Archives for 2010

Frankie Taylor’s Pro Mod

Frankie "Mad Man" Taylor … [Read more...]

Jim Nelson/Dragmaster

Here's Dragmaster's Jim Nelson of the Martin and Nelson Dragmaster Team. Jim is co-founder of Dragmaster. This photo taken about 1960 and courtesy of Dode Martin. --Posted By Jeff DeGrandis to Dragmaster … [Read more...]

Goodguys Racing ’69 Camaro runs Career Best Numbers at Season Opener!

Sacramento Raceway, Sacramento, CA - The Goodguys Racing Pro Mod ’69 Camaro hit the track for the first time this season over the weekend at Sacramento Raceway Park competition during the 29th annual Funny Car Fever event. Racing in the West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod category, driver Marc Meadors … [Read more...]

NHRA NEWS: GET SCREENED AMERICA PRO MOD SERIES PREVIEW – ST. LOUIS

HOUSTON PRO MOD WINNER ROWE READY FOR MORE NHRA SUCCESS AT GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAYMADISON, Ill. – Danny Rowe made a fast turnaround to his race program following an uncharacteristic DNQ at the season-opening NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series event at Florida’s Gainesville … [Read more...]

Tommy Gray’s Camaro Pro Mod

Tommy Gray races in the NEOPMA in 2010  … [Read more...]

GEICO Powersports Top Fuel team revamps tune-up in attempt to go faster

ST. LOUIS (April 27) -- The high-pitched whirring of a clutch machine and roof-rattling rumble of an engine dyno at it's nitro-gulping extreme have become commonplace at Morgan Lucas Racing's headquarters in Brownsburg, Ind."I just wear earplugs all the time now," Lucas Oil crew chief John … [Read more...]

427 Day

Well it’s that time of the year again!  Time when we celebrate 427-day April 27, 2010.  There is something magical about that combination of numbers as it congers up thoughts of a high performance automobile engine and the special cars that provided it with a home.  Close your eyes and image a '63 ½ … [Read more...]

Tasca and Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing Use Off Week to Prepare for St. Louis Success

DEARBORN, MI – April 27, 2010 – Bob Tasca III and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing team are looking to show the competition that they are the BOSS – this week with the BOSS 500 powered all-Ford Shelby Mustang. Tasca looks to improve on his first-round loss slump and bring home the team’s first … [Read more...]

McMillen hopes Gateway provides breakout

McMillen hopes Gateway provides breakout MADISON, Ill. (April 26, 2010) -- It has been a busy week around the Amalie Oil Top Fuel dragster race shop. Terry McMillen, owner and driver of the NHRA Full Throttle Top Fuel team hopes this week is even busier as the team rolls into the … [Read more...]

AAA INSURANCE NHRA MIDWEST NATIONALS PREVIEW

DIXON GOES FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE VICTORY OF SEASON AT TRACK WHERE TWO-TIME WORLD CHAMP HAS STRUGGLEDhMADISON, Ill. – For the last 13 seasons Gateway International Raceway has been Larry Dixon’s own personal Bermuda Triangle on the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series circuit.His racing history at … [Read more...]