Larry “Drums” Brancaccio was involved in an accident after running off the end of the drag strip during the second round of Nitro Harley qualifying Friday night at the Nitro Jam Summer Nationals at Cordova International Raceway in Cordova, Ill.,…
Nitro Harley Qualifying Results From IHRA Nitro Jam Summer Nationals
Qualifying results from the IHRA Nitro Jam Summer Nationals at Cordova International Raceway in Cordova, Illinois. NITRO HARLEY — after two rounds 1 Jay Turner (Julian, North Carolina) 6.334 sec./220.66 mph 2 Larry “Drums” Brancaccio (Nutley, New Jersey) 6.377 sec./214.38…
Burnout World Record Attempt in Memphis
The Hot Rod Power Tour will attempt to make a Guinness World Record go up in smoke when it rolls into Memphis International Raceway (MIR) on Tuesday, June 9 The Hot Rod Power Tour is an annual trek through…
Video of Ian King’s 5.83
Check out a clip of European Top Fuel Motorcycle racer Ian King’s career best 5.83 at 232 mph at Santa Pod Raceway.
APE Jay Shares an Elmer Trett Story
As many of you know, APE and Trett Racing were hooked up from the first time he came out west with the Kawasaki until that fateful day in Indy. During that decade plus, virtually everything APE produced for the Kawasaki…
Hawaya Racing First Nitro School of the Year Recap
This past week, HRP held the first Nitro Bike School of 2015. This was our first outing since restructure of the school programs inception in 2010. Two riders and their crew personnel met at our facility in NC for the…
Australia’s Chris Matheson Looking for Top Fuel Record
Australia’s quickest man on two wheels will be attempting to set another Australian record, however, this time on his Nitro Harley V-Twin at the upcoming Winternationals. Matheson holds the outright Australian Top Fuel Motorcycle Record on his Four Cylinder Nitro…
Chip Sutinen Continues Discount Tire Sponsorship
Team Half Fast Drag Bike Racing of Ypsilanti, Michigan is proud to continue with Discount Tire (www.tires.com) as a Major Sponsor again for the 2015 Race Season. Discount Tire was founded in 1960 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and they now…
Brian and Ann Johnson – a Dragbike Marriage, Together Forever
By all accounts, Top Fuel Motorcycle legend Brian Johnson and his supportive, loving wife Ann were inseparable. The tight-knit couple was so close and in such unison, perhaps it’s apropos they passed within a month of one other. Ann left…
IDBL Clicks it Up a Gear at MDIR
One month following its breakout 2015 season opener, the 2015 Mickey Thompson International Drag Bike League shifts into second with the 29th annual MTC Summer Nationals May 29-31 at Maryland International Raceway. Jason Miller’s crew will have the Budds Creek…
WMDRA TV Coverage, July 24-25, to be Hosted by Dragbike Journalist Korpela
The WMDRA (Western Motorcycle Drag Racing Association) is proud to announce its upcoming episode of Inside Drag Racing, to be filmed during the S&S Cycle Proven Performance® Nationals July 24 and 25 at Eddyville Raceway Park will be hosted and…
NHDRO Hustles the Weather Again
One thing the Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series—the NHDRO—has gotten exceptionally good at is dealing with disagreeable weather. Frequently plagued with an unfavorable forecast, NHDRO just as frequently figures out a way to jack up the schedule, squeeze the…
American Idol Contestant Alex Fischbach to Sing Anthem at Nitro Jam
American Idol XIV contestant Alex Fischbach, from Morrison, Illinois, will sing the national anthem during pre-race ceremonies at the May 29-30 IHRA Nitro Jam Summer Nationals at Cordova Internationals Raceway. Fischbach will sing the national anthem during pre-race ceremonies…
Hector Arana Sr. Wins Atlanta
The old man’s still got it. Lucas Oil Buell racer Hector Arana Sr., still running strong at age 56, stormed to a triumphant victory at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals on Sunday at Atlanta Dragway. The win…
Pinks All Out at Rockingham Adds ATV Class
Pinks All Out is coming to Rockingham Dragway, the week of July 4th, and motorcycles, dragbikes and, just announced, ATVs will be included in the program. “The fact that racers and fans still want PINKS is both an honor and extremely…
Transitioning from a Dragbike to a Pro Mod Car – Mac McAdams Shop Tour
If you are a successful dragbike racer and have aspirations to race the quarter mile in a high horsepower car one day, you may pick it up quicker than you expect. Possessing the precision, courage and overall skillset required to…
Angelle Sampey Looking for 5th Atlanta Wally at NHRA Summit Southern Nationals
