Herrera Dominates Maple Grove Qualifying

Gaige Herrera ended qualifying on another massive note in Pro Stock Motorcycle on Saturday at Maple Grove Raceway, powering to the No. 1 position in front of a sellout crowd at the 38th annual Pep Boys NHRA Nationals, the first race in the NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs. It…

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Sharp Smith Takes Advantage of Opponent Failures

We’re a long way from deciding the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle championship, and Gaige Herrera is clearly the runaway dominator so far this year. But wily 6X champ and defending U.S. Nationals winner Matt Smith showed why you can never count him out. As his primary challengers fell by the…

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Hoosier Herrera Miles Ahead at Indy

Like Jeff Gordon and Kyle Larson, Gaige Herrera moved from California to Indiana to further his racing career. In Herrera’s case, NHDRO Pro Street was still a thing at the time and his nitrous Suzuki Hayabusa was a series regular. The Pro Street center of the universe moved East, and…

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Trick-Tools Racing Featuring Baileigh Industrial for Indy and the NHRA Countdown

Trick-Tools Racing is proud to feature Baileigh Industrial on their White Alligator Racing Pro Stock Motorcycle at the upcoming NHRA U.S. Nationals and throughout the Countdown to One championship. The Manitowoc, Wisconsin-based manufacturer of metal fabrication and woodworking tools is a long-time part of the Trick-Tools product offering. “We’ve been…

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Transfluid on Board with the Trick-Tools Suzuki

Transfluid, a leading global manufacturer of tube processing and tube bending machines, is pleased to partner with Trick-Tools, White Alligator Racing (WAR) and rider Chase Van Sant to compete in NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle in 2023. “We are excited about the opportunity to support Trick-Tools and the WAR team and…

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Gary Stoffer Talks 2Vs, Light Weight, and Racing This Weekend

I had a great online discussion this week with Gary Stoffer, regarding his wife Karen’s Pro Stock Motorcycle entry this weekend at Seattle on their own Stoffer/Underdahl Suzuki. Remember that this is the 2 valve motored, TL1000 bodied bike that Gaige Herrara started his NHRA career on at several races…

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Did the Herrera/V&H Combination Peak Too Soon?

Did they peak too soon? The chink in the Gaige Herrera/Vance & Hines armor widened at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park—AKA Norwalk. At the previous NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle race at Bristol Dragway, the generally unflappable Herrera made an unforced error when he redlit by…

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Brayden Does Another Davis Double at MIR

story and Tara Bowker photo courtesy of PDRA with additions by Tim Hailey Seventeen-year-old Brayden Davis made headlines at the season-opening East Coast Nationals when he became the first racer in PDRA history to double-up in a pro class and a Jr. Dragster class. It was his Pro Nitrous Motorcycle…

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Maryland PDRA qualifying order

In his first PDRA Pro Nitrous Motorcycle appearance of the season, motorcycle drag racing veteran Paul Gast rocketed to the top of the qualifying order aboard his Fast By Fast Suzuki at the Fulton Racing Engines North vs. South Shootout presented by Penske Racing Shocks at Maryland International Raceway. His…

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