Archives for June 2013

6/28/13 Drag Racing News

Drag Racing: Bracket Racing at BIR Brainerd Daily Dispatch Brainerd International Raceway's Bracket Drag Racing Series is on the quarter-mile drag strip Saturday and Sunday, with racers battling for championships in 10 classes. The six-weekend, 12-race series features more than 250 amateur drag … [Read more...]

IHRA Summit Pro-Am Division 6 @ Eagle Motorplex

 Faul, Shannon double-up at IHRA Division 6 season openerBorder Bandits hitters McNally, Congdon, Neitsch add wins at Eagle MotorplexASHCROFT, British Columbia (June 28, 2013) – Western Canada’s top IHRA racers were on hand for the Division 6 season opener over the weekend at the NL ‘Akapxm Eagle … [Read more...]

Mountain Motor Pro Stock Returns to IHRA in 2013

Mountain Motor Pro Stock returns to IHRA in 2013Berner, select teams to compete at Grand Bend, Martin Nitro Jam eventsNORWALK, Ohio (June 28, 2013) – Throughout 2013, rumor mills teemed with hints and questions about the return of Pro Stock to the IHRA. Recently, the rumors were put to rest as IHRA … [Read more...]

PST LAUNCHES REVOLUTIONARY DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE

BOHEMIA, N.Y. June 25, 2013:  From Performance Software Technologies (PST) comes a breakthrough in Drag Racing competition software. The same people that developed iCard software technology and the RatioTrax analysis for Lenco has now produced a program that builds upon and far surpasses those … [Read more...]

Giant Killer Zizzo Looking for More Hometown Success

Giant Killer Zizzo Looking for More Hometown Success   LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. – It may not be Kansas, but there's still no place like home for TJ Zizzo and the PEAK Motor Oil Top Fuel team.   This weekend, the Chicago native races at his home, and favorite, track, Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill. … [Read more...]

THE FRATERNITY RETURNS TO YORK

YORK, PA – Forty three years ago the world famous York US 30 Drag-O-Way played before many outstanding crowds who came to witness the best drag racing events to be presented and setting the stage of many lines in the history books of motorsports.The heritage is relived the second full weekend of … [Read more...]

DAVE CONNOLLY AIMS FOR ROUTE 66 NATIONALS WIN IN GMPARTSNOW.COM COPO CAMARO

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Stock Eliminator championship contender Dave Connolly will push for a win this weekend at the O’Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 Nationals, in Joliet, Ill., in his Cagnazzi Racing COPO Camaro sponsored by GMPartsNow.com. “It’s a big weekend for sportsman racing and we’re going to … [Read more...]

RPM Working to Solidify NHRA Pro Mod Series for 2014 & Beyond

In January of 2013, twenty Pro Mod race teams formed the Real Pro Mod Association (RPM). Their main objective: find new sponsors to fund the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series for 2014 and beyond.  For this project, RPM has retained the services of Forward Sports Marketing to conduct a search for new … [Read more...]

After big weekend of bracket racing, Troy Coughlin Jr is ready for NHRA glory

DELAWARE, Ohio (June 27) -- Third-generation drag racer Troy Coughlin Jr. is heading to Route 66 Raceway for the next stop on the NHRA Mello Yello tour. The 22-year-old upstart will compete in both Super Comp and Super Gas, two categories where he's had multiple successes in the past. This visit … [Read more...]

Drag Racing News Daily Mello Yello cans ‘Go On Yello’

Staging lights on ... Go On Yello! This racing season, Mello Yello shifts gears on its packaging and launches a limited-edition 16-ounce can featuring the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series logo flanked by flaming header pipes. Fans of high-speed vehicles and citrus smooth beverages will come … [Read more...]