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MIROCK Summer Showdown Photo Gallery

The 2008 MIROCK Summer Showdown was by far one of the hottest races of the season, with temperatures hovering around 100-degrees throughout the weekend. Enjoy some photos of the equally hot racing action on the track.

AHDRA - Desert Dawgs Maryland Blog
King Racing Sets UK Record
MIROCK - Summer Showdown Gallery No.2
MIROCK - Summer Showdown Gallery No.3
MIROCK - Summer Showdown Gallery No.4
MIROCK - Summer Showdown Gallery No.5
NHRA - Challenging Norwalk Has Stoffer Looking to Denver
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McBride Racing Through Rough Economy                    

Eight-time Top Fuel Motorcycle champion Larry "Spiderman" McBride has battled his share of adversity throughout his storied and world record-setting career.  But never before has the Spiderman experienced a more difficult time to compete than amid the harsh economy and soaring fuel costs of 2008. 

NHRA - Saddened Stoffer Looks to Solidify Top Ten Rank
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How High Are Gas Prices?
AHDRA -
Ohio Bike Week Preview

AMA DRAGBIKE - Gears Up For Summer Nationals
NHRA - Rivas Records Career First Victory
NHRA - Sensor Advances to Semis in Chicago
NHRA - Matt Smith's Bike Fails Him in Chicago
NHRA - Steve Johnson Trying Too Hard?
NHRA - Ellis Exits in First Round For First Time in 2008
AHDRA - Verl Smith Racing for Vets Show
PMRA- May Race Results
AHDRA - Names 2008 Banquet Location
Kawasaki KZ Motocrosser?

MIROCK -Grudge Bike Video Mix
Australia's Upton in Pursuit of World Record

For Top Fuel Motorcycle fans there is no mistaking the one-of-a-kind record setting machine of Australian nitro racer Jay Upton.  With an aerodynamic full fiberglass body, which even covers the front tire, Upton recorded the quickest dragbike pass in Australia with a 6.19 at 219 mph.  Now, the fearless Aussie wants more.

AHDRA -
Grimes Makes AHDRA Atlanta Show
AHDRA - Atlanta Final Round Results
NHRA - New Karen Stoffer Clothing

AHDRA - Lonestar Nationals Event Recap
Foo Fighters to Play at Harleys 105th Anniversary
STCA - Noonan Continues Land Speed Dominance
AMA DRAGBIKE -
Introduces Factory Extreme
MIROCK - True Street Rule Revision

AHDRA -
Tak Shigematsu's Record Breaking Weekend in St. Louis

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MIROCK Spring Bike Classic Photos

Maryland International Raceway was flooded with hundreds of beautiful high performance motorcycles at the Spring Bike Classic.  The Cycledrag.com cameras caught some of the action before Mother Nature's flood halted the festivities on Sunday 

MIROCK -  Spring Bike Classic True Street Gallery
MIROCK - MIR Spring Bike Classic Coverage
Two Wheel Tuner to Feature Drag Racing in July

Antron Brown Makes Drag Racing History

Antron Brown made history at Houston Raceway Park as the 32-year-old raced his Matco Tools dragster to the win at the 21st annual O’Reilly Spring Nationals. He becomes the first driver in NHRA history to earn wins in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle.

 

Rudd Reinforces Renaissance 

Veteran motorcycle drag racer and owner of MPS, Dan Rudd is the latest of a host of successful riders to prove there may be no match for new technology.  Rudd rode his state-of-the art Hayabusa-motored dragbike to a win in Pro ET at the AMA Dragbike Bikeweek Nationals in Valdosta, Ga.

Drag Racing Mourns Loss of Bubba Barnes

McBride Runs Quickest Ever

 Larry "Spiderman" McBride recorded the quickest dragbike run of all-time with a jaw-dropping 5.79 to defeat Tom Perry in the finals of the AMA Dragbike B&B Nationals from Valdosta, Ga.


