How 72 Year Old Paul Gast Whips the Competition

Clearly when it comes to the high speed acceleration, glory and fails of nitrous motorcycle drag racing, age is merely just a number. If you don’t believe that look no further than Pro Mod drag bike Paul Gast of “Fast…

Chris Hand Top Fuel Motorcycle Man Cup Finals Blog

Dick Boxell, crewman for Chris Hand’s “Redneck Express” Top Fuel Motorcycle passed along the following team blog from the Man Cup Finals from South Georgia Motorsports Park, Nov. 19-21 Back to ¼ mile racing ! The crew for this race…

Top Fuel Motorcycle Gone Wrong!

It’s the thrilling final round of the Top Fuel Motorcycle drag racing season and you won’t believe what goes wrong as the best Top Fuel Nitro Import and Harley racers battle at NHRA’s South Georgia Motorsports Park. In this video…

MTC’s New Air Assist Clutch Explained

Here Eric Hochstetler of MTC Engineering explains the new Gen 2 air assist clucth that is helping many racers reach new heights. There are more videos on the Cycledrag Youtube channel (please subscribe here) and the Cycledrag.com Facebook page (Please…

The Unmistakable Sound of the World’s Fastest Turbo Bikes

Enjoy the incredible sounds of the world’s most powerful and fastest turbo charged motorcycles from South Georgia Motorsports Park at the Man Cup Motorcycle drag racing finals. In this video we will show you the world record holding turbo Hayabusa…

7 Hours of Man Cup Finals Live Coverage

It’s the popular Man Cup motorcycle drag racing Finals as Top Fuel Motorcycle kicks off this opening round of qualifying followed by the turbo Hayabusa drag bikes of Pro Open, Nitrous Pro Mod Motorcycles, Wild ZX14R, ZX10r, GSXR 1000 and…

How Matt Smith won NHRA Championship No. 5

Join us for the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle behind the scenes tour of one of the most thrilling days the motorcycle drag racing class has ever seen as the great John Force tried to pick who will win the Pro…

Top Fuel Harley Season Concludes in Dramatic Fashion

Enjoy Top Fuel Harley explosions, track records and raw horsepower as the All Harley Drag Racing Association brings its season to a close at Gainesville Raceway for the much anticipated World Finals. We will see motorcycle drag racing fails and…

Watch Andy Simon Shatter Harley Bagger World Record

The great Andy Simon did it again, this time crushing the Harley Davidson Street Bagger drag racing world record with a stunning pass of 7.70 at the All Harley Drag Racing World Finals From Gainesville raceway! Enjoy the sound and…

Richard Gadson Going Bagger Racing with 187 Custom Cycles

Superstar rider/tuner Richard Gadson is well-known for his success in the sportbike drag and grudge racing world. Now Gadson is going Bagger drag racing in a big way with Live Oak, California-based V-Twin speed merchants 187 Custom Cycles. “I would…

Motorsports Legend Colbert Seagraves And His Love of Dragbike Racing

Marketing expert Colbert Seagraves has one of the most remarkable resumes in all of motorsports. From his families rich history, to his breakthrough success marketing the AHDRA under Craig Tharpe, to his NHRA championship season to his current involvement with…

The Pioneers of Pro Stock Motorcycle: 1973-2000 – Part 2

Motorcycle drag racing journalist John Stein is back with his multi-part series dedicated to the Pro Stock Motorcycle class. Click here, if you have not checked out Part 1 yet. It’s great reading. Bob Carpenter In many ways Bob Carpenter…

The Birth of Pro Stock Motorcycle: Part 1

Although not the fastest or loudest or flashiest form of motorcycle drag racing, Pro Stock Motorcycle has nevertheless become synonymous with the sport. News organizations as prestigious as the “New York Times” cover it, and companies as large Fortune 500…

Top Bike Joins New Australian Top Fuel Championship

Australia’s leading Top Fuel Bike teams NITRO VOODOO and ZAHRA RACING have announced they are joining the Australian Top Fuel Championship. This is great news for race fans who enjoy the thrill of two-wheel nitro action. Today’s announcement is the…

Top Fuel Harley Gets Six NHRA Races in 2022

Top Fuel Harley will have the first of six scheduled events in 2022 at Gainesville, concluding its season in Dallas. Top Fuel Harley will also race at zMAX Dragway in the spring, Richmond, Bristol and Indy before the last race…

