For the first time ever at a Mickey Thompson MIROCK Superbike Series event, Top Fuel motorcycles took to the meticulously prepped quarter mile at Maryland International Raceway. It was the WPGC Bike Fest this past weekend, July 25-27, and while…
McBride Comments on Producing Dragbike Racing’s First Side-by-side 5 with Vantine
Drag racing history was made at the MIROCK WPGC Bike Fest at Maryland International Raceway, July 25-27. Top Fuel Motorcycle legend Larry “Spiderman” McBride and sophomore nitro racer Dave Vantine mesmerized fans with the sport’s quickest side-by-side pass during a…
Bell Helmets Official Helmet of WMDRA’s 2014 AMSOIL Sturgis Nationals
The Western Motorcycle Drag Racing Association (WMDRA) is proud to announce that Bell Helmets has renewed their partnership with the WMDRA as Official Helmet of the 2014 AMSOIL Sturgis Nationals scheduled August 5 and 6 at Sturgis Dragway. In…
WMDRA Sturgis Dragbike Race to Air on MAVTV
This year’s 3rd Annual AMSOIL Sturgis Nationals promises not only to thrill and excite all those present at the track, but a national television audience as well. Masters Entertainment Group (MEG) will be on site at Sturgis Dragway filming the…
Shocking Scare for Top Fuel Racer Chris Matheson
Multiple Top Fuel Motorcycle Champion Chris Matheson took the full brunt of a freak accident in Round 5 of the Australian Pro-Series Championship, held at Hidden Valley Dragstrip in Darwin over the weekend of 11-12 July. Matheson received a full…
MIROCK WPGC Bike Fest Survival Letter
Tech Inspection: Tech inspection for 4.60 Index, 5.60 Index, Crazy 8’s, Top Sportsman, Pro ET, Street ET, and Grudge bikes are in staging lane #10-11. Tech inspection for Pro Street and Real Street are at the scales at the bottom…
Site Map for MIROCK WPGC Drag Bike Fest
Check out the site map for the MIROCK WPGC Drag Bike Fest
Record Turnout Expected for MIROCK WPGC Bike Fest at MIR on July 25-27
This year’s MIROCK WPGC Bike Fest on July 25-27th at MIR is going to be NUTS! 1st… We are up about 100 racers per MIROCK event this year over last year. This growth has MIROCK events well over 600 racers…
Team HeadBlade/Capone Racing Headed to Ohio
Now that Team HeadBlade and Capone Racing have made their big Nitro announcement, some folks thought or hoped they were done this season with the Pro Mod and Pro Gas program. Well get ready because they’re making plans for the…
Farris Takes Third & Fifth Place Finishes At Mid Ohio While Teammate Alexander Endures Difficulty
Celtic Hudson Valley Motorcycles Suzuki riders Corey Alexander and Wyatt Farris had very different weekends at the Mid Ohio Sports Car Course. This was the second two day event on the AMA Pro Road Racing schedule, and with the heavy…
Cardo Joins WMDRA to Honor Sturgis Crew Chief with “Good Call” Award
The Western Motorcycle Drag Racing Association (WMDRA) is excited to welcome Cardo scala rider® as an Associate Sponsor of the 2014 AMSOIL Sturgis Nationals, taking place August 5 and 6 at Sturgis Dragway, during the 74th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.…
Gulf Oil Dragracing Breaks Record, Take Honors in Finland
The Gulf Oil Dragracing – Grand Prix Originals team headed to the second race 2014 FIM European Dragracing Championship calendar with a slim Championship lead and with the comfort of an unusually optimistic weather forecast. The `Nitro Nationals’ were hosted…
Vendor Midway Sold out at MIR’s MIROCK WPGC DragBike Fest
Per MIROCK promoter Jason Miller – “We are now sold out for space on the vendor midway for the MIROCK WPGC Bike Fest on July 25-27th at MIR! This is also the first time we have sold out of vendor…
Mike Scott Leads IHRA Nitro Harley Qualifying on Friday in Cordova
In Nitro Harley, Canadian Mike Scott led the way with a 6.617-second pass at 180.24 mph. Alvin Kobernusz, from nearby Manly, Iowa, was second with a 7.103 at 187.50 and Rocky Jackson was third. Nitro Harley – 1. Mike Scott…
MIR’s WPGC Dragbike Fest goes NITRO!
