Archives for 2016

San Antonio Raceway Kicks Off 2016 Season

Nancy Matter's Guardian for Heroes Alcohol Funny Car on burnout before test hit Marion, TX (Feb. 20, 2016) San Antonio raceway kicked off its 2016 season with its 'Back to the Track' weekend of racing on the track just east of San Antonio. After undergoing some track repair last weekend, the … [Read more...]

2/20/16 Drag Racing News

GALOT Motorsports Park joins NHRA Member Track Network NHRA.com “North Carolina is home to some of the most iconic tracks in NHRA Drag Racing,” said Division 2 Director Rich Schaefer. “Now part of the NHRA ... Flag as irrelevant Warwick Daily … [Read more...]

GALOT MOTORSPORTS PARK IN NORTH CAROLINA JOINS DIVISION 2 OF NHRA MEMBER TRACK NETWORK

GLENDORA, Calif. (Feb. 19, 2016) – NHRA officials announced today that GALOT Motorsports Park in Benson, N.C., has joined the NHRA Member Track Network as part of Division 2, the Southeast Division. “North Carolina is home to some of the most iconic tracks in NHRA Drag Racing,” said Division 2 … [Read more...]

2/19/16 Drag Racing News

Drag Racing Online Magazine PDRA's Keith Haney leads first day Radial qualifying at SGMP Drag Racing Online Magazine The first day of qualifying (Wednesday) for the $50,000 to win Radial versus the World class at South Georgia Motorsports Park found a racer relatively ... … [Read more...]

Super Stock racer Jimmy DeFrank wins fifth NHRA season-opener title

Photo: Auto Imagery CHATSWORTH, Calif. (February 19, 2016) – Auto Club Raceway at Pomona has historically been a strong racetrack for Jimmy DeFrank, and the 56th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals, held at the venerable Southern California facility last weekend, held true to form. Thousand … [Read more...]

SEASON OPENING NHRA LUCAS OIL SERIES ON FOX SPORTS 2

GLENDORA, Calif. – The opening round of the 2016 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing season will be featured tonight in a one hour telecast on Fox Sports 2 (FS2) at 10 p.m. (ET) / 7 PT. Catch all the action from the Circle K NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona as Jonnie Lindberg and Joey … [Read more...]

TWO-TIME FUNNY CAR CHAMPION MATT HAGAN REMAINS DRIVEN APPROACHING CARQUEST AUTO PARTS NHRA NATIONALS IN PHOENIX

CHANDLER, Ariz. – Matt Hagan already has two world championships and 18 career wins in what has been a standout Funny Car career in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. But those accomplishments, coupled with the ultra-competitive and record-breaking state of the Funny Car class, only has the … [Read more...]

2/18/16 Drag Racing News

Miller brothers leave MDIR, will continue Import vs. Domestic event Drag Racing Online Magazine In yet another shake-up in the IHRA family, IRG Sports + Entertainment has announced that Jason Miller and Chris Miller from Maryland International ... Flag as irrelevant … [Read more...]

TUCSON DRAGWAY TO HOST NHRA PACIFIC NATIONAL OPEN

GLENDORA, Calif. – The NHRA Pacific Division National Open Series heads to one of the newest NHRA Member Tracks, Tucson Dragway for their season opener, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 19-21. Tucson Dragway rejoined the National Hot Rod Association this year after a short absence, bringing … [Read more...]

York 2016: Suddenly, It’s 1968 Again

YORK, SPRINGS, PA - York US30 Dragway was known nationwide for it's many outstanding drag racing events and 1968 was no exception. Two of the nation's premier funny cars staged at York to do battle for 1320 feet supremacy. Dick Harrell from the Midwest in his Camaro and local Dauphin, PA hero Bruce … [Read more...]