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New WAR Team Owner Tim Kulungian Unveils New Partner

NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle’s White Alligator Racing (WAR) is making big moves, as the popular team recently changed ownership. Today the team announces Alabama-based Reddy Parts as its first ever primary partner. “Reddy Parts is a resourceful company whose product…

Jim McClure All-Harley World Finals a Fitting Memorial to “Da Judge”

Rockingham Dragway’s Jim McClure All-Harley World Finals presented by MTC Engineering and Law Tigers of North Carolina was—by the estimation of everyone who was there—the biggest Harley-Davidson drag race in decades. Whether you’re counting bikes, entries, records, spectators, impact on…

Biggest Jim McClure All-Harley World Finals Ever on Tap at The Rock

The race that every Harley-Davidson drag racer the world over reveres is set to be bigger than ever this year. For the first time, Rockingham Dragway’s Jim McClure All-Harley World Finals presented by MTC Engineering and Law Tigers of North…

Good Times Return for AMRA at Bowling Green

In all the best ways, the PennGrade1 AMRA DC Jones Memorial Fall Nationals at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky, was like a return to the old days. Full pits, full campgrounds, full bike corrals, great weather, and…

AHDRA Beats Biblically Proportioned Deluge at Cecil County

Lightning flashed overhead as the last finals were run at AHDRA/AMA’s Zipper’s Performance Mid-Atlantic Nitro Showdown at Cecil County Dragway. Bikes and teams lined up for winners circle photos as a solid wall of downpour advanced ominously up the track.…

AHDRA Bringing Nitro Harley Madness Back to Cecil County

You’ve seen them here before and you love them. AHDRA/AMA is bringing their ground-pounding, flame-throwing Nitro Harley-Davidson motorcycle drag racing show back to Cecil County Dragway on September 9-10. The third annual Mid-Atlantic Nitro Showdown will ignite the scenic Rising…

Trick-Tools Racing Featuring Baileigh Industrial for Indy and the NHRA Countdown

Trick-Tools Racing is proud to feature Baileigh Industrial on their White Alligator Racing Pro Stock Motorcycle at the upcoming NHRA U.S. Nationals and throughout the Countdown to One championship. The Manitowoc, Wisconsin-based manufacturer of metal fabrication and woodworking tools is…

AHDRA Nitro Harleys Return to Light Up Milan

AHDRA/AMA Harley-Davidson motorcycle drag racing is bringing their ground-pounding, flame-throwing Nitro Harley show back to Milan Dragway in Milan, Michigan on July 29-30 for the Second Annual Southern Michigan Bikefest.   The men and women of AMA/AHDRA will hustle their…

Pridemore Leads AHDRA Winners at Kuhlne

The AHDRA/AMA All-American motorcycle drag racing series took its first look at the recently upgraded Kuhnle Motorsports Park in Thompson, Ohio, and local hero Jason Pridemore came out on top in the marquee Top Fuel class at the Advanced Sleeve…

AHDRA Bringing Nitro Harleys to Kuhlne

AHDRA/AMA All-American motorcycle drag racing is bringing their thundering, flame-throwing Nitro Harley show to the recently upgraded Kuhnle Motorsports Park in Thompson, Ohio, on June 9-11.   AHDRA’s Top Fuel heroes and gasoline studs will hustle pro and sportsman bikes…

AHDRA Rolls Smoothly at the “New” Rockingham

AHDRA/AMA All-American motorcycle drag racing put the new Rockingham Dragway racing surface to the test on April 28-30 and found it smooth and quick. The new Rockingham owners and staff delivered a first class weekend for both AHDRA’s nitro stars…

AHDRA Thunder Rolling into Rockingham

Rockingham Dragway holds a special place in Nitro Harley history, and with recent renovations, it’s better than ever. AHDRA/AMA All-American motorcycle drag racing is thrilled to be one of the first series to race at the “new” Rockingham on April…

AHDRA Opens Motorcycle Drag Racing Season at North Florida

The AMA/AHDRA All-American motorcycle drag racing series opened the 2023 season with the Don “DJ” Johnson Spring Nationals presented by MTC Engineering at Fountain, Florida’s eighth mile North Florida Motorplex. While all gasoline classes ran to completion, Top Fuel and…

