The final round of the 2019 European FIM Championships at Santa Pod Raceway will always be remembered for the stunning string of records laid down by Top Fuel Bike champion Filippos Papafilippou and the Gulf Oil Racing Puma (above). The event was disrupted on Friday by rain during qualifying between…
Inside Story of PSM’s Craziest Day Ever?
Slaps were thrown, engines were blown, emotions and nerves were pushed to the absolute limit. And although I’m sure Bret Kepner will school me otherwise, you’d be hard pressed to find a crazier day in the history of any class at the Finals than we saw yesterday in Pro Stock…
WAR Suzuki an RET Race Engine of the Year Nominee
The White Alligator Racing NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Suzuki is in pretty damn good company as a Race Engine Technology magazine Race Engine of the Year nominee. Here’s the full field courtesy of RET. If you’re not an RET subscriber, you NEED to be! Check them out HERE As for…
12 Times FIM European Champions—Gulf Oil Drag Racing 2019 Season Review
Following their 11thFIM European Championship win in 2018, the Gulf Oil Drag Racing team embarked on an ambitious update program over the winter. The plan was to investigate the effect on the performance characteristics by reducing weight where possible and test a direct drive (gearbox-less) drivetrain. The extensive program saw…
Hopkins Backstage: with Jianna Salinas
Editor’s note: Unlike most racers, who learn their trade through the sportsman ranks, Jianna Salinas is learning in front of the crowds and cameras of the NHRA Mello Yello series. Craig “Pops” Hopkins sat down with Jianna at Dallas to give Eatmyink readers her perspective on the journey so far.…
McBride tops Man Cup results from The Rock
Larry “Spiderman” McBride crushed the competition Sunday at Rockingham Dragway, stopping the quarter mile timers in a best-in-history 5.607 seconds at a jaw-dropping finish line speed of 263.10 miles per hour to win the Top Fuel title for the fourth time in five years in the track’s annual Man Cup…
English Beat: Moxley at the ACU Championships Round 5
Rain at Santa Pod Raceway on Sunday delayed the start of qualifying for the STP Green Light Nationals, and it meant a one shot qualifier for the bikes in Round 5 of the ACU Championships. Funny Bike Funny Bike championship points leader Kars Van Den Belt suffered low oil pressure…
Arnold, Deck and Lee are Big NHDRO Winners
Doubling up wins on an NHDRO race weekend is a big enough achievement, but doubling up AND securing a championship at the Midwest’s largest all-motorcycle drag racing series is something else all together! But three of the world’s toughest sportsman racers— Joe “Big” Deck, Dustin Lee, and Ron Arnold—did just…
AMRA Jim McClure Nationals at The Rock
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.…
English Beat: Moxley at the ACU Championships Round 4
The STP Green Light Nationals at Santa Pod Raceway were a double header for the bike classes. Round 4 was on Saturday with qualifying in the morning and eliminations in the afternoon. Same format for round 5 on Sunday, which will be covered in a separate article here on Eatmyink.…