NHDRO—the Midwest’s largest motorcycle drag racing series—follows up their wildly successful $62,000 BB Racing Bracket Shootout—the biggest-ever payout in motorcycle drag racing history—with the CC Powersports NHDRO World Finals and Big Payback on at October 2-4 at Lucas Oil Raceway…
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Matt Smith Wins NHRA Gatornationals in September
Three-time NHRA world champion Matt Smith vaulted into the points lead on Sunday at Gainesville Raceway, powering past Andrew Hines in the final round to win the AMALIE Motor Oil Gatornationals. Smith finished off a dominant weekend with his first…
Gatornationals – Take 2! Pro Stock Motorcycle Racers Ready to Battle
The way Scotty Pollacheck sees it, he has a chance to score big in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series at the upcoming 51st annual AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, which takes place Sept. 25-27 at historic Gainesville Raceway.…
2021 Drag Bike Racing Schedules
While not all the organizations have released their 2021 schedules, drag bike racers are starting to get a picture of what next season will look like with the XDA, SDBA and Man Cup schedules. Here’s hoping 2021 is a much…
XDA’s Season Finale Delivers New Winners and Champions
The 28th annual DME Racing Fall Nationals concluded the 2020 race season, crowning twelve champions at Maryland International Raceway (MDIR). The third year of XDA faced a pandemic, mother nature, and decrees that did not allow spectators at two of…
Coca-Cola Ends Relationship With NHRA, Lawsuit Filed by NHRA
In yet another example of the unprecedented and destructive nature of 2020, NHRA’s longtime sponsor Coca-Cola, who has been with the drag racing organization since 2002, has notified NHRA it will immediately end its sponsorship deal that was contractually slated…
SDBA Round 4 Thrills, Dustin Lee Becomes First No Bar Racer to Win Top Gas on 1/8th
The Southeastern Drag Bike Association, presented by Rob Bush Motorsports 190HookUp.com, hosted the BB Racing Fall Smackdown at Crossville Dragway on September 5th 2020. At 1854 ft elevation, the air density was over 3000 at times but it didn’t stop…
70-Year-Old Gast Leads Man Cup Rockingham Winners
Defending champions Sam White and Mark Rendeluk came up short in their bids to repeat but Pablo Gonzalez and a seemingly ageless Paul Gast avoided similar fates in the 39th running of the 190Hookup.com Nationals Sunday at Rockingham Dragway. https://www.cycledrag.com/…
Turbo Hayabusa Racer Craig Brown Holds Off Nitrous Bikes to Win West Title
On the strength of a win at the season-ending Western Pro Extreme Race in Sonoma, Calif., turbo Hayabusa racer Craig Brown claimed his first championship, holding off the fast-charging nitrous Pro Mod drag bikes of No. 2 Mike Ramirez, and…
2021 XDA Schedule Released
The XDA’s Jason Miller writes, “It is with great pleasure that we release our 2021 XDA Season Schedule. Racers have been asking XDA for an October event, and that is exactly what they are going to get. We have added…
SDBA Round No. 4 4.60 Drag Bike Racing Thriller
Join us at Crossville Dragway for round No. 4 of the Southeastern Drag Bike Racing Association as the top nitrous oxide 4.60 drag bike racers from around the region battle in this thrilling full event motorcycle drag racing coverage. We…
Hogs Gone Wild Pittsburgh Live Race Videos
Enjoy some of the many hours of live coverage from the Big Hogs Gone Wild motorcycle drag race at Keystone Raceway Park. The event featured the world’s fastest Harley Davidson Bagger motorcycles and a $4,000 ET race. Additional race coverage…
SDBA Fall Smackdown Live Video Coverage
Enjoy some of the many hours of live coverage from the SDBA BB Fall Smackdown at Crossville Dragway in Tenn. The event featured Super Stock, 4.60, Top Gas and many other loaded classes of racing. Additional race coverage can be…
How Scotty Pollacheck Won Indianapolis Riding on DENSO Spark Plugs
Flying at a head-spinning 200.53 mph in the final round, Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Scotty Pollacheck rocketed to the winner’s circle for the first time in his career at the DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis. Pollacheck captured…
XDA Season Finale Guaranteed to be Saucy
The Xtreme Dragbike Association (XDA) concludes its season of motorcycle drag racing on September 18-20, at Maryland International Raceway (MDIR) for the 28th annual DME Racing Fall Nationals. This will be the third and final event of a shortened year…
