Father vs Daughter in Top Fuel at PRO Superstar Shootout
Scrappers Racing will feature two Top Fuel competitors at the upcoming SCAG Power Equipment PRO Superstar Shootout. Jasmine Salinas, fresh off her rookie season in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series,…
NHRA Goes Four Wide for First Time in Countdown History
For the first time in NHRA history, there will be four-wide racing in the Countdown to the Championship. NHRA and zMAX Dragway officials announced today the first four-wide playoff race, as the…
Can No-Bar Bikes Be Competitive in 4.60?
The 4.60-index class is one of the most competitive categories in all of motorcycle drag racing. A typical qualifying sheet often sees three or more competitors run dead-on the index. At the…
Top Fuel Dragbike Crewchief Steve McBride Hospitalized
On Tuesday December 5th crew chief and brother of multi-time AMA/Prostar Top Fuel champion Larry “Spiderman” McBride, Steve McBride underwent an emergency surgery to have his appendix removed. The operation was a success and after spending a few days in…
Rick Moore Wins Pro Dragbike Championship in Rookie Year
Some try for an entire lifetime to win a national championship. Rick Moore did it in his very first year as a Pro. After a stellar season that included six wins, two runner-ups and a quarter-mile ET record of 7.13…
Romine’s Less Aggressive Top Fuel Dragbike Tune-ups Pay Off in 2006
Mike Romine won back-to-back AHDRA Top Fuel championships by learning to ignore his desire to go faster. Consistency wins championships – It is that drag racing cliché which best sums up Mike Romine’s second consecutive title run in 2006. Romine…
GT Tonglet Released from Screamin’ Eagle Harley DragbikeTeam
Harley-Davidson Motor Company announced today that riders GT Tonglet and Rich King have been released from their Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson race team contracts. Veteran AMA Flat Track racer Rich King recently completed his seventh season with the Screamin’ Eagle team,…
Kile Finishes Strong
Nitro Harley racer Tracy “The Bad Apple” Kile assembled a successful late season charge that helped him to land the No. 6 spot in the competitive AHDRA points chase and post a career best 6.27 in October. After a dismal…
Time to Put a Single Digit on the GEICO Bike
NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle standout Karen Stoffer will have some extra space on her wheelie-bar panels for 2007. Stoffer, who finished tenth in the POWERade point series the last two seasons, assembled a career-best effort in 2006, concluding the season…
Zittle wins MIROCK Quick 32 on an FBR ATAK Hayabusa
Most of the victors in MIROCK Quick 32 have been powered by one of two engine combinations – the classic Kawasaki Z/KZ and the Suzuki GS. Jason Zittle of Hanover, Pa. scored a victory for the late-model fans when he…
