It’s been a strange, difficult and confusing year for just about everyone in motorsports, including quickly-rising Top Fuel Motorcycle star Dave Vantine who tells Cycledrag he will be unable to attend the upcoming Man Cup race at Dragway 42 in…
Fireworks on the Dragstrip! AHDRA to Light Up Cordova
American-made V-Twin motorcycles and the leather-tough men and women who ride them will thunder to life, lift the front wheel, and lightning-strike to the finishline like an earthbound fireworks display. The long-awaited return of the beloved AHDRA American motorcycle drag…
Godspeed Caroline Fellman of Fast Lane Biker Magazine
Cycledrag would like to send thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of Caroline Fellman, who passed away June 26 after a long and difficult battle with bone cancer. Along with her partner Walt Kuczeriawenko, Fellman was the driving…
XDA PFR Bike Fest at MDIR on July 24-26
The XDA is back at Maryland International Raceway located in Mechanicsville, Maryland with the 20th annual Platinum Fleet Repair Bike Fest on July 24-26, 2020! The event features the Orient Express Pro Street class that run speeds over230 mph…
Street Outlaw Calls Out Nitrous GSXR 1000!
What will happen when the crew from popular Discovery Channel show Street Outlaws invade the Southeastern Drag Bike Association’s Tennessee Bike Rumble at Crossville Dragway and calls out a motorcycle for a cash days style street race in front of…
Racing Industry Lifts Web Camshafts Family With Amazing GoFundMe Response Following Tragedy
On Sunday June 7th tragedy struck on US Hwy 395 as Melissa Martinez of Web Camshafts and her longtime boyfriend Matt Hagerman were killed in a head on automobile collision while traveling to the desert area for what was suppose…
New NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Team Ready to Follow Dream with Matt Smith Power
Meet Ron Tornow longtime sportsman drag bike racer, occasional NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racer and now the owner of Matt Smith’s 2013 NHRA championship winning Victory Bagger Pro Stock Bike! In this in depth interview we will get background info…
NHRA Northwest Nationals Cancelled
The Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals, originally scheduled for July 31–Aug. 2 outside of Seattle, has been canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions in Washington state and King County that would not allow fans to attend the event. NHRA made this difficult…
Green Light for PMRA in Tulsa This Weekend
Professional Motorcycle Racers Association (PMRA) returns to the track this Saturday, June 27, at Tulsa Raceway in Oklahoma. New PMRA director Shannon Mendenhall looks forward to welcoming all racers old and new, and sharing with them his vision for the…
NHDRO Kicks Off Motorcycle Drag Racing Season
NHDRO’s previously named Mid-Season Sizzle gets it half-right—June 26-28 at Lucas Oil Raceway will totally sizzle! With a late start because of COVID-19 restrictions, the Midwest’s largest all-motorcycle drag racing series kicks off the season with the first big race…
PDRA Maryland Race Moves to Virginia With New Date
The Professional Drag Racers Association’s (PDRA) third race of its revised seven-race 2020 season is moving from Maryland International Raceway (MDIR) to Virginia Motorsports Park (VMP), series officials announced today. The PDRA North-South Shootout presented by Frederick Line-X, originally scheduled…
Full 4.60 Coverage From SDBA Tennessee Bike Rumble
Enjoy one of the most thrilling and unpredictable 4.60 nitrous motorcycle drag bike races we have ever seen as some of the best drag racers in the world compete in an emotionally charged 4.60 Father’s Day showdown from Round No.…
SDBA Tennesse Bike Rumble Delievers
The stars have aligned perfectly for the new Southeastern Drag Bike Association (SDBA) to debut in stellar fashion. The series premier last month in Ringgold, Ga. marked the first all-motorcycle drag race since the pandemic shutdown, during a time when…
XDA’s FuelTech Superbike Showdown Cancelled Due to Weather
XDA’s FuelTech Superbike Showdown this weekend at Maryland International Raceway has been cancelled due to the weather. With 80% chance of rain forecasted for Friday and Saturday, and 50% chance on Sunday we feel that there will not be enough…
NHRA Roars Back To Action July 11-12
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series will roar back into action at famed Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, July 11-12, with Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle competition in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing…
XDA Wednesday Weather Update
Jason Miller of the XDA passed on the following regarding this weekend’s FuelTech Superbike Showdown at Maryland International Raceway “This weekend’s event is ON SCHEDULE, and we are still watching the weather forecast for this weekend’s XDA event. The event…