Scotty Pollacheck Wins NHRA US Nationals
In Pro Stock Motorcycle, Pollacheck capped off his dream weekend with his first career victory in the class, beating Andrew Hines in the final round with a 6.790 at 200.53 on his Strutmasters.com EBR, breaking the track speed record he…
Malloy and Winters lead AHDRA Harley Drag Racing Numidia Winners
The revived AHDRA all-American motorcycle drag racing series thundered into the bucolic countryside of Numidia, Pennsylvania this past weekend, August 29-30, for the Numidia Nitro presented by Vreeland’s Harley-Davidson. Delaware legend Bob “Opie” Malloy led pro class winners, while Illinois…
NHRA Cancels Charlotte, Bristol, Pomona – Releases Revised Schedule
NHRA announced today the remainder of the 2020 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. In collaboration with all stakeholders, NHRA plans to hold six national events to complete the 2020 season. The 2020 NHRA season has looked very different…
Pro Stock Motorcycle Racers Poised for Big Go Battle
It’s the biggest weekend of the NHRA Mello Yello Series season and defending event champion Jerry Savoie is feeling plenty of momentum as he prepares to race on the sport’s grandest stage. The former Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion is…
XDA Orient Express Pro Street Rule Revisions
Over a decade ago the Pro Street class was run almost exclusively by Hayabusas. The class needed some diversity and class rules for the liter bikes were opened up to try and encourage liter bikes to join the party. This…
Gast Races to Victory at PDRA Summer Shootout
Two-time and defending world champion Travis Davis has owned Pro Nitrous Motorcycle this season with wins at both races the class attended before the Summer Shootout. Drag bike veteran Paul Gast broke the streak, though, earning a wire-to-wire victory over…
Paul Gast Shoots to No. 1 Spot at PDRA Summer Shootout
70-year-legend Paul “Fast by”Gast secured the Professional Drag Racers Association’s (PDRA) low qualifier award Friday night when he topped the field at the PDRA Summer Shootout presented by Callies Performance. A computer gremlin prevented Gast from putting up representative…
XDA Delivers Proven Records at VMP
The Xtreme Dragbike Association’s 2nd Annual MTC Engineering Bike Bash at Virginia Motorsports Park was nothing short of legendary. The world-renowned facility owned by Tommy and Judy Franklin, along with VP Tyler Crossnoe, welcomed the XDA for what was to…
How the Nitrous Bikes Owned the Turbo and Nitro Boys on the West Coast
Join us for full event coverage of a special motorcycle drag racing $10,000 West Coast shootout featuring incredible diversity with one four-Cylinder Top Fuel Nitro Motorcycle of Ron Meyer, one Top Fuel Nitro Harley of Greg Justice, three wheelie bar,…
NHRA Maple Grove Canceled, Series Says Optimistic on Rest of Season
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NHRA and Maple Grove Raceway have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil. “We are extremely disappointed to announce the cancellation of the September national event,…
XDA Royal Rumble Predicts Staggering Performance at VMP
The Xtreme Dragbike Association (XDA) takes Motorcycle Drag Racing to Virginia Motorsports Park (VMP) for the 2nd Annual MTC Engineering Bike Bash on August 21-23, 2020 and all spectators are welcome! With only one event in the books for…
NHRA Atlanta Southern Nationals Canceled
The NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway, scheduled for Aug. 28-30, has been canceled due the current COVID-19 pandemic. NHRA made this difficult decision after exhaustive deliberation with track representatives, health officials and government authorities. NHRA and Atlanta Dragway came…
Angelle Sampey Reaches Winner’s Circle For First Time on Harley
The winningest female NHRA racer Angelle Sampey picked up her first career win on a Harley-Davidson at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, racing to the Pro Stock Motorcycle winner’s circle on Sunday at the Dodge NHRA Indy Nationals presented by…
Turner, Beland and AHDRA Beat the Heat at The Rock
The new AHDRA all-American motorcycle drag racing series returned to its former North Carolina home this past weekend for the Nitro Spring Nationals, presented by Cox Double Eagle Harley-Davidson. And when the nitro smoke had cleared and the thunder receded…