What makes the most anticipated event on the motorcycle drag racing and culture calendar better? Nitro! For the first time ever at a Mickey Thompson MIROCK Superbike Series event, Top Fuel motorcycles will light the sky and rotate the earth…
Elmer Trett Radio Show Tribute to Air this Saturday Morning
An internet radio show will air Saturday, morning, July 19th, at 9am, EST saluting the life and times of Elmer Trett. Twelve-time Top Fuel motorcycle champion Larry “Spiderman” McBride and motorcycle drag racing journalist, Tom McCarthy, contributed to the show.…
Mickey Thompson Returns to Western Motorcycle Drag Racing Association
This year celebrates the third annual Western Motorcycle Drag Racing Association (WMDRA) AMSOIL Sturgis Nationals scheduled August 5-6 at Sturgis Dragway. Mickey Thompson will serve as the official tire sponsor by awarding the winners in the Top Fuel and Pro…
Brock’s Performance Renews Street ET Sponsorship at Sturgis
The Western Motorcycle Drag Racing Association (WMDRA) is excited to welcome back Brock’s Performance as the Street E/T class sponsor at the 2014 AMSOIL Sturgis Nationals August 5-6 during the 74th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Brock’s Performance will offer a…
Alexander & Farris Eager To Return To AMA Pro SuperSport Racing At Mid Ohio This Weekend
Celtic Hudson Valley Motorcycles Suzuki Racing’s Corey Alexander and Wyatt Farris are excited to rejoin the championship battle this weekend at the legendary Mid Ohio Sports Car Course. The 2.4 mile Mid Ohio circuit is known as one of the…
Teasley, Knight Double at NHDRO Dragbike Sizzle
Jeremy Teasley took two McIntosh Machine & Fabrication Pro Street wins as the NHDRO Mid Season Sizzle went off cleanly despite intermittent rain delays this past weekend, July 11-13, at Lucas Oil Raceway near Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. With three-time MIRock…
Clash at Cordova: Biggest stars in Funny Car travel to Cordova for IHRA’s most anticipated race
If there is one race and one race only that you can attend in 2014, this is it. The 2014 IHRA Summer Nationals at Cordova Dragway Park will feature the largest field of Nitro Funny Car and Pro Stock teams…
Paint The 1/4 Pink at MIROCK WPGC Bike Fest
The “Paint The 1/4 Pink” program is back and will once again be run at the WPGC Bike Fest event on July 25-27 at Maryland International raceway to raise money for “Bikers Against Breast Cancer”. This program is for female…
IHRA returns to Cordova Dragway Park with thrilling Summer Nationals July 18-19
For six exciting years in the late 90s and early 2000s, Cordova Dragway Park was on top of the IHRA world. Hosting the annual Summer Nationals with the International Hot Rod Association’s professional drag racing series from 1997-2002, the world-class…
Portable Shade Donates Tent to PTQP at WPGC Bike Fest
Portable-Shade USA is once again proud to be able to support the “Paint the Quarter Pink” event at the upcoming WPGC Bike Fest (July 25-27) at Maryland International Raceway. This canopy will be donated to the event to help promote…
Dragbike Expert McAdams Embarking on Four-Wheel Excitement
It will be a season to remember for Mac McAdams For many successful dragbike racers like Antron Brown or Matt Smith, the urge to blast down the quarter mile on four wheels is just too much to resist. Such is…
WMDRA Introduces Motorcycle Drag Racing 101 for Media
The Western Motorcycle Drag Racing Association (WMDRA) is excited to add a Drag Racing 101 clinic to their popular drag racing school at Sturgis, to be presented exclusively for members of the press and media. Race School Director Mark E.…
