Contrary to the media-created drama you may have seen elsewhere, the Summit Racing Equipment Mid-West Drag Racing Series event at World Wide Technology Raceway (AKA Gateway) had all the warm, friendly atmosphere of a Pingel Top Fuel Motorcycle family reunion. It had been over two years since Larry “Spiderman” McBride’s…
Holeshot Drives Davis Past Gast at MIR
The Pro Nitrous Motorcycle final round at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) North vs. South Shootout at Maryland International Raceway featured a side-by-side, 3.99-second battle between two of the toughest competitors in the PDRA’s two-wheeled class—multi-time world champion Travis Davis and veteran rider Paul Gast. Davis grabbed an .018…
WAR Wins Bristol with 2-Valve Suzuki
A string of fantastic reaction times, smooth riding on his White Alligator Racing Pro Stock Motorcycle Suzuki, a first-rate crew, and a last gasp switch to a 2-valve Suzuki back-up motor swept Jerry Savoie to his first win of 2022. That’s right, Jerry Savoie and WAR won Sunday’s NHRA Thunder…
$3.1 Mil for Ericsson and Ganassi for Indy Win
Sunday’s 106th running of the Indianapolis 500 paid a record purse, with race winner Marcus Ericsson taking home $3.1 million from a total load of $16,000,200. It’s the largest purse ever in the century-plus history of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” The Chip Ganassi Racing driver’s prize is also the largest…
Chastain Chastises COTA Field
It was a trip to Circuit of The Americas (COTA) that turned into a monumental race weekend for Ross Chastain and his Trackhouse Racing team. For the first time in his career, Ross Chastain drove his No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Camaro ZL1 to victory lane to capture his first-career NASCAR…
Chevies Like “New” Atlanta Motor Speedway
In the debut of the repaved, revamped Atlanta Motor Speedway, “Lord” William Byron drove the No. 24 Camaro ZL1 to his first NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) victory of the 2022 season. In a race that saw 11 cautions and 46 lead changes – a record at Atlanta Motor Speedway –…
Record Shattering at the Gators: Part 1
NHRA’s Gatornationals always seems to require multi-volume reporting, and this year’s record-shattering event is no exception. This part covers the basics of what happened, the next articles will cover the details of how it happened. It doesn’t seem like that long ago that a 6.66 would have been really cookin’…
Marc Ingwersen is MY #1 Qualifier
On what drag racing planet can you just opt not to make a pass and qualify ahead of those who did? Apparently, the 2022 NHRA Gatornationals is that planet. Two pairs opened up NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying when Michael Phillips—in the second pair—oiled the right lane. It was chilly,…
Salinas, Hight and Stanfield Score in Arizona
Mike Salinas and his new tuner Rob Flynn scored a Top Fuel win in only their second race together at the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park—the second of 22 races during the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season. Robert Hight (Funny Car) and Aaron Stanfield…
Kalitta, Hagan and Koretsky #1 at NHRA in Arizona
Three-time world champion Matt Hagan made the quickest Funny Car run in four years on Saturday, giving the new Tony Stewart Racing NHRA team its first No. 1 qualifier and setting the track record to close out qualifying at the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. Doug…
You must be logged in to post a comment.