AMA/AHDRA Nitro Harley Drags Returning to North Florida

AMA/AHDRA All-American motorcycle drag racing returns to Fountain’s North Florida Motorplex on March 17-19 to open their 2023 season. That means thundering, ground-pounding, flame-throwing, nitro Harleys will thaw out the panhandle and wake the locals from their winter slumber with the…

AMA and AHDRA Announce 2023 Partnership

The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and the All Harley Drag Race Association (AHDRA) are proud to announce their partnership for 2023. The AMA will return to drag racingon a national scale after a long hiatus, sanctioning the national drag racing…

Telling the Trick-Tools Story with NHRA and White Alligator Racing

Iowa-based metal fabrication tool specialists Trick-Tools is looking to NHRA, Pro Stock Motorcycle, White Alligator Racing (WAR), and rookie rider Chase Van Sant to spread the word about their business. “We are super-excited to race the 2023 season with Trick-Tools…

AHDRA Increasing Hawaya Racing Pro Fuel Purse

The AHDRA All-American motorcycle drag racing series is proud to announce an increase in the guaranteed winner’s purse from $1600.00 to $2000.00 per event for the Hawaya Racing Pro Fuel class for the 2023 race season. “Big thanks to Johnny…

AHDRA Bringing American Motorcycle Drag Racing Championship Fight to Gainesville

The AHDRA All-American motorcycle drag racing, nitro and gasoline road show is returning to bookend it’s 2022 season at fabulous Gainesville Raceway on November 11-13, 2022. The AHDRA Nitro World Finals presented by MTC Engineering will decide champions in all…

Kile Leads AHDRA Winners at Fabulous North Florida

North Florida Motorplex is an all-concrete, drag racing gem set in the Panhandle’s sandy plains. The Kurt Johnson/Total Venue Concepts-ground eighth mile is baby’s bottom smooth, with a shutdown area smoother than many race tracks. Open air party decks sit…

AHDRA Nitro V-Twins Heating Up North Florida

AHDRA All-American motorcycle drag racing will break the recent cold snap, bringing their thundering, ground-pounding, flame-throwing, nitro V-twin show to Fountain’s North Florida Motorplex on October 21-23 for the Coca-Cola Southeastern Thunder Nationals. You’ve seen them on the NHRA highlight…

Jimmy Mac Shines at Great AHDRA Weekend at Cecil County

In the minds or racers and spectators alike, Maryland’s Cecil County Dragway is establishing itself as THE premier stop on the AHDRA All-American motorcycle drag racing circuit. Its smooth and expertly glued and rotated track holds Top Fuel torque and…

Nitro Top Fuel Harley Party Returns to Cecil County

Anyone who attended last year’s AHDRA All-American motorcycle drag racing series stop at Cecil County Dragway knows that this is one explosive motorsports event. Nothing beats the violent thrust of a big Top Fuel nitro V-Twin engine, and this is…

Kile Leads Milan Dragway AHDRA Winners

AHDRA All-American motorcycle drag racing provided the mid summer thunder with the Southern Michigan Bike Fest at reborn Milan Dragway on July 29-31, and Bad Apple Racing’s Tracy Kile thundered the longest. Top Fuel winner Kile wasn’t the fastest dog…

NHDRO Motorcycle Action Coming Back to Edgewater

Racing so nice they’re doing it twice. The Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series—NHDRO—is coming right down the return road to the head of Edgewater Sports Park’s staging lanes for the Summer Nationals presented by Page Racing on August 5-7.…

AHDRA Nitro Harleys Coming to Milan Dragway

AHDRA All-American motorcycle drag racing is bringing their big-time nitro Harley show to reborn Milan Dragway on July 29-31. The Southern Michigan Bike Fest will see Top Fuel Harleys, Nitro Funnybikes, Pro Fuel, all the gas classes, and even the…