Spokane County Raceway To Become Newest IHRA Member Track In 2015
The International Hot Rod Association™ (IHRA) and IRG Sports + Entertainment™ are excited to announce that Spokane County Raceway, located in Airway Heights, Washington just outside of Spokane, has become IHRA’s newest member track and IHRA’s first on the West…
Exciting Nitro Harley Category Takes Stronghold in IHRA
With interest in motorcycle drag racing dwindling in some areas of the country, the sport needs all the support it can get. Fans of Top Fuel Harley-Davidson dragbike racing were left to lament when the AHDRA (All Harley Drag Racing…
NHDRO Dragbikes Back Home Again in Indy
Following its annual journey to legendary National Trail Raceway, the Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series—NHDRO—returns home to Indianapolis and the Big Daddy track of them all. NHDRO’s Mid Season Sizzle will positively scorch Lucas Oil Raceway on the west…
Pro Extreme Motorcycle Champion Eric McKinney Wins Martin
Pro Extreme Motorcycle champion Eric McKinney won the PDRA Summer Drags at US 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, MI on June 27-28, 2014. McKinney qualified second with a 4.075 in a tight field behind Terry Schweigert’s 4.072. Eric’s McKinney Motorsports…
Cowden Wins IHRA Rocky Mountain Nationals
Damian Cownden, from Victoria, B.C., won the Drag Specialties Nitro Bike category, meeting up with Nate Gagnon, from Qualican Beach, B.C. in the final. Gagnon, who won IHRA’s most recent race in Grand Bend,Ontario just two weeks ago, had the…
MIROCK – Dragbike Racing WPGC Bike Fest at MIR on July 25-27 Approaching
The Mickey Thompson Tires MIROCK Superbike Series returns to Maryland International Raceway for the biggest and best MIROCK event of the year at the 14th annual WPGC Bike Fest on July 25-27, 2014. For the first time ever at MIROCK…
Defending Rocky Mountain Nat’ls Funny Car Champion Tim Nemeth Opens up Weekend With Chart-Topping Lap
Defending Rocky Mountain Nationals Nitro Funny Car champion Tim Nemeth opened up the 2014 edition of IHRA’s biggest race with another chart-topping pass, making a strong case for a repeat at the IHRA Mopar Rocky Mountain Nationals presented by Good…
Angie Smith Extends Agreement with Kandy Magazine; Adds Petrolhead Apparel as Major Associate Partner
Kandy Magazine and Matt Smith Racing announced today an extension of their sponsorship of Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Angie Smith for the next four NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series in Norwalk, Ohio, Denver, Colo., Sonoma, Calif., and Indianapolis, Ind.…
Air Force Academy Band to Perform Opening Ceremonies at WMDRA Sturgis Nationals
The Western Motorcycle Drag Racing Association (WMDRA) is thrilled to welcome Air Force Academy Band, Wild Blue Country, to Sturgis Dragway on Wednesday, August 6 to perform the National Anthem and Opening Ceremonies for our 3rd Annual AMSOIL Sturgis Nationals.…
Star Racing Taking Dragbike Tune-up Improvements to Norwalk Race
A weekend of experimenting with different tune-ups at the O’Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 NHRA Nationals in Chicago, Ill., has prepared the Star Racing team to come out strong at their next race this weekend July 4-6 in Norwalk, Ohio.…
Ray Price Racing Captures Third NHRA Nitro Harley Win
Whenever Ray Price Racing brings the 1,000 horsepower Top Fuel Harley Akea Express, the crowds are always in for the ride-of-their-lives. And at the NHRA Mello Yellow Drag Racing Series event at Bristol Dragway, the team certainly did just that…