King Wins 8th European Dragbike Championship

The Gulf Oil Dragracing – Grand Prix Originals continued their amazing win record in the FIM European Championship when rider Ian King clinched his 8th European Championship at his home track of Santa Pod Raceway, UK, and the team’s third…

New World Record For Jeremy Teasley

All year Pro Street fans have been waiting for the category’s first 6.80. Jeremy Teasley got the job done at the NHDRO Fall Fury Finale from Lucas Oil Raceway in Clermont, Ind., Sept 26-28 with four passes in the 6.80s,…

Big Money, Big Egos at MIR for Battle Royale

There are a lot of Orient Express Pro Street bikes sprinkled all around the US and Caribbean islands that can’t make the trip to Maryland International Raceway for every Mickey Thompson MIROCK Superbike Series event. But when MIR promoter Jason…

Steve Johnson Comments on Missing the Final Round in Dallas

Sometimes the worse kind of loss is one where you don’t even get a chance to take the tree. NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle veteran Steve Johnson commented on missing the final round in Dallas against Andrew Hines, who encountered mechanical…

UPI Performance Joins Star Racing and Chaz Kennedy

UPI Performance, a high performance V-Twin engine shop out of Ashland, OH has joined the Star Racing family of partners as primary sponsor of Rookie of the Year candidate, Chaz Kennedy and as an associate partner with 3-time Champion Angelle.…

NHDRO Finals to Double Up on Action

The silver lining to a rained out event is the promise of two races in one weekend, and the pot of gold at the end of NHDRO’s Summer Celebration rainbow is 2XL action at the Fall Fury Finale. All classes…

RS Dragbike Motorsports Own the Finals

Although they let one win slip away, South Carolina trucker, racer and team owner Roger Starrette’s RS Dragbike Motorsports team has owned the finals during a stretch that started with the Manufacturers Cup DME Summer Finals in Valdosta, continued through…

Andrew Hines Takes Pro Stock Motorcycle Points Lead

Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson rider Andrew Hines’ fifth NHRA final-round win of the season may have been his most important, yet also his easiest. The former three-time series champion enjoyed a competition single in the final when Steve Johnson encountered mechanical issues on…

List of Confirmed Riders for MIROCK Orient Express Battle Royale

The Mickey Thompson Tires MIROCK Superbike Series heads to Maryland International Raceway for the last MIROCK event of the year in Maryland, at the 22nd annual Fast by Gast Fall Nationals on October 3-5, 2014. This event will feature the…

Trim-Tex Takes Texas and Points Lead Heading into Final Race

Updating a story from earlier in the week, the Trim-Tex/ Fall Line Sports Car team took the win in Texas and has earned a five point lead in the championship standings heading into the final race in Atlanta. Per the…

2014 NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Cinderella Season Continues For Kandy Girl Angie Smith

With her first round win at the NHRA US Nationals in Indianapolis on Sept. 1st, Kandy Girl Angie Smith and her number 77 pro stock bike qualified for the 2014 NHRA Pro Stock Bike Countdown to the Championship. After the…

Celtic HVMC Suzuki Racing Finishes 2014 AMA Pro Racing Season With 3rd + 4th Place Overall

Celtic Hudson Valley Motorcycles Suzuki Racing had a strong 2014 season in AMA Pro Racing SuperSport, with #19 Wyatt Farris taking third place in the overall standings, and teammate #5 Corey Alexander taking fourth position. The final race weekend at…

IHRA Announces 2015 Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series Schedule

The International Hot Rod Association™ (IHRA) and IRG Sports + Entertainment™ are excited to announce the 2015 IHRA Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series (NJDRS) schedule. The 12-race, 2015 IHRA Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series North American Tour will include a…

Trim-Tex Sports Car Team Driving Towards Championship

Trim-Tex president and former AMA/Prostar Pro Stock record holder, “7.0” Joe Koenig is quite familiar with being in a tight battle for a championship with just a few races to go. In 2003 as a NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle team…

Angelle is Back in the Saddle at Dallas

At a ground shaking press conference in Charlotte, Star Racing announced that Angelle will return to Star Racing for the entire 2015 Star Racing 35th Anniversary season as well as a few races in 2014. High Performance Lubricants, a producer…

Motorcycle Drag Racing’s “King” of Mosten

The Gulf Oil Dragracing – Grand Prix Originals took time out from their European Championship schedule to participate in the unique Mosten Raceday in Ørsted, Denmark. The event staged by the British and American motorcycle club Mosten MC is a…

