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.…
Karen Stoffer is known as the best leaver in NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle. Her four straight .00 reaction times at Joliet in June marked the first time ever that an NHRA pro had achieved that feat. It’s her superpower. But sometime after her second round win at the 12th annual…
The zMAX NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle pits weren’t buzzing about this week’s approval by NHRA (for 2020) of the 4-valve Monster head as much one thought they might be, but that didn’t stop me from talking to Monster’s Mitch Brown about it. “The old die-hard Suzuki guys are going ‘Yeah! Finally,…
Karen Stoffer is a meteorological genius. On Friday, she predicted that Tropical Storm Karen and Hurricane Jerry would swamp World Wide Technology Raceway (AKA Gateway) just across the Mississippi from St. Louis during the eighth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals. She was half right, which is pretty strong for…
Rickie Smith finished up an impressive weekend with his first victory of the season in the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing at Gateway, beating points leader Stevie “Fast” Jackson in the final round on Sunday. Smith, a three-time world champion in the class, was on top in…
Erica Enders snapped a winless drought that stretched back to early last year by going 6.598 at 208.36 in her Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Camaro to slip past Matt Hartford’s 6.621 at 207.30 in the Pro Stock Car final round at the NHRA race at Gateway. It gives Enders, who was…