1/16/18 Drag Racing News

Blinded in accident, Georgia drag racer now back behind the wheel FOX 10 News Phoenix
I had a career racing drag racing cars. Everything in life that I enjoyed was no longer a possibility." Back at home, he felt lost. "[He was] Just sad, withdrawn," Jennifer Stegall remembers. "He’d sleep a lot." But 6 weeks after he came home, Dan Parker went back to his shop, and got back on a milling …

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Blinded in accident, Georgia drag racer now back behind the wheel FOX 5 Atlanta
He awoke blind. "Basically my my life was over as I knew it," Parker says. "I had my own business. I had a career racing drag racing cars. Everything in life that I enjoyed was no longer a possibility." Back at home, he felt lost. "(He was) Just sad, withdrawn," Jennifer Stegall remembers. "He’d sleep a lot."

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2018 looms as ‘Year of the Bracket Racer’ at Rockingham Dragway Richmond County Daily Journal
The SFG Super Bowl of Drag Racing will make its Rockingham debut July 20-22 with a daily winner’s purse of $100,000. It will be followed by SFG’s Racer Appreciation event (Oct. 5-7) which will pay one winner $50,000 each day. “Right now, bracket racing is a really hot across the country and these …

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Kentucky grandson restores grandfather’s 1957 car KMSP-TV
For years, the duo has been traveling together and sharing everything, including a love for classic cars. A year ago, Dedman decided to restore his grandfather’s 1957 Chevy Bel Air for his 81st birthday. “My grandpa is like my best friend,” Dedman said. “He does everything with me. We’d go drag racing, …

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A Look Back At Pro Street, The Bow-Tie Style That Never Gets Old Chevy Hardcore (blog)
They say that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, and if that’s true, then it says something about our love for drag racing – specifically the Pro Stock class. Long before there was Pro Touring and Street Outlaws, there was a style that emulated the cars we grew up with on the dragstrips across …

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Ready To Rip: The 2018 NMCA Season Preview Chevy Hardcore (blog)
The NMCA has filled its tank up for the 2018 season with some high-octane excitement and it’s ready to unleash on the drag racing world. With six events on the schedule, there will be plenty of action for racers and fans to soak in from the opening event at Bradenton Motorsports Park to the World Finals …

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Video: Budget 911 Hunts Down Viper ACRs At Sonoma TURNology
For instance, that high-speed breakaway at 0:30 is due to note how the car breaks away through Turn 6—chalk that up to the pavement change as the road course meets briefly with the portion of the track dedicated to drag racing. Even at high speeds, the Porsche is easily agitated and requires some …

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