Archives for 2010

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis

LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES EVENT RESCHEDULEDINDIANAPOLIS (April 26, 2010) - Mother nature finally got the best of the NHRA Lucas Oil Spring Spectacle of Speed at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis with the event being postponed Sunday after persistent showers cancelled any hope of eliminations. … [Read more...]

IHRA Sportsman Champions To Be Decided This Weekend

Field is set, stage is ready – bring on the Tournament of ChampionsROCKINGHAM, N.C. (April 26, 2010) – After a grueling wait and months spent staring at the April 30 date the drivers making up the 2009 Tournament of Champions have less than a week left before returning to Rockingham Dragway where … [Read more...]

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Final Results from S.R.C.A. Dragstrip, Great Bend, Kan.

WHITELEY AND WILLIAMS TAKE THE WALLY AT SEASON OPENERGREAT BEND, Kan. (April 26, 2010) – In the final results from SRCA Dragstrip and the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Jim Whiteley, Grand Junction, Colo., and Kirk Williams, Glenwood, Iowa, took home the wins in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top … [Read more...]

Starting line assassin: Langdon a perfect 16-0 on season

St. LOUIS (April 26) -- Once the hours of work are finished and a Top Fuel dragster pulls to the starting line for a race, the focal point becomes the driver, who pilots the 8,000-horsepower machine through a 3.8-second pass. A key task is leaving the starting line ahead of the opposing driver, … [Read more...]

Rockingham Success Paves Way For Future Champions

Four former champs relive Rockingham historyROCKINGHAM, N.C. (April 26, 2010) – Perhaps no track in the history of the International Hot Rod Association holds more history than Rockingham Dragway.Rockingham Dragway was the site of the very first national event held by the sanctioning body in 1971 … [Read more...]

Don Garlits R.E.D.

I am very proud to announce that our book Don Garlits R.E.D. Part 1 and Part2 is ready for sale at BackintheDayStore.com It has taken a year to investigate and write. Mickey Bryant and I have produced a wonderful and exciting account on the most important 18 months in drag racing history. We talked … [Read more...]

Twice a runner-up in St. Louis, Treble aims for win

BROWNSBURG, Ind. (April 26, 2010) - Two-time Pro Stock Motorcycle runner-up at Gateway International Raceway, in 2004 and 2009, Craig Treble is aiming for the winner's circle at this weekend's 14th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals at the track located just outside of St. Louis.Treble re-joined Don … [Read more...]

Superstitions, jinxes don’t haunt Beckman

NORCO, Calif. (April 26, 2010) - Jack Beckman, driver of the Valvoline/Mail Terminal Services Dodge Charger for Don Schumacher Racing, won't let any of his crew members' superstitions haunt him as he seeks his second victory of the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series at this weekend's 14th … [Read more...]

PHOTOS: ADRL Georgia Drags VI

Former back-to-back Pro Extreme World Champion Jason Scruggs returned to victory lane for the first time in nearly a year with his ADRL Hardee’s Georgia Drags VI win. Immediately after the race he presented the race trophy to the family of Pro Nitrous competitor Mike Walker, who was killed in a … [Read more...]

KRISTEN WOOTTON WINS FIRST NHRA WALLY IN SECOND RACE DAY START

Ennis, Texas – Cinderella has nothing on Kristen Wootton. And the clock has just begun on a promising drag racing career. Racing in her second drag racing start, the rookie driver of the Wootton Racing/Mettle Armor Racing Oil A/Fuel Dragster has captured her first NHRA Wally in a very … [Read more...]