Archives for 2015

10/04/15 Drag Racing News

Mashable 1962: Drag race Mashable Drag racing — pitting two cars against each other in a flat-out quarter-mile sprint — first emerged in the 1930s as an underground pastime among ... Flag as irrelevant Grand Junction Daily Sentinel … [Read more...]

2015 NHRA Maple Grove Saturday Qualifying Results

B. FORCE, HIGHT, SKILLMAN AND KRAWIEC CLAIM NO. 1 QUALIFIERS AFTER RAIN-SHORTENED SATURDAY AT THE NHRA KEYSTONE NATIONALS MOHNTON, Pa. – Brittany Force ran career-best numbers to claim the No. 1 qualifier in Top Fuel at the NHRA Keystone Nationals. Robert Hight (Funny Car), Drew Skillman (Pro … [Read more...]

10/03/15 Drag Racing News

Drag Racing: Bracket series at BIR ends on high note Brainerd Daily Dispatch For Scott Dugdale, last weekend was his eighth straight weekend of drag racing, but it appears he saved his best racing for last. Flag as irrelevant WFMZ Allentown … [Read more...]

Championships on the Line at PDRA World Finals

PITTSBORO, N.C. (October 2, 2015): The world’s quickest and fastest eighth-mile drag racing series is coming to Virginia Motorsports Park, October 22-24. The Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals presented by Mel Bush Motorsports is the last event in a year long battle, brought to you at speeds … [Read more...]

International Drag Racing Hall of Fame to induct six new members

Ocala, Fla. (October 2, 2016) – Don Garlits has announced the inductees to the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame, a component of the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing located in Ocala, Fla. Comprising Class of 2016 are six of the sport’s most accomplished Top Fuel and/or Funny Car pilots, one … [Read more...]

Southern Racers Vie for PDRA Top Dragster Title

PITTSBORO, N.C. (October 1, 2015): In the quickest and fastest sportsman category in drag racing, two racers with roots deep in southern, eighth-mile bracket racing are going toe-to-toe to be crowned the next PDRA Top Dragster World Champion. While Gleason Tennessee’s Justin Melton has a three … [Read more...]

2015 NHRA Maple Grove Friday Qualifying Rained Out

PERSISTENT STORMS FORCE NHRA OFFICIALS TO CANCEL FRIDAY’S ACTION AT THE NHRA KEYSTONE NATIONALS MOHNTON, Pa. – Persistent rain showers forced NHRA officials to cancel Friday’s racing action at the NHRA Keystone Nationals. Rain started in the morning and showers were expected to fall throughout … [Read more...]

10/02/15 Drag Racing News

CBC.ca 10-year-old autistic boy from Kelligrews burning up the drag racing circuit CBC.ca "But just the aerodynamics of the car, and the safety of the car, and the way that the drag racing community is anyway, in terms of safety, is they would ... Flag as … [Read more...]

Mastercam Top Fuel Shootout YouTube Recap

For the second time this summer, front-engine Top Fuel virtuoso Bill Dunlap zoomed ahead of the competition and captured the Title in the winner-take-all Mastercam Top Fuel Shootout in Bakersfield. The YouTube race recap is here: https://youtu.be/_Z70GnOEr7Q … [Read more...]

PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE’S HECTOR ARANA JR. HUNTING FOR CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE AT NHRA KEYSTONE NATIONALS

MOHNTON, Pa. – Hector Arana Jr. knew he needed a clutch performance at the second race of the 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship last weekend in St. Louis. Arana delivered in impressive fashion and now hopes he can replicate that effort a few more times en … [Read more...]