Angelle Returns to Star Racing

The red-hot news continues to pour out of the Star Racing NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle team. In the zMax Dragway media center Star Racing owner George Bryce and former NHRA champion Angelle Sampey-Drago announced they will again be joining forces.…

Ray Price Racing Travels to Canada’s West Coast to Capture Fifth Win

Ray Price racing traveled all the way to Mission Raceway in Mission, British Columbia, Canada, to attend the eighth race in the NHRA Harley-Davidson Drag Racing Series this past weekend. The team tested on Thursday to prepare the 1,000 horse…

Celtic HVMC Suzuki’s Alexander & Farris Excited To Finish 2014 Season On High Note

This weekend marks the final stop for the 2014 AMA Pro Racing season, with the Celtic Hudson Valley Motorcycles Suzuki team visiting their home track at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Every season more and more local family, friends, and fans…

Another All-DME Pro Street Final at Atco

North Carolina-based DME Racing traveled a little further north than usual last weekend, to New Jersey’s legendary Atco Dragway for the MIROCK Superbike Series’ 45th annual Orient Express Motorcycle U.S. Nationals. But the result was the same—another all-DME, Orient Express…

MIROCK Dragbike Racing Finishing Season with a Bang

The Mickey Thompson Tires MIROCK Superbike Series heads to Maryland International Raceway for the last MIROCK event of the year in Maryland, at the 22nd annual Fast by Gast Fall Nationals on October 3-5, 2014.   This event will feature…

Matt Smith to run Doug Herbert’s B.R.A.K.E.S. colors this weekend at zMax Dragway

Matt Smith Racing will have two bikes supporting Doug Herbert’s B.R.A.K.E.S. organization this weekend at the NHRA Mello Yello event at zMax Dragway in Charlotte, NC. Matt will be riding his championship winning Buell in the B.R.A.K.E.S colors this weekend…

MIROCK Scorches Atco’s Quarter Mile

New Jersey’s legendary Atco Dragway ranks as one of the world’s spiritual homes of motorcycle drag racing, and the 45th annual Orient Express Motorcycle U.S. Nationals is the nation’s oldest two wheeled, quarter mile event. So when the Mickey Thompson…

McBride and Vantine Enthrall Atco Fans

When MIROCK motorcycle drag racing booked Top Fuel superstars Larry “Spiderman” McBride and Dave Vantine for a three-event match race series in 2014, the idea was to put on the best show possible for the fans. After the penultimate nitro…

Larry “Spiderman” McBride Returns to Fabled Atco Raceway

The address 1000 Jackson Rd, Atco, N.J., is a footnote in the history of motorcycle drag racing. For decades Atco Raceway’s U.S. Motorcycle Nationals was arguably the world’s premiere dragbike race. It’s where AMA Prostar was born in 1989. Throughout his…

Orient Express NextUp Engine Kill New Feature

The Orient Express NextUp engine kill control module will now include a new feature for semi-auto transmission applications – ZeroKill – which is gear position programmable. ZeroKill is an improvement over the class-leading 20ms kill time offered in the NextUp…

Michael Ray Leaves Star Racing?

Star Racing’s George Bryce posted the following on Facebook – “This is a story about some news I received today…” Excerpt from National Dragster by Kevin McKenna:   Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Michael Ray, who is qualified No. 7 in…

This is How MIROCK Dragbike Racing Rolls into Atco

The high-flaming motorcycles of Top Fuel are back on the card when the Mickey Thompson MIROCK Superbike Series returns to New Jersey’s Atco raceway for the 45th annual Orient Express U.S. Motorcycle Nationals, September 5-7.     But despite Top…

Vendor Midway Line-Up for Orient Express Motorcycle U.S. Nationals at Atco Dragway

The 45th annual Orient Express Motorcycle U.S. Nationals at Atco Dragway will have 19 sponsors and vendors on the Vendor Midway this weekend for MIROCK on September 5-7, 2014   Orient Express DME Racing Dunigan Racing Mickey Thompson Tires FBR…

Ray Price Nitro Harley Racing Goes Out First Round

The Ray Price Racing Team arrived at Cecil County Dragway with high hopes for the 7th race in the NHRA Harley-Davidson Drag Racing Series as part of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Cecil County Dragway, Rising Sun,…

PMRA Hosts Dragbike Double-Header on September 6 at Tulsa Raceway Park

PMRA, presented by Fast By Gast, will host a double header this Saturday, September 6 at Tulsa Raceway Park. In addition to our scheduled September race, we will be finishing the June race that had to be rescheduled due to…