Two out of Three ain’t bad for NHDRO at Edgewater

NHDRO’s three races in one weekend format has the added advantage of completing races despite weather curveballs. While the Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series provided the Edge at Edgewater Sports Park on Friday and Saturday, Sunday rains brought in…

NHDRO’s Three Race Weekend Coming to Edgewater

NHDRO—the Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series—is making racing economical again in 2022 by giving competitors three days of winning at every event. Already racing in your own Midwestern backyard, NHDRO wants to make sure racers get More Big Checks…

Three Races, One Weekend for NHDRO at Dragway 42

Whether it’s Big Money or Big Fun, the Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series—NHDRO—knows how to pile it on. The NHDRO family is kicking off their 2022 season with the Midwest Race Trilogy—three full races over three days at West…

Richard Gadson to Miss Fayetteville, Chip Ellis to Ride 187 Bagger

“Adulting” is finally catching up with Richard Gadson. The busy motorcycle drag racing rider/tuner is one-by-one cutting back on his dragstrip duties to focus on business and family. Last week Gadson announced that Jordan Angelo would be riding the famous,…

AHDRA Remembers “Nitro Santa” with Gainesville Opener

Much like the life of nitro Harley tuner Don “DJ” Johnson, the all-American motorcycle drag race named in his honor ended too soon on April 3rd. Saturday rain shut down qualifying for the AHDRA Don “DJ” Johnson Nitro Spring Nationals…

AHDRA to Remember “Nitro Santa” with Gainesville Opener

Only a legend like the late Don “D.J.” Johnson could bring out the Top Fuel Harley-Davidson community like what is expected at the AHDRA season opener at Gainesville Raceway. Named in honor of the man known worldwide as the “Nitro…

Trick-Tools and White Alligator Racing Partner-Up for Success

Metal fabrication tool and equipment retailing powerhouse Trick-Tools is excited to announce their partnership with Jerry Savoie’s White Alligator Racing (WAR) Pro Stock Motorcycle Team for the 2022 racing season. Trick-Tools made the announcement on social media during the NHRA…

Nitro Grinch Steals Show at Snow Outlaws

Taking a radical new build from completion to the winners’ circle rarely happens right off the bat in motorsports, yet that’s exactly what did happen at the Snow Outlaws Winter Nationals presented by Rice Lake Tourism. A rowdy Wisconsin crowd…

Snow Outlaws Snowmobile Drag Racing Set to Kick It Up

Snow Outlaws—the nation’s hottest snowmobile drag racing series—is set to kick up huge white rooster-tails as the peaceful winter blanket around Rice Lake, Wisconsin, gets seriously disturbed. The Snow Outlaws Winter Nationals presented by Rice Lake Tourism puts treads to…

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…

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…

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…

Locals and Champs Win Big with NHDRO at Norwalk

A field of new names, old familiar faces, and double winners filled the Summit Motorsports Park winners circle as the Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series—NHDRO—completed their first trip to the popular Norwalk, Ohio, track with the Midwest Fall Nationals/World…

AHDRA Nitro V-Twin Thunder Coming to Orangeburg

AHDRA all-American motorcycle drag racing is bringing their thundering Nitro V-Twin show to the home of the Southern Son. The AHDRA Southern Nationals will blister the South Carolina Motorplex in Orangeburg, South Carolina, on September 17-18, and you will not…

NHDRO Racing in Norwalk

The Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series—NHDRO—is making their first trip to the Midwest’s favorite dragstrip—Summit Motorsports Park. The Midwest Fall Nationals/World Finals presented by Liguori Drag Racing marks a sudden finale to NHDRO’s championship points season, and the whole…

Great Winning Weekend for NHDRO Racers at U.S. 131

It was a motorcycle drag racing family reunion as NHDRO set up at beautiful U.S.131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan, for the Mid-Season Nationals presented by Green Bay Anodizing on August 27-29. NHDRO’s Shootout Friday kicked the party off, and…

NHDRO Drag Bikes Returning to U.S.131 Motorsports Park

The park-like beauty of U.S.131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan, will once again be shaken by the sounds of NHDRO, the Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series. The men and women of the NHDRO racing family will trailer in and…

