zMAX Dragway Sets Stage for First Four-Wide Playoff Showdown in History
Fans are getting ready for Countdown to the Championship drag racing like they’ve never seen before as the first-ever NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals roars to life Sept. 19–21 at zMAX Dragway. For…
Longtime Charlotte Motor Speedway President H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler Passes Away
Longtime Charlotte Motor Speedway President and General Manager H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler died peacefully of natural causes yesterday surrounded by loving family. He was 86. A transformative figure in the world of motorsports,…
Rusty Wallace’s Impossible Goal at Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Coverage of the 85th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally 2025 continues as we catch up with NASCAR legend Rusty Wallace as he sets what seems like is an possible goal at his annual charity…
Matt Smith Wins Charlotte, Takes NHRA PSM Points Lead With Two Races to Go
Matt Smith took over the Pro Stock Motorcycle points lead after his third victory of 2018 and 21st of his career after a run of 6.830 at 196.64 on his Elite Motorsports Denso Auto Parts EBR against Chip Ellis at…
Eddie Krawiec Takes Charlotte No. 1 Qualifying Position, 6.90 Bump
Defending Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion Krawiec collected his fourth No. 1 qualifier of 2018 and 43rd of his career with his 6.806 at 197.83 from Friday on his Screamin’ Eagle Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson. Krawiec, who trailed points leader…
Harleys Go 1-2-3 in Opeining Charlotte Qualifying
The Vance and Hines Harley-Davidson team took the provisional top three qualifying spots in the Pro Stock Motorcycle category on day No. 1 at the NHRA Carolina Nationals presented by WIX Filters at zMAX Dragway. Eddie Krawiec raced to the…
Pro Stock Motorcycle Racer L.E. Tonglet Looking to Maintain Points Lead in Charlotte
For the third straight NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship race, there was a different points leader by the end of the event in Pro Stock Motorcycle. After winning last weekend in Dallas, former class champ LE Tonglet hopes…
PDRA Changes Motorcycle Class Rules, Wagner Says Nitrous and Turbo Separate in 2019
All eyes and social media comments have been pointed at the PDRA Pro Extreme Motorcycle class as of late. It’s another episode in dragbike racing’s longstanding, quarrelsome turbo vs. nitrous rivalry. The uproar is in the wake of expert builder…
New Turbo Bike’s 3.91 Ignites PDRA Nitrous vs. Turbo Controversey, Nitrous Team Threatens Boycott
When mentioning the great rivalries of motorcycle drag racing one may think; Kawasaki vs. Suzuki, Harley vs. import, Dave Schultz vs. John Myers; the list goes on. Perhaps the most hotly-debated and reoccurring rivalry over the years has been nitrous…
LE Tonglet Wins Texas, Takes NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Points Lead
In Pro Stock Motorcycle, Tonglet earned his fourth victory of 2018 and 20th of his career with his run of 6.892 at 194.80 to team owner Jerry Savoie’s 6.907 at 193.88 at the AAA Texas NHRA Nationals at Texas Motorplex.…
