Michael Ray Leaves Star Racing?

Star Racing’s George Bryce posted the following on Facebook – “This is a story about some news I received today…” Excerpt from National Dragster by Kevin McKenna:   Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Michael Ray, who is qualified No. 7 in…

Star Racing Taking Dragbike Tune-up Improvements to Norwalk Race

A weekend of experimenting with different tune-ups at the O’Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 NHRA Nationals in Chicago, Ill., has prepared the Star Racing team to come out strong at their next race this weekend July 4-6 in Norwalk, Ohio.…

Star Racing Drivers Show Consistency as Competition Intensifies at Englishtown NHRA Dragbike Race

The Star Racing teammates demonstrated consistency in their driving abilities and motorcycle performance at the Toyota NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) Summernationals race event this past weekend as Michael Ray held his No. 6 position and Chaz Kennedy advanced to…

Ray Races to First Star Racing Semifinal of the Season at Postponed Atlanta NHRA Race

Star Racing drivers Michael Ray and Chaz Kennedy remain in the top ten of the NHRA Mello Yello Series Pro Stock Motorcycle points standings after the team raced to their first semifinal finish of the season and claimed a new…

Star Racing is Excited to Return to Atlanta with New But Familiar Colors

The Star Racing team is getting back into “race mode” with a new but familiar color scheme and engine improvements to their S&S-powered Buell motorcycles just in time to race in their home state of Georgia at this weekend’s Summit…

Star Racing Continues No. 1 Qualifier Pro Stock Motorcycle Sweep

The Star Racing dragbike team has swept No. 1 qualifying in NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle (PSM) so far in the 2014 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series following last weekend’s NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte, N.C. This marks the fifth career…

Consistency and Focus will be key to Star Racing’s Pro Stock Motorcycle Success in Charlotte

The Star Racing team plans to build on the impressive numbers they posted at the March NHRA Mello Yello Series Pro Stock Motorcycle (PSM) season opener at Gainesville as they travel to Charlotte, N.C. this weekend to compete at the…

Star Racing claims No. 1 qualifier, low ET and top speed at 2014 NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle season opener in Gainesville

Star Racing driver Michael Ray set new career best records for himself and new company records for Star Racing as he rocketed to the No. 1 qualifier position at the season opener for the National Hot Rod Association’s (NHRA) Mello…

Star Racing Looks Forward to a Promising 2014 NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Season with Ray and Kennedy

Star Racing is returning strong to the 2014 National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Mello Yello Drag Racing Series with the same two racers that concluded a successful 2013 season for this Pro Stock Motorcycle (PSM) team. No. 2 PSM driver…

Michael Ray Finishes No. 2 in the NHRA Motorcycle Drag Racing Championship

After remaining within the top five Pro Stock Motorcycle competitors for 13 consecutive races of this 16-race season, the Sovereign-Star Racing dragbike team and racer Michael Ray will finish their 2013 season in the No. 2 position of the NHRA…

Sovereign-Star Racing Dragbike Team Looking For Strong Finish

The Sovereign-Star Racing National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Pro Stock Motorcycle team hopes to conclude their 2013 racing season in the No. 2 position in the overall points countdown following the Auto Club NHRA Finals this weekend Nov. 7-10 at…

Ray No. 2 NHRA PSM Points, Kennedy Runs First Dragbike Six

  Sovereign-Star Racing’s Michael Ray moved up to the No. 2 position in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Mello Yello Series Pro Stock Motorcycle overall points standings after advancing to his third semifinal round in a row and claiming…

Sovereign-Star Racing’s Michael Ray qualifies No. 1, Chaz Kennedy has Successful NHRA Debut at Reading, Pa.