Eddyville’s MotorcycleMania a Field of Success

Promote it and they will come. Only days after the Yankees beat the White Sox at Dyersville’s “Field of Dreams” film set, motorcycle drag racers from 20 states converged on Iowa’s classic eighth mile Eddyville Raceway Park for two full…

How Norwalk Racers Won Big at NHDRO Indy Race

The Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series—NHDRO—held one of it’s biggest races ever with their Summer Nationals presented by Ape Raceparts on July 29 through August 1, 2021 at Lucas Oil Raceway near Indianapolis. Shootouts were spread throughout the large,…

Samson’s Baverstock and Klím Partner for Snowmobile Success

Samson Exhaust President Mike Baverstock doesn’t spend all of his time making your American-made V-Twin sound loud and look pretty, he also spends the winter months drag racing snowmobiles in the Snow Outlaws series Pro Extreme 55 class. And when…

NHDRO Returns to Indy with Multi-Shootout APE Summer Nationals

The Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series—NHDRO—returns home to Lucas Oil Raceway with the NHDRO Summer Nationals presented by APE Raceparts on July 29 through August 1, 2021. Big Money Shootouts will supplement the traditional NHDRO race format, and Mass…

Another Winning Trip East for 187 Custom Cycles

Gridley, California-based V-Twin speed merchants 187 Custom Cycles made another long haul East, and hauled in some hardware for the return trip. First off, rider Victor Gotay beat his 187 teammate Crystal Lynch in the T-Man Performance Bagger Eliminator final…

Bartlett, Balch Victorious, Peerless Peery Wins Third at AHDRA in Ohio

Ryan Peery has found his sweet spot, and winning his third AHDRA all-American motorcycle drag race in as many events while at his home state is sweet indeed. That’s what the Milford, Ohio, based Top Fuel Harley racer did this…

Families Claim Big NHDRO Checks at U.S.131

NHDRO is a family owned and operated business, and when the Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series made its first visit to beautiful U.S.131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan, it was families that topped the results sheets. The Klemme, Schnitz, and…

AHDRA Nitro to Blaze National Trail

Fresh off of AHDRA’s 26-nitro bike extravaganza at Rockingham Dragway, the hardest working, all-American motorcycle drag racing organization in the business is bringing their thundering, ground-pounding, flame-throwing, nitro V-twin show to Ohio’s famed National Trail Raceway on June 19-20. Ryan…

Peery Trumps 26 AHDRA Nitro V-Twins at The Rock

Although he only rode for one, Ryan Peery left North Carolina’s Rockingham Dragway and AHDRA’s Nitro Summer Nationals with two wins. The other win came with rider Chris Smith aboard Peery’s Hawaya Racing Nitro Funnybike. Peery himself rode for the…

NHDRO Brings Big Money Shootout to Michigan

The Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series—NHDRO—is bringing its Big Money show north to beautiful U.S.131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan, onJune 11-13. The Big Index Shootout presented by Vanson Leathers will bring NHDRO’s Big Money concept to index classes—all index classes—as…

AHDRA Nitro Throwdown Gonna Rattle The Rock

Recent AHDRA TKR & Associates Top Fuel winner Tracy Kile will have the chance to show that his nation-leading Nitro Harley performance the weekend before last was real when he meets some serious competition at AHDRA’s Nitro Summer Nationals on…

Kile and AHDRA Lead the Nitro Nation

Top Fuel Harley motorcycles drag raced in at least three locations last weekend—AHDRA at Cecil County Dragway in Rising Sun, Maryland; NHRA at Houston; and AMRA at Dragway 42—and the quickest of all was Tracy Kile’s Bad Apple Racing mount…

Lee and Adams Take NHDRO’s $67,000 Shootout

NHDRO’s Brian and Niki Welch have really perfected their Big Money bracket shootout formula with last weekend’s $67,000 Big Bracket Shootout presented by Liguori Drag Racing at National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio. A no-box ladder and delay box ladder…

NHDRO’s Big Bracket Shootout is $67K Strong

Talk about starting your season with the Super Bowl, NHDRO is going straight to the Olympics with their $67,000 Big Bracket Shootout Season Opener presented by Liguori Drag Racing on May 13-16 at famed National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio.…

