Weldon Renews Contingency Sponsorship Programs with 4 Major Racing Organizations
Weldon High Performance, a manufacturer of quality fuel pumps and fluid system components for motorsports, announced that they will continue their contingency sponsorship programs with the National Hot...
View ArticleSchumacher Focused on Going Fast at Phoenix
Seven-time NHRA Top Fuel world champion Tony Schumacher understands one event doesn’t comprise a season. That’s why the driver of Don Schumacher Racing’s (DSR) U.S. Army dragster isn’t looking for a...
View ArticleJ. Force, Kalitta, McGaha Lead Early Qualifying at Phoenix
John Force (above) set national and track records at the NHRA season-opener in Pomona two weeks ago and continued his impressive early-season hot streak Feb. 21, by racing to the qualifying lead in...
View ArticleLights Out V: Videos Videos Videos
Drawing some 5,000-plus online viewers at any given moment, the annual Lights Out event at South Georgia Motorsports Park produces an entire year worth of viral racing videos! MUSTANG GOES AIRBORNE...
View ArticleLights Out V: Run Sheets
We’ve compiled all the must-see run sheets for you here at Drag Illustrated. Check it out. Final Qualifying Results:
View ArticleMovers & Shakers: The People Who Make Lights Out
The Lights Out events, if nothing else, have become one of the can’t miss social events on the calendar for any and everyone involved or even remotely interested in small tire racing. From big name,...
View ArticleTriple A — Alexis, Antron and Allen — Finish First at Phoenix
Alexis DeJoria raced to her first career Funny Car victory Sunday at the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. Antron Brown (Top Fuel) and Allen Johnson (Pro Stock)...
View ArticleBUCK: Top 8 Cars from Lights Out V
Drag Illustrated Editor-in-Chief, Wes Buck, admits a unique taste in vehicles. While born and bred a diehard General Motors man, he’s appreciative of any make and model race car that is tastefully...
View ArticleFORE III: Top 8 Cars from Lights Out V
Drag Illustrated Senior Staff Photographer John Fore III picks his favorite cars from Lights Out V at South Georgia Motorsports Park. SINISTER CHEVELLE
View ArticleWHEEL STANDS: Epic Bumper Draggers from Lights Out V
Drag Illustrated Senior Staff Photographer John Fore III captured virtually all of the big time wheel stands at Lights Out V. Check them out right here.
View ArticleLights Out V: Complete Coverage of Drag Radial’s Biggest Weekend from Drag...
Lights Out V takes place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 21-23, and Drag Illustrated has everything you need to know about the big race in one handy spot: right here. Check back regularly for...
View ArticleTocher: Top 8 Cars from Lights Out V
Drag Illustrated Sr. Editor Ian Tocher doesn’t miss many of Donald Long’s drag radial extravaganzas at South Georgia Motorsports Park and Lights Out V was no exception. But while clearly a fan of the...
View ArticleCapps Counting on Turnaround at Gators
The 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing season has not started exactly like Funny Car standout Ron Capps had hoped. But if there was ever an event to spark a turnaround, the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA...
View ArticleDI.Com Exclusive: Hunnicutt Trading Two Wheels for Four
Rob “Superman” Hunnicutt, a veteran ADRL Pro Extreme Motorcycle racer, will be racing on an extra set of wheels this season as he’s agreed to drive a 2004 Chevy Cavalier Pro Mod for car owner Rick...
View ArticleFirst Look: New Camaro Coming for Franklin
Veteran Pro Nitrous racer and new PDRA co-owner Tommy Franklin will be taking to the track in 2014 with this brand-new ’69 Camaro built by Jerry Bickel Race Cars in Moscow Mills, MO. (Photo courtesy...
View ArticleKYMCO USA, Gray Motorsports Finalize Multi-Race Sponsorship Deal
Gray Motorsports and KYMCO USA, the official scooter and ATV of NHRA, jointly announced Feb. 26, that they have entered a multi-race agreement that will include primary sponsorship of the...
View ArticleForrest Lucas to be Inducted into International Drag Racing Hall of Fame
Lucas Oil Products co-founder Forrest Lucas will be inducted into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2014 in a banquet on March 13 in Gainesville, FL. The Lucas Oil...
View ArticleBrown to Present Talk at Penn State Erie
Antron Brown, the 2012 NHRA Top Fuel world champion and driver of the Matco Tools Top Fuel dragster for Don Schumacher Racing, will visit Penn State Erie, The Behrend College on Monday, March 3. Brown...
View ArticleEffler Named NHRA VP – Public Relations and Communications
Geno Effler, a proven public relations executive in the automotive industry, has been named NHRA vice president of public relations and communications. Effler will lead and create the strategic...
View ArticleCollins Named Crew Chief for Johnson Jr.
Don Schumacher Racing’s Make-A-Wish Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car team will have a distinct Iowa flavor when it arrives at Gainesville, Fla., next week for the NHRA Gatornationals. John Collins, in his...
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