Hall of Famer Hagadorn Cashes NHDRO’s Biggest Check
It was a straight-up bracket hustler’s convention. The most dangerous motorcycle bracket racers in the nation converged on Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Indiana, for the $62,000 BB Racing Bracket Shootout—the biggest-ever payout in motorcycle drag racing history. It was…
NHDRO “Big Show” $50K Race Video Coverage
It s the richest price in the history of sportsman motorcycle drag racing – $50,000 to the winner of a 128 competitor field, slit evenly between box and no box. The race initially called for a 64-bike field, but after…
XDA Ignites with First Time Winners at Bike Fest
This past weekend 799 motorcycle drag racers ran down the Maryland International Raceway (MDIR) quarter mile for the 20th annual Platinum Fleet Repair Bike Fest with the Xtreme Dragbike Association (XDA). Only 1 shy of that round number of 800.…
AHDRA Nitro Headed to The Rock
AHDRA brings thrilling, all-American motorcycle drag racing to the spiritual home of nitro Harley—North Carolina’s fabled Rockingham Dragway—with the Nitro Spring Nationals, presented by Cox Double Eagle Harley-Davidson. Clearly, this race has been delayed from its original spring date…
$110,000 BIG Money, BIG Weekend for NHDRO at Indy
With over $110,000 in payout—including the $62,000 BB Racing Bracket Shootout on Saturday—and two full races on tap, NHDRO’s Big Show brings the Midwest’s biggest motorcycle action to drag racing’s best track—Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Indiana. The four-days…
PDRA, Virginia Motorsports Park Get Permission to Allow Fans at Mid-Atlantic Showdown
Spectators will be allowed to attend the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Proline Racing Mid-Atlantic Showdown presented by Frederick Line-X, July 23-25 at Virginia Motorsports Park, the series announced today. The track was granted the ability to allow fans just…
NHRA Indy Race Gets Rain Postponed, Turner and Andras to Meet in Final
The final rounds of the Lucas Oil NHRA Summernationals at Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Raceway have been delayed due to inclement weather. After a lengthy rain delay before the finals in Top Fuel and Funny Car, NHRA Mello Yello Drag…
Mickey Thompson Tires Top Fuel Harley Series Roars Back into Life this Weekend
The Mickey Thompson Tires Top Fuel Harley Series will roar back into action at the Lucas Oil NHRA Summernationals at Indianapolis, resuming a season that, like their nitro-powered Top Fuel and Funny Car cousins, was paused after just two events. …
Drag Bike Racing Mourns The Loss of T.T. Jones
Cycledrag.com is saddened to report the loss of successful Pro Mod drag bike racer, family man, and all-around great guy T.T. Jones. Jones passed away June 15th after a valiant health battle. An accomplished promoter and advocate for drag racing,…
How Flyin’ Ryan Outraced Indy Field for First Win
Clearly, no National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Pro Stock Motorcycle (PSM) team spent the COVID19 delay better than “Flyin’ Ryan” Oehler and his small, independent team. His B&K Cylinder Heads EBR hit the ground at Lucas Oil Raceway near Indianapolis…
XDA Motorcycle Drag Racers Finally Unleash for Battle
The Xtreme Dragbike Association is ready to perform at Maryland International Raceway with the 20th annual Platinum Fleet Repair Bike Fest on July 24-26, 2020. The quickest and fastest street bikes in the world were sidelined last month after the…
Ryan Oehler Scores First Pro Stock Motorcycle Victory
The E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis was the perfect start to the Pro Stock Motorcycle season for Ryan Oehler, who won his first career NHRA race in his first final round, going 6.974 at…
Ian King to be Inducted into British Drag Racing Hall of Fame Class of 2020
Ian King is a record-breaking, multiple European Drag Racing champion. Ian has won twelve FIM European Championships – 10 as rider, two as Team Principal – plus two ACU British and one MCUI Irish Championships and has broken various track…
AHDRA Fires Off First Race of New Era
The long-awaited return of the beloved AHDRA American motorcycle drag racing series lit up Illinois’ Cordova International Raceway on the most American of days—July 4. Pennsylvania Harley-Davidson dealer Rich Vreeland had the honor of taking the new AHDRA’s first Top…
