Championship drag racing and family fun at Santa Pod

THE MAIN EVENT – CHAMPIONSHIP DRAG RACING AND FAMILY FUN PROMISE A SPECTACULAR WEEKEND AT SANTA POD The Main Event Santa Pod Raceway Thu.26 – Sun.29 May 2022 Santa Pod Raceway rolls international championship drag racing and a full family entertainment programme into a single, … [Read more...]

Photo Review: 2022 PDRA Beech Bend

The cars and stars of the PDRA made their way to the historic Beech Bend Raceway for the second race of their 2022 season. The Vortech Superchargers Doorslammer Derby. For the most part, familiar names took home the hardware, but some newer faces made their presence known as well. Here are the … [Read more...]

£90,000 on the line at Santa Pod’s ‘Doorslammers 2022’

Doorslammers – in association with VP Racing Fuels Santa Pod Raceway Fri.20 – Sun.22 May 2022 £90,000 is up for grabs when Santa Pod Raceway presents its annual Doorslammers race in association with VP Racing Fuels. Entries from across Europe are expected to challenge for the record prize … [Read more...]

Easter’s Festival of Power to launch Santa Pod’s 2022 racing season

The Festival of Power Santa Pod Raceway Fri.15 – Sun.17 April 2022 Santa Pod Raceway’s Festival of Power will reclaim its traditional Easter date to launch 2022’s UK championship drag racing season, alongside the Festival’s usual array of vibrant family entertainments. For the past two … [Read more...]

2022: Boosted Bulls at XDA now a Championship Class

The Boosted Bulls at the XDA will now be a Championship Points class in 2022! The Boosted Bulls class is for the quickest and fastest Grudge Bikes on the planet! These wild machine race to the 1/8 mile with the scoreboards off! Some of the timeslips from these turbocharged and supercharged … [Read more...]

San Antonio Raceway: Ritters Repeat, It’s a Family Affair

By JM Hallas Seguin, TX (Jan 8, 2022) Not to be outdone by his wife Candace, who won the 2020 Alamo City Motorplex Top ET track championship, Brent Ritter showed he still had a title in him. The multi-time track champion, who started racing in 1990 driving a 64 Ford Falcon, added his fourth … [Read more...]

Bill Young and Huck Smith, Top Gas Pioneers

By Bill Warburton, December 2017 Bill, the other day I got a phone call from Bill Young asking if I had any info on his racing career. He was going to be honored at the Vargo Dragway reunion. Only drag racers in the Philly area know about Bill and "Huck" Smith, his driver. Bill may be one of … [Read more...]

Drag Photos: 2021 in Review

While most aspects of life in 2021 were a little off-kilter, at least some normalcy was found in the world of drag racing. Let’s take a look back at some of the stories and other images of 2021 through the lens of Dave Oakes. Ron Hope begins to melt one down at the National Hot Rod … [Read more...]

Funny Car Chaos Releases 2022 Championship Tour Schedule

Since the fall of 2017, Funny Car racing just hasn’t been the same, thanks to Funny Car Chaos. Twenty-nine events later, over 100 teams from across the country have since participated in the run whatcha’ brung flip-top hootenanny, which has revived enthusiasm and participation for Funny Car racers … [Read more...]

The Biggest Funny Car Race in the World Returns to the Texas Motorplex

Billy Meyer’s famed Texas Motorplex had an active and highly successful season of drag racing in 2021, which started by hosting the largest Funny Car event in over fifty years with the Funny Car Chaos season opener in late March. This highly anticipated drag race attracted a record sixty-eight funny … [Read more...]