Archives for 2014

BRAYS WILLOWBANK-BOUND FOR TEST APPEARANCE AT QDRC

Team Bray Racing’s Victor and Ben Bray will be on-track at Willowbank Raceway this Saturday 15 March, laying down some test passes during round two of the QLD Drag Racing Championships. The home-track event for the Kallangur-based Brays will provide a vital testing opportunity as they seek to build … [Read more...]

ANDRA: Like mother, like daughter

Jess Turner will be in action again tonight at Adelaide International Raceway where she hopes to build on her mother’s legacy at a track that has become a happy hunting ground for Turner and her family. The Springnationals were already significant to the young Modified flier after winning the … [Read more...]

NHRA PRO MOD DRAG RACING SERIES KICKS OFF 2014 SEASON AT AMALIE MOTOR OIL NHRA GATORNATIONALS

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Rickie Smith enjoyed winning the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series championship so much in 2013 he decided it wasn’t time to retire after all. Smith had planned to retire following the 2013 season, but those plans changed and the longtime drag racing standout has returned in 2014 … [Read more...]

PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE RIDERS ANTICIPATE FAST START TO KICK OFF SEASON AT AMALIE MOTOR OIL NHRA GATORNATIONALS

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The first of 16 events for the Pro Stock Motorcycle category on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing circuit is this weekend at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at historic Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville. For reigning world champion Matt Smith, it marks the first … [Read more...]

3/13/14 Drag Racing News

Courtney Force knows turnaround coming soonNHRA.com Funny Car standout Courtney Force has watched her John Force Racing teammates start the 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series in ... Flag as irrelevant NHRA welcomes Montgomery Motorsports Park back to NHRA Member Track … [Read more...]

Larsen Motorsports And IHRA Team To Create Jet Technology Center At Nitro Jam Events

NORWALK, Ohio (March 13, 2014) - Have you ever wondered what it takes to operate a professional racing team? How about the intricacies of designing, engineering and fabricating a jet engine-powered racecar? At every IHRA Nitro Jam event in 2014, fans will see all of that and more through a unique, … [Read more...]

BARTONE DETHRONES TOP FUEL PHAROAHS OF FAMOSO

Auto Club Famoso Raceway, March 9, 2014—Call it regime change. The Bartone Brothers rolled their menacing nitro-powered dragster out from Long Island City, New York all the way west to Auto Club Famoso Raceway north of Bakersfield and, by both sheer power and guile, trounced the California-centric … [Read more...]

FUNNY CAR DRIVER COURTNEY FORCE KNOWS TURNAROUND COMING SOON HEADING INTO AMALIE MOTOR OIL NHRA GATORNATIONALS

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Funny Car standout Courtney Force has watched her John Force Racing teammates start the 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series in impressive fashion. Her legendary father, John, has kept the momentum from his 16th Funny Car world championship a year ago, winning the first race … [Read more...]

PRO STOCK DRIVER SHANE GRAY HAS PLENTY IN STORE TO MAKE BIG SPLASH AT AMALIE MOTOR OIL NHRA GATORNATIONALS

GAINESVILLE, Fla. —There is a significant amount of excitement regarding Shane Gray and his Gray Motorsports Pro Stock team heading into this weekend’s Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at historic Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville. Gray will debut a brand new KYMCO USA Chevy Camaro at the … [Read more...]

TOP FUEL DRIVER TERRY McMILLEN’S DREAM SCENARIO INCLUDES FIRST CAREER VICTORY AT AMALIE MOTOR OIL NHRA GATORNATIONALS

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Terry McMillen has replayed the scenario over in his mind enough times to lose count, but when the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville comes around, the visualization of the Top Fuel driver’s first career win in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag … [Read more...]