Your eyes do not deceive you, Don Walsh Jr. is stepping back into a Pro Mod. This time it will be the Oldsmobile built by Skinny Kid Race Cars out of Commerce, MI. Most know Don Walsh Jr. as the previous driver of the Precision Turbo NHRA Pro Mod, owned by Harry Hruska.
Read MoreBelow is the updated rules for the infamous X275 radial class. As usual it is bound to ruffle some feathers and cause some issues. Please review these new rules and make sure you are up to date on them.
Read MoreToday Chevrolet and 16-time NHRA champion John Force introduced the all-new 2016 Camaro SS Funny Car that he’ll race this weekend at the NHRA Kansas Nationals, in Topeka, Kan.
The new Funny Car body is the first based on the sixth-generation Camaro SS. Force’s teammates Courtney Force and Robert Hight will introduce new Camaro SS Funny Cars later this season.
Read MoreThis weekend was the 3rd stop for the Pro Mods on the NHRA schedule. It was the Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway. For Kevin Fiscus, it was the most amazing weekend in his NHRA Pro Mod career though.
Read MoreWe are officially 3 races in to the J&A Services NHRA/RPM Real Pro Mod Series and already there have been some shake ups. As first announced on Thursday by Drag Illustrated lead man in charge Wes Buck, Jonathan Gray, former NHRA Pro Stock standout and the driver of the Precision Turbo backed Camaro will no longer be piloting the car.
Read MoreJust when you thought that record setting was over till the fall, DeWayne Mills and Daniel Pharris decide to show everyone the "not so fast" card.
This weekend is the NMCA Bluegrass Nationals at the famous Beech Bend Dragway
Read MoreWhile long-time Pro Mod/Top Sportsman driver Chris Rini has been recovering from a serious crash on March 13th, so has his Jerry Bickel Race Cars built 69’ Camaro. Rini suffered multiple broken ribs on the left side and serious bruises at the NMCA Muscle Car Mayhem race in Bradenton, Florida.
Read MoreWe have all heard the stories of someone that has fallen ill and there is that one thing that can bring a smile to their face. Well in some cases it's something as simple as a little boy watching drag racing on Youtube.
Read MoreThat's right folks. One of the most successful door car racers over the past two decades Mike "Hitman" Hill is getting back in the saddle. While the project is literally in the opening stages, it is sure to be a front runner at any race it shows up at.
Read MoreThat's right folks. Keith Szabo is the baddest man on a small tire in the country...PERIOD. And no I am not talking about radials, I am talking about them tiny 28/29 tires that most N/T and Grudge folks run.
Let me explain...
Read MoreKevin Fiscus, whom most know as the quite guy at the NHRA Pro Mod races, and the 2015 PDRA Pro Boost Champion showed tonight that he can get it done with his Pro Mod on a "No Prep" surface as well.
Read MoreAs most of you know by now, we were not able to complete Radial Fest on Saturday. By late afternoon I looked at the stands and it was like a mass evacuation.
Read MoreWell it appears as though Mother Nature has gotten the best of a couple of races this last weekend. Luckily there was still plenty of great racing before the weather decided to rear it's ugly head.
In Huntsville at Radial Fest
Read MoreWe are off and running at the Spring Radial Fest Event in Huntsville and not even the weather can slow these hot rods down. Friday started off like Thursday ended. We have some cars that could figure out the track and the heat and some that weren’t as lucky.
Friday morning and early afternoon was a scheduled test session for the event. There were a ton of cars that took advantage of the test session to get the bugs worked out and see what the track would hold in the heat.
Read MoreThat's right folks. The Swedish Pro Mod Superstar Adam Flamholc, who typically completes in the IHRA series along with NMCA Pro Mod with his beautiful silver Corvette will be missing the U.S. summer racing season to spend time in Russia.
Read MoreNow that we are already half way through the week we thought it would be a good time to provide all the drag racing fans with a preview of this coming up weekend. There are four events that we will preview for this weekend.
Read MoreWhile Stevie's passes this weekend were impressive to say the least, let's not forget about some of the other racers there either. Rob Valden and the Alepa team are now the second quickest radial car in the world, along with being the quickest turbo radial car on the planet.
Read MoreYou really thought the the Bad9er record was going to last a while. Then they decided to have a race at Northstar Dragway this week. Part of the RTRA series.
Well it only took until about 9:36 CST on 4/23/16 for Stevie Jackson to break the record 3.803 at 200. in a car that has less than a handful of runs on radials.
Read MoreIt is obvious by now if you live on the East Coast of the U.S. and follow drag racing of any sorts you are well aware of the YB Nationals. Well as with everything, changes are always coming down the pike and the YB Nats are no different.
This year from September 2nd through the 4th will make the 7th annual YellowBullet.com Nationals at Cecil County Dragway in Rising Sun, MD. Year after year, this event has brought hundreds of race cars and thousands of fans to Jim Hasley's awesome race track. The difference between this and most other big races that are occurring this year, with a few exceptions is that YB Nats is not a Radial Tire based race.
Read MoreWell folks it has happened again. Another drag strip has closed it's doors. That's right, Roxboro Motorsports Park in North Carolina has closed its doors.
This brings up an interesting topic that a lot of people discuss and that's street racing. Not only street racing, but the continued closure of drag strips around the country. We all know that California has been hit hard with the closure of tracks, but so have many other places around the country. Why does this keep happening though?
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