AHDRA Opens at the Closing of Atlanta Dragway

The AHDRA All-American motorcycle drag racing series gave Atlanta Dragway a flaming, thundering, nitro Harley send-off, as the AHDRA opened its 2021 campaign at the soon-to-be-razed Commerce, Georgia speed facility on April 17-18, TKR & Associates Top Fuel The biggest…

AHDRA Set to Burn Atlanta Dragway

It’s historic Atlanta Dragway’s last season before being turned into a shopping center or housing development or whatever, and massive fields of thundering, flaming, AHDRA nitro bikes plan to leave little left standing in their wake. More than 20 of…

Hawaya Backing AHDRA Pro Fuel and Nitro Funnybike

AHDRA Pro Fuel racers will have some extra financial security this year, and Nitro Funnybike racers will have a class sponsor—all courtesy of Johnny Vickers and Hawaya Racing. Pro Fuel (formerly called Pro Dragster) racers will know before their trailers…

Vreeland Reflects on AHDRA Top Fuel Championship

“When I got my first AHDRA license in 1992, I never dreamed I would be Top Fuel champion 28 years later!” said Pennsylvania Harley-Davidson dealer and Top Fuel Motorcycle pilot, Rich Vreeland. At that time, Vreeland and his brother Ray…

AHDRA Gainesville Spectacular Finishes Off 2020

When Bill Rowe purchased the assets of the inert AHDRA All-American motorcycle drag racing series late in 2019, the challenges before him and his family staff were daunting enough. But when 2020 came along and the event landscape went haywire,…

AHDRA Nitro Keeping the Florida Autumn Blazing Hot!

All-American motorcycle drag racing series AHDRA is keeping it hot with some serious action in the Sunshine State. October 17-18 saw AHDRA’s MTC Engineering Sunshine Nationals at Florida’s Orlando Speed World, which will be followed up by the MTC Engineering…

AHDRA Bringing Nitro to Orlando

AHDRA is bringing all-American motorcycle drag racing and the smell and fury of nitro to Florida’s Orlando Speed World with their MTC Engineering Sunshine Nationals on October 17-18.     That follows up a successful weekend of V-twin drag racing…

Big Payback Caps Off Short-but-Awesome NHDRO Season

NHDRO’s 2020 season was short on events but huge on Big Money payouts. The Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series finished off this strange year with the CC Powersports NHDRO World Finals and Big Payback on at October 2-4 at…

Malloy and Winters lead AHDRA Harley Drag Racing Numidia Winners

The revived AHDRA all-American motorcycle drag racing series thundered into the bucolic countryside of Numidia, Pennsylvania this past weekend, August 29-30, for the Numidia Nitro presented by Vreeland’s Harley-Davidson. Delaware legend Bob “Opie” Malloy led pro class winners, while Illinois…

Turner, Beland and AHDRA Beat the Heat at The Rock

The new AHDRA all-American motorcycle drag racing series returned to its former North Carolina home this past weekend for the Nitro Spring Nationals, presented by Cox Double Eagle Harley-Davidson. And when the nitro smoke had cleared and the thunder receded…

Hall of Famer Hagadorn Cashes NHDRO’s Biggest Check

It was a straight-up bracket hustler’s convention. The most dangerous motorcycle bracket racers in the nation converged on Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Indiana, for the $62,000 BB Racing Bracket Shootout—the biggest-ever payout in motorcycle drag racing history. It was…

AHDRA Nitro Headed to The Rock

AHDRA brings thrilling, all-American motorcycle drag racing to the spiritual home of nitro Harley—North Carolina’s fabled Rockingham Dragway—with the Nitro Spring Nationals, presented by Cox Double Eagle Harley-Davidson.   Clearly, this race has been delayed from its original spring date…

$110,000 BIG Money, BIG Weekend for NHDRO at Indy

With over $110,000 in payout—including the $62,000 BB Racing Bracket Shootout on Saturday—and two full races on tap, NHDRO’s Big Show brings the Midwest’s biggest motorcycle action to drag racing’s best track—Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Indiana.   The four-days…

