Increased championship payouts, new sponsors, and schedule updates highlighted the Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series 2025 season preview press conference at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show in Indianapolis on Thursday. The series will increase its overall championship…
Grothus Turbo Championship Ushers in New Era of PDRA Racing
After several seasons of chasing a Pro Extreme Motorcycle world championship on a nitrous-assisted entry, Brunson Grothus wasn’t sure he’d ever win a title in the class. But everything came together for the Iowa native this season, and more specifically,…
Turbo vs. Nitrous to be Showcased at PDRA Finals
The PDRA’s only two-wheeled category, Drag 965 Pro Extreme Motorcycle, had the DragWars weekend off, giving defending world champion Chris Garner-Jones and title challenger Brunson Grothus even more time to think about their upcoming championship fight. With runner-up finishes at…
Turbo vs. Nitrous Debate Heats Up as Grothus Takes Top Spot in PDRA Qualifying
A few weeks after Brunson Grothus scored his first Pro Extreme Motorcycle win in several years, the Davenport, Iowa-based rider picked up his second No. 1 qualifier award Friday night at the PDRA North vs. South Shootout presented by Performance…
Brunson Grothus Takes Turbo Bike to PDRA Winner’s Circle
Multi-time Pro Extreme Motorcycle winner Brunson Grothus and the Grothus Drag Bikes team have spent the last few seasons away from PDRA competition to focus on business and life events, including the passing of Brunson’s mother following a cancer battle,…
Motorcycles and Point Leader McKinney Roll Into Norwalk for PDRA
Summit Motorsports Park, one of the premier dragstrips in the world, will play host to the third of eight races on the 2024 Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series schedule this weekend, the Smokies Garage American Doorslammer Challenge presented…
Despite Toe Injury Chirs Garner-Jones Takes Top Spot on PDRA Opening Day
Two-time and reigning Pro Extreme Motorcycle world champion Chris Garner-Jones had an eventful day of qualifying aboard his T.T. Jones Racing ‘18 Hayabusa at the PDRA Summit Racing Equipment East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech at GALOT Motorsports Park. The…
2023 PDRA Pro Nitrous Motorcycle Championship to Be Decided in Virginia
The 10th season of Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) eighth-mile drag racing action will come to a close this weekend as the series crowns champions at its eighth and final race of the year, the Pro Line Racing Brian Olson…
Meshal Al-Saber Wins PDRA Galot Race
Kuwait-based Pro Nitrous Motorcycle rider Meshal Al-Saber has been chasing another win for several years after his last victory in 2016. Tuner Brad McCoy last won on the Q80 Racing Hayabusa at DragWars in 2017, so Saturday’s win was a…
Meshal Al-Saber Takes No. 1 Spot at PDRA Galot
Kuwait’s Meshal Al-Saber started his season as the No. 1 qualifier at the spring GALOT race. He repeated that feat on Friday night at the PDRA ProFabrication DragWars at GALOT Motorsports Park. when he lit up the scoreboard with a…
Can Rookie Brayden Davis Keep the PDRA Point Lead in Darlington?
After over a month off, the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) is resuming its 10th season of eighth-mile drag racing with this weekend’s Red Line Oil Carolina Nationals, Sept. 14-16, at Darlington Dragway. The historic South Carolina track will play…
17-Year-Old Brayden Davis Does it Again in PDRA Pro Nitrous
Seventeen-year-old Brayden Davis made headlines at the season-opening East Coast Nationals when he became the first racer in PDRA history to double-up in a pro class and a Jr. Dragster class. It was his Pro Nitrous Motorcycle debut, and he…
74-Year-Old Paul Gast Qualifies No. 1 at PDRA Race
In his first Pro Nitrous Motorcycle appearance of the season, motorcycle drag racing veteran Paul Gast rocketed to the top of the qualifying order aboard his Fast By Fast Suzuki. His 4.012 at 172.72 put him on top of the…
Top PDRA Pro Nitrous Racers Roll Into Maryland International Raceway
As the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) rolls into Maryland International Raceway this weekend, June 15-17, for the fourth of eight points races on the 2023 schedule, racers are eying the final spots to compete in the third annual Summit…
Chris Garner-Jones Scores PDRA Victory
Two of the most prolific drivers in nitrous Pro Modified racing, Jim Halsey and “Tricky” Rickie Smith, squared off in the Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous final round Sunday afternoon at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Mid-Atlantic Showdown presented by…
Tenth PDRA Season Rolls On at Mid-Atlantic Showdown at Series’ Home Track
After a thrilling start to the 2023 season, the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) is continuing its 10th season of all-eighth-mile drag racing this weekend, April 20-22, at the series’ home track, Virginia Motorsports Park (VMP). The second of eight…
17-Year-Old Brayden Davis Wins Pro Nitrous Motorcycle Debut
A unique pairing rolled to the starting line for the Pro Nitrous Motorcycle final round at the Summit Racing Equipment PDRA East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech at GALOT Motorsports Park, as Kuwait-based No. 1 qualifier Meshal Al-Saber lined up…