Sportsman No. 1 Qualifier Bonuses Available at Man Cup Fast by Gast Nationals
Next weekend’s ManCup FBG Nationals presented by Advanced Sleeve and Mickey Thompson Tire now has even more bonus money up for grabs. “Since Dragway 42 owners Ron and MayAnne Matchum boosted up the MPS Racing Pro ET purse to five…
Eperjesi Headlines PMRA Tulsa Results
Professional Motorcycle Racers Association (PMRA) ran its first race of 2020—and its first under new director Shannon Mendenhall—this past Saturday, June 27, at hot and windy Tulsa Raceway in Oklahoma. And right at the hit, Shane “Showboat” Eperjesi set the…
NHDRO Postpones to One BIG Weekend
Although NHDRO’s Mid-Season Sizzle at Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Indiana, this past weekend turned out to be more Drizzle than Sizzle, postponing it to a two-race, four-day weekend on July 30-August 2 creates a full-on hurricane of motorcycle drag…
Larry “Spiderman” McBride to Sit Out Man Cup Dragway 42 Race, July 11-12
Sidelined since November, Top Fuel Motorcycle legend Larry “Spiderman” McBride can’t wait for better days and a chance to climb back aboard his record-setting, 5.50, 264 mph “Star.” Unfortunately McBride says that opportunity won’t come at the upcoming Man Cup…
Pandemic Complications Force Team Vantine to Miss Man Cup Race at Dragway 42
It’s been a strange, difficult and confusing year for just about everyone in motorsports, including quickly-rising Top Fuel Motorcycle star Dave Vantine who tells Cycledrag he will be unable to attend the upcoming Man Cup race at Dragway 42 in…
Fireworks on the Dragstrip! AHDRA to Light Up Cordova
American-made V-Twin motorcycles and the leather-tough men and women who ride them will thunder to life, lift the front wheel, and lightning-strike to the finishline like an earthbound fireworks display. The long-awaited return of the beloved AHDRA American motorcycle drag…
XDA PFR Bike Fest at MDIR on July 24-26
The XDA is back at Maryland International Raceway located in Mechanicsville, Maryland with the 20th annual Platinum Fleet Repair Bike Fest on July 24-26, 2020! The event features the Orient Express Pro Street class that run speeds over230 mph…
NHRA Northwest Nationals Cancelled
The Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals, originally scheduled for July 31–Aug. 2 outside of Seattle, has been canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions in Washington state and King County that would not allow fans to attend the event. NHRA made this difficult…
Green Light for PMRA in Tulsa This Weekend
Professional Motorcycle Racers Association (PMRA) returns to the track this Saturday, June 27, at Tulsa Raceway in Oklahoma. New PMRA director Shannon Mendenhall looks forward to welcoming all racers old and new, and sharing with them his vision for the…
NHDRO Kicks Off Motorcycle Drag Racing Season
NHDRO’s previously named Mid-Season Sizzle gets it half-right—June 26-28 at Lucas Oil Raceway will totally sizzle! With a late start because of COVID-19 restrictions, the Midwest’s largest all-motorcycle drag racing series kicks off the season with the first big race…
PDRA Maryland Race Moves to Virginia With New Date
The Professional Drag Racers Association’s (PDRA) third race of its revised seven-race 2020 season is moving from Maryland International Raceway (MDIR) to Virginia Motorsports Park (VMP), series officials announced today. The PDRA North-South Shootout presented by Frederick Line-X, originally scheduled…
Full 4.60 Coverage From SDBA Tennessee Bike Rumble
Enjoy one of the most thrilling and unpredictable 4.60 nitrous motorcycle drag bike races we have ever seen as some of the best drag racers in the world compete in an emotionally charged 4.60 Father’s Day showdown from Round No.…
SDBA Tennesse Bike Rumble Delievers
The stars have aligned perfectly for the new Southeastern Drag Bike Association (SDBA) to debut in stellar fashion. The series premier last month in Ringgold, Ga. marked the first all-motorcycle drag race since the pandemic shutdown, during a time when…
XDA’s FuelTech Superbike Showdown Cancelled Due to Weather
XDA’s FuelTech Superbike Showdown this weekend at Maryland International Raceway has been cancelled due to the weather. With 80% chance of rain forecasted for Friday and Saturday, and 50% chance on Sunday we feel that there will not be enough…
NHRA Roars Back To Action July 11-12
