Archives for 2015

WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR FINAL MUSCLECAR MADNESS

YORK, PA - The awards winners for the highly successful 14th and final Musclecar Madness at The York Reunion this weekend are hereby announced. MUSCLECAR 1st Place - Dale Murphy, Midlothian, Virginia '69 Z28 Camaro Restored 2nd Place - Felicia & Paul Rosina, Plainview, New York 68 1/2 Ford … [Read more...]

Cruisin’ Times Sneak Peek: Charleston

Latest video: Charleston (WV) Doo-wop and rod run which will also be the last stop in the Cruisin' Times Lucky 7 Tour.. ​ https://vimeo.com/133508147 Thanx for watching and feel free to share this video. John Shapiro Cruisin' Times Magazine … [Read more...]

NHRA Jr. Drag Racing Western Conference Finals, Rocky Mountain Raceways

NHRA JR. DRAG RACING WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS BRINGS THE BEST YOUNG DRAG RACERS TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN RACEWAYS WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways will host the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing Western Conference Finals event, July 16-18. Nearly 300 racers from the NHRA Summit Racing Jr. Drag … [Read more...]

Mopar Nitro Jam Rocky Mountain Nationals presented by Good Vibrations Returns to Castrol Raceway

NORWALK, Ohio (July 14, 2015) -The Mopar Nitro Jam Rocky Mountain Nationals presented by Good Vibrations returns to Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta this weekend. The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) has traveled to Castrol Raceway to celebrate one of Canada's biggest and most … [Read more...]

NHRA ENTERS LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP WITH FOX SPORTS TO AIR MELLO YELLO SERIES EVENTS STARTING IN 2016

Majority of races will feature live, multi-platform coverage of eliminations and FOX Sports will feature more than 450 hours of NHRA programming per year NHRA coverage returns to broadcast TV for first time in more than a decade GLENDORA, Calif. (July 14, 2015) – NHRA and FOX Sports officials … [Read more...]

Joe Howell is King of the Track at BIR

BRAINERD, Minn. - Joe Howell is the 2015 King of the Track at Brainerd International Raceway. Howell, who's racing in BIR's Bracket Drag Racing Series for the first time this year, narrowly beat Myron Streit in the finals of the King of the Track run-off Saturday to claim the crown, a Wally … [Read more...]

NHRA AND ESPN ANNOUNCE TELEVISION CHANGES

GLENDORA, Calif. – The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and ESPN have mutually agreed to end their television coverage agreement following the 2015 season. The 2016 season was to be the final year of a five-year rights extension deal that took effect in 2012. The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing … [Read more...]

7/14/15 Drag Racing News

Valley News Live Brainerd track severely damaged by Minnesota storms Drag Racing Online Magazine A hot and humid day gave way to strong storms that developed in western Minnesota on Sunday, July 12, rocking the state with lightning damage and ... Flag as irrelevant … [Read more...]

2015 Denton Fuel Altered vs. Pro Modified Photo Gallery

Big Bob Snyder sent these terrific shots from the annual craziness that features Outlaw Pro Modified doorslammers against blown fuel and alcohol altereds down in Denton, Texas. … [Read more...]

Top Sportsman and Top Dragster Are Hotter Than Ever Thanks to PDRA Competition

PITTSBORO, N.C. (July 13, 2015): The Top Sportsman and Top Dragster categories provide some of the tightest and toughest competition in drag racing. As the fastest and quickest sportsman level categories, these bad boys of bracket racing judge times dialed in to a hundredth of a second at speeds … [Read more...]