The horrible heat of summer has broken, and perfect mid-70s weather awaits racers, crews and spectators alike this weekend (October 25-27) at Bowling Green, Kentucky’s Beech Bend Raceway for the PennGrade1 American Motorcycle Racing Association (AMRA) D.C. Jones Memorial Fall Nationals. It’s the start of the two race stretch that…
Mantez Thompson Jr. and Sr. are 1-2 4.60 Punch
I’ve been to two FuelTech Man Cup races this year, and racers named Mantez Thompson won Wheeler Machine 4.60 at both of them. Mantez Sr. won the class at Gateway and Jr. won at U.S. 60 Dragway. These family racers approach the class using very different tools. Mantez Sr. rides…
Johnny Balls Wins Marathon US 131 Weekend
It seems pretty rare for a rainy race weekend to include all four rounds of pro qualifying and delay all eliminations until Monday, but that’s exactly what happened at the Dodge Great Lakes Nationals—the first ever NHRA event at beautiful U.S. 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan. Pro Stock Motorcycle…
Matt Smith Calls Foul at Closed NHRA PSM Test
Day-after-NHRA-national-event-test-days are always interesting, but the Tuesday after last weekend’s U.S. Nationals was more interesting than most. Pro Stock Motorcycle teams and NHRA have been discussing ways to tighten the competitiveness of the class and increase participation. The test on Tuesday was designed to put those ideas on track and…
Are the US Nationals the Reunification that Drag Racing Needs?
After all the recent division and wild speculation in the sport, drag racing WILL reunite at this weekend’s 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. Forty five Top Fuel and Funny Car entries are slated for the world’s biggest drag race, the largest…
Proffit at the Wheel: 2025 Toyota 4Runner hybrid 4-wheel-drive TRD Pro Max
Our most recent experience with one of Toyota’s 4Runner trucks was in 2019, when we drove a 4Runner 4X4 TRD Off-Road Premium to that year’s Indianapolis 500 race. The loan covered the race week and we took advantage, bringing a blow-up mattress, pillow and blanket, sleeping in the hatch (one…
AMRA Harleys Go Big in Byron
When the PennGrade1 American Motorcycle Racing Association (AMRA) Harley-Davidson drag racing series came to Illinois’ Byron Dragway for the first time last year, raceday was a total wash-out. A few sprinkles made for only the slightest of delays this time around on August 8-9, as eliminations ran through the day…
IndyCar at Markham: the Eatmyink Pre-Race Report
Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham Fast Facts: Race weekend: Friday, Aug. 14-Sunday, Aug. 16 Track: Streets of Markham, a 12-turn, 2.19-mile (3.52-kilometer) temporary street course Race distance: Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham: 90 laps/197.1 miles/317.2 kilometers Push-to-pass parameters: 150 seconds of total time with a maximum time of 15 seconds per activation.…
AMRA Harley Drags Lighting Up Byron
The Harley-Davidson drag racers of the PennGrade1 American Motorcycle Racing Association (AMRA) series were just getting to know Northern Illinois’ Byron Dragway last year when persistent rain killed their raceday program. You can be sure they’re looking to bring the thunder and lightning back this time around, but without the…
Portland IndyCar: the Eatmyink Pre-Race
OnlyBulls Grand Prix of Portland Fast Facts Race weekend: Friday, Aug. 7-Sunday, Aug. 9 Track: Portland International Raceway, a 12-turn, 1.964-mile road course in Portland, Oregon Race distance: NTT INDYCAR SERIES: OnlyBulls Grand Prix of Portland 110 laps / 216.04 miles | INDY NXT by Firestone: INDY NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Portland 35 laps…
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