NHRA Releases 2016 Mello Yello Series Schedule
NHRA officials unveiled the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule Sep. 5, during the running of the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. The 23-race...
View ArticleBeckman, Lucas, Enders and Savoie Victorious at 61st Chevrolet Performance...
Jack Beckman completed a sweep of the weekend in Funny Car with his victory on Labor Day Monday at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals. Morgan Lucas (Top Fuel), Erica Enders (Pro Stock) and Jerry...
View ArticleNHRA Pro Mod Newcomer Rick Snavely Wins Indy
Rick Snavely raced to his first career win Monday during the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series portion of the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, the seventh of 10 events on the Pro Mod...
View ArticleMusi More Than Just a Pretty Face in Pro Mod Racing
24-year-old vies for Pro Nitrous title at Rockingham Dragway’s PDRA event A unique mix of pedigree, performance and personality has made Lizzy Musi a star of the Professional Drag Racers Association...
View ArticleD’Aprile Does Top Sportsman
Tommy D’Aprile Best known as the driver for Mel Bush Motorsports in the screw-blown world of PDRA Pro Extreme, Tommy D’Aprile is turning his attention these days toward nitrous-assisted Top Sportsman...
View ArticleDefending Dragstock Champ Snyder Takes On New Class at ‘The Rock’
Last fall, he left North Carolina’s historic Rockingham Dragway with the Pro Extreme trophy in hand. This weekend (Sept. 10-12), instead of defending his event title as the all-eighth-mile Professional...
View ArticleJay Cox Wins September ATI Big Dog Race to Highlight Pro Mod Youth Movement
Having been a part of the drag racing media since the late 1970s, one question that always seems to come up often is, “Where will the next generation of drag racers come from?” That question was...
View ArticleBogacki Caps 20-Round Super Comp Win Streak with U.S. Nationals Title
When 2-time NHRA national champion Luke Bogacki pulled his rig into Brainerd International Raceway three weeks ago for the NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals, he was in the midst of a subpar season. To that...
View ArticleA Look at IHRA NFC Star Mike McEntire Jr.’s Sophomore Season
AMSOIL Nitro Funny Car presented by Aeromotive driver Mike McIntire Jr. has had a crazy sophomore season, to say the least. The 2014 International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Nitro Funny Car rookie has...
View ArticlePRI 2015 Offers Broad Spectrum of Value – New Tech, New Ideas & New Business
Racing industry professionals from across the US, and 70 countries, will gather in Indianapolis this December for the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show (PRI 2015). It will pack the Indiana...
View ArticleFranklin, Reid, Strickland and McKinney Take Provisional No. 1 Spots for PDRA...
Randell Reid of Iowa Park, TX, closed out the third round of NAS Racing Pro Extreme qualifying for the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Dragstock XII with a number-one qualifying...
View ArticleSmith Repeats at ‘The Rock’; Scruggs Also Wins at PDRA Dragstock XII
North Carolina’s own “Tricky Rickie” Smith won a PDRA Pro Nitrous race for the second time this year at Rockingham Dragway, repeating his spring victory with the Professional Drag Racers Association...
View ArticleFowler Performance Dedicated to the Century-Old Art of Roots Superchargers
In 1860, brothers Philander and Francis Marion Roots, founders of Roots Blower Company of Connersville, Indiana, patented the design for an air mover, for use in blast furnaces and other industrial...
View ArticleSpotlight Shines on Sportsman Racers at JEGS Northern SPORTSnationals
The third and final JEGS SPORTSnationals event of the 2015 season unfolds this weekend at National Trail Raceway with more than 400 of the nation’s best Sportsman drag racers on hand for the...
View ArticleALAN JOHNSON RACING WITHDRAWS FROM NHRA COMPETITION
Alan Johnson Racing and 2013 Top Fuel World Champion Shawn Langdon will withdraw temporarily from NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series competition effective immediately, the team announced today. When...
View ArticleMusi-Powered Racers Hitting Their Stride When it Matters Most
After a dominant 2014 season in which racers using his engines won every PDRA (Professional Drag Racers Association) Pro Nitrous race, set national performance records, and collected the Pro Nitrous...
View ArticleAJR Loans Driver Shawn Langdon to DSR for Pursuit of NHRA Top Fuel Title
Don Schumacher Racing and Alan Johnson Racing announced Thursday that former NHRA world champion Shawn Langdon will drive DSR’s Red Fuel Powered by Schumacher/Sandvik Coromant Top Fuel dragster in the...
View ArticleNorth Star Dragway to Offer Biggest No-Prep Payout in History
The world of no-prep racing has taken the main stage in recent years. Spawning off the highly successful Street Outlaws television series, the thrill and unpredictability of this style of on-track drag...
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