E T  D R A G R A C I N G

SCEDA at Fontana, CA

Phil Mandella Jr, fresh off a Stock win at the NHRA divisional in May at Auto Club Dragway, doubled up at the SCEDA Stock/Super Stock event on ... more

[06/21/18]

Factory Stock Showdown and NHRA Sportsman Classes at Bristol, TN

Joseph Welch raced to victory in the SAM Factory Stock Showdown to lead the list of winners at the 18th annual Fitzgerald USA NHRA ... more

[06/19/18]

West Coast Classic at Fontana, California

Ryan McClanahan put on a dominating performance at the 4th Annual Silver State West Coast Classic May 25-26 at Auto Club Dragway, going ... more

[05/31/18]

NHRA National Open at Sacramento, Calif.

Steve Wann dominated the Stock/Super Stock Combo class at the NHRA Pacific Division National Open at Sacramento Raceway Park, as he ... more

[05/14/18]

F E A T U R E S

Redding Dragstrip Saves Historical Piece of Northern California Hot Rod History

A piece of Redding, Calif., hot rod history has found a new home at the Redding Dragstrip, the oldest west coast NHRA-sanctioned drag strip ... more

[06/11/18]

LS Fest West at Las Vegas

The second annual Holley LS Fest West was held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on May 4-6 with attendance and participation up over last ... more

[06/11/18]

A Look Back at 2017 Victory NSS Series from the Champ, Tom Hoffman

All Victory Nostalgia Super Stock racers look forward to the start of the season, feeling just like some little kid who can't wait for Christmas to ... more

[05/17/18]

Chicago Jon Reviews March Meet Dragstrip Rumble

So, I've been granted the opportunity to return to my primordial roots and write a review. In this case, we are talking about the coverage of the ... more

[05/09/18]

C O L U M N S

NHRA Makes Drastic Changes to Save Nitro Classes

 

The NHRA and its professional nitro teams had/have a big problem, both parties will admit to that. How to solve the speed issue seems out of either party’s reach. NHRA  ... more

[06/11/18]

One last run at the Big Bucks Bracket Pros

With 47 years of drag racing behind me, I have a National Event win, several LODRS wins in Stock Eliminator and Super Comp along with four Track Championships, ... more

[04/17/18]

Al Corda is still winning after all these years

Al Corda lives drag racing and has since the mid-sixties. This makes the Wisconsin native an icon in drag racing and a renaissance man to boot! I watched him in 1971 as  ... more

 

[06/11/18]

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]

Tom McEwen Memories

Known to legions of drag racing fans as “Mongoose,” formidable nemesis to Don Prudhomme’s “Snake,” Tom McEwen recently made his inevitable shuffle off this ...  more

[06/13/18]

Records Set in Europe and Other News

In World Top Fuel Motorcycle News: Filippos Papafilippou of Athens, Greece, recently had a most auspicious debut as a Top Fuel motorcycle pilot in competition at ... more

 

 

[06/13/18]

A Journey from Chicago to Joliet and a Lesson Learned

So, another Joliet race goes into the record books, and another spectacular time was had by yours truly. I could quite easily write (in a 'Doctor Evil' voice) "One…MILLION  ...  more

[06/11/18]

table of contents

What a way to win for McGaha

In what had to be one of his wildest days of racing, Chris McGaha got his first Pro Stock win of the year at Epping, NH.  It started with a ...  more  [07/10/18]

GUEST  OPINION

Richard Burk: Why I Like No-Prep Outlaw Racing

I called my brother, Jeff, the esteemed publisher and editor of this online rag, a few weeks ago to discuss the things old men talk about. Our aches ...  more  [06/20/18]

RACE  REPORTS

NHRA pros at Epping, NH

Matt Hagan won his second straight event of the season at the sixth annual NHRA New England Nationals. Hagan drove to victory on ... more

[07/09/18]

PDRA at Dinwiddie, Virginia

Longtime Pro Boost driver Ric Fleck scored his first-ever event win in the Professional Drag Racers Association Saturday night, June ... more

[07/03/18]

NHRA Pro Mods at Norwalk, Ohio

Rickie Smith secured the Wally during the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series portion of the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA ... more

[06/27/18]

NHRA pros at Norwalk, Ohio

Driving for team owner Bob Vandergriff, Blake Alexander became the 105th different Top Fuel winner in NHRA history Sunday afternoon, June ... more

[06/26/18]

NHRA Pros at Bristol, Tennessee

The heat couldn’t wilt the performances of the winners as Tony Schumacher was able to lock down his first Top Fuel victory of the season ... more

[06/19/18]

Arnold Takes NHDRO’s Big Money at Gateway

Multi-class racer Ron “Ju-Jitsu” Arnold (above) won the one to win if you’re only gonna win one—the $5,000 M2.Shocks/Millennium ... more

[06/14/18]

NHRA pros at Dinwiddie, Virginia

Virginia Motorsports Park has been completely redone since being purchased by racer Tommy Franklin. Although many of the veteran NHRA ... more

[06/14/18]

FIA/FIM-E Main Event at Santa Pod Raceway, England

The European Drag Racing season opened in spectacular fashion at San-ta Pod Raceway over the course of the weekend. Off-season work ... more

[06/11/18]

Victory Nostalgia Super Stocks at St. Louis

Forty-five cars showed up to run hard and be the Victory NSS race champ at Gateway Motorsports Park for the Nostalgia Rendezvous on ... more

[06/11/18]

VOLUME XX,  NUMBER 6 - JUNE,  2018

Cover photo: Tom Furches and his “Made in America” Funny Car compete with the Rocky Mountain Superchargers.

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