There was a big turnout for Santa Pod’s final Nostalgia event of 2021—the Hot Rod Drags. History was made in the Outlaw Anglia class on Saturday during qualifying, which saw the first six-second pass in the UK and Europe. Sunday was disrupted by light rain, which saw some racers and…
English Beat: Moxley at Santa Pod’s ’21 Dragstalgia
This was the tenth anniversary of Santa Pod’s Dragstalgia, which should have been celebrated last year, but due to covid it was cancelled. Friday started with Run-What-Ya-Brung (RWYB) and then the main classes were due to run at 5.00pm. Rain fell before the sessions were due and ended the day,…
Smith vs. Johnson vs. Sampey—the NHRA PSM Finals!
Even though Eddie Krawiec has an outside chance to take the crown, this year’s NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle championship has boiled down to Matt Smith on his S&S powered MSR Buell, Steve Johnson on his Monster 4V Suzuki TL1000, and Angelle Sampey on her V&H 4V Suzuki Hayabusa. They’ve all…
Turkey Bash Safer Than Dixie Dieway
Even though Charlie Bennett’s annual Turkey Bash is held at my home track of Ohio Valley Dragway just outside of Louisville, I’d never been to it until this year. And as I drove out to the track on Friday evening, it’s like I’d never moved away—which I did for some…
Garner-Jones Wins, Gast Runs 3.93!
Newly crowned world champions Chris Garner-Jones (Drag 965 Pro Nitrous Motorcycle), Jim Halsey (Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous), and Tim Essick (Drag 965 Pro Street) bookended their championship seasons with victories at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Brian Olson Memorial World Finals presented by ProCharger at Virginia Motorsports Park. Second-generation Pro…
Right Tune-Up Puts Pollacheck on Pole at Bristol
Scotty Pollacheck grabbed the No. 1 Pro Stock Motorcycle spot at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Eastern Tennessee speed palace Bristol Dragway. A cold front and rain delay made for dark, cool conditions by the time the bikes took the track for round 3 of qualifying, and Pollacheck’s tuner…
Al-Saber to Number 1 at PDRA Finals
Meshal Al-Saber and tuner Brad McCoy set the tone for their weekend at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Brian Olson Memorial World Finals presented by ProCharger in Thursday testing when they ripped off a 3.955. The Kuwait rider was chasing a similar number on the Q80 Racing Suzuki in qualifying and…
Travis Davis and Meshal Al-Saber put on a Show at PDRA
Travis Davis started his Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Pro Nitrous Motorcycle 2020 championship defense with a clean sweep at North Carolina’s GALOT Motorsports Park earlier this season. Again at GALOT this past weekend, the Georgia native repeated the sweep at Proline Racing DragWars presented by Modern Racing, qualifying No.…
Rough and Ready Gateway Gets it Right
photos by Stephen Taylor, facts by IndyCar, opinions by Tim Hailey World Wide Technology Raceway—AKA Gateway—is a rough and ready oval, dragstrip, road course and go-kart track rebuilt in the ’90s with tax breaks. It lies between a swamp and landfill, in a notorious Illinois suburban St. Louis area more…
Full Sonoma NHRA Story
Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Karen Stoffer capped off a resurgent weekend for the White Alligator Racing (WAR) team by taking out Andrew Hines in the final round of the NHRA Sonoma Nationals with a run of 6.798 at 197.36 on her Ray Skillman/Big St. Charles Suzuki. Behind by only .003…
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