2022 NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Schedule

The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) today released the category schedule for all classes of racing at NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series events in 2022. The 2022 season opens on Feb. 17-20 with the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented…

Weather Stages Spectacular One-Day AHDRA Finals

The 2021 AHDRA all-American Motorcycle Nitro World Finals at Gainesville Raceway began in a Florida equivalent of a blizzard—high winds, pouring rain, and temperatures in the 40s. Friday’s testing and Saturday’s qualifying were completely wiped out. But Florida got back…

NHRA 24/7 Channel Coming

 NHRA championship drag racing fans now have access to exclusive NHRA programming for free on a dedicated 24/7 channel.   Available now on 10 streaming platforms and services, the NHRA channel launched Monday, November 15 on Tubi, FOX Entertainment’s free…

Matt Smith Wins 5th NHRA Championship at Wild Season Finale

Steve Torrence, Greg Anderson and Matt Smith all wrapped up their championship seasons in impressive fashion, racing to a world title and the event victory on Sunday at the season finale, the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway…

Karen Stoffer Flips The Script For Championship Sunday

One of my most respected sports journalist mentors was once asked, “who do you root for?” “The story,” was his astute reply. He’d appreciate what happened in the final qualifying session of the NHRA Finals from the Pomona, Ca. Fairplex. …

Steve Johnson Eager for the Biggest Weekend of His Career

Competing for a world championship at the final race of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season is a new experience for Steve Johnson, but the Pro Stock Motorcycle veteran is embracing the opportunity heading into this weekend’s Auto…

Jianna Salinas and Jimmy Underdahl to Join Matt Smith Racing in 2022, Pollacheck to Depart

We have not even crowned a 2021 champion yet and the silly season has already begun in Pro Stock Motorcycle. After much positive discussion this season and in Las Vegas, rising female talent Jianna Salinas and her teammate Jimmy Underdahl…

Royce Miller Enters Agreement to Reacquire Maryland International Raceway

The Miller family owned and operated Maryland International Raceway for 25 years, from 1990 to 2014 and then sold the facility to IRG Sports & Entertainment in 2015. Royce stayed on with IRG for the last seven years as the…

Major Announcement on the Future of Harley Bagger Drag Racing

If you are competitor, builder or fan in the Harley Bagger drag racing world check out what Andy Simon Jr, Paul Watson of Lumbee Racing and Bill Rowe of the AHDRA announced in the media suite at Gainesville Raceway. There…

SEMA 2021 – Everything You Need to See

Join us for a VIP behind the scenes look at the 2021 SEMA Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center. We speak with Motorsports announcers Ralph Sheheen and Joe Castello about what makes SEMA so special, talk to NHRA Pro…

Harley Pan America Review

As of late Harley Davison has taken some big departures from the norm to held aid slowing motorcycle sales, i.e. the electric Harley Livewire that never seemed to catch on. In this video we explain why Harley got it right…

Sportsman Summit National Championship

It’s an old school Kawasaki KZ drag bike vs. a stretched Suzuki Hayabusa for the NHRA Summit Sportsman drag racing championship from the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The toughest racers in the country are ready to battle for…

VIP Inside Access to Pro Stock Motorcycle in Vegas

No NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racer has been in the class longer than Steve Johnson and never before has he been in the championship chase at the end of the season. Matt Smith, Angelle Sampey and Johnson entered the NHRA…

George Bryce’s Harley-Davidson “Buck” Runs 9s

This “Buck Wild” Motorcycle drag race from Silver Dollar Motorsports Park has it all – New Builds, All Motor Harley Bagger World Records, Turbo Harley records, Chopper Man drag racing for a title, Hayabusa vs ZX14R, GSXR 1000 vs turbo…

NHRA Racers Dress Up For Halloween

The NHRA Las Vegas Race over Halloween weekend is always a special one, especially for Pro Stock Motorcycle racers who dress up in Halloween costumes for the final qualifying session. Angelle Sampey, Matt Smith and other top motorcycle racers dress…

Milestone Weekend For Cycledrag

This weekend’s AHDRA race at Gainesville Raceway, back where it all began, marks a special milestone for Cycledrag. It’s exactly 20 years since I announced my first drag race.     AMA Pro Star President “Scooter” Keith Kizer agreed to…

It Comes Down to This: AHDRA at Gainesville

The AHDRA World Nitro Nationals are set to rotate the earth of north Florida, as the all-American motorcycle drag racing series takes over Gainesville Raceway on November 5-7. National champions will be decided and rewarded at this final 2021 stop…