Archives for 2016

Urgent: Support Legislation to Overturn EPA Racecar Regulation!

The grassroots racing industry needs your help! Congress Introduces Bill to Ensure that Motor Vehicles May Be Modified Into Racecars U.S. Reps. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Bill Posey (R-FL) and Lee Zeldin (R-NY) have … [Read more...]

3/10/16 Drag RacIng News

Drag Racing Online Magazine Improvements on schedule for Atlanta Dragway Drag Racing Online Magazine ... the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals, May 13-15, round seven of the 24-race NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. [03/09/16] ... Flag as irrelevant … [Read more...]

Bruce Carlson is JB’s Pick For Racer of the Week March 14th!

Coming up Monday, March 14th, 2016, for JB's Pick as Racer of the Week, I have selected Bruce Carlson, from Cambridge, Illinois. Bruce was recommended to me by his son and our friend and former Racer of the Week, Erik Carlson. Thanks, Erik! Bruce's lifelong accomplishments as a driver, owner, … [Read more...]

NHRA MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING SERIES TELECONFERENCE: PRITCHETT, CAPPS, ANDERSON, HINES

The following are excerpts from a teleconference featuring NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series drivers Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock), Leah Pritchett (Top Fuel), and Ron Capps (Funny Car). THE MODERATOR: Gainesville does mark the start of your season. Where are you … [Read more...]

NHRA TV VIEWERSHIP UP DRAMATICALLY IN NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH FOX SPORTS

GLENDORA, Calif. (March 9, 2016) – NHRA’s revamped race coverage on FOX Sports earned more than 300,000 additional viewers through the first two Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events of the season, which included the Circle K NHRA Winternationals at Pomona, Calif. on Feb. 14 and the CARQUEST Auto … [Read more...]

ATLANTA DRAGWAY IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE NEW CONCRETE STARTING LINE, DAKTRONICS SCOREBOARDS

GLENDORA, Calif. (March 9, 2016) – NHRA officials announced today two major facility improvements for Atlanta Dragway, Georgia’s House of Speed. The venerable NHRA-owned dragstrip, which sits just northeast of downtown Atlanta in Commerce, Ga., serves as host of the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA … [Read more...]

3/09/16 Drag Racing News

Story continues below this advertisement Drag Racing Online Magazine Fuel Altered drivers James Generalao Jr. (near lane) of Las Vegas and Tom Padilla of Arlington, Wash., hit after the finish of a first-round race at the ... Flag as irrelevant Lucas Oil … [Read more...]

SOUTHEAST DIVISION OPENS WITH PRELUDE TO THE GATORS AT GAINESVILLE

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Southeast Division arrives at Gainesville Raceway for the Prelude to the Gators on March 11-13. The event is one of 44 scheduled across the country where drivers earn points leading to divisional, regional and national championships as well … [Read more...]

2016 Bakersfield March Meet Final Results

WILLIAMSON, KRABILL SCORE BIG AT MARCH MEET McFarland, Calif., – Rick Williamson and Kris Krabill scored dramatic wins to cap off four days of drag racing action for the famed Good Vibrations March Meet at Auto Club Famoso Raceway just north of Bakersfield. Williamson outran the Nostalgia Top … [Read more...]

LUCAS OIL PRODUCTS EXTENDS NAMING RIGHTS OF LUCAS OIL RACEWAY AT INDIANAPOLIS

GLENDORA, Calif. (March 8, 2016) – Lucas Oil Products, an industry leader in lubricants and fuel treatments, has extended the naming rights for the NHRA-owned and operated multi-purpose auto racing facility located just west of Indianapolis, officials from the world’s largest motorsports sanctioning … [Read more...]