Archives for 2017

11/15/17 Drag Racing News

Junior Drag Racing Rules Reconsidered In Australia After 8-Year-Old Dies OPB News An Australian girl described by her dad as “bright and bubbly” died Saturday after her drag racing car crashed into the track barrier. Anita Board ... Eight-Year-Old Drag Racer Dies After Hitting A Cement … [Read more...]

PDRA Introduces Rule Changes for Pro Boost and Pro Extreme Motorcycle

PITTSBORO, N.C. (November 14, 2017): During Tuesday’s live Facebook show, “Live with Lee,” PDRA announced rule changes to Andy McCoy Race Cars Pro Boost and Drag 965 Pro Extreme Motorcycle. The rule changes follow an impressive fourth season for the organization and serve as an effort to continue … [Read more...]

11/14/17 Drag Racing News

Junior Drag Racing Rules Reconsidered In Australia After 8-Year-Old Dies NPR At a press conference Monday from the site of Anita's accident, her father Ian Board said, "Her passion for motorsport, drag racing and being here as a ... Australian 8-year-old girl dies after slamming drag … [Read more...]

B. FORCE, HIGHT, BUTNER AND KRAWIEC HONORED AS 2017 NHRA MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING SERIES WORLD CHAMPIONS IN HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (Nov. 14, 2017) – Brittany Force, Robert Hight, Bo Butner and Eddie Krawiec were feted as the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series champions Monday during the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series awards ceremony at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland. The … [Read more...]

11/13/17 Drag Racing News

Girl, 8, dies in drag racing crash in Australia Telegraph.co.uk An eight-year-old girl has died after crashing her vehicle at a junior drag racing event in Western Australia. Anita Board, who had celebrated her ... 8-year-old dies after slamming her drag racing car into barrier at Australian … [Read more...]

2017 NHRA Pomona Finals Sportsman Results

COWIE, LOMBARDO LEAD WINNERS IN POMONA POMONA, Calif. – Shawn Cowie and John Lombardo Jr. led the list of winners for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and the Auto Club Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Cowie, Surrey, B.C., picked up career win number ten in Top Alcohol Dragster as … [Read more...]

2017 NHRA Pomona Finals Pro Results and World Champions Crowned

B. FORCE, HIGHT, BUTNER WIN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; B. FORCE, JOHNSON JR., BUTNER AND HINES VICTORIOUS AT AUTO CLUB NHRA FINALS POMONA, Calif. -- For the first time since 1982, a female has captured a NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Top Fuel world championship. Brittany Force clinched the … [Read more...]

11/12/17 Drag Racing News

Kyle Seipel takes over for mom Georgia as drag racing manager at Sonoma Raceway Napa Valley Register Kyle Seipel, far right, will take over for his mother Georgia Seipel, far left, as manager of Sonoma Raceway's quarter-mile drag strip and drag racing ... Flag as irrelevant … [Read more...]

2017 NHRA Pomona Finals Saturday Qualifying Results

KRAWIEC TAKES PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE WORLD TITLE AND NO. 1 QUALIFIER; B. FORCE, BECKMAN AND ANDERSON SECURE NO. 1 QUALIFIERS AT AUTO CLUB NHRA FINALS POMONA, Calif. -- Eddie Krawiec clinched his fourth NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock Motorcycle world championship, and first since … [Read more...]

11/11/17 Drag Racing News

Perth Motorplex drag racing crash leaves 8yo girl in critical condition, police say ABC Online An eight-year-old girl is fighting for her life in hospital after a horror crash at Perth Motorplex in Kwinana Beach this afternoon. Police said she was a ... Eight year old girl critical after … [Read more...]