It’s difficult to imagine a more sweltering dragstrip than Louisville’s Ohio Valley Dragway in July, although Montgomery Motorsports Park comes to mind. Ohio Valley is literally a long ball throw from the mighty Ohio River as it carves its way between the Kentucky bottomland where the track lies and the…
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…
NHDRO Powering into Ohio Valley
NHDRO hits its summer power-band as the Midwest’s largest all-motorcycle drag racing series rolls into Ohio Valley Dragway near Louisville, Kentucky on July 5-7 for the CC Powersports Mid Season Sizzle. “If you have not raced at Ohio Valley Dragway, you should,” track surface specialist Kurt Johnson said earlier this month about…
PDRA LIVE from SGMP in Valdosta
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DME, Teasley on Top as Pro Street Unchained
Orient Express Racing Pro Street records fell again this past weekend as hard work, exploiting the advantages of racing a 1000cc bike, new tires, and relatively recent rule changes continue to revolutionize the class—to the delight of some and the discouragement of others. At the beginning of this season, riders…
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…
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…
Key Match-Ups Today at Bristol
No matter what happens in round 1 of Top Fuel Harley today at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway, there will be major championship implications. Last year’s championship came down to the final 660 feet at Indy, when Doug Vancil dropped a cylinder and Tii Tharpe thundered to the…
One Lap Good Enough So Far for The Bulldog
Jay Turner’s smooth, steady 6.319 at 212.76 mph in round 1 held up as Friday’s Top Fuel Harley provisional #1 qualifier at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway. Cooler conditions for the evening session saw many improve their times, but none could surpass Jay’s time. Jay himself was unable…
Haase Has It in Virginia!
Orient Express Pro Street racer Jordan Haase saw his best performance of the 2018 XDA season as runner-up to teammate Rodney Williford at Virginia Motorsports Park. This year he stepped up another notch at VMP, beating #1 qualifier (6.538) Williford in the final round and set his personal ET with a…