An active participant in life’s ups and downs, paraplegic race car driver Robert Wickens doesn’t mince words. “He hit me to get by, and then he hit a GS (Drew Neubauer),” Wickens said about IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge Touring Car race winner Mikey Taylor. “I get back in front of…
AHDRA Beats Biblically Proportioned Deluge at Cecil County
Lightning flashed overhead as the last finals were run at AHDRA/AMA’s Zipper’s Performance Mid-Atlantic Nitro Showdown at Cecil County Dragway. Bikes and teams lined up for winners circle photos as a solid wall of downpour advanced ominously up the track. With heavy drops falling, teams raced to get their photos…
Herrera Dominates Maple Grove Qualifying
Gaige Herrera ended qualifying on another massive note in Pro Stock Motorcycle on Saturday at Maple Grove Raceway, powering to the No. 1 position in front of a sellout crowd at the 38th annual Pep Boys NHRA Nationals, the first race in the NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs. It…
Why IMSA at the Speedway is Cool
What makes IMSA sports car racing cool? The cars look very cool, of course, and the mix of classes all racing at the same time makes for exciting stuff. But most importantly is the sound, or the mix of sounds. From growling, normally aspirated V8s to high-revving inlines with Porsche…
Sharp Smith Takes Advantage of Opponent Failures
We’re a long way from deciding the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle championship, and Gaige Herrera is clearly the runaway dominator so far this year. But wily 6X champ and defending U.S. Nationals winner Matt Smith showed why you can never count him out. As his primary challengers fell by the…
Antron Brown Talks About Getting Today’s Youth into Drag Racing
Antron Brown is arguably the most magnetic drag racing personality since John Force. As he followed the Ron Capps/Don Prudhomme press conference on Monday at the 69th annual NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, I wondered how he could tap his charisma to bring youth into the…
Capps and Snake talk about the Coolest Tribute Car ever
Something this cool doesn’t just happen everyday in today’s bland, corporate America. Fifty years after Don ‘The Snake’ Prudhomme won the 1973 NHRA U.S. Nationals in Funny Car, reigning event champion Ron Capps put the iconic ‘Snake’ Hot Wheels livery back in the Indy winner’s circle. The throwback look and…
Hoosier Herrera Miles Ahead at Indy
Like Jeff Gordon and Kyle Larson, Gaige Herrera moved from California to Indiana to further his racing career. In Herrera’s case, NHDRO Pro Street was still a thing at the time and his nitrous Suzuki Hayabusa was a series regular. The Pro Street center of the universe moved East, and…
AHDRA Bringing Nitro Harley Madness Back to Cecil County
You’ve seen them here before and you love them. AHDRA/AMA is bringing their ground-pounding, flame-throwing Nitro Harley-Davidson motorcycle drag racing show back to Cecil County Dragway on September 9-10. The third annual Mid-Atlantic Nitro Showdown will ignite the scenic Rising Sun, Maryland track and give the region’s fans some thunderous…
NitrOlympX Winner Ida Zetterström Hanging at the US Nats
Fresh off a win at the NitrOlympX and a steady grip on the FIA Top Fuel championship, former Super Street Bike racer Ida Zetterström will celebrate by hanging this weekend at the NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis. “I am excited to get to the U.S. Nationals but even more excited…
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