NMCA Adds ‘Radial Wars’ to Remaining 2014 Events
Effective Mar. 28, the NMCA Flowmaster Muscle Car Nationals has added a new category, Radial Wars, which will be sponsored by Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels. It will be contested in the...
View ArticleHagan, Torrence and Coughlin Lead Early Qualifying at Las Vegas
Matt Hagan (above) found a little extra motivation in a friendly rivalry to help him race to the Funny Car qualifying lead Friday at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals. Steve Torrence (Top Fuel) and...
View ArticleMaggio Wins WCOPMA Season Opener at Bakersfield
Since starting racing with the West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod Association (WCOPMA) in 2011, Mike Maggio and his Maggio Motorsports team won their sixth WCOPMA event title Mar. 23, at Auto Club Famoso...
View ArticleRupert, Goforth and Scott Qualify No. 1 for IHRA at San Antonio
The location may have changed, but the names remained familiar during the second stop of the 2014 IHRA Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series tour. Jason Rupert (Nitro Funny Car, above), Cary Goforth (Pro Stock)...
View ArticleEnders-Stevens Wins K&N Horsepower Challenge
Erica Enders-Stevens raced to victory in the K&N Horsepower Challenge, closing out an action-packed Saturday at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway....
View ArticleBrown, C. Force and Coughlin Jr. Qualify No. 1 at NHRA Las Vegas
Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Courtney Force (Funny Car, above) and Jeg Coughlin (Pro Stock) earned No. 1 qualifying positions and will lead their categories into Sunday’s 11 a.m. eliminations at the NHRA...
View ArticleDeFlorian and Rupert Big Winners for IHRA in San Antonio
It was a night of big numbers and record runs as the stars of the IHRA Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series produced a memorable and historic night in front of yet another capacity crowd at the IHRA San...
View ArticleDejoria, Enders-Stevens and Schumacher Win at NHRA Las Vegas
Girl power reigned supreme as Alexis DeJoria (Funny Car, above near lane)) and Erica Enders-Stevens (Pro Stock) raced to victories Sunday at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las...
View ArticleVisner Engine Development Moves to New Location
Visner Engine Development, LLC. would like to announce the opening of their new location: 4700 36th St SE Kentwood, Michigan, 49512 616-726-6600 The billet cylinder head and intake manifold...
View ArticleInaugural PDRA Season Opens this Weekend at Rockingham
A new era in eighth-mile, outlaw doorslammer racing is set to begin this weekend, as the brand-new Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) holds its inaugural Spring Open Apr. 3-6, at North...
View ArticleRoy Hill Enjoys Early Spring Success in 2014
After starting the 2014 racing season with a busy March schedule, April will bring even more action for drag racing legend and current Super Stock racer Roy Hill and his iconic Roy Hill’s Drag Racing...
View ArticleDI.com Special: Hoerner Happy to Know IHRA Accident Not His Fault
By Ian Tocher It’s been just two races behind the wheel for Todd Hoerner as he substitutes for Dean Goforth in his mountain-motored Pro Stock entry, but the Lynchburg, Virginia-based driver has...
View ArticleJ.R. Todd Named New Driver for Kalitta Top Fuel Entry
Kalitta Motorsports has announced that six-time NHRA Top Fuel event champion J.R. Todd will assume the duties of full-time driver of the Optima Batteries Top Fuel dragster beginning at the next event...
View ArticleMARTIN, HARRIS AND GOFORTH EARLY LEADERS AT FIRST PDRA EVENT
With a dramatic last run of the night on the very first day of competition for the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA), Todd Martin of Tulsa, OK (above), took over the number-one position in...
View ArticleTAYLOR, DILLARD AND HARRIS MAKE HISTORY AT INAUGURAL PDRA EVENT
Saturday night’s final round of qualifying for the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Spring Open at Rockingham Dragway was one for the ages. The Spring Open also represents the first-ever...
View ArticleSTANTON, HARRIS, GOFORTH, TUTTEROW AND McKINNEY WIN INAUGURAL PDRA EVENT
It had been nearly five years since Bubba Stanton (above) last visited victory lane, but the Potts Camp, Mississippi-based driver finally made the trip back Apr. 6, after winning the premier NAS Racing...
View ArticleDillard Dominates PDRA Pro Extreme Record Book
By Ian Tocher In addition to Frankie Taylor’s stunning new 3.485-seconds ET record, the PDRA Spring Open Pro Extreme race produced a couple of significant milestones for turbocharged doorslammer...
View ArticleBeckman Seeking Second 4-Wide Win at Charlotte
Jack Beckman owns 15 NHRA Mello Yello Series Wally trophies and none are more unique than the one he earned at the most unique event in drag racing. Beckman won the second annual NHRA Four-Wide...
View ArticleNobile Ready for 4-Wide Challenge at Charlotte
Vincent Nobile (above) is with a new team this season and will debut a new Mountain View Tire Pro Stock Chevy Camaro at this weekend’s NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway. The way he figures, he...
View ArticleJohnson Jr. Looking Forward to New Drag Racing Experience
Tommy Johnson Jr. has a long history and plenty of experience in the world of drag racing, but this weekend at zMAX Dragway near Charlotte, N.C., the second-generation drag racer and pilot of the...
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