  The Sovereign-Star Racing team moved one step closer in the NHRA Mello Yello Series Countdown to the Championship with Michael Ray’s stellar performance that led him to the semifinal round of competition after qualifying No. 1 and setting the…

Sovereign-Star Racing continues Championship run with Ray,

As Sovereign-Star Racing’s  championship contender No. 4 Michael Ray continues to compete for the 2013 NHRA  Mello Yello Series Pro Stock Motorcycle title, he will be joined by 19-year-old  rookie teammate Chaz Kennedy this weekend Oct. 4-6 at the Auto-Plus…

Michael Ray Moves up to No. 4 in the Countdown

Sovereign-Star Racing’s Michael Ray raced to his fifth semifinals appearance of the 2013 season this past weekend at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals and advanced to the No. 4 position in the NHRA Mello Yello Series Pro Stock Motorcycle…

‘Business as usual’ for Sovereign-Star Racing’s Michael Ray

The Sovereign-Star Racing team will continue their championship run in the NHRA Mello Yello Series Pro Stock Motorcycle class this weekend Sept. 27-29 at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals with one less driver than when they started the Countdown…

Strong performance by Sovereign-Star Racing Overshadowed by Second Round Losses at Dallas

  In the second race of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Mello Yello Series Countdown to the Championship, Sovereign-Star Racing drivers No. 5 Michael Ray and No. 6 Scotty Pollacheck competed at the top of the Pro Stock Motorcycle…

Sovereign-Star Racing Teammates at No. 4 and No. 5 in NHRA Countdown after Charlotte Race

 Sovereign-Star Racing teammates Scotty Pollacheck and Michael Ray kicked off the NHRA Mello Yello Series Countdown to the Championship with a competitive performance this past weekend Sept. 13-15 at the Carlyle Tools NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte,…

Competition Heats up as Sovereign-Star Racing Enters Championship Countdown at Charlotte

  Sovereign-Star Racing Pro Stock Motorcycle drivers No. 3 Michael Ray and No. 6 Scotty Pollacheck will begin the NHRA Mello Yello Series Countdown to the Championship this weekend Sept. 13-15 at the Carlyle Tools NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX…

Sovereign-Star Racing teammates enter Countdown in Top 6 after Semifinal Appearance at Indy

  Sovereign-Star Racing driver Scotty Pollacheck advanced to the semifinal round of competition this past weekend at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, Ind., as he and teammate Michael Ray both entered the NHRA Mello…

Sovereign-Star Racing Sets Sights on Winning Rounds at Indy

  After more than a month off for the NHRA Mello Yello Series Pro Stock Motorcycle class, Sovereign-Star Racing drivers Michael Ray and Scotty Pollacheck are ready to hit the track again this weekend Aug. 30 – Sept. 2 for…

Sovereign-Star Racing Team Still in Top 6 After Challenging Western Swing

  The two races of the western swing for the NHRA Mello Yello Series Pro Stock Motorcycle class provided little help for the Sovereign-Star Racing teammates as they tried to gain ground in the points standings before heading into the…

Sovereign-Star Racing Teammates Hold Steady in Points after Tough Mile-High Denver Race

  Sovereign-Star Racing teammates Michael Ray and Scotty Pollacheck remain in the top five overall points standings for the NHRA Mello Yello Series Pro Stock Motorcycle class after a difficult weekend at the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals in Denver, Colo.…

Sovereign-Star Racing Battles Unique Mile-High Denver Racing Conditions

  The Sovereign-Star Racing team will have to overcome the unique challenges of this upcoming weekend’s Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals in Denver, Colo., if they are going to continue their streak of success from the past four races of the…

Sovereign-Star Racing Competes for first Norwalk Win

  Coming off of their second win this season in Chicago, Ill., the Sovereign-Star Racing teammates, Michael Ray and Scotty Pollacheck, will race for the team’s first ever win at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, during the Summit Racing…

Michael Ray claims 80th NHRA national event win for Star Racing

  Sovereign-Star Racing’s Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Michael Ray brought home his second win of the season and the third of his career after facing his previous crew chief, Matt Smith, in the final round of the O’Reilly Auto Parts…

Sovereign-Star Racing turns up the competition at Epping

  Following their win at Englishtown, the Sovereign-Star Racing team continued to dominate the competition this past weekend at the inaugural Auto Plus NHRA New England Nationals at New England Dragway and Motorsports Park in Epping, N.H. Michael Ray, the…

