“343” It’s always fun to catch up with drag racing historian, accomplished broadcast and print journalist, Hall of Famer and much more, Bret Kepner. When I run into Kepner at a race or visit him near his home in St.…
XDA Bike Fest Class Lineup
The XDA is proud to bring the biggest XDA event of the year to Maryland International Raceway located in Mechanicsville, Maryland and it’s none other than the 24th annual WPGC Bike Fest on July 26-28, 2024! The event features the…
Jasmine Salinas Ready to Continue Rapid Top Fuel Progression in Vegas
Jasmine Salinas is ready to turn up the heat this week at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Although this will be her first foray into four-wide racing behind the wheel of her 12,000-horsepower…
NHRA to Try New 2-Day Format at NHRA Virginia Nationals
NHRA officials announced today a schedule change for the upcoming Virginia NHRA Nationals, as all three qualifying sessions in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series will now take place on Saturday, June 22, leading into eliminations the following day…
Rising Star Chris Garner-Jones Ready to Begin PDRA Title Defense
This week marks the beginning of a new decade for the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA), which became the Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series over the winter. The series will begin its 11th season of all-eighth-mile drag racing…
Gaige Herrera Closing in on First NHRA Championship
As the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series comes to a close at this weekend’s 58th annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, the Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle championships have a chance to be decided before eliminations at In-N-Out…
Australian Top Fuel Title Chase to Begin at The Bend
Dragway at The Bend’s grand opening Spring Nationals will host the opening round of the 2023/2024 NDRC Australian Top Fuel Championship, alongside plenty of other great racing from the NDRC championship openers for Top Doorslammer, Top Fuel Motorcycle, and Pro…
From Disney Screens to Speed Queens
Fans of the Disney Channel Original Movie “Right On Track” are eagerly anticipating the launch of a new documentary that will give viewers unfettered access to two of the most recognized figures in the sport of drag racing, Erica Enders…
Larry “Spiderman” McBride to teach “Nitro School” Friday at ZMax
The action on the track at zMAX Dragway will heat up on Friday through Sunday when the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series hosts the betway NHRA Carolina Nationals, the second of six playoff races in the Countdown to the…
Should Drag Racers and Fans be Worried Tracks are Closing?
Is drag racing dying? In this video we take you to the NHRA Nationals and the Top Fuel Motorcycle show at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka, Kansas, a venue that says in will likely be closing soon, adding to a…
Trick-Tools Racing Featuring Baileigh Industrial for Indy and the NHRA Countdown
Trick-Tools Racing is proud to feature Baileigh Industrial on their White Alligator Racing Pro Stock Motorcycle at the upcoming NHRA U.S. Nationals and throughout the Countdown to One championship. The Manitowoc, Wisconsin-based manufacturer of metal fabrication and woodworking tools is…
How the NHRA Gen 3 Suzuki Hayabusa Body is Made
Suzuki Motor USA released a video today featuring an inside look at its partnership with Vance & Hines and the development of Suzuki’s newest entry into the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle class. The video showcases the development of the team’s…
AHDRA Season Opening Race Provides Plenty of Thrills
I jump on my Suzuki Hayabusa to take you to the All Harley Drag Racing Association season opener, the Don “DJ” Johnson Nationals from the North Florida Motorplex as we see some of the baddest and fastest Top Fuel Nitro…
Williford Cementing Himself as All-Time Great with Pro Street Dominance
It’s truly staggering what Rodney Williford and the Pro Street Motorcycle drag racers can do by making 700 horsepower on a turbo charged Suzuki Hayabusa and using a Dunlop Dragmax DOT street legal tire as a contact patch. In this…
An Emotional Surprise for Motorcycle Drag Racing Great
What a special surprise it was for longtime successful motorcycle drag racer, shop owner and team Larry “Spiderman” McBride member Roland Stuart as Guy Glover presents “Ro” with a piece of one of his original motorcycles. Stuart had not seen…
Matt Smith Joins Andrew Hines and Dave Schultz as 6-Time NHRA Champs
With his opening round win over Michael Phillips, Matt Smith joined exclusive company as a six-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champion. Smith came into the Auto Club NHRA Finals with a solid, but not insurmountable 104 point lead over Joey…
Pro Stock Motorcycles Return to Action in St. Louis
Pro Stock Motorcycle also returns to action in St. Louis to this weekend’s NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway and Joey Gladstone brings plenty of momentum with him after his victory in Reading. That sent him back into…
Full Pit Report from NHRA Vegas 4 Wide Nationals
It’s round number 2 of the 2021 NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle championship chase and we are poised to take you inside the pit areas of all the top motorcycle drag racers to explore the strange low number of entries for…
Man Cup Drops Pro Fuel Harley From Lineup
Man Cup motorcycle drag racing announced the Pro Fuel class will be cut from the 2021 class line-up, citing lack of sponsorship. “We thank Hawaya Racing and Sam White for their support of the Pro Fuel class through the years,”…
Kelly Clontz Renews Sponsorship Steamfitters UA Local #602
Steamfitters UA Local #602, located in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area, renew their partnership for the fourth c onsecutive season with husband-and-wife pro stock motorcycle team, Chris and Kelly Clontz ahead of the 2021 NHRA Camping World Series season opener…
Hogs Gone Wild Set to Kick Off Motorcycle Drag Racing Season
It’s a new day. 2020 will forever be remembered as the year of the pandemic. It was a brutal and devastating year for so many, especially those in motorsports, which falls under the nearly-squeezed-to-death live event umbrella. Yet there is…
When Tires Fail at 200 MPH
For veteran drag bike racer Terry Schweigert, he had no idea he was about to encounter the most horrifying weekend of his drag racing career when his turbo charged Funny Bike nearly crashed several times due to tire failures. In…
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…
XDA Motorcycle Drag Racing 2020 Schedule
Check out the 2020 XDA Motorcycle Drag Racing Schedule. The six-race series features four races at Maryland International Raceway and two at Virginia Motorsports Park. There are more videos on the Cycledrag Youtube channel (please subscribe here) and the Cycledrag.com…
West Coast Motorcycle Drag Racing from Fontana, Calif
Enjoy some West Coast motorcycle drag racing coverage from beautiful AAA Auto Club Dragway in Fontana, Calif. At this SCEDA race you will see Nitro Harleys, Turbo Hayabusa Funny Bikes, Baggers and a whole lot more. <br /> <p><a href=”http://www.m2shocks.com/”><br…
Pro Stock Motorcycle Racer Jerry Savoie Looking to Finish the Job in Sonoma
After a weekend where he admittedly enjoyed some fortunate breaks en route to the finals, Jerry Savoie hopes that luck continues for a second straight Pro Stock Motorcycle race at this weekend’s 31st annual Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma…