NHRA is hemorrhaging star power. Corporate belt tightening and reduced purses (by 35% for fuel and 50% for gas classes) at limited-spectator events is part of the story, but you might remember that some teams were skipping the early season races long before the COVID19 crisis set in. The big…
“So I got a call from one of my Monster Pro Stock customers,” said Monster Race Products’ owner Mitch Brown. You might remember that last fall, Mitch’s billet 4-valve head was approved by NHRA for Pro Stock Motorcycle use starting this year. “They dynoed their engine and it made 14…
The Mickey Thompson Tires Pro Bike Battle event, which annual pits eight of the class’ best riders in head to head competition for a $25,000 winner payout, will take place this season at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals. The special event, originally scheduled to take place at its…
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…
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,…
My phone started ringing about a month ago. An NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle (PSM) insider called me with a rumor about a Suzuki engine development program in North Carolina for a three-bike team. So I called up Lon Moyer at Competition Engine Services (CES) in Advance, NC. I said “I…
It’s PRI time, which also means it’s “Drag Illustrated” magazine’s “30 under 30” announcement time also. And chassis fabricator and no-bar Suzuki Hayabusa sportsman drag racer Mike Mullaney is on that list. Mullaney took a fairly dramatic leap into the NHRA drag racing consciousness this past season when Pro Stock…
Slaps were thrown, engines were blown, emotions and nerves were pushed to the absolute limit. And although I’m sure Bret Kepner will school me otherwise, you’d be hard pressed to find a crazier day in the history of any class at the Finals than we saw yesterday in Pro Stock…
The White Alligator Racing NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Suzuki is in pretty damn good company as a Race Engine Technology magazine Race Engine of the Year nominee. Here’s the full field courtesy of RET. If you’re not an RET subscriber, you NEED to be! Check them out HERE As for…
Editor’s note: Unlike most racers, who learn their trade through the sportsman ranks, Jianna Salinas is learning in front of the crowds and cameras of the NHRA Mello Yello series. Craig “Pops” Hopkins sat down with Jianna at Dallas to give Eatmyink readers her perspective on the journey so far.…