Persistent rain showers washed out the 28th annual Jim McClure Memorial All-Harley Nitro World Finals Sunday at Rockingham Dragway, but not before Randal “Fast Coonass” Andras won the Top Fuel championship for himself and Jay Turner Racing, and definitely not before I got some good snaps and video on Saturday.…
AHDRA Back on Track in 2020
There’s good news for drag racers of American-made V-Twin motorcycles. AHDRA has been purchased by Pulse Marketing, the Pennsylvania-based motorsports promotion company run by veteran drag racer Bill Rowe Jr. and family. AHDRA was THE place to drag race Harley-Davidsons in the 2000s, with racers crisscrossing the country with the…
AMRA back in Bowling Green
The American Motorcycle Racing Association (AMRA) started the first season with their new ownership team at Bowling Green, Kentucky’s Beech Bend Raceway in April, and returned there this past weekend for the third time this year. This time around, though, the field was packed with Top Fuel—including Jay Turner and…
The Many PSM Bodies of Mark Paquette
“Imagine how all this makes me feel?” Mark Paquette asked about NHRA’s recent obsession with bellypan dimples, and he has a point. Paquette made the move from Pro Street to NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle a few years ago, buying his own bike after renting around. “I wanted an S&S Gen2…
Hines Wins Norwalk, You Get the Scoop
Five-time Pro Stock Motorcycle world champ and points leader Andrew Hines rolled to his fifth win out of seven races in 2019 at the 13th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park. Hines’ best season result has been six wins in one season. “(One more)…
Krawiec Leads Norwalk Field into Raceday
Defending event winner Eddie Krawiec secured his third low Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifier of 2019 and third at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park at the 13th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Eddie rode his Screamin’ Eagle Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson to a lap of 6.843 at 197.45. “I’ve got…
Krawiec Leads Friday at Norwalk
Eddie Krawiec landed atop the Pro Stock Motorcycle order with a lap of 6.844 at 197.08 miles per hour on Friday at the 13th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at the halfway point of 2019 NHRA season. Hot on his heels are his teammate Andrew Hines in second, with reigning…
Krawiec #1 after Ugly Q4 in Joliet
Eddie Krawiec took his second No. 1 qualifier of the season and 45th in his career in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the 22nd annual Route 66 NHRA Nationals at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois. Eddie ran a 6.801 at 198.79 on his Screamin’ Eagle Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson in Q3,…
PSM Qualifying Carnage and Competition at Route 66
Eddie Krawiec led a tight pack at the top of the Pro Stock Motorcycle field after qualifying on Friday evening at the 22nd annual Route 66 NHRA Nationals at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois. Krawiec ran a 6.835 at 196.87 on his Screamin’ Eagle Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Street Rod to edge defending world…
“Johnny Balls” Hall Racing with White Alligator in Virginia
For the last few years, 2016 NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle (PSM) champ Jerry Savoie has talked about reducing his schedule. The busy alligator farmer is finally going to do it, and 2013 U.S. Nationals winner John “Johnny Balls” Hall will be the first rider to race Savoie’s White Alligator Racing…