Jasmine Salinas Heads to IHRA After Strong U.S.Nationals Semifinal Comeback
After 139 days out of her Scrappers Racing/Valley Services dragster, Top Fuel driver Jasmine Salinas made her return to the cockpit last weekend at the NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis. The Scrappers…
NHRA Poised to Host First 4-Wide Playoff Race
For the first time, the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship playoffs will feature a four-wide race, when one of the most unique spectacles in motorsports comes to…
Why NHRA is in Trouble
In this video we discuss what appears to be a rapid decline in NHRA Drag Racing Live attendance, particularly at the series’ biggest race of the year, the NHRA US Nationals. We…
Slowe Taking Charge in Orient Express Pro Street
Perennial Orient Express Pro Street champ Mike Slowe has started winning on his new ride, and the rest of the class is in deep trouble. Slowe and PTR Racing builder/tuner Anthony Navarro have the class’s smallest bike hooked up and…
Teasley and Adams Performance in the CrosshairsTeasley and Adams Performance in the Crosshairs
Jeremy Teasley and his Adams Performance/RS Motorsports Kawasaki ZX14 are a runaway train, and the MiRock Superbike Series is targeting the 19 year-old rider with an escalating bounty. The bounty is open to anyone outside of the Adams Performance/RS Motorsports…
What’s Ailing the World’s Quickest Motorcycle?
What’s wrong with the world’s quickest motorcycle? That’s the question Top Fuel Motorcycle legend Larry “Spiderman” McBride and his crew chief/brother Steve have been trying to answer for over a year. McBride’s AMA Dragbike record-holding (5.79, 245 mph) motorcycle hasn’t…
McBride Wins Opener, Aims for 5.60s in 2010
Experts agree fine wine gets better with age. Clearly the career of legendary Top Fuel Motorcycle racer Larry “Spiderman” McBride also gets better as time goes by. McBride began his 32nd season of competition with a commanding and consistent performance…
Resourceful Phillips Finds Success on His Own
It has been said that Pro Stock Motorcycle veteran racer Michael Phillips does the most with the least. The resourceful privateer further established that reputation by assembling arguably the greatest season of his career in 2009. Phillips’ success often requires…
Big Tire ZX-14
Recently the Cycledrag.com cameras caught a few images of a very impressive, tricked-out Kawasaki ZX-14, sitting on a monster 360 rear tire. As most in attendance were saying while gazing on, wow.
Steve Johnson’s First Win – 18 Years in the Making
Steve Johnson sacrificed everything for 18 years to achieve a dream 2004 was the year of broken curses for the Boston Red Sox and Steve Johnson. The Sox won its first World Series title in 86 years and Johnson took…