Travis Davis Picks Up PDRA Carolina Showdown Victories
Even though he won the East Coast Nationals at GALOT Motorsports Park in late May, defending world champion Travis Davis wanted to make some changes to his Timblin-built Hayabusa for the Carolina Showdown. When those changes didn’t work, Davis returned…
Garner-Jones Leads Field at PDRA Carolina Showdown
A pair of past Pro Nitrous world champions highlighted Friday qualifying at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Carolina Showdown presented by ProCharger at Darlington Dragway. Two-time world champion Jason Harris qualified No. 1 in just his second race in…
XDA 2 Decades Strong, Racers Ready
The Xtreme Dragbike Association launches the 2020 season at Maryland International Raceway with the 3rd annual FuelTech Superbike Showdown on June 19-21, 2020. XDA is known as the premier sanction to showcase the quickest and fastest street bikes the world…
NHRA Pro Bike Battle Moves to Indy
The Mickey Thompson Tires Pro Bike Battle event, which annual pits eight of the class’ best riders in head to head competition for a $25,000 winner payout, will take place this season at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals.…
XDA Makes Changes to the Bike Fest & Bike Bash in 2020
The year 2020 has thrown everyone a lot of curve balls due to COVID-19, but we all continue to adjust to the changes the best that we can and keep on rolling. We are excited to get our first XDA…
Motorcycle Industry Mourns Loss Of Melissa Martinez of Web Camshafts
The motorcycle industry is mourning the loss of Melissa Martinez and her boyfriend Matt who passed away in a car accident near Las Vegas, Nev. Sunday June 7th. Melissa worked alongside Laurie Dunlap and team at Web Camshafts for years…
Bikes and Beards Reviews the Cycledrag KZ 1197
It’s time for Sean Kerr of Bikes and Beards and SRK Cycles to take a ride on our 1977 Kawasaki KZ1000, with an 1197c.c. hot rod motor to give the iconic and beastly vintage Japanese motorcycle a full review. Sean,…
Most Controversial Drag Bike Race of the Year
Join us at race No. 1 for the Southeastern Drag Bike Racing association from Ringold, Ga as we witness what has the be the wildest, most controversial motorcycle drag race we have seen this year when No. 1 qualifier “Harv”…
Kawasaki KZ 1000 Hot Rod Resto Comes to Life
My story of my classic and iconic vintage Japanese motorcycle, a 1977 Kawasaki KZ1000 began when I discovered it as the CHEAPEST KZ I could find on EBay, for the final price of $1,100 back in 2001. The ad said…
Most Incredible Top Fuel Motorcycle Thrash
This is by far the most complex Top Fuel Motorcycle motor rebuild we have ever seen at the drag races as nearly every component is out of Rikard Gustafson’s nitro drag bike engine, following a an engine explosion that damaged…
World’s Fastest GS Street Bike Gets Another Stage of Nitrous
The world’s quickest and fastest nitrous street bike is about to get more power as an absolutely insane THIRD stage of nitrous will be added to this popular Pro Street old school Suzuki GS that smashed motorcycle drag racing street…
PDRA Welcomes Limited Spectators to Carolina Showdown at Darlington Dragway
After a number of long discussions with state and local government officials, the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) and Darlington Dragway officials announced today the series will be able to welcome spectators to the Carolina Showdown presented by ProCharger, June…
PMRA Race Cancelled at Thunder Valley
First the bad news: Professional Motorcycle Racers Association (PMRA) has decided to cancel it’s first race of the season, originally scheduled June 21 at Thunder Valley Raceway Park in Noble, Oklahoma. Repercussions from a different race canceled by the…
NHRA Releases Revised Top Fuel Harley Schedule
After announcing a revised Mello Yello Drag Racing Series national event schedule yesterday, NHRA officials announced today the schedule for the Mickey Thompson Tires NHRA Top Fuel Harley Series. The revised schedule will consist of 10 total events for the…
Norwalk Cancels Its Season
Bill Bader Jr. of Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio shared the following on social media – While planning what was to be a standout season of racing at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, the Coronavirus hit. Our country…
NHRA Returns With Two Indianapolis Events in July, Updated Schedule
NHRA Drag Racing will return to the world stage in a major way in mid-July, relaunching its Mello Yello Drag Racing Series and associated programs with events on back-to-back weekends at famed Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis. The two events…
Travis Davis Wins Season-Opening PDRA East Coast Nationals
A two-month delay was worth the wait for PDRA’s Travis Davis, as he opened the 2020 Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) season with a victory on his nitrous Suzuki. The Pro Nitrous Motorcycle class had an unusually small field, with…