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…
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.…
Stoffer’s Superpower Takes Afternoon Off, Hines Wins
Karen Stoffer is known as the best leaver in NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle. Her four straight .00 reaction times at Joliet in June marked the first time ever that an NHRA pro had achieved that feat. It’s her superpower. But sometime after her second round win at the 12th annual…
4V or 2, Suzuki and Savoie on Top at zMAX
The zMAX NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle pits weren’t buzzing about this week’s approval by NHRA (for 2020) of the 4-valve Monster head as much one thought they might be, but that didn’t stop me from talking to Monster’s Mitch Brown about it. “The old die-hard Suzuki guys are going ‘Yeah! Finally,…
Stoffer Storms Gateway for PSM Win
Karen Stoffer is a meteorological genius. On Friday, she predicted that Tropical Storm Karen and Hurricane Jerry would swamp World Wide Technology Raceway (AKA Gateway) just across the Mississippi from St. Louis during the eighth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals. She was half right, which is pretty strong for…
Enders ends drought at Gateway
Erica Enders snapped a winless drought that stretched back to early last year by going 6.598 at 208.36 in her Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Camaro to slip past Matt Hartford’s 6.621 at 207.30 in the Pro Stock Car final round at the NHRA race at Gateway. It gives Enders, who was…
Smith Takes Pole, Johnson Wins Oscar
Defending NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champ (and Gateway winner) Matt Smith is known for putting on quite a show. I’m told his repertoire at Maple Grove consisted of a display of raw emotion when confronted with race-winning Suzuki performance. But in qualifying at World Wide Technology Raceway, Smith confined his…
Super Spoiler Johnson, Wave Riding Savoie at Gateway
When Jerry Savoie and his White Alligator Racing Suzuki picked up their second consecutive Pro Stock Motorcycle win last time out at Maple Grove, it was Steve Johnson in the other lane for the final. What’s exceptionally significant about that is that Johnson isn’t in the Countdown to the Championship—that…