The Atlanta Dragway has been good to Angelle Sampey, winning four times at the Commerce, GA facility. This weekend when the three-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Champion hops aboard her Star Racing Buell she will be looking to win her…
From Dinner to Winner – RS Motorsports Qualifies No. 1 and Wins at MDIR
Multi-time DME Racing Real Street champ Jeremy Teasley showed up for the International Drag Bike League’s Pingel Spring Nationals at Maryland International Raceway without a ride in the class. Bike owner Roger Starrette had decided he was sitting out the…
Mac McAdams Continues Pro Mod Progression at Second Quarter Mile Event
In only his second career quarter mile event at the helm of his 3,000-horsepower plus Pro Mod Corvette, Mac McAdams perpetuated his rapid four-wheel progression with a highly respectable 6.13 at 230 mph to qualify sixth in a tough field…
Larry ‘Spiderman’ McBride to Attend British Drag Racing Hall of Fame Gala Awards
The news about the VIP guest list for the 2015 British Drag Racing Hall of Fame (BDRHoF) Gala Awards Dinner at the Savill Court Hotel, Windsor Great Park, on November 21st 2015 just keeps on coming. Following announcements about the…
Andrew Pattersonand Star Racing Postpone Pro Stock Motorcycle Debut Until Charlotte Race
After two days of intense testing and numerous runs on the Star Racing Pro Stock Suzuki motorcycle, Andrew Patterson and Star Racing team owner George Bryce determined that the best course of action was to postpone Andrew’s NHRA Pro Stock…
NHDRO Dragbike Racing Family is Back in Action
The long winter for the NHDRO family is finally over, as the Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series officially kicks off a wild fifth season with the May Bike Fest on the super-fine quarter mile at Lucas Oil Raceway in…
Terry Kizer to Race a Top Fuel Motorcycle
There is more good news for fans, racers and supporters of the Top Fuel Motorcycle class. A category, which some feared was headed for extinction after the collapse of the economy a few years back, has been significantly solidified with…
Redline Raceway Joins IHRA Family Of Tracks
IRG Sports + Entertainment™ and the International Hot Rod Association™ (IHRA) are proud to announce the owner of Redline Raceway has signed a multi-year sanctioning agreement to join the IHRA as a member track. “We are pleased to welcome…
Angelle Sampey Ready for a Breakout Performance in Atlanta
One thing that concerned three-time Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion Angelle Sampey when she returned late last season after not racing since 2008 was if she still had the same fire and drive as before. It has not taken long…
Skip Dowling of Orient Express Touts Dymag Carbon Fiber Wheels and Comments on Atco Involvement
Cycledrag.com recently caught up with, Skip Dowling, the man in charge of longtime, respected motorcycle drag racing parts manufacturer and speed shop Orient Express. Dowling shared his enthusiasm on the Dymag wheels, especially the carbon fiber series, becoming the next…
Eric McKinney Undefeated After Three Rounds in the PDRA
Eric McKinney has utterly dominated Pro Extreme Motorcycle the past three seasons. Little has changed so far in 2015. McKinney’s perfect record stayed intact when he won round No. 3 of the PDRA series, the Cajun Nationals from Thunder Road…
DME Shatters Pro Street Records
As early as Friday afternoon, DME Racing showed that the Pingel Spring Nationals—opening round of the 2015 Mickey Thompson International Drag Bike League season—wasn’t going to be just another race. Two-time Orient Express Pro Street champion Joey Gladstone blazed the…
Fresh off Winning First IDBL 4.60 Dragbike Race Mac McAdams Aims to Continue Successful 2015
This season just keeps getting sweeter for dragbike and Pro Mod car racer Mac McAdams of Edgewater, Maryland. After an intense few days of thrashing by the team “The Mac Machine’s” supercharged 1953 Corvette is reassembled and primed to capture even…
Andrew Patterson Wins The Star Racing Riders Challenge
Andrew Patterson of Taylors, SC will be living his dream when he will compete on a Star Racing prepared NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle May 15-17, 2015 at the Atlanta Dragway. Patterson won the coveted grand prize of teaming with 3-time…
The Story of Sam Wills’ Top Fuel Motorcycle Five in Testing
On April 28th Top Fuel Motorcycle racer Sam Wills entered the desirable, rare and precious five second zone with a swift 5.97 at 243 mph during a test session at Royal Purple Raceway in Houston, Texas. It’s an accomplishment of a lifetime…