story by Tim Hailey and NHRA, photos by Craig Hopkins Pro Stock Motorcycle points leader Matt Smith continued to roll in qualifying on his Denso/Stockseth/MSR EBR, picking up his fourth straight No. 1 qualifier with a run of 6.729 at 199.88. The class raced in Houston for the first time…
AHDRA Bringing Nitro to Orlando
AHDRA is bringing all-American motorcycle drag racing and the smell and fury of nitro to Florida’s Orlando Speed World with their MTC Engineering Sunshine Nationals on October 17-18. That follows up a successful weekend of V-twin drag racing at Atlanta Dragway on October 3-4 as AHDRA works through a southern…
Travis Davis Nails Second Straight PDRA Championship
Brandy’s man Travis Davis sealed another PDRA Drag 965 Pro Nitrous Motorcycle championship early this year, winning DragWars this past weekend at North Carolina’s GALOT Motorsports Park. Davis and his family team were dealing with a gremlin in Friday qualifying, but the Alabama rider got his Timblin-built Suzuki figured out for…
Big Payback Caps Off Short-but-Awesome NHDRO Season
NHDRO’s 2020 season was short on events but huge on Big Money payouts. The Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series finished off this strange year with the CC Powersports NHDRO World Finals and Big Payback on at October 2-4 at Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Indiana—the world capitol of drag…
Wins Adding Up for Andras and MSR
I’m no mathematician, but I’m told that Jay Turner Racing (JTR) rider Randal Andras has the 2020 NHRA Top Fuel Harley (TFH) championship already sewn up with two races yet to go. The choice may not be so clear-cut in Pro Stock Motorcycle (PSM), but it is clear that Matt…
Zero to 3.93 in Two Events: Chongris Wins at XDA
Veteran Ohio motorcycle drag racer Mike Chongris made winning and setting records look easy this past weekend at XDA’s DME Racing Fall Nationals at Maryland International Raceway. It was only the second event for Chongris’ turbocharged Suzuki GS, and only the second time Chongris has raced in the all-out, wheelie…
English Beat: Moxley at the STP Green Light Nationals
Due to COVID19, there will not be any ACU and FIM Championships in 2020. But Santa Pod has saved the day and decided to run three races in a club series. This is the Green Light Nationals. Funnybike Funnybike riders faced a strong headwind during qualifying on Saturday, but the…
Inside with Eatmyink: The Complete U.S. Nationals Story
When it came to two wheels at the DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals, there wasn’t much more that Matt Smith Racing and Jay Turner Racing could have done better while sweeping up every honor in sight. MSR’s domination of Pro Stock Motorcycle started on day 1 when Angie Smith…
Malloy and Winters lead AHDRA Numidia Winners
The revived AHDRA all-American motorcycle drag racing series thundered into the bucolic countryside of Numidia, Pennsylvania this past weekend, August 29-30, for Numidia Nitro presented by Vreeland’s Harley-Davidson. Delaware legend Bob “Opie” Malloy led pro class winners, while Illinois sportsman Kevin Winters showed that any weekend is a good weekend…
Gast Collects PDRA Win at VMP
Motorcycle drag racing veteran Paul Gast broke Travis Davis’ win streak, earning a wire-to-wire victory over Davis in the Pro Nitrous Motorcycle final at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Summer Shootout presented by Callies Performance Saturday night at Virginia Motorsports Park. Gast’s Fast By Gast Suzuki left the line…