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series will roar back into action at famed Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, July 11-12, with Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle competition in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing…
XDA Wednesday Weather Update
Jason Miller of the XDA passed on the following regarding this weekend’s FuelTech Superbike Showdown at Maryland International Raceway “This weekend’s event is ON SCHEDULE, and we are still watching the weather forecast for this weekend’s XDA event. The event…
Travis Davis Picks Up PDRA Carolina Showdown Victories
Even though he won the East Coast Nationals at GALOT Motorsports Park in late May, defending world champion Travis Davis wanted to make some changes to his Timblin-built Hayabusa for the Carolina Showdown. When those changes didn’t work, Davis returned…
Garner-Jones Leads Field at PDRA Carolina Showdown
A pair of past Pro Nitrous world champions highlighted Friday qualifying at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Carolina Showdown presented by ProCharger at Darlington Dragway. Two-time world champion Jason Harris qualified No. 1 in just his second race in…
XDA 2 Decades Strong, Racers Ready
The Xtreme Dragbike Association launches the 2020 season at Maryland International Raceway with the 3rd annual FuelTech Superbike Showdown on June 19-21, 2020. XDA is known as the premier sanction to showcase the quickest and fastest street bikes the world…
NHRA Pro Bike Battle Moves to Indy
The Mickey Thompson Tires Pro Bike Battle event, which annual pits eight of the class’ best riders in head to head competition for a $25,000 winner payout, will take place this season at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals.…
XDA Makes Changes to the Bike Fest & Bike Bash in 2020
The year 2020 has thrown everyone a lot of curve balls due to COVID-19, but we all continue to adjust to the changes the best that we can and keep on rolling. We are excited to get our first XDA…
PDRA Welcomes Limited Spectators to Carolina Showdown at Darlington Dragway
After a number of long discussions with state and local government officials, the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) and Darlington Dragway officials announced today the series will be able to welcome spectators to the Carolina Showdown presented by ProCharger, June…
PMRA Race Cancelled at Thunder Valley
First the bad news: Professional Motorcycle Racers Association (PMRA) has decided to cancel it’s first race of the season, originally scheduled June 21 at Thunder Valley Raceway Park in Noble, Oklahoma. Repercussions from a different race canceled by the…
NHRA Releases Revised Top Fuel Harley Schedule
After announcing a revised Mello Yello Drag Racing Series national event schedule yesterday, NHRA officials announced today the schedule for the Mickey Thompson Tires NHRA Top Fuel Harley Series. The revised schedule will consist of 10 total events for the…
Norwalk Cancels Its Season
Bill Bader Jr. of Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio shared the following on social media – While planning what was to be a standout season of racing at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, the Coronavirus hit. Our country…
NHRA Returns With Two Indianapolis Events in July, Updated Schedule
NHRA Drag Racing will return to the world stage in a major way in mid-July, relaunching its Mello Yello Drag Racing Series and associated programs with events on back-to-back weekends at famed Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis. The two events…
Travis Davis Wins Season-Opening PDRA East Coast Nationals
A two-month delay was worth the wait for PDRA’s Travis Davis, as he opened the 2020 Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) season with a victory on his nitrous Suzuki. The Pro Nitrous Motorcycle class had an unusually small field, with…
Travis Davis Leads First-Round Winners of Rain-Shortened Saturday at PDRA East Coast Nationals
The Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) was in the middle of professional class eliminations at the East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech when a lengthy oildown and popup rain shower halted the action Saturday night. The race is slated to…
Norwalk Night Under Fire 2020 Canceled
Adding to what has been a tremendously disappointing year for motorsports fans, Cycledrag has learned Bill Bader of Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio has made the difficult decision to cancel one of the biggest independent drag races in the…
