All that experimenting is paying off with a big win for the Bammer/Starlight Tattoo Nitro Harley Drag Race Team featuring Larry “Drums” Brancaccio. The Numidia Dragway in Numidia, PA was the scene of Brancaccio’s first win of the season with the All Harley…
Viper Powersports Announces: Colbert Seagraves Joins Viper Motorcycle Company as VP Racing Operations
Viper Powersports Inc (OTCBB: VPWI), designer and manufacturer of Viper Motorcycles, announced that Colbert Seagraves has joined the Viper management team as VP Racing Operations. Colbert’s background includes R.J. Reynolds Sports Marketing, Team Manager at Junior Johnson & Associates (Driver:…
Hunnicutt, Williford and Teasley Big Winners at Rockingham
Tight racing on Sunday and Grudge-style entertainment on Saturday were hallmarks of the FBR Shop Bike Week Nationals, May 21-22 at Rockingham Dragway. This third stop on the 2011 Mickey Thompson Performance Tires MIRock Superbike Series ran flawlessly under Carolina…
Lynn Nickerson Passes
Cycledrag.com is saddened to learn of the passing of announcer Lynn Nickerson. Nickerson passed away on the morning of Friday May 20th, 2011 after a long bout with cancer. Nickerson, of Fort Worth, Texas, was best known in the drag…
Six Second Bounty on the Line in Pro Street at Rockingham FBR Nationals
The race to break Pro Street motorcycle racing’s 7.00 second barrier moves next week, May 20-22, to Rockingham Dragway where Bud Yoder of Flint, Mich., and Rougemont’s Rodney Williford are most likely to push the performance envelope during the ninth…
Top-Ranking Canadian Racers Choose K-Tech Suspension
Orient Express, North American distributor for K-Tech Suspension, is pleased to announce expanded support for several teams in the 2011 Parts Canada Superbike Championship. K-Tech Suspension will be well represented in both the Superbike and XR1200 Cup classes.2010 Canadian Superbike…
Stoffer Finishes Runner-Up, Takes Point Lead
Karen Stoffer and the GEICO Suzuki finished runner-up for the second time this year and left Sunday’s 31st annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals with the Pro Stock Motorcycle championship points lead. “The team is just jelling really well,”…
Tonglet Wins Atlanta
LE Tonglet served up a reminder Sunday of just how well he performed during his drive to last season’s NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle championship when he cruised to the Southern Nationals victory at Atlanta Dragway. Basically, he was on top…
A Little Too Eager for Smith
Trying to stop the frustrating season that he has had up to this point, Matt Smith and his Al-Anabi Racing Buell hoped for a different outcome at the Atlanta Dragway this past weekend. “We just had a rough weekend again,”…
Arana Jr. Making Progress
After qualifying in the top half of Pro Stock Motorcycle Hector Arana Jr. easily passed his first round test before stumbling in the second round. Arana Jr. and his Lucas Oil Buell beat Steve Johnson with a 6.973 second pass…
Arana Sr. Out in Second Round
Lucas Oil’s Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Hector Arana Sr. earned round-win. Arana Sr. beat Chip Ellis in the opening round with a 6.966 at 187.42 mph pass to Ellis’ 7.007 at 188.73 mph. In the second round against Jim Underdahl,…
Angie Smith Cuts Perfect Light
Angie Smith and her Coffman Tank Trucks Buell headed to the 31st annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals in Commerce, Georgia this weekend. Smith went in with hopes of breaking her way back into the top-10 in points. Smith…
Gadson Developing ZX-14 Products with Brock
Rickey Gadson fielded his trusty, Brocks Performance-backed ZX-14 for the first time this season at the MIROCK Spring Nationals in Budds Creek, MD. After a shaky start the bike performed well, considering it was amazing that the bike made it…
GEICO Pro Stoffer Looking for More Magic
GEICO Suzuki Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Karen Stoffer used a monster run of 6.929 seconds at 194.16 mph in Saturday’s final qualifying round to earn the No. 2 starting position at the 31st annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals…
Suzuki Hayabusa 1999-2011 Oil Pan Baffle
Now available for the Suzuki Hayabusa is a redesiged oil pan baffle that reduces oil starvation from hard accelleration, braking and sideload G-forces. Perfect for cut stock oil pans. Features: Quick and simple installation Works with most oil pans including…
