Archives for March 2010

2010 KENTUDKY HALL OF FAME CLASS TO BE INDUCTED IN AUGUST

The 2010 class of the Kentucky Motorsports Hall of Fame will be officially inducted in August at the Swope Cars of Yesteryear Museum in Elizabethtown, Ky.In addition to the 2010 class, the late Harry Hyde of Brownsville, Ky., a member of the 2009 class, will be reinducted at the ceremony with his … [Read more...]

NHRA ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION INTO PHOENIX INCIDENT

New Wheel Retention Devices Allowed by NHRA in Top Fuel and Funny Car CategoriesGLENDORA, Calif. (March 23, 2010) – NHRA released today the preliminary findings of its investigation regarding the tragic incident in Phoenix, which took the life of a spectator, as well as precautionary measures being … [Read more...]

Team Aruba Achieves Career-Best Qualifying Effort in Houston; Race Rescheduled

  SAINT LOUIS, MO (March 23, 2010) — After enduring a long day of qualifying at Baytown’s Houston Raceway Park, Trevor Eman and the Team Aruba crew achieved a career-best qualifying effort with an elapsed time (ET) of 4.090 at 177.30mph in the fourth qualifying round at the 2010 American Drag Racing … [Read more...]

FW: Bob Glidden named Grand Marshall of the NHRA Lucas Oil Spring Spectacle of Speed

GLENDORA, Calif. - The most prolific driver in U.S. Nationals history Bob Glidden has been named Grand Marshall for the upcoming NHRA Lucas Oil Spring Spectacle of Speed featuring stars of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, April 23-25.The Whiteland, Ind. … [Read more...]

Troxel’s Funny Car to salute gold-medal-winning USA bobsled team

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 23) -- Funny Car superstar Melanie Troxel will give the gold-medal-winning USA men's four-man bobsled team the ride of its life this weekend at zMax Dragway when she drives a special "Night Train"-themed racecar down the strip at speeds in excess of 300 mph."Night Train" … [Read more...]

First 4-Wide trophy on GEICO Powersports racer Lucas’ mind

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 22) -- Top Fuel driver Morgan Lucas was part of the historic four-wide exhibition race that took place at zMax Dragway last fall. Now the sport's youngest nitro professional returns to Bruton Smith's racetrack masterpiece for the first "real" four-wide race of the modern era … [Read more...]

NHRA FOUR-WIDE NATIONALS PREVIEW

BERNSTEIN SAYS DRAG RACING BASICS WILL STILL BE IN PLAY AS NHRA FULL THROTTLE SERIES GOES FOUR-WIDE AT zMAX DRAGWAYCONCORD, N.C. – In the classic movie “Hoosiers,” the small-town basketball coach pulled out his tape-measure to show his underdog players that even though they were competing for the … [Read more...]

GEEZERS REUNION AT THE GROVE ADDED TO NHRA HOT ROD HERITAGE RACING SERIES AS AFFILIATE EVENT

GLENDORA, Calif. (March 22, 2010) – The Geezers Reunion at The Grove presented by Yuengling has been added to the 2010 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series as an Affiliate Event, it was announced today by NHRA officials. The ninth annual Geezers Reunion at The Grove, the second affiliate event and … [Read more...]

NHRA RACE TEAMS AND SAFETY-KLEEN TEAM UP FOR SUCCESSFUL WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AT GAINESVILLE RACEWAY

GLENDORA, Calif. (March 22, 2010) – It was a resounding “thumbs-up” for all involved this past weekend as NHRA’s racing community and Safety-Kleen teamed up to properly segregate and dispose of waste materials after the recently concluded Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway … [Read more...]

2010 Standard 1320 Ron Miller Memorial Race Photos

Drag Racing List Big Bob Snyder sent these 54 great, same day shots from the 2010 Standard 1320 Ron Miller Memorial Race at Speedworld Arizona on March 21, 2010. Thanks to Bob and farewell to Ron Miller, one of the greatest nostalgia fans and event promoters I've had the pleasure to … [Read more...]