How Flyin’ Ryan Outraced Indy Field for First Win

Clearly, no National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Pro Stock Motorcycle (PSM) team spent the COVID19 delay better than “Flyin’ Ryan” Oehler and his small, independent team. His B&K Cylinder Heads EBR hit the ground at Lucas Oil Raceway near Indianapolis…

AHDRA Fires Off First Race of New Era

The long-awaited return of the beloved AHDRA American motorcycle drag racing series lit up Illinois’ Cordova International Raceway on the most American of days—July 4. Pennsylvania Harley-Davidson dealer Rich Vreeland had the honor of taking the new AHDRA’s first Top…

Eperjesi Headlines PMRA Tulsa Results

Professional Motorcycle Racers Association (PMRA) ran its first race of 2020—and its first under new director Shannon Mendenhall—this past Saturday, June 27, at hot and windy Tulsa Raceway in Oklahoma. And right at the hit, Shane “Showboat” Eperjesi set the…

NHDRO Postpones to One BIG Weekend

Although NHDRO’s Mid-Season Sizzle at Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Indiana, this past weekend turned out to be more Drizzle than Sizzle, postponing it to a two-race, four-day weekend on July 30-August 2 creates a full-on hurricane of motorcycle drag…

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…

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…

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…

AHDRA Harley Drag Racing Schedule, Sponsors Coming Together

Drag racers of American-made V-Twin motorcycles collectively rejoiced two months ago when news broke that beloved racing organization AHDRA was firing back up and heading to the racetrack. Now AHDRA is announcing a complete schedule and class line-up, showing the…

Arnold, Deck and Lee are Big NHDRO Drag Bike Racing Winners

Doubling up wins on an NHDRO race weekend is a big enough achievement, but doubling up AND securing a championship at the Midwest’s largest all-motorcycle drag racing series is something else all together! But three of the world’s toughest sportsman…

AHDRA Back on Track in 2020

There’s good news for drag racers of American-made V-Twin motorcycles. The AHDRA (All Harley Drag Racing Association) has been purchased by Pulse Marketing, the Pennsylvania-based motorsports promotion company run by veteran drag racer Bill Rowe Jr. and family. AHDRA was…

Samson Backed Tii Tharpe Wins Second Consecutive Nitro Harley Championship

It was déja vu all over again for NHRA Top Fuel Harley (TFH) champion Tii Tharpe, as he was once again racing down to the wire with last year’s championship rival Doug Vancil at the U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil…

Red Hot Nitro Racer Tii Tharpe Wins Third Consecutive Thunder Valley Nationals

Two NHRA Top Fuel Harley wins in eight days is a damn good result for defending champion rider Tii Thape, associate sponsor Samson Exhaust, and the Jay Turner Racing team. Maybe an even more impressive result is that Tharpe’s win…

Rebound Stories Headline at NHDRO Drag Bike Racing in Morocco

Two sportsman racers that suffered recent, heavy setbacks collected big wins at NHDRO’s May Bike Fest as the Midwest’s largest all-motorcycle drag racing series spiced up Dragway 41 in Morocco, Indiana.   Ohio racer Jeremy England usually trailers two bikes…

John Hall Racing with White Alligator in Virginia

For the last few years, 2016 NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle (PSM) champ Jerry Savoie has talked about reducing his schedule. The busy alligator farmer is finally going to do it, and 2013 U.S. Nationals winner John Hall will be the…

AMRA Brings Nitro Harleys to Orlando

The thunder around Orlando this weekend will not be storms in the air, but instead the rolling nitro Harley thunder of American Motorcycle Racing Association (AMRA) drag racing. The nation’s premier all-American motorcycle drag racing organization is bringing their high-speed,…

NHDRO Brings the Drag Bike Action Back North

NHDRO’s Florida vacation is now a memory as the Midwest’s largest all-motorcycle drag racing series returns north with the spring sun on May 17-19 to their heartland base at fabled Dragway 41 in Morocco, Indiana. Will the NHDRO regulars who…