Flashback - McBride Breaks Record in VA
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Meet the AHDRA Champions

The road to the AHDRA championship certainly wasn't an easy one.  The nation's premier V-Twin dragbike racers vied for their category's coveted No. 1 plate by enduring AHDRA's ultra-competitive, nine-month, 14-race season. 
                                                     


Up to Speed on Eventful Off-Season With George Bryce

Teams have released riders, hired new ones, and along the way past champions have been reunited. For answers we turn to a man who has been involved in nearly every major off-season announcement and always seems to be in the know when it comes to NHRA dragbike racing, George Bryce. 
 

                        

Hogan Reacts to Most Successful Season

Top Fuel Motorcycle racer Korry Hogan has accomplished a lot in his short drag racing career.  The 30-year-old rider was named AMA/Prostar Rookie of the Year in 2003 and won back-to-back Funny Bike championships in 2004 and 2005.   However, thanks to a victory over a living legend, Hogan points to 2007 as his greatest year thus far. 
 



Big-Bore Factory Sportbike War Escalates

Can't decide between the Hayabusa and the ZX-14?  The choice may be harder than you think. In this article Brock Davidson weighs-in on the raging battle for supremacy between Kawasaki and Suzuki.


Brock Runs 200 mph on New Busa

MIROCK -
 2008 Schedule

Prostar -
Steve McBride - "Brantley Had 5.77 Power"

Prostar - McBride Ends Season Victorious With Record Speed
NHRA - Stoffer Finishes in Top Ten Again

Two-Cycle Dream Becomes Reality

Two-cycle enthusiast Bill Baxter, 52, of Dallas, TX, has spent most of his life trying to build the world's quickest naturally aspirated Kawasaki H2-750.  On September 30th, 2007 Baxter and rider Joe Bird accomplished the feat recording a stellar 8.33, snapping a 22-year old record. 
 


        

Prostar US Nationals Photo Highlights Vol. 2

When the helmets are on and the motorcycles come to life fearless Top Fuel riders Larry "Spiderman" McBride and Korry Hogan are bitter rivals. Any other time the two are the best of buddies and share a tremendous amount of mutual respect for one another. 



Prostar US Nationals Photo Highlights Vol. 1
Tribute to Top Fuel Motorcycle Veteran Carl Ahlfeldt

Flashback - Webb and Ahlfeldt Run Career Best 6.04
MIROCK - Marion Ford Wins First Ever All-Atak Race
Flashback -  Henson Shatters Shootout Record

Craig Treble Captures Most Meaningful Win


Tommy Smith Explains Top Fuel Rigors

Tommy Smith is exactly the type of rider the anemic import Top Fuel motorcycle class is crying out for.  He's got over 27 years of motorcycle drag racing experience and machinery formerly owned and ridden by a legend.  So what's holding him back?
              

Steve Johnson's State of the Union Address

Steve Johnson, the most seasoned rider in the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle class represents the category in an organization entitled Pro2. In this article Johnson explains the drastic changes the class has undergone and where the sport is headed.  

NHRA - The Unusual Wins of Steve Johnson 
Vintage Dragbike Photo Gallery -

Nitro Harley Photo Gallery 

Prostar Photo Extra
Editorial - Local Motorcycle ET Racing - Can It Be Saved?


A Tribute to an All-Time Great - Elmer Trett

It's been over a decade since motorcycle drag racing lost who many consider to be the sport's greatest rider of-all-time Elmer Trett.  In this article racers comment on just how influential Trett was.  

A Tribute to Pro Stock Legend John Myers

Aaron Green's Trett Photo Gallery

      
McBride Fueled by Racing

Top Fuel dragbike world record holder Larry "Spiderman" McBride is an unprecedented eight-time AMA/Prostar nitro champion.  Time after time he's displayed his elite racing skills, but what is the "Spiderman's" life like when he's not at the track?  Most of his downtime is spent at his shop with his family, including his wife Kathie (left).

 

        
 

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