The Charlotte four-wide event continues to treat Steve Johnson very well, as the Pro Stock Motorcycle veteran rode his Monster 4-valve Suzuki to a second straight win and a second consecutive victory at the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway. Johnson had the quickest bike of every session…
Weepers Wrap-Up AHDRA Gainesville Opener
Much like the life of nitro Harley tuner Don “DJ” Johnson, the all-American motorcycle drag race named in his honor ended too soon on April 3rd. Saturday rain shut down qualifying for the AHDRA Don “DJ” Johnson Nitro Spring Nationals sponsored by MTC and Gainesville Harley-Davidson, and dreaded weepers finished…
Pingel Top Fuel Motorcycle Schedule for 2022
Top Fuel motorcycles will have an active year in 2022. The world’s most powerful motorcycles will begin a new season of competition with a three race points season this year, sponsored by Pingel Enterprise. This championship racing season will be run in conjunction with the Mid-Western Drag Racing Series, and…
AHDRA to Remember “Nitro Santa” with Gainesville Opener
Only a legend like the late Don “D.J.” Johnson could bring out the Top Fuel Harley-Davidson community like what is expected at the AHDRA season opener at Gainesville Raceway. Named in honor of the man known worldwide as the “Nitro Santa,” the inaugural Don “D.J.” Johnson Nitro Spring Nationals sponsored…
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,…
Snow Outlaws Finals Cap Record Breaking Season
Where many forms of motorsport these days are comprised of near-identical equipment, creativity and innovation are alive and flourishing at Snow Outlaws snowmobile drag races. The Weenie Roast World Finals at Lakewoods Resort in Cable, Wisconsin, on March 4 saw a radical new sled debut, and a sled that was…
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…
Grinch Blows, Eagle 1 Rolls at Snow Outlaws
High crosswinds postponed the Friday night portion of Snow Outlaws’ Long Lake Shoot Out in Sarona, Wisconsin, compressing Saturday’s schedule into a one-day crushfest. And with the finals run under the cloak of darkness, Rice Lake Pro Outlaw winner Mike Allen lit up the night sky when the Jeff and…
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