G.T. Tonglet to Make First Start Since 2006
GT Tonglet watched his new Nitro Fish Pro Stock Motorcycle being built piece by piece from his dad Gary’s design, and now he “can’t wait to get to Atlanta and go racing,” he said. He will be aboard the prototype…
Angie Smith Ready to Step it up
Angie Smith and her Coffman Tank Trucks Buell head to the Atlanta Dragway this weekend wanting to pop back into the top-10 in points. Smith, who sits just 19 points out of the NHRA Full Throttle Pro Stock Motorcycle top…
Refocused Past Champ Ready to Attack Class
Lucas Oil Buell rider Hector Arana Sr. hasn’t exactly been himself this season, yet he’s still managed to grab a No. 1 qualifying spot, reach the semifinals once, and earn the No. 4 ranking in the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle…
Arana Jr. Learning as he Goes
Rookie rider Hector Arana Jr. crossed three hurdles in the last NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle race. Now, the Lucas Oil Buell rider hopes that experience has better prepared him for future events, starting with this weekend’s Summit Racing Equipment NHRA…
Underdahl Works to Control Effects of Humidity
When a meteorologist talks about humidity, he is usually referring to the amount of water vapor in the air and how that makes us feel. When NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Jim Underdahl talks about it, however, he is referring…
Stoffer Has a Bounce in her Step
Karen Stoffer and the GEICO Pro Stock Motorcycle team have a bounce in their step this week as NHRA heads to Atlanta Dragway for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals. But it’s not just because Stoffer’s a past winner at…
Tonglet Geared Up for Rebound
Ask any Full Throttle Drag Racing Series driver about the sport’s capricious nature and the response is likely to be: There are too many things that can go wrong. Ten cent parts malfunction as well as those worth hundreds and…
Smith Wants it All
Matt Smith and his Al-Anabi Racing Buell have not had the season they wanted up to this point. Every time Smith looks to turn a corner, something jumps out and bites him. A few weeks ago in Houston, Smith overcame…
Current NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Points
Pro Stock Motorcycle Position Driver Points 01 Ed Krawiec 202 02 Andrew Hines 184 03 Karen Stoffer 179 04 Hector Arana 141 05 Louis Tonglet 116 06 Michael Phillips 107 06 Gerald Savoie 107 08 Shawn Gann 105…
Brancaccio Battles Electrical Problem
The Bammer/Starlight Tattoo Nitro Harley Drag Race Team featuring Larry “Drums” Brancaccio recently competed at Rockingham NC with theAll Harley Drag Race Association. For the second event of the season, Nutley’s favorite son made the quick eight in the Screamin’…
Reyes Relic – Russ Collins
Russ Collins of RC Engineering started his motorcycle drag racing career in the 1950’s. Over the years, he had engineered and constructed several wild rides for action at the tracks across America, when he created this wild monster. Collins built…
KZ Burnt to a Crisp at MIR
At the MIROCK Spring Nationals from Maryland International Raceway, Apr. 30-May 1, an electrical problem, racing fuel and a full bottle of nitrous made for a scary situation in the staging lanes when a Kawasaki KZ burst into flames. The…
Rickey Gadson’s Charity Ride for Pediatric Diabetes
Multi-time motorcycle drag racing champion Rickey Gadson is assembling a huge group motorcycle ride to Myrtle Beach’s upcoming Bike Week. All proceeds will go to a cause that is near to Gadson’s heart. “I lost my brother, Richard’s father, to…
King Debuts Gulf Oil Top Fuel Bike
The Gulf Oil – Grand Prix Originals – Top Fuel Bike made a dream debut on the notoriously tricky Kunmadaras track in Hungary when the 1500 horsepower machine (managed by multiple championship winners King Racing) stunned many with an unbelievable…
Big Maryland Weekend has MIRock on a Roll
Nearly 500 racers and a sizable spectator crowd at the Fast By Gast Spring Nationals at Maryland International Raceway showed that the successful Mickey Thompson Performance Tires MIRock Superbike Series season debut in Rockingham was the “new normal” for…
MIROCK Rider Weight and Wheelbase Rule Revision: DME Racing Real Street
by MIROCK’s Jason Miller We have made a few minor adjustments to rider weights & wheelbases in the DME Racing Real Street class at MIROCK. We have made the change to make 15 lb. rider weight increments for the next…