Vance & Hines announced today that the NHRA’s winningest female, Angelle Sampey, will ride one of the company’s new four-valve Suzuki-powered race bikes—with the WAR Hayabusa body—sponsored by food producer Mission Foods, in the 2021 NHRA Camping World series. Good for Angelle! She won a race for V&H last season…
Reed/Gladstone have V&H V-Twin EBR on Order!
Things move just as quickly behind the scenes as they do on track in the world of NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle (PSM) racing. It was just this past Tuesday that the change in the NHRA rulebook allowing (or requiring) the Harley-Davidson motor to be rebadged as the VH160VT—or Vance &…
Bostick putting Monster 4V Suzuki into Mullaney Chassis
When NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Chris Bostick put his Kosman “Gucci” chassis up for sale (last fall?), it meant one of two things: A) He was going to take the seat on the purple Matt Smith Racing (MSR) EBR he rode a lap on at the SGMP Man Cup…
Vance & Hines Racing Parked for 2021?
Eatmyink has received an earth-shattering tip tonight that Vance & Hines has shut down their American Flat Track and NHRA drag racing teams for 2021. As I speculated in the Matt Smith interview posted on Saturday, it appears Harley-Davidson will not be renewing their V&H contracts for next year. I’m…
Matt Smith Talks about his 4th NHRA Championship
story by Tim Hailey with help from NHRA; photos by Marc Gewertz except where noted Even with his three previous NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle championships, Matt Smith’s achievement in the Vance & Hines/Harley-Davidson era stood out to me as the biggest story in all of drag racing. Adding on his…
Matt Leads Assault on Houston Track Records
story by Tim Hailey and NHRA, photos by Craig Hopkins Pro Stock Motorcycle points leader Matt Smith continued to roll in qualifying on his Denso/Stockseth/MSR EBR, picking up his fourth straight No. 1 qualifier with a run of 6.729 at 199.88. The class raced in Houston for the first time…
Wins Adding Up for Andras and MSR
I’m no mathematician, but I’m told that Jay Turner Racing (JTR) rider Randal Andras has the 2020 NHRA Top Fuel Harley (TFH) championship already sewn up with two races yet to go. The choice may not be so clear-cut in Pro Stock Motorcycle (PSM), but it is clear that Matt…
Read the Complete NHRA Lawsuit
Eatmyink has obtained the complete, 21 page lawsuit that the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) has brought against longtime sponsor Coca-Cola. While it may not be exciting reading, it sheds a lot of light on the value of the contract and the sanctioning body’s side of the story. “We will…
Inside with Eatmyink: The Complete U.S. Nationals Story
When it came to two wheels at the DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals, there wasn’t much more that Matt Smith Racing and Jay Turner Racing could have done better while sweeping up every honor in sight. MSR’s domination of Pro Stock Motorcycle started on day 1 when Angie Smith…
Bostick’s 4V PSM Suzuki Hits the Track
Chris Bostick took his George Babor-built, Monster 4-valve head, Suzuki NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle to the track for the first time this past week at the annual pre-U.S. Nationals test at Lucas Oil Raceway. Bostick worked closely during the session with Suzuki PSM masters Greg Underdahl and Gary Stoffer to…