Friday Qualifying Rained Out at PDRA East Coast Nationals
Thunderstorms and rain showers kept racers in the pits Friday at the season-opening Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech at GALOT Motorsports Park. Race officials called off the day’s qualifying sessions later in the evening.…
XDA is On, MDIR Granted Permission to Race Without Spectatos
Maryland International Raceway has finally been granted permission by the St. Mary’s County Health Department to open and we thank them for working with us. XDA will officially kick off the season with the FuelTech Superbike Showdown at MDIR on…
XDA Set To Open Season June 19 – 21
The XDA heads back to Maryland International Raceway located in Mechanicsville, Maryland for the 3rd annual FuelTech Superbike Showdown on June 19-21,2020! The event features the Orient Express Pro Street class that run speeds over 230 mph in only 6-seconds!…
PDRA to Kick Off 2020 Season at East Coast Nationals
Almost two full months after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the postponement of the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) 2020 season opener, the all-eighth-mile series is set to get back to racing at the East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech this…
Remembering Motorcycle Legend William “Bill” Whisenant
Cycledrag.com thanks contributor Adam Weege for submitting this heartfelt tribute on a true innovator of motorcycle racing. Godspeed Bill Whisenant. As most of you have heard by now William “Bill” Whisenant passed away last Thursday due to health complications. If…
PDRA Releases Seven-Race Revised 2020 Schedule
Just over a week away from the delayed start of the 2020 Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) season, the series announced Wednesday night its revised schedule. Six other PDRA races will join next week’s East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech…
Tentative Adjusted NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Schedule
Sources have revealed to Cycledrag.com the proposed schedule for the Pro Stock Motorcycle class if and when the NHRA can resume this season. There is a lot of uncertainty but the tentative plan is to have the motorcycles compete at…
Remembering Shawn Gann – 1978 – 2020
Enjoy our heartfelt tribute to drag bike racer and NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racer competitor Shawn Gann who passed away on May 16th, 2020. In this video, courtesy of NHRA, we take a look back at his last win, Denver…
Shocker! Huff Claims First Electric Dragster 200 MPH Run!
If the electric age of motorsports wasn’t already here, experienced multi-discipline racer Steve Huff emphatically ushered it in with the first 200 mph electric dragster run at Tucson Dragway, Ariz., just after midnight, Thursday May 14. Huff’s 7.52 at 201.07…
PDRA Returning to Racing May 29-30 at GALOT Motorsports Park
As states begin to loosen restrictions set in place to control the spread of COVID-19, the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) is preparing to start its 2020 season, nearly two months later than planned. The PDRA East Coast Nationals presented…
Back to Racing! Drag Bike Racers Pack SDBA Debut in Ringgold, GA – Video Coverage
Enjoy some video coverage of the first all-drag bike race of the year, the debut of the Southeastern Drag Bike Racing Association from Brainerd Motorsports Park in Ringgold, Ga. Enjoy and share some video coverage to help your pandemic boredom.…
XDA Adjusts Championship Award Policy
In an open letter Jason Miller of the XDA wrote the following concerning his series’ championship structure Dear XDA Racers and Community, I hope everyone is safe and healthy as we all navigate through this pandemic and these challenging times.…
Back To Racing – Southeastern Drag Bike Association Kicks Off This Weekend
While most drag strips and sanctions in the country, and the world for that matter, are closed, the timing of the debut event for the Southeastern Drag Bike Association, the Custom Croz’s Cycles I-75 Classic at Brainerd Motorsports Park in…
AMAZING MPS / MTC May Discount
These clutches represent the state of the art in drag race motorcycle clutches. They are used by the quickest and fastest racers! Available for: Hayabusa, GSXR1000, and ZX14. The Gen 2 Clutch significantly reduces clutch lever efforts and yet improves…
