Archives for September 2016

Everyone wants to go home with Wally

Who will take him home September 25 from Gateway Motorsports Park? Girls fight over him. Grown men kiss him. Some grab him by his legs and hoist him high above their heads. And everybody wants to go home with him. No, he is not The Most Interesting Man in the World. His name is Wally … [Read more...]

9/18/16 Drag Racing News

Nearly six decades after opening drag strip could be facing its final season Lynchburg News and Advance The school hasn't made any decisions about the drag racing that occurs there. .... Yeatts said drag racing is just as dangerous as driving on the street. Flag as irrelevant … [Read more...]

2016 NHRA Charlotte Saturday Qualifying Results

KALITTA, JOHNSON JR., ANDERSON AND SAMPEY SECURE NO. 1 QUALIFIERS SATURDAY AT NHRA CAROLINA NATIONALS CONCORD, N.C. – Doug Kalitta secured the Top Fuel No. 1 qualifier Saturday at the ninth annual NHRA Carolina Nationals, the first race of the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship, at … [Read more...]

2016 NHRA Charlotte Saturday Pro Modified Qualifying and First Round Results

RICKIE SMITH RACES TO FIRST ROUND VICTORY J&A SERVICE PRO MOD DRAG RACING SERIES PORTION OF NHRA CAROLINA NATIONALS CONCORD, N.C. – J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series racer Rickie Smith powered to a first round victory on Saturday during the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing … [Read more...]

9/17/16 Drag Racing News

NHRA rider Chip Ellis expands his drag racing horizons FOXSports.com "I've been helping Roy Hill at his drag racing school from time to time and we do his engines at Competition Engine Services. He asked me if I wanted ... Drag Racing: BIR ET finals team set to defend title - Brainerd … [Read more...]

2016 NHRA Charlotte Friday Qualifying Results

JOHNSON JR., KALITTA, LINE AND SAVOIE LEAD QUALIFYING AT THE NHRA CAROLINA NATIONALS CONCORD, N.C. – Tommy Johnson Jr. sprinted to the qualifying lead in Funny Car on Friday at the NHRA Carolina Nationals, the first race of the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship, at zMAX Dragway in … [Read more...]

2016 NHRA Charlotte Friday Pro Modified Qualifying Results

WHITELEY RACES TO QUALIFYING LEAD FRIDAY AT NHRA J&A SERVICE PRO MOD DRAG RACING SERIES EVENT AT NHRA CAROLINA NATIONALS CONCORD, N.C. – Steven Whiteley powered to the qualifying lead Friday in the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series portion of the NHRA Carolina Nationals. This … [Read more...]

9/16/16 Drag Racing News

Pritchett will finish out season with FireAde sponsorship Drag Racing Online Magazine Charlotte will be the third of four Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events for Pritchett at DSR in which FireAde will be the primary sponsor. The last race ... Leah Pritchett keeps foot on the gas - … [Read more...]

9/15/16 Drag Racing News

European champions crowned at Santa Pod Drag Racing Online Magazine The weekend saw the completion of the FIA and FIM-E European drag racing championships at Santa Pod Raceway, England. Although one of the ... Flag as irrelevant Museum exhibit … [Read more...]

NHRA J&A SERVICE PRO MOD DRAG RACING SERIES VETERAN STEVE MATUSEK HOPES TO ERASE INDY STRUGGLES AT NHRA CAROLINA NATIONALS

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – As a veteran of the class, Steve Matusek loves the impressive depth and talent in the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series. But Matusek also saw first-hand the result of that much talent in a racing weekend when things don’t go as planned. Matusek could not get on … [Read more...]