First the bad news: Professional Motorcycle Racers Association (PMRA) has decided to cancel it’s first race of the season, originally scheduled June 21 at Thunder Valley Raceway Park in Noble, Oklahoma. Repercussions from a different race canceled by the track on Saturday the 20th spilled over onto PMRA’s Sunday race, and…
Charman Squeezing Back into Top Fuel
Former ACU Champion Kevin Charman is squeezing his way back into the limelight, returning to the track with a new Top Fuel Bike. Charman is the only rider to have won ACU Championships in three different classes—2006 in Comp Bike, 2009 in Funny Bike, and 2011 in Top Fuel Bike…
Eatmyink Was ON IT! NHRA to race at Indy in July
You heard it first here on Eatmyink over a week ago: NHRA Drag Racing will resume in mid-July, relaunching its Mello Yello Drag Racing Series and associated programs with events on back-to-back weekends at Lucas Oil Raceway near Indianapolis. The two events will be run on consecutive weeks—July 11-12 with Pro…
Travis Davis Wins PDRA Opener at Galot
A two-month delay was worth the wait for Travis Davis, as he opened the 2020 Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) season with a Drag 965 Pro Nitrous Motorcycle victory on his Timblin Chassis Suzuki. Racing at the East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech at GALOT Motorsports Park, Davis defeated veteran…
Chase Elliott Charlotte Win Interview
After some recent terrible racing luck, Chase Elliott collected his first win of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season in the No. 9 Kelley Blue Book Camaro ZL1 1LE in the midweek Alsco Uniforms 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the fourth race since the sport resumed competition on May 17th.…
NHRA to Race in July?
Eatmyink has learned that NHRA is checking wth competitors about possibly racing at Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Indiana, on the weekends of July 11-12 (with Pro Stock Motorcycle) and 18-19 (without PSM). I have no information yet about Top Fuel Harley. The events—IF they happen—would be made for TV,…
PDRA Releases Revised 2020 Schedule
Just over a week away from the delayed start of the 2020 Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) season, the series announced Wednesday night its revised schedule. Six other PDRA races will join next week’s East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech at GALOT Motorsports Park, which was announced on May 8,…
Godspeed Shawn Gann, We’ll Miss you
As you’ve probably already heard, Shawn Gann has left the planet. We all knew he was from somewhere else anyway, so maybe he’s just punched his ticket back to where he came from. I first met Shawn when he won Pro Stock at IDBA’s 1999 Rockingham event. Here’s my full…
NASCAR Going No-Prep at Darlington
After a two-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The NASCAR Cup Series returns to an actual track on Sunday afternoon with The Real Heroes 400 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. The 293-lap, 400-mile race at the historic 1.366-mile egg-shaped oval track-with-two-nicknames, ‘The Lady in Black’, and ‘The…