E T  D R A G R A C I N G

NHRA LODRS Finals at Pomona

Shawn Cowie and John Lombardo Jr. led the list of winners for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and the Auto Club Finals at Auto Club Raceway at ... more

[11/16/17]

LODRS at Las Vegas

The 2017 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series concluded its final regional event Sunday night, Nov. 5, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in ... more

[11/08/17]

NHRA Heritage Racing Series at Bakersfield, California

The first wave of 2017 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series Champions were crowned Sept. 15-17 at Auto Club Famoso Raceway and the ... more

[09/22/17]

IHRA Summit Super Series at San Antonio Raceway

As the IHRA Summit Super Series Bracket Racing points season comes to a conclusion, San Antonio Raceway hosted its final series race on Sept. 16, with ... more

[09/19/17]

F E A T U R E S

Southland Drags Reunion in Houma, Louisiana

On Saturday, Dec. 2, a bunch of veteran drivers and fans got together for some cackling at the Southland Dragways Reunion held in ... more

[12/13/17]

Bloodhound Land Speed Record Car

On Thursday, October 26, 2017, the land speed record car (LSR) created by the British known as Bloodhound, was let loose off its leash for the first ... more

[11/08/17]

CHRR Photo Contest

Roy Robinson, Lions Drag Strip's track photographer in the mid-1960s, has won the 2017 Leslie Lovett Memorial Photo Contest for a parachute shot of ... more

[10/31/17]

Eddie Knox

There are times in your life when you hear some news or intake a piece of information and it strikes a chord in your soul. When I was told that one ... more

[10/19/17]

C O L U M N S

Notes scribbled on my cocktail coaster from the Slippery Noodle blues bar in Indy

 

I think that the rule changes to NHRA’s Pro Stock class for 2018 asked for by the Pro Stock team owners and approved by the NHRA signals the end of the NHRA Pro ... more

[12/21/17]

Back Again

It has been a while since we last talked….  Hey guys, it’s not that I gave up or lost interest in drag racing but I had a lot on my plate and I just couldn’t get motivated. I think a lot of it was ... more

[11/08/17]

TOGETHER WE STAND

As Christmas and New Year’s take over our minds during the month of December, we want to take time off from normal drag racing action to thank all of you, everywhere, for your spiritual belief in  ... more

 

[12/13/17]

End of the Season

For the past nine years I have had the pleasure to write this column, and it might be the final one for the year, it might even be the final one ever, I just wanted to thank those ... more

[11/09/17]

THE PRI PARTY

By the time you read this PRI will have put to bed another high performance spectacular and racers from all over the world start to dream of 2018.  PRI is also the home of ...  more

[12/13/17]

IDBL out, XDA in: Sanction chess anyone?

On November 22, 2017, the inevitable happened and the Pied Piper of motorcycle drag racing, Jason Miller, announced his return to the sport. A message in the form of ... more

 

 

[12/13/17]

A Gearhead Movie Review: “The Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow”

Each year when I venture south to Indianapolis, be it for the 500 or the Nationals, one of my favorite parts of the trip through central Illinois is going through the small town of  ...  more

[12/13/17]

table of contents

Force accepts honorary doctorate

John Force accepted an honorary doctorate on Wednesday, Jan. 10, from the University of Northwestern Ohio. The 16-time NHRA Funny ... more  [01/10/18]

InnerVIEW's

Maurice Allen, IHRA Australia CEO, Part 1

Drag Racing Online’s Australian correspondent, JON VAN DAAL met up with IHRA Australia’s CEO, Maurice Allen a couple of times over their  ...  more  [12/21/17]

RACE  REPORTS

Street Car Super Nationals in Las Vegas

The 13th annual Street Car Super Nationals was held Nov. 16-19, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The event is put on by ... more

[11/28/17]

Man Cup World Finals at Valdosta, Georgia

The 41st annual Man Cup, Mann Hill Garage World Finals motorcycle drag race, held November 16-19 at South Georgia Motorsports Park, was ... more

[11/21/17]

East Coast Nationals at Sydney Dragway, Australia

Over 250 entries descended on Sydney Dragway at the start of the month for the IHRA East Coast Nationals. While the first 16-car field of ... more

[11/21/17]

LUCAS OIL NATIONAL DRAG BOAT FINALS

Daryl Ehrlich of Round Rock, Texas in a boat owned by Eddie Knox from Sun Valley, CA, called ‘Problem Child’ won the Top Fuel Hydro Championship. ‘Shockwave’ piloted ... more

[11/15/17]

NHRA World Finals at Pomona, California

For the first time since 1982, a female has captured a NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Top Fuel world championship. Brittany Force clinched the ... more

[11/14/17]

Pro Slammers at Sydney, Australia

Troy Coughlin got the win in the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series portion of the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at ... more

[11/10/17]

12th Annual World Fuel Altered Nationals at Eddyville, Iowa

The 12th running of the wild, fire breathing, ground shaking, supercharged Nitro Fuel Altereds was held Aug. 18-19 at Eddyville Raceway Park. The stands were ... more

[11/08/17]

NHRA Pros at Las Vegas

Top Fuel veteran Terry McMillen piloted his dragster to his first career victory Sunday, Oct. 29, at the 17th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals at ... more

[11/01/17]

VOLUME XIX,  NUMBER 12 - DECEMBER  2017

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