NHRA is hemorrhaging star power. Corporate belt tightening and reduced purses (by 35% for fuel and 50% for gas classes) at limited-spectator events is part of the story, but you might remember that some teams were skipping the early season races long before the COVID19 crisis set in. The big…
“So I got a call from one of my Monster Pro Stock customers,” said Monster Race Products’ owner Mitch Brown. You might remember that last fall, Mitch’s billet 4-valve head was approved by NHRA for Pro Stock Motorcycle use starting this year. “They dynoed their engine and it made 14…
Drag 965 Pro Nitrous Motorcycle defending champion Travis Davis backed up his season-opening victory by securing another event win at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Carolina Showdown presented by ProCharger at Darlington Dragway Saturday night. Two-time Pro Nitrous world champion Tommy Franklin also went back-to-back. He took out defending…
The Mickey Thompson Tires Pro Bike Battle event, which annual pits eight of the class’ best riders in head to head competition for a $25,000 winner payout, will take place this season at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals. The special event, originally scheduled to take place at its…
You heard it first here on Eatmyink over a week ago: NHRA Drag Racing will resume in mid-July, relaunching its Mello Yello Drag Racing Series and associated programs with events on back-to-back weekends at Lucas Oil Raceway near Indianapolis. The two events will be run on consecutive weeks—July 11-12 with Pro…
A two-month delay was worth the wait for Travis Davis, as he opened the 2020 Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) season with a Drag 965 Pro Nitrous Motorcycle victory on his Timblin Chassis Suzuki. Racing at the East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech at GALOT Motorsports Park, Davis defeated veteran…
Eatmyink has learned that NHRA is checking wth competitors about possibly racing at Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Indiana, on the weekends of July 11-12 (with Pro Stock Motorcycle) and 18-19 (without PSM). I have no information yet about Top Fuel Harley. The events—IF they happen—would be made for TV,…
As you’ve probably already heard, Shawn Gann has left the planet. We all knew he was from somewhere else anyway, so maybe he’s just punched his ticket back to where he came from. I first met Shawn when he won Pro Stock at IDBA’s 1999 Rockingham event. Here’s my full…
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