Sovereign-Star Racing looking for another Wally at inaugural Epping event

  Sovereign-Star Racing will begin their challenging schedule of five races in only six weeks with the inaugural Auto Plus NHRA New England Nationals this weekend, June 21-23, at New England Dragway and Motorsports Park in Epping, N.H. After the…

Michael Ray wins for Sovereign-Star Racing at Englishtown

 Sovereign-Star Racing’s Michael Ray claimed his second career victory in his first final round appearance of 2013 at the Toyota NHRA Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J., this past weekend. This significant win marks the 79th…

Pollacheck Makes Second Final Round Appearance, Ray Moves to Top Ten

  The O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA SpringNationals this past weekend gave Sovereign-Star Racing’s Scotty Pollacheck his second appearance in a final round of competition and moved teammate Michael Ray up three places in the overall points after he won his…

Sovereign-Star Racing Maintaining Momentum for Houston

  Following their most successful race yet at the Dollar General NHRA Four-Wide Nationals near Charlotte, N.C., the Sovereign-Star Racing team and racers plan to continue their progress toward winning a Wally this weekend at the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA…

Pollacheck Advances to No. 2 in Points, Sets Low ET for Four-Wide

  The Sovereign-Star Racing team turned the unique challenges of the Dollar General NHRA Four-Wide Nationals into huge opportunities as their racer Scotty Pollacheck made his first final round appearance and advanced to No. 2 in the points, while also…

Pollacheck Soars to No. 4 after First Ever Semifinals Appearance in Gainesville

Sovereign-Star Racing’s Scotty Pollacheck celebrated the first semifinal round appearance of his NHRA career as he drove to the No. 4 spot in the Pro Stock Motorcycle points standings this past weekend at the Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla. “It was…

Sovereign-Star Racing Announces Three Drivers and Suzuki Program for 2013 Season

After a successful 2012 season as a newly-assembled team, the Sovereign-Star Racing partnership announced plans on Jan. 3 to further expand their National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Pro Stock Motorcycle program to include a third racer and a Suzuki motorcycle…

Krawiec Eclipses 200 MPH and Betters NHRA ET Record in Testing, Riders Crash

Two-time NHRA Full Throttle champion, Ed Krawiec, unofficially,  became the first Pro Stock Motorcycle rider to surpass the 200 mph mark with a sensational run of 6.771 at 200.08 in a pre-GatorNationals test session at South Georgia Motorsports Park in…

Ray is Looking for Big Things in 2012

Michael Ray may have not ended the 2011 season on the high note he was looking for, but remains positive heading into 2012 NHRA Full Throttle season. “We ran pretty good first round. We had a tire issue during qualifying…

Ray Ready for Pomona and Beyond to 2012

A first round loss in Vegas did not take away all of Michael Rays confidence heading to Pomona, California for the World Finals. “ I am really optimistic about this weekend. We ran really good in Vegas, all three of…

Disappointing Loss for Ray Who is Already Looking Forward to Pomona

Michael Ray headed into the second to last race of the 2011 NHRA season at Las Vegas with confidence and hoped to go rounds on Sunday. Unfortunately things did not go as planned for this Texas native. “First round did…

Michael Ray Hoping to Shake Up the Countdown

Michael Ray, who we have not seen race since Dallas, has been busy working his day job at Gruene Harley Davidson and is hoping to shake up the countdown in Las Vegas, a track that has been very good to…

Legendary Star Racing Returns with Ray

In a move befitting the NHRA’s 60th anniversary season, a race team that is a cornerstone of the Pro Stock Motorcycle category will be returning to competition as the Star Racing team and team owners George and Jackie Bryce confirmed…

Star Racing and Michael Ray Await Gators

When George and Jackie Bryce of Star Racing called Michael Ray in late September  2010 and asked if  the AHDRA standout would  like to come do some testing,  Michael had to make sure that it wasn’t a prank call.  After…