Gateway gas bomb photo by Wayne Riegle 10th Annual Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline Fast Facts: Race weekend: Saturday, June 6 – Sunday, June 7 Track: World Wide Technology Raceway, a 1.25-mile oval in Madison, Illinois Race distance: NTT INDYCAR SERIES: Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta…
Blow-by-Blow from NHRA’s Route 66 race
The winds blowing in from the Windy City across Route 66 Raceway in Joliet punched hard at the Pro Stock Motorcycles, but the competitors punched just as hard at each other. Round after round, no one punched harder at the 26th annual Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals…
Rosenqvist: “The balls arrived when they needed to”
It’s not just Swedish Top Fuel Motorcycle champion Rikard Gustafsson that goes “Balls Deep” for the win. His countryman Felix Rosenqvist revealed that he had to find the reserve of courage located between his legs to drive around the outside the whole final lap around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for…
Rossi: “The Drama That Exists in Turn 2”
“I do want to talk about the drama that exists at Turn 2,” Alexander Rossi said to his fellow podcasters James Hinchcliffe and Tim Durham in this week’s episode of their “Off Track” podcast. “I think it’s a little bit of a mystery to everyone, including myself. And James, we’ve…
Angie on Top at Route 66
Pro Stock Motorcycle’s Angie Smith set the pace in qualifying, making the quickest run in both sessions on Friday at the 26th annual Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK, including a 6.738 at 200.17 in the opening session on her Denso Auto Parts Buell. With…
Indy GP Touch and Go from Start to Finish
It’s not unusual for my camera to catch some of the world’s most accomplished race drivers pointed backwards towards oncoming traffic on lap 1 at the exit of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course turn 1. Felix Rosenqvist may or may not qualify as one of the world’s most accomplished…
Aw, to be Young and named Enzo Fittipaldi
Uniting two great racing names that end in vowels, Enzo Fittipaldi seems born to be a winner. And for one day at least, he is—winning 2026 IndyNXT race 1 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 24 year-old Enzo (already kind of old for a second tier series driver in today’s world) …
Grudge Legends Score Cash Days 4 Bagger Wins
When rain set in after round one of eliminations at Mike Beland’s Cash Days 4, the party simply moved under awnings and into trailers until the bad weather subsided. Karaoke was sung (was that really singing?), shots were drank, and good cleanish fun was had by all. And when the…
Three Doubles Start AMRA Gas Harley Season
The PennGrade1 American Motorcycle Racing Association (AMRA) opened its Harley-Davidson drag racing season with the Cajun Nitro Nationals at No Problem Raceway in Belle Rose, Louisiana on March 20-22. Three racers were on their game enough to double up with wins—a great way to start the season! Zipper’s Performance Pro…
Cash Days 4 Bagger Race Brings Grudge Atmosphere THIS WEEKEND
Mike Beland’s annual “Cash Days” race at Shelby, North Carolina’s Shadyside Dragway is THE hot date on the gasoline-burning, Harley-Davidson, motorcycle drag racing calendar. Now in its fourth year as the focus of the trash-talking Bagger drag racing community, Cash Days 4 will once again put $25,000 in the hands…
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