Cover Photo: Bengt Ljungdahl at NitrOlympx in Hockenheimring, Germany (Ivan Sansom photo)
Germany’s NitrOlympx
Burk Blasts Again
Tom McCarthy’s Motorcycle Memos
Outlaw Fuel Altereds at Denton, Texas
Jim Baker Has OCIR Memories
C O L U M N S
Notes scribbled on my coaster from Marko’s fish sandwich shop in Granite City, IL
NHRA erases/ignores your choice and its own history
I still depend on the written word as much as my computer for research. Recently I was doing an article for an upcoming issue of Drag Racer magazine about how NHRA Funny Cars have usurped the Top Fuelers as ... more
[08/11/17]
A ‘Strange Challenge’ can be fun
We, as in Editor Jeff Burk and myself, are adding a “STRANGE Challenge” to our DRO AA/FC Challenge series at the Cedar Falls Motorsports Park’s Night of Fire event on July 14-15. more
[07/13/17]
ORANGE COUNTY REVISITED
About all that is left of the physical track at Orange County International Raceway is this center line sign from the track’s last few years. It was captured and kept at the NHRA Museum on the ... more
[08/12/17]
46th Annual Nightfire Nationals Prelude
Good evening from a very hot (yet a dry heat) back patio of my humble home in Idaho to bring to you this month’s edition of Getting Nostalgic. As we know, well, I should say for all seven of you who read my column, August means the Nightfire Nationals in Idaho. Moreover, it is home game for yours truly. more
[08/11/17]
On Clay Millican Tears of a Clown
OK, I will openly admit that I had tears running down my face while watching an NHRA TV broadcast. It isn’t what you think. It wasn’t because something tragic happened during the broadcast. It was something that triggered deep ... more
[08/11/17]
Kicking Ass & Taking Names in 2017
As the month of August starts off, the motorcycle drag racers who are kicking ass and taking names at this time of the year are the ones headed for championships before the ... more
[08/20/17]
Night of the Living Gumballs
The great Dave Densmore (journalist and PR person) once told a story, I believe it was called "I'm in jail, I'm loaded and I'm screwed." Nobody can tell a story like Dave, and nobody should even TRY, but I ... more
[08/11/17]
table of contents
Todd hopes momentum carries him to Charlotte win
Coming off the biggest win in his career, J.R. Todd hopes to put the momentum from his U.S. Nationals win to good use. Starting from the ... more
[09/12/17]
Tom Schiltz
Acknowledged as one of drag racing’s greatest photographers, Tom Schiltz will forever be remembered for his business acumen, affable personality and ... more
[08/28/17]
RACE REPORTS
NHRA Pros at U.S. Nationals
Steve Torrence piloted his Capco Contractors dragster to the Top Fuel victory Monday, Sept. 4, at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, the world’s ... more
[09/07/17]
Factory Stock Showdown at Indianapolis
With twenty-two drivers trying to make the 16-car field for the Factory Stock Showdown during the NHRA U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis, the qualifying was ... more
[09/06/17]
Mopar HEMI Challenge at Indianapolis
Jimmy Daniels is two-for-two in the Mopar HEMI® Challenge. The 21-year-old driver from Yardley, PA, made his second start in the prestigious annual event on ... more
[09/04/17]
Hot Rod Heritage at Salt Lake City, Utah
Rocky Mountain Raceway has held this event for many years and it is the second to the last event for the NHRA Heritage Series Funny Car points battle. This year the ... more
[08/31/17]
FIA/FIM-E NitrOlympx at Hockenheimring, Germany
The 2017 NitrOlympx on the Rico Anthes Quarter Mile at the fabled Hockenheimring in picturesque Rhine Valley as it winds its way through Baden-Württemberg, Germany, was ... more
[08/29/17]
OFAA at Denton, Texas
The Outlaw Fuel Altered Association, presented by Good Vibrations Motorsports and Lone Star Forklift, busted through the gates of North Star Dragway on ... more
[08/24/17]
NHRA pros at Brainerd, Minnesota
Leah Pritchett piloted her dragster to her fourth Top Fuel victory of the season Sunday, Aug. 20, at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International ... more
[08/22/17]
Nightfire Nationals at Boise, Idaho
If you do something for forty-six years, one could image it is possible that everything that could happen, would happen. more
[08/21/17]
NHRA Pros at Seattle
Antron Brown piloted his dragster to the Top Fuel victory Sunday, Aug. 6, at the 30th annual NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways. Robert Hight (Funny Car) and ... more
[08/11/17]
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