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Double Header for PDRA at Rockingham this Weekend
Fans heading to the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Spring Nationals this weekend (Apr. 7-9), will be treated to a rare double header as two national events will be settled at North...
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Dyno Dom’s Sikeston Raceway is Now Jeffers Motorsports Park
Noted Pro Mod chassis builder Larry Jeffers has purchased Dyno Dom’s Sikeston Raceway. Located in Sikeston, Missouri, Dyno Dom’s Sikeston Raceway has been a well established drag racing facility for...
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Shane Tucker Returning to NHRA Pro Stock Competition
Pro Stock standout Shane Tucker will return to the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series this season with his Auzmet Architectural/Rob Tucker Racing Chevrolet Camaro. The Australian racer plans to join...
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NHRA Viewership Hits 14-Year Peak on Fox Sports 1
The television viewership of last weekend’s DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway delivered 1,292,000 viewers on Sunday’s finals show alone, making it the...
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Second-Gen Ashley Readies for PDRA Top Dragster Debut
Justin Ashley, 21, plans to chart his own path in drag racing and luckily for him he has a good mentor to provide advice along the way. Ashley (above right), son of two-time Pro Modified champion Mike...
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Quick Start for PDRA’s Snider in Pro Extreme
The 2016 drag racing season could not have started any better for PDRA Pro Extreme star Brandon Snider, who matched his career-best elapsed time of 3.51 seconds straight off the trailer in pre-race...
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PDRA Spring Nationals – Event Notes
The Pro Boost final from Tulsa started with a little extra drama as the supercharged engine in Melanie Salemi’s ’68 Firebird (left lane) failed to start even as Kevin Rivenbark completed his...
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No. 1 Qualifiers Win Postponed PDRA Event at Rockingham
When the track became too cold for safe competition at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) season-opener last month in Tulsa, OK, series officials decided to complete the semifinals and...
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TWO INJURED IN RACING ACCIDENT AT ROCKINGHAM DRAGWAY
Two friends with close ties to the Professional Drag Racers Association were seriously injured Saturday in a crash during Top Sportsman qualifying for the third annual PDRA Spring Nationals at...
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RONNIE DAVIS SUCCUMBS TO RACING INJURIES
Ronnie “the King” Davis, 66, a five-time IHRA World Champion and the reigning PDRA Champion in the Top Sportsman class, succumbed Sunday to injuries suffered in the Saturday crash of his 1963 Corvette...
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Reid, Harvey and Rivenbark Lead PDRA Spring Nationals Winners
Kevin Rivenbark (above) raced to the Galot Motorsports Pro Boost victory Sunday at the PDRA Spring Nationals in Rockingham, NC. the second of nine events scheduled for the all eighth-mile drag racing...
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Bob Vandergriff Announces Immediate Retirement from Drag Racing
Bob Vandergriff, team owner of Bob Vandergriff Racing (BVR), an organization that has been fielding two Top Fuel Dragsters on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing tour, has announced his retirement from...
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DI CLASSIC: Ronnie Davis Gets the Point
EDITOR’S NOTE: In memory of Ronnie “The King” Davis, we present this story on the Top Sportsman legend from the January 2011 issue of Drag Illustrated. Written by none other than Ian Tocher, the story...
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Original Big Dog Shootout Returns to Piedmont Dragway on Thursday
Because of last weekend’s PDRA event in Rockingham, the “Original Big Dog” Shootout will make its debut on Thursday, April 14th. The highly anticipated new rules are sure to produce many surprises, as...
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DI DRIVER BLOG: Alex Laughlin
Alex Laughlin Racing: How, Where, and Why – Part 1: A lot of people ask the question, “How did you get into racing?” For many drivers today, the most common response you’ll hear is that their dad was...
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Musi Engines Winning in Professional and Sportsman Categories
While Musi engines may be best known for their feats in Pro Nitrous (Lizzy Musi holds the current speed record and Tommy Franklin recorded the quickest-ever pass), the family business is taking...
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Boninfante Now Offering ‘Clutch Guys Matter’ T-Shirts
A friendly debate has inspired a new line of t-shirt with a catch phrase and a meaningful cause. Rob Boninfante believes clutch guys matter, in a world where automatics seems to be the trend in many...
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Bickel Challenges Chassis Builders to Donate
Jerry Bickel has a challenge to his peers in the chassis building business. Jerry Bickel Bickel, who builds numerous Pro Modified doorslammers, would like to see every chassis builder join him in...
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Musi to Compete with EOPM at Rescheduled Virginia Race
Returning to the scene of her last victory, Musi Racing Engines President Lizzy Musi is scheduled to compete with the Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod Association during their rescheduled event at Virginia...
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