PDRA to Kick Off 10th Season of Pro Nitrous Motorcycle
The 2023 season will be the Professional Drag Racers Association’s (PDRA) 10th year of all-eighth-mile drag racing, and it all begins this weekend, March 29-April 1, at the Summit Racing Equipment PDRA East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech at GALOT…
RC Components Named Official Race Wheel of PDRA
RC Components, a longtime manufacturer of racing wheels, has been named the Official Race Wheel of the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA), series officials announced today. RC Components is the latest company to sign on in support of the PDRA’s…
Travis Davis Adds Fourth PDRA Pro Nitrous Motorcycle World Championship
Three-time Drag 965 Pro Nitrous Motorcycle world champion Travis Davis didn’t set out to chase the 2022 Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) title this season, but with hard work, smart calls, and a little luck, the Georgia native secured his…
Travis Davis Wins PDRA Championship After Finals Rainout
A combination of overnight rain and more inclement weather on Monday led Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) officials to cancel the remaining rounds of eliminations that were left to complete at the Proline Racing Brian Olson Memorial World Finals presented…
Paul Gast Powers to the Front at PDRA Finals
Drag bike racing veteran Paul Gast proved yet again that he has the quickest Pro Nitrous Motorcycle as he was the lone rider to dip into the 3-second range at the Proline Racing Brian Olson Memorial World Finals presented by…
Travis Davis Wins PDRA Summer Shootout
Pro Mod and Funny Bike legend Travis Davis scored yet another Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) win Sunday night at the Drag 965 Summer Shootout presented by Classic Graphix at Virginia Motorsports Park. Multi-time Pro Nitrous Motorcycle world champion Davis…
Another Round of Rain Showers Pushes PDRA Summer Shootout Into Sunday, Garner-Jones No. 1
After rain put a stop to Friday qualifying, additional thunderstorms on Saturday afternoon forced Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) officials to postpone eliminations to Sunday at the Drag 965 Summer Shootout presented by Classic Graphix at Virginia Motorsports Park. All…
Travis Davis Claims PDRA North vs. South Shootout Win at Maryland
The Pro Nitrous Motorcycle final round featured a side-by-side, 3.99-second battle between two of the toughest competitors in the PDRA’s lone two-wheeled class, multi-time world champion Travis Davis and veteran rider Paul Gast. Davis grabbed a starting line advantage on…
Paul Gast Wins PDRA Norwalk
Motorcycle drag racing legend Paul Gast put together a streak of 3-second passes aboard his Fast By Gast Hayabusa to pick up the win in his first PDRA Pro Nitrous Motorcycle appearance of the season in Norwalk, Ohio, May 29-30.…
Chris Garner Jones Wins PDRA Season-Opener
As the defending world champion in Pro Nitrous Motorcycle, all eyes were on Chris Garner-Jones and his T.T. Jones Racing Hayabusa to see if he would continue his championship performance. Garner-Jones and his family-based team delivered, qualifying No. 3 and…
Travis Davis Victorious at PDRA Summer Shootout
After missing the Ohio race, defending Pro Nitrous Motorcycle world champion Travis Davis needed a strong performance at the Sonny Leonard Memorial Race contested at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Summer Shootout at Virginia Motorsports Park.. He delivered a…
Garner-Jones Gets No. 1 Qualifying Spot at PDRA North vs. South Shootout at Maryland
A couple other Pro Nitrous Motorcycle riders came close, but points leader Chris Garner-Jones was the only competitor to dip in the 3-second zone in qualifying at the fourth race on the Professional Drag Racers Association’s (PDRA) eight-race tour, the…
Nitrous Motorcycles to Invade PDRA North vs. South Shootout Presented by Line-X
After COVID-19 restrictions prevented the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) from making its annual stop at Maryland International Raceway in 2020, the series and its racers are charged up for their Maryland return at the North vs. South Shootout presented…
Eric McKinney Scores PDRA Norwalk Victory
Multi-time world champion Eric McKinney didn’t have the conventional road to the winner’s circle in Pro Nitrous Motorcycle. After qualifying No. 1 at Summit Motorsports Park with a 4.01, the Ohio native received two bye runs in eliminations, including the…
Timblin Chassis Backed Travis Davis Wins PDRA Opener
In a quest for improved performance, three-time and defending Pro Nitrous Motorcycle world champion Travis Davis upgraded the engine management technology in his Timblin Chassis ’18 Hayabusa over the winter. The work resulted in a career-best performance and a win…
Timblin Chassis’ Travis Davis Gets Top PDRA Spot
Defending PDRA world champion Travis Davis picked up right where he left off at the end of the 2020 season by qualifying No. 1 at the season-opening Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech. Three-time Pro…
Defending Champion Travis Davis and Company Ready to Kick Off PDRA 2021
During this weekend’s Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech, the all-eighth-mile series will officially celebrate its 2020 world champions before kicking off the eight-race 2021 PDRA season. The PDRA Championship Banquet will take place following…
