NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Matt Smith’s accomplishments—and his personality—are the stuff of legend. Both were in full bloom during NHRA’s spring classic Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway. I left the track right after PSM’s Friday evening qualifying session—electing to beat the crowd while the cars were still running and get…
Nice Pass Ends in Crash: MORE on the Bostick Story
Everything was going just as he’d hoped on NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Chris Bostick’s first full pass on a Cory Reed Racing EBR, until it wasn’t. “It went straight as an arrow and had unbelievable power,” said Bostick, who was testing at Darlington. “I went a personal best of…
NHRA Gatornationals: Top Fuel Harley
While the Top Fuel Harley final round at the NHRA season opening Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway ended up like a 2020 season deja vu—Randal “Fast Coon Ass” Andras (photo above) winning against ’18-’19 champ Tii Tharpe—the 2021 vibe was totally different. Mickey Thompson declining to renew their TFH sponsorship has…
NHRA Gatornationals: Funny Car
In a wild Funny Car final round that saw both cars break their tires loose in the first 60 feet and then repeatedly down track, J.R. Todd got it together more quickly and took the stripe ahead of opponent Robert Hight at the 52nd annual AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals…
NHRA Gatornationals: Pro Stock Car
As birthday presents go, a Wally in the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals is hard to beat. Greg Anderson, driving the RaceStar Wheels Chevrolet Camaro SS, earned the 95th Pro Stock Car victory of his career and picked up his fifth Gatornationals title on his 60th birthday in the National Hot…
NHRA Gatornationals: Pro Mod
Jose Gonzalez started his Sunday morning by making the quickest run in E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series history and ended his day with a victory, beating Justin Bond in the final round of the opening race of the 2021 season at Gainesville Raceway. The race, which…
NHRA Gatornationals: Top Fuel
Josh Hart made his Top Fuel Camping World Drag Racing Series debut at the season-opening 52nd annual AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway. Hart qualified eighth, with “Anything Can Happen” emblazoned across the back of his car’s rear wing. But even Hart probably didn’t expect a win to…
Sampey, Vreeland Lead in Gainesville
Pretty impressive when a brand new combination goes straight to number one in the first qualifying round of the season. But that’s what three-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champ Angelle Sampey did with her new Vance & Hines/Mission Foods four-valve Suzuki today at the 52nd annual AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA…
JFR Comes Out Strong After ’20 Sabbatical
John Force Racing raised a lot of eyebrows when they sat out NHRA’s return to 2020 racing after the COVID shutdown. Eyebrows have been raised again, but this time for entirely positive—and perhaps surprising—reasons. The team wrapped three days of testing at the PRO Winter Warm-Up at Palm Beach International Raceway…
What’s it Take to Sponsor NHRA Top Fuel Harley?
With Mickey Thompson deciding to sit this one out, you may be checking your GameStop or cryptocurrency holdings and thinking “What exactly does it take to sponsor NHRA Top Fuel Harley?” Actually, with Harley seemingly taking a backseat, you might be thinking “What’s it take to sponsor NHRA Top Fuel V-Twin…