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…
Shigematsu Has Career Best Event in St. Louis
Veteran Nitro Harley racer Takeshi Shigematsu of Ehime, Japan, assembled a career-best outing at the AHDRA Rendez-Vous Nationals from St. Louis, MO, April 19-20. Here Shigematsu won the Pro Fuel category and finished runner-up in Top Fuel, while resetting a…
McBride Eyeing Memphis Milestone
The bar has been set. And rather high it is. Larry “Spiderman” McBride, eight-time Top Fuel Motorcycle champion, aims to rewrite the record books yet again at the AMA Dragbike Spring Nationals from Memphis, Tenn. May 3-4. Here McBride will…
Ian King Among New Puma Engineering Management
ragbike engine manufacturer Puma Engineering is to pass into new management under an agreement brokered between Puma Engineering founder Pete Davies, Gerard Willemse and Ian King. The primary assets and intellectual property rights will transfer to Amersfoort, Holland based company…
Playthings Racing Atlanta Team Report
Fresh off the stunning debut of the Playthings Racing, Exoticycle prepped GSXR 1000 Turbo in Valdosta a month ago, Nick and Johnny are ready for Round 2 in Atlanta, but Atlanta is not ready for AMA Dragbike, rain Saturday and…
Moore Wins Pro Drag at Arizona Bike Week Nationals
The Screamin’ Eagle Performance Parts Arizona Bike Week Nationals were held Saturday and Sunday, March 29th & 30th, at the Speedworld Dragstrip in Wittmann, Arizona. Rick Moore competed in AHDRA’s Pro-Drag and Pro-Fuel classes at this event. After three rounds…
Steve Johnson Picks up Win in Houston
Snap-on Tools Suzuki Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Steve Johnson of Irondale, Ala., “can’t wait for this month to be over. Bring on April!” he said after scoring a quarter final round finish at the NHRA O’Reilly Spring Nationals at Houston…
Norris Runs 6.92 Record at Rain-Postponed MIROCK Opener
The Honda-Suzuki of Sanford Spring Bike Open, first event in the 2008 Mickey Thompson Performance Tires MiRock Superbike Series, was rained out Sunday at Rockingham Dragway and re-scheduled for completion May 2-4 during the FBR Shop Nationals at the same…
