Team Aruba Finishes Up Another Successful Season

MEMPHIS, Tn. (October 14, 2015): With the IHRA World Finals in the books, Team Aruba puts the cap on another successful year with their 2011 Aruba.com Pro Stock Mustang. They finished seventh in national points standings overall, quite an accomplishment in the extremely tough Pro Stock … [Read more...]

Mark Jones is JB’s Racer of the Week for October 19!

Coming up Monday, October 19th, 2015, for JB's Pick as Racer of the Week, I have selected Mark Jones, from Marrero, Louisiana. Mark and his wife Kelly McMahon Jones were recommended to me by our friend Nicole Folse. Thanks, Nicole Earl Folse! Mark is the 2014 Division 4 Top Dragster Champion. He's … [Read more...]

NHRA’S GRAHAM LIGHT INDUCTED INTO CANADIAN DRAG RACING HALL OF FAME

Graham Light, NHRA’s senior vice president of racing operations, was one of 38 luminaries honored Oct. 9 as an inaugural inductee into the Canadian Drag Racing Hall of Fame in Montreal. The 28 living and 10 posthumous legends who were inducted included racers, crew chiefs, mechanics, track … [Read more...]

Less Than One Round Separates #1 and #2 in PDRA Pro Boost

PITTSBORO, N.C. (October 10, 2015): Precision Turbo Pro Boost is a unique animal in the Professional Drag Racers Association class lineup. While the other professional categories are grouped together by similar motor combinations, Pro Boost has a mix of configurations competing against each other. … [Read more...]

Southern Racers Vie for PDRA Top Dragster Title

PITTSBORO, N.C. (October 1, 2015): In the quickest and fastest sportsman category in drag racing, two racers with roots deep in southern, eighth-mile bracket racing are going toe-to-toe to be crowned the next PDRA Top Dragster World Champion. While Gleason Tennessee’s Justin Melton has a three … [Read more...]

Craig Sullivan, A Sportsman Racer with a Professional Attitude

PITTSBORO, N.C. (September 28, 2015): Most racers count their biggest wins by the number of trophies or oversized checks lining their shop walls. But for PDRA Top Dragster racer Craig Sullivan, winning often means something different altogether. Although he continually finishes in the top five of … [Read more...]

2015 MIR Legends of Budds Creek Photos

On September 19th, the Draglist Super Crew descended upon Budds Creek Maryland from across the continent for the 10th annual Draglist Nationals. The event was held in conjunction with the Legends of Budds Creek event that saw Royce Miller and his family inducted into the Maryland International … [Read more...]

IHRA San Antonio Nationals Results and Photos 9/26/15

John Smith and the Jungle Jim Nitro Funny Car team celebrate in the Winners Circle By JM Hallas Marion, TX. (Sept. 26, 2015) After a full night of qualifying on Friday, the AMSOIL Nitro Funny Cars and Jet Dragster fields were already set. Paul Romine(Man o' War) took the top spot in Nitro … [Read more...]

PDRA TS Points Leader Ronnie Davis Makes Astounding Offer

PITTSBORO, N.C. (September 27, 2015): There’s one event left in the PDRA’s sophomore tour, which means championships are on the line and a year’s worth of racing boils down to four short rounds. In Top Sportsman Ronnie “The King” Davis leads the pack, 185 points over current reigning champion Dan … [Read more...]

Hubert Platt passes

Word comes that another "Good ol' Boy" drag racer, Hubert Platt, has left us. Buster always called Hubert, "Herbert Flatt," and he was a lot of fun to be around. Always had a mason jar handy, filled with some "aged" clear liquid... at least a week old. I was never man enough to handle that stuff, … [Read more...]