Round two of the ACU Championships—AKA the Festival of Power at England’s Santa Pod—was blessed with a tailwind for three days. New ET and Speed records were set and many personal bests (p/b) recorded. Top Fuel Bike Steve Woollatt suffered from a clutch issue, which affected his 60 foot and…
Mile High Matthew: NHRA at Denver
Defending NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle drag racing champ Matt Smith is definitely at the top of his game, winning his third of the year in the challenging mountain conditions at Bandimere Speedway at Denver’s Mile-High NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil. “This place is hard to run at, but I love…
Garner-Jones Number One at VMP PDRA
Second-generation Pro Nitrous Motorcycle rider Chris Garner-Jones broke a long winless streak a couple weeks ago at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) North vs. South Shootout, where he also qualified No. 1. After recording a 3.965 at 176.07 aboard his T.T. Jones Racing Suzuki in the final qualifying session…
Norwalk NHRA Car Coverage
Cruz Pedregon earned his first Funny Car victory in more than three years on Sunday, beating points leader Bob Tasca III in the final round to power to the win at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park. Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), Erica Enders (Pro…
English Beat: Moxley at the ’21 Springspeed Nationals
Rain disrupted (surprise!—Hailey) the opening round of the 2021 ACU Championship and National Championship at Santa Pod Raceway. The racers had challenging conditions over the weekend and only two qualifying sessions were completed, one on each day of the two day event. Sunday afternoon the event was called with rain…
Travis Davis Takes First Win of ’21 PDRA Season
In a quest for improved performance, three-time and defending Pro Nitrous Motorcycle world champion Travis Davis upgraded the engine management technology in his Timblin Chassis Suzuki over the winter. The work resulted in a career-best performance and a win for Davis, as he used a 3.995 at 175.30 to defeat…
NHRA Gatornationals: Funny Car
In a wild Funny Car final round that saw both cars break their tires loose in the first 60 feet and then repeatedly down track, J.R. Todd got it together more quickly and took the stripe ahead of opponent Robert Hight at the 52nd annual AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals…
NHRA Gatornationals: Pro Stock Car
As birthday presents go, a Wally in the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals is hard to beat. Greg Anderson, driving the RaceStar Wheels Chevrolet Camaro SS, earned the 95th Pro Stock Car victory of his career and picked up his fifth Gatornationals title on his 60th birthday in the National Hot…
NHRA Gatornationals: Pro Mod
Jose Gonzalez started his Sunday morning by making the quickest run in E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series history and ended his day with a victory, beating Justin Bond in the final round of the opening race of the 2021 season at Gainesville Raceway. The race, which…
Sampey, Vreeland Lead in Gainesville
Pretty impressive when a brand new combination goes straight to number one in the first qualifying round of the season. But that’s what three-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champ Angelle Sampey did with her new Vance & Hines/Mission Foods four-valve Suzuki today at the 52nd annual AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA…
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