Archives for September 2017

J&A SERVICE PRO MOD DRAG RACING SERIES PORTION OF THE AAA INSURANCE NHRA MIDWEST NATIONALS TO HAVE REAL PRO MOD ASSOCIATION AS PRESENTING SPONSOR

GLENDORA, Calif. (Sept. 28, 2017) – The NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series is entering its penultimate event of what has been a highly competitive 2017 season when the popular series returns to action at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park, Sept. 29-Oct. … [Read more...]

COUNTDOWN PERFECTION MEANS NO TIME FOR LET-UP FOR PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE’S EDDIE KRAWIEC AT AAA INSURANCE NHRA MIDWEST NATIONALS

​ MADISON, Ill. – Eddie Krawiec’s start to the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship has been nothing short of perfect. He has won the first two Pro Stock Motorcycle events, firmly putting the three-time world champion in the driver’s seat heading to this weekend’s AAA Insurance NHRA … [Read more...]

9/28/17 Drag Racing News

Pure Stock Drag Racing: The Way It Ought To Be! Hot Rod Network When over a 120 primo muscle cars show up at a drag strip, fun things are going to happen. Especially when any one of these rides could get big ... Flag as irrelevant Why the drag racers cannot … [Read more...]

NHRA MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING SERIES COUNTDOWN TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE CHANGE ANNOUNCED FOR 2018

GLENDORA, Calif. (Sept. 28, 2017) The complexion of the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship will take a new form as four of the national events will change dates for the upcoming season. The Dodge NHRA Nationals will kick off the six-race playoff stretch at … [Read more...]

Racin’ & Rockin’ Radio: Mark Horvath on October 2nd!

Coming up Monday, October 2nd, 2017 at 8 PM Eastern on Racin' & Rockin' with DragList.com, Bill Pratt will host a conference on Drag Racing Missile Technology, given by the pilot of the Mopar Missile Nostalgia Funny Car himself, Mark Horvath! Mark is a lifelong Drag Racing Funny Car competitor … [Read more...]

RACING AT AAA INSURANCE NHRA MIDWEST NATIONALS BRINGS BACK IMPORTANT MEMORIES FOR TWO-TIME PRO STOCK WORLD CHAMP ERICA ENDERS

​ MADISON, Ill. – Gateway Motorsports Park, the site of this weekend’s AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals will always have a special place in the heart of two-time world champion Erica Enders, and it goes much deeper than the back-to-back wins she enjoyed there in 2012 and 2013. Enders … [Read more...]

Tyler Brooks is JB’s Pick for Racer of the Week: October 2nd!

Coming up Monday, October 2nd, 2017 for JB's Pick as Racer of the Week, I have selected Tyler Brooks, from Prophetstown, Illinois. I found Tyler while browsing through Jay Wilson's photos on the Quad Cities Drag Racer's page. Tyler's '81 Chevy Monte Carlo Mod/Pro Race Car is Sportsman Drag Racing … [Read more...]

9/27/17 Drag Racing News

Creighton gears up for drone drag racing tournament Omaha World-Herald In the spring, Restoration Hangar will serve as the arena for the area's first collegiate drone drag racing tournament, hosted by Creighton. Flag as irrelevant CMDRA drag racing season wraps … [Read more...]

FUNNY CAR STANDOUT ROBERT HIGHT CONFIDENT MORE IMPRESSIVE RUNS AWAIT AT AAA INSURANCE NHRA MIDWEST NATIONALS

​ MADISON, Ill. – After a brilliant stretch that included wins and broken records, Robert Hight isn't going to let one hiccup get him down. A second-round loss in Reading on Sunday bounced Hight from the Funny Car points lead in the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship, but recent history … [Read more...]

MENDY FRY COLLECTS TOP FUEL VICTORY AT 2017 NITRO NATIONALS

Mendy Fry pushed herself and the High Speed Motorsports AA/Fuel dragster to a victory over Adam Sorokin and the Champion Speed Shop small block Chevrolet special at the Nitro Nationals September 22nd-23rd at Tulsa Raceway Park. Sorokin got the holeshot on the hit, but Fry kept her foot in the High … [Read more...]