NHRA Revised Schedule After June and July Cancellations
NHRA officials announced today that they are working with state and local officials as well as host tracks and teams on a revised Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule, which will be announced soon. The season is expected to resume,…
NHRA Crew Chief Gary Stoffer on When NHRA Will Resume, What Covid Shutdown Means For Teams and Jianna Win
Join us for this in-depth interview with NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle crew chief Gary Stoffer who talks about what the shutdown has been like for his team, what it was like to get the news in the pits of the…
XDA & VMP Cancel MTC Summer Nationals on May 15-17
After careful deliberation and to remain compliant with Virginia’s continued stay at home order regarding COVID-19, the XDA & VMP have made the difficult decision to cancel the MTC Engineering Summer Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park on May 15-17th. …
NHDRO Spring Fling May 15 – 17 Canceled Due to Covid 19 Shutdown
NHDRO’s Season Opener scheduled for May 15th-17th at Lucas Oil Raceway has been canceled due to COVID-19. “We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause our racing community. Staying safe and your health is important to NHDRO! We are a…
The Holeshot Heard Around The World! Epic USA vs. England Top Fuel Motorcycle Final
It’s not often that a Top Fuel Nitro Motorcycle race comes down to a holeshot but that is exactly what happened when England’s Ian King lined up against American legend Larry “Spiderman” McBride at the Man Cup Finals at NHRA’s…
PDRA Postpones Mid-Atlantic Showdown at Virginia Motorsports Park
The PDRA Mid-Atlantic Showdown presented by Modern Racing, originally scheduled for May 7-9, is being postponed, series officials announced today. The Virginia Motorsports Park event is now the second PDRA race to be postponed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Man Cup MTC Nationals at SGMP Cancelled Due To COVID-19 Pandemic
Man Cup, together with South Georgia Motorsports Park canceled the MTC Nationals due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “The last five weeks have been unprecedented times for all of us” stated Man Cup Principal Jay Regan. “We were hoping to…
Motorcycle Drag Racing Mourns the Loss of Hayabusa Racer Shawn “F-Bomb” Welch
Cycledrag.com is saddened to report the sudden passing of nitrous HAYABUSA drag bike racer and all around great guy, Shawn Welch, who rode the popular “F-Bomb” no wheelie bar drag bike. As a tribute we will take you back to…
Harley Drag Bike Races in Rockingham Get New Dates
Spring Race Moves to summer, McClure Memorial to Nov. 13-15 in Wake of Pandemic Scrambling to adjust a 2020 racing schedule thrown into disarray by the coronavirus pandemic, Rockingham Dragway on Tuesday announced new dates for two of the sport’s…
Larry “Spiderman” McBride Reveals What He Has Been Doing During Covid 19 Shutdown
62-year-old, 20-time Top Fuel Motorcycle champion Larry “Spiderman” McBride has been through many hardships throughout his long and storied career. There was the time he nearly lost his life in a high speed, top end crash in Gainesville, Fla. in…
2020 ZX10R vs. GSXR 1000 – Previewing Gadson vs. Moore
Enjoy this in-depth feature and your chance to vote on who will win this 2020 street tire motorcycle drag race grudge match – Rickey Gadson on the 2020 Kawasaki ZX10R vs. Chris Moore on the 2020 Suzuki GSXR 1000! We…
NHRA Releases Revised Top Fuel Harley Schedule
After announcing a revised national event schedule last week, NHRA officials announced today the schedule for the Mickey Thompson Tires NHRA Top Fuel Harley Series. The revised schedule will consist of 10 total events for Top Fuel Harley (the category…
XDA Opener, PFR Spring Nationals April 24-26 Cancelled
The XDA is ready for the 2020 racing season to start, but unfortunately, we must cancel the Platinum Fleet Repair Spring Nationals at Maryland International Raceway on April 24-26th. This event will not be rescheduled. This action has been taken…
Matt and Angie Smith Interview On Covid-19 Race Shutdown
The Covid 19 / Corona virus shutdown has affected millions, including professional race teams like the husband and wife NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle team of Matt and Angie Smith. In this video we catch up with the NHRA Pro Stock…
