Archives for 2020

Personal Bests: 2020 NHRA Winters & Phoenix

Steve Klemetti provides new drivers and new personal best elapsed times and speeds from the first two races of the 2020 NHRA season. New Drivers Class Driver Best ET Speed Year TrackAAFK Alex Miladinovich 4.554 246.71 2020 WINTERPRO Marty Robertson 6.634 206.67 2020 PHOENIXPRO Marty Robertson … [Read more...]

4/16/20 Drag Racing News

Corvette C8 'Drag Pack' Conversion On 15-Inch Wheels Is A Beast Motor1.com Mickey Thompson drag racing tires with massive sidewalls wrap around the wheels. When the weight transfers to the back when the driver accelerates ... Flag as irrelevant INSIGHT: Race engine builder and … [Read more...]

Justin Atkins is JB’s Pick for Racer of the Week: April 20th!

Coming up Monday, April 20th, 2020 on DragList LIVE as JB's Pick for Racer of the Week, I have selected Justin Atkins, from Pampa, Texas. Justin was recommended to me by our friend and our most recent Racer of the Week, Sonya Blackshear Blagg. Thanks, Sonya! Justin's 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, the … [Read more...]

4/15/20 Drag Racing News

Ford Mustang research reveals “enthusiast jargon” Overton County News Cheater Slicks – treadless, stock class drag racing tires having only two deep grooves cut into them. Cut-A-Fat-One – top speed. Gobbles – running fast. Flag as irrelevant Update Your Rear Suspension … [Read more...]

4/14/20 Drag Racing News

Faces of Fauquier: Opal mechanic loves drag racing Fauquier Now Faces of Fauquier: Opal mechanic loves drag racing. Photo/Don Del Rosso. “Today, I look at it, and it was pretty stupid,” Jeff ... Flag as irrelevant Canceled and Postponed Racing Update Cycle News NHRA Pro … [Read more...]

4/13/20 Drag Racing News

Clay Millican's field of drags: 'People will come. People will definitely come' NHRA.com ... delivers an inspirational message to the drag racing community about a return to racing: "It reminds us all of what was good and will be again.". Flag as irrelevant David M. Conkey … [Read more...]

4/12/20 Drag Racing News

Drag-racing writer Bobby Bennett on slow road to recovery after battle with COVID-19 Spartanburg Herald Journal You don't think anything is going to happen to you.” Bennett, the founder and editor of CompetitionPlus.com and the Herald-Journal's drag racing ... Flag as irrelevant … [Read more...]

4/11/20 Drag Racing News

A Twin-Turbo Boss 429 Ford Hemi In A….Chevy Nova? Dragzine.com Illinois native Steve Spiess, a veteran of the Pro Stock drag racing ranks and the 2005 IHRA series champion, ruffled some feathers last year when he ... Flag as irrelevant Report: Motorsport UK Offering Financial … [Read more...]

4/10/20 Drag Racing News

Despite Closures, Tracks Blast Forward with Improvements Dragzine.com In the case of the Covid-19 Coronavirus that has stopped the sport of drag racing quicker than any parachute or sand trap could stop a wayward car, ... Flag as irrelevant A very special NHRA Insider Podcast: … [Read more...]

4/09/20 Drag Racing News

Ten great drag racing movies to help get you through the racing break NHRA.com Review: None other than "Big Daddy" Don Garlits opined, "It's the quintessential film on drag racing ... there was never one before it and there'll never be ... Flag as irrelevant Holland native Phil … [Read more...]