Winning Start to 2019 for Dave Vantine Top Fuel Motorcycle Nitrosports

Just like last year, David Vantine and his screaming yellow Vantine Nitrosports bike have started off 2019 undefeated with the Top Fuel win at the Manufacturers Cup Spring Cup at South Georgia Motorsports Park near Valdosta. But the winning weekend…

NHDRO Opener in Gainesville Featured Tough Dragbike Bracket Racing Field

“This is the toughest bracket field—ever!” Dan Rudd said. The long-time racer and owner of Motorcycle Performance Specialties (MPS) was on his way to the Buy Back window on Saturday morning so he could take another licking. “Whoever wins this…

NHDRO Brings Drag Bikes Back to Gainesville!

Only weeks after record-setting runs at the NHRA Gatornationals, NHDRO opens their 2019 season on the world’s newest, best racing surface at Gainesville Raceway on April 12-14. The sea level, all-concrete, quarter mile in North Florida will get a rare…

Ryan Oehler and his EBR are Trimmed for the NHRA Gatornationals

National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Pro Stock Motorcycle (PSM) racer “Flyin’ Ryan” Oehler kicks off his sophomore season at the Amalie Motor Oil Gatornationals, and he can’t freakin’ wait! The Illinois-based racer is ready for Gainesville Raceway’s Florida weather with…

Racers Take the Tree at Kuwait Motor Town

The drag racing-crazed nation of Kuwait finally saw the opening of its long awaited new dragstrip at Kuwait Motor Town last week, and the result was an over-the-top festival of big horsepower and good times. Fans overfilled the temporary bleachers…

Samson Exhaust Helping Power NHRA Top Fuel Harley Champ Tii Tharpe

When two skilled American manufacturing companies join forces, success is likely to follow. And even better when one of those companies is run by the NHRA Top Fuel Harley champion. Tii Thape is making room on his Spevco-sponsored mount for…

Big Money, Great Champions at NHDRO Dragbike Racing Finals

The tree finally came down on NHDRO’s twice rain-delayed CC Powersports World Finals on October 19-21 at Ohio Valley Dragway near Louisville, Kentucky. When the final stripe was taken, it was Fast Times Motorsports’ Jeff Jones who took home some…

Full Story Behind Tii Tharpe’s Top Fuel Harley Championship

Drama was served up in spades as the 2018 Top Fuel Harley championship was decided between Doug Vancil and Spevco-sponsored Tii Tharpe in a final round run-off for at the National Hot Rod Association’s U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway…

Lee, Damewood Take NHDRO Big Money Home from Indy

Big Money payouts continue to flow from the Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series—NHDRO—into the hands of winning racers. This past weekend it was the bracket racers’ turn during the APE Summer Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway near Indianapolis, Indiana.…

NHDRO Brings Big Money Back to Indy for APE Summer Nationals

NHDRO comes back home to Lucas Oil Raceway near Indianapolis in Big Style on August 3-5, paying Big Money to bracket racers. The APE Summer Nationals continues NHDRO’s tradition of shining their Big Money spotlight on selected classes at nearly…

NHDRO Reschedules Louisville Race to September 7-9

NHDRO is rescheduling an event for the first time in the history of the Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing organization. A forecast heavy with rain has forced the postponement of the CC Powersports NHDRO Mid Season Nationals—originally scheduled for this…

4.60 Dragbike Racing Gets NHDRO’s Big Money Treatment at The ‘Ville

NHDRO likes to go Big—racing at Big Tracks, getting Big Media attention, awarding Big Checks, and singling out one class for Big Money at nearly every event. So with the Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series coming to their smallest…

Rain Nips NHDRO at the Stripe in Ohio

A massive oildown delayed the finish of NHDRO’s Liguori Drag Racing May Bike Fest right into a line of advancing thunderstorms that washed out the last few pairs of competition. It was a dramatic ending to an otherwise beautiful weekend…

Midwest May-nia for NHDRO Dragbike Racing at Dragway 42

The Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series—NHDRO—returns to its heartland base May 4-6 for the Liguori Drag Racing May Bike Fest at Dragway 42 in West Salem, Ohio. It’s the first time that NHDRO has raced at the historic, newly…