Summit Motorsports Park Steps up for October Sportsman World Finals
With the imminent demise of the latest iteration of International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) racing, it was the group’s sportsman racers who really got the shaft
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Elite Motorsports’ Pro Stock Team Adapts to Jerry Haas Race Cars
The resurgence of Elite Motorsports in NHRA’s Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Pro Stock category has been slow and determined. It has a lot to do with the difference between one chassis designer and another – and has been in process for more than a year.
World Series of Pro Mod Moves to Texas Motorplex
The World Series of Pro Mod (WSOPM) has a new home. Begun in 2017 by the founder and CEO of Drag Illustrated magazine, Wes Buck and first run at Bandimere Speedway outside Denver, the stand-alone event has since been run at Bradenton Motorsports Park.
“Racing John Force: Stories from the Racers who Knew Drag Racing’s Greatest Champion”
The extravaganza that is NHRA’s 75th anniversary will continue next year when the series – and, indeed, anyone that loves straight-line racing – will turn to the GOAT of Funny Car, John Force, to celebrate his 50 years in the sport.
Drag Racing News – Night of Fire and Shane Gray’s Pro Mod adventure
Summit Motorsports Park’s vaunted 49th Cornwell Tools Night Under Fire takes place this Saturday, inaugurating the month of August with quarter-mile and 1,000-foot thrills.
Kalitta, Todd, Anderson surge to Seattle NHRA wins
There are now only two races left to determine the winners of NHRA’s Mission Foods Drag Racing Series regular season championships, the participants in its six-race Countdown to the Championship playoffs and to crown victors in both the Brainerd and Indy drag racing contests.
IHRA Going Down – Again?
As the IHRA story gets even more complicated, a reported exchange with Richard Freeman leaves IHRA’s future more uncertain.
Seattle Completes NHRA’s Summer Western Swing
NHRA’S 37th visit to Seattle Raceways is the 12th event in the Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, as it barrels towards the close of its “regular” season when initial championships in the sanction’s 75th anniversary season take place.
Scelzi Says He’s Pumped About NHRA’s Future
Central California’s Gary Scelzi was the chosen star of this event, and it’s doubtful anyone else could have repped the series better.
Kalitta, Vandergriff, Greg Stanfield Earn Wine Country NHRA Wins
The 38th annual DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals had more twists and turns than the road course that surrounds its quarter-mile dragstrip.