Archives for May 2015

DEFENDING TOP FUEL WORLD CHAMPION TONY SCHUMACHER HAS ONE THING LEFT TO CONQUER AT SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT NHRA SOUTHERN NATIONALS

COMMERCE, Ga. — With an incredible resume that includes 78 Top Fuel wins and a class-best eight world championships, Tony Schumacher knows he doesn’t need to change anything about his approach heading to Atlanta Dragway. That championship pedigree, which includes the 2014 Top Fuel series crown, has … [Read more...]

5/11/15 Drag Racing News

autoevolution Truck Drag Racing in Canada Involves Rolling Coal and 71 Tons of Wood - Video autoevolution How about drag racing trucks that are carrying 71.5 tons of wood using trucks so powerful they double as dragsters? Yes, that sounds very Canadian. Flag as irrelevant … [Read more...]

5/10/15 Drag Racing News

Odessa American Motorplex gets your motors running Odessa American “It is a four-quarter mile track, which is the grass roots of drag racing. The main reason behind it is that we wanted to give car guys a place to hang out ... Flag as irrelevant WPSD Local 6 Beacon … [Read more...]

5/09/15 Drag Racing News

KQED Saying Goodbye to LA's Last Drag Racing Strip KQED For many drivers at the drag strip in Irwindale, California, it was those tiny toy cars they had as kids that got them hooked on racing. Steve Osoinio says ... Flag as irrelevant … [Read more...]

Construction Delay At Galot Motorsports Park Causes Schedule Change For Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Tour Presented By AMSOIL

NORWALK, OHIO (May 8, 2015) -- Construction delays at Galot Motorsports Park in Benson, North Carolina, have necessitated a schedule change for the Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Tour Presented By AMSOIL. The new date for the single-event Divisions 1 and 9 meet will be August 7-9. An updated, … [Read more...]

5/08/15 Drag Racing News

Drag Racing Online Magazine Redline Raceway joins IHRA; reopening targeted for June 1 Drag Racing Online Magazine The owner of Redline Raceway has signed a multi-year sanctioning agreement to join the IHRA as a member track. The eighth-mile track, located in ... Flag as … [Read more...]

Redline Raceway Joins IHRA Family Of Tracks, Texas Drag Strip’s Reopening Targeted For June 1

NORWALK, OHIO (May 7, 2015) -- IRG Sports + Entertainment™ and the International Hot Rod Association™ (IHRA) are proud to announce the owner of Redline Raceway has signed a multi-year sanctioning agreement to join the IHRA as a member track. "We are pleased to welcome Redline Raceway to our … [Read more...]

FUNNY CAR’S JACK BECKMAN SEEING ONLY POSITIVES APPROACHING SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT NHRA SOUTHERN NATIONALS

COMMERCE, Ga. — When Jack Beckman’s 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season opened by not qualifying in Pomona, the initial thought may have been that his nightmare of a 2014 season was continuing. But with new crew chief Jimmy Prock in the fold, that thought never entered Beckman’s … [Read more...]

James A. Thompson Sr. is JB’s Racer of the Week for May 11!

Coming up Monday, May 11th on Racin' and Rockin' with DragList.com, for JB's Pick as Racer of the Week, I have selected James A Thompson Sr, from Davenport, Iowa. James is the patriarch of a Mopar Racing family in the Quad Cities Drag Racer's Group, and his 1971 Dodge Demon is a great ET Race Car … [Read more...]

5/07/15 Drag Racing News

WIBW Event planner cancels drag racing event, car show at Heartland Park Topeka Topeka Capital Journal Rob Wilkie, a Minesota Pontiac enthusiast, booked a drag racing event and car show at the park in November and began promoting it on the online ... Kevin Haskin: HPT issue grows … [Read more...]