It was déja vu all over again for NHRA Top Fuel Harley (TFH) champion Tii Thape, as he was once again racing down to the wire with last year’s championship rival Doug Vancil at the U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway. But two things were different this time around—Tharpe had…
Sam Wills Assaults the Salt in Bonneville
story and photos by Adam Weege The Bonneville Salt flats are unlike any other place on earth. If you are from the Midwest, like me, you have probably experienced snow, and if you go to the Salt flats you will expect it to be like snow. But what you have…
EDRS Pro Nordic MC coming to Tierp Arena
Two months after the kick off, the EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship is back at Tierp Arena for the Summit Racing Equipment Internationals—the fourth round and grand finale of the 2019 championship. The EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship started the season with the Tierp and Kauhava rounds, races that were…
Wilson in for Scott at Jay Turner Racing
You only have to put two and two together to see that Tyler Wilson (shown here on his Pro Fuel bike) will be taking over for Mike Scott at Jay Turner Racing (JTR) in Brainerd this weekend. Wilson has been testing with JTR on the bike that Scott has been…
Moxley at the Main Event: Santa Pod
The 2019 European FIM Championships got underway at Santa Pod Raceway with the Main Event under overcast skies and showers on and off on Sunday and Monday of the Whitsun bank holiday weekend. Some new records were set at the meeting. Top Fuel Bike Rikard Gustafsson dominated Top Fuel Bike…
EDRS Pro Nordic MC round 3 is “Go” at Gardermoen
The EDRS Pro Nordic Motorcycle Championship is at the halfway point of the season and, with the Drag Challenge at Gardermoen Raceway in Norway, the riders kick off part two of their title race. After two races, Marcus Christiansen, Filippos Papafilippou, Fredrik Fredlund and Vesa Ruhanen are the leaders in…
Easter Festival of Power at Santa Pod
Twelve months ago it was very cold and wet with a slick Santa Pod Raceway on Easter weekend, which restricted the Festival of Power to no quicker than 8.5 seconds. This year the temperature was in the 70s for all three days of Round 1 of the ACU championship. Records…
Krawiec Leads Norwalk Field into Raceday
Defending event winner Eddie Krawiec secured his third low Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifier of 2019 and third at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park at the 13th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Eddie rode his Screamin’ Eagle Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson to a lap of 6.843 at 197.45. “I’ve got…
Krawiec Leads Friday at Norwalk
Eddie Krawiec landed atop the Pro Stock Motorcycle order with a lap of 6.844 at 197.08 miles per hour on Friday at the 13th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at the halfway point of 2019 NHRA season. Hot on his heels are his teammate Andrew Hines in second, with reigning…
Two Straight NHRA Wins for Tharpe and Samson
Two NHRA Top Fuel Harley wins in eight days is a damn good result for defending champion rider Tii Tharpe, associate sponsor Samson Exhaust, and the Jay Turner Racing team. Maybe an even more impressive result is that Tharpe’s win this past weekend at NHRA’s Thunder Valley Nationals was his…