History
When in high-pressure situations, champions deliver and Elite Motorsports driver Erica Enders-Stevens delivered under pressure Nov. 2, knocking out points leader Jason Line in the semifinals and then...
View ArticleRockingham Dragway Returns to NHRA Sanction
North Carolina’s Rockingham Dragway, affectionately known as “The Rock,” will rejoin the NHRA Member Track Network on Jan. 1, the NHRA announced today. Built in 1971, Rockingham Dragway will return to...
View Article2015 NHRA Harley-Davidson Drag Racing Series Schedule Released
Officials from NHRA and Harley-Davidson announced Nov. 7, the 2015 NHRA Harley-Davidson Drag Racing Series schedule. The popular series, highlighted by the Top Fuel and Pro Fuel classes, brings...
View ArticleBradenton Replaces Tulsa on 2015 PDRA Schedule
The Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) announced Nov. 7, that Bradenton Motorsports Park, near Tampa, FL, will replace Tulsa Raceway Park on its 2015 national-event schedule. Bradenton will...
View ArticleEdwards Recounts 3-Second Record Run
Radial Fest 2K14 was touted as having the world’s quickest and fastest outlaws on radial tires and Nov. 2, at historic Huntsville Dragway in Harvest, Alabama, Brad Edwards proved that was nothing short...
View ArticleRace Tech Introduces ‘Dragster Buddy’ to Ease Trailer Loading
If you run a dragster and find yourself alone trying to figure out how to load and unload you race car, Race Tech Race Cars & Components has the answer. Months in development and available...
View ArticleThank You, Veterans!
Every day, but especially on Veteran’s Day, everyone at DRAG ILLUSTRATED offers sincere thanks and appreciation for the efforts and sacrifices of our U.S. military veterans and those of our nation’s...
View ArticleJamie Handcock running the first sub 1 second 60ft in Outlaw Drag Radial
Very impressive! Though he broke lose after and clipped the wall, with a front end like this, we can only expect huge things to come.
View ArticleBrad Edwards 1st to the 3’s!!!
Brad Edwards goes 3.99 @ 193 MPH to become the 1st Drag Radial car to dip into the 3’s.
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