And here’s Chase’s interview with Lohnes: Here’s a video of Ed Grothus with million dollar bracket race winner Tucker Kanselaar: Here’s a video of Greg Russell presenting his tribute rendering to Larry: Here’s the whole gallery of edited photos. I shot you and you don’t see yourself? Email me…
English Beat: Moxley at Santa Pod’s European Finals
It was a very emotional and testing four day meeting at Santa Pod Raceway for the European Finals, round four of the FIA and FIM Championships. The country was in mourning over the death of the Queen on Thursday—the first day of qualifying. Also on the same day, drag racing…
Relentless Smith Grabs Points Lead with Gateway Win
After Matt Smith took over the Pro Stock Motorcycle points lead with his win at the 11th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway (Gateway) on Sunday, I told second-in-points Joey Gladstone that Matt would hold on to that lead tighter than Donald Trump holding on to the…
Joey Gladstone Previews NHRA at Gateway
Er’body (except sometimes the NHRA, who didn’t schedule bikes for this stop last year) knows that Gateway is a bike track, and Pro Stock Motorcycle returns to action in St. Louis at this weekend’s NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway. Joey Gladstone and the Cory Reed Racing team…
Eatmyink’s NHRA U.S. Nationals coverage: Funny Car
Defending NHRA Camping World Series Funny Car champion Ron Capps raced to victory at Indianapolis Raceway Park, finally capturing that first NHRA U.S. Nationals triumph that had been eluding him for more than two-and-a-half decades and 27 appearances. Capps took his NAPA AutoCare Toyota GR Supra to the finish line…
2022 Night of Fire at Eddyville Raceway Park
story and photos by Adam Weege The 26th annual Night of Fire presented by MUSCO Lighting at Eddyville Raceway Park was an amazing event like always. A wide variety of pro competitors and a large number of sportsman racers put on a good show for the two-thousand fans that showed…
Gladstone’s First NHRA Win in Third Straight Final
After back-to-back final round appearances, Joey Gladstone broke through for his first career Pro Stock Motorcycle victory in at the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals, knocking off Eddie Krawiec in the final round with a pass of 6.759 at 200.6. Krawiec went a quicker by a thin thou, but Gladstone was…
Savoie Qualifies at Sonoma with Plain Bearing 2-Valve Suzuki
While NHRA’s strange decision to add weight to V-Twin Pro Stock Motorcycles after Denver seems to have decidedly hamstrung that configuration, the Sonoma Suzuki field is rich with mechanical diversity. Angelle Sampey leads the field by a mile on a Vance & Hines 4-valve head Suzuki with a 6.700 at…
Top Fuel Motorcycle Reunion at Gateway MWDRS
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…
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’…
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