PDRA Announces Summit Racing Equipment ProStars Specialty Race
The best racers in the PDRA’s professional and sportsman classes will get the chance to square off in a brand-new event, the Summit Racing Equipment ProStars, series officials announced today. The specialty race will take place during Virginia Motorsports Park’s…
Travis Davis Rides Another Timblin Chassis Championship into PDRA Finals
A 2020 season shortened and shifted by the COVID-19 public health crisis will conclude this weekend as the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) will crown its world champions at the Proline Racing Brian Olson Memorial World Finals, Oct. 22-25 at…
McKinney Motorsports Ashley Owens Takes No.1 Spot at PDRA Drag Wars
In just his second appearance of the season, veteran rider Ashley Owens rode his self-tuned, McKinney Motorsports Hayabusa to a class-leading 4.037 at 176.21 Friday night at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) DragWars presented by Modern Racing at GALOT…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
PDRA Postpones Season-Opening East Coast Nationals in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) has decided to postpone the series’ season-opening East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech at GALOT Motorsports Park in Benson, N.C, series officials announced today. Originally scheduled for April…
PDRA 2020 Schedule
The 2020 Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) schedule will feature new stops at Summit Motorsports Park and Maple Grove Raceway, in addition to four returning venues, race officials announced Friday morning. The schedule was revealed to drivers and teams during…
Travis Davis Completes Comeback to Win Second PDRA Championship Title
Newly crowned world champions Jim Halsey and Travis Davis capped off their championship seasons with victories at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Brian Olson Memorial World Finals presented by Pro Line Racing and $hameless Racing at Virginia Motorsports Park.…
Pro Nitrous Motorcycle Championship on the Line at PDRA World Finals
The season-long championship battles in the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) will come to a dramatic close this weekend when the all-eighth-mile series heads to Virginia Motorsports Park for the PDRA Brian Olson Memorial World Finals presented by Pro Line…
PDRA Pro Nitrous Drag Bike Racers Return to Championship Battles at Fall Nationals
The tense championship battles in the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) will tighten up this weekend as the all-eighth-mile series heads to Darlington Dragway for the penultimate race on the 2019 Road to the Finals, the Fall Nationals presented by…
PDRA Drag Wars Canceled Due to Hurricane Dorian
PDRA Drag Wars presented by Pro Line Racing, Sept. 5-7 at GALOT Motorsports Park in Benson, N.C., has been canceled, race officials announced today. The path of Hurricane Dorian changed since the PDRA’s original decision to move forward with the…
Ronnie “Pro Mod” Smith Shatters PDRA Pro Nitrous Record, Wins North-South Shootout
An eventful weekend of racing at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) North-South Shootout presented by Line-X at Maryland International Raceway was highlighted by a drag bike performance by Ronnie “Pro Mod” Smith. Defending world champion Smith picked up his…
PDRA Pro Nitrous Motorcycle Season to Begin at VMP Mid-Atlantic Showdown
The Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) is returning home to Virginia Motorsports Park for the first of two races at the series’ home track, and it’s bringing its diverse all-eighth-mile drag racing show with it. The PDRA Mid-Atlantic Showdown presented…
Bob Harris Stepping Down as PDRA Race Director, Tyler Crossnoe Named Interim
Veteran motorsports professional Bob Harris announced he will step down from his position as the Professional Drag Racers Association’s (PDRA) race director at the end of the year. Serving as race director since the PDRA was formed in 2014, Harris…
PDRA Bans Turbos From Pro Extreme Motorcycle in 2019
After a season of controversy following the inclusion of turbo-charged dragbikes into the PDRA’s Pro Extreme Motorcycle class, the category will return to nitrous only in 2019. PDRA President Bob Harris says the change is due to popular demand. “I…
Paul Gast Wins PDRA Finals, Ronnie Smith Wins Championship
Pro Extreme Motorcycle veteran Paul Gast made the most of his second PDRA appearance of the season, as he defeated a string of the class’s toughest riders en route to a final-round win over first-time finalist Ricardo Knights at the…
Ronnie Smith Takes Friday PDRA Pole, Beats Out Turbo Bike
Points leader Ronnie “Pro Mod” Smith added to his reputation as the quickest nitrous-assisted Pro Extreme Motorcycle as he rode his Innovative Performance ’16 Hayabusa to a 3.975 at 175.41, nearly beating his own national record of 3.973 during Friday…
PDRA Changes Motorcycle Class Rules, Wagner Says Nitrous and Turbo Separate in 2019
All eyes and social media comments have been pointed at the PDRA Pro Extreme Motorcycle class as of late. It’s another episode in dragbike racing’s longstanding, quarrelsome turbo vs. nitrous rivalry. The uproar is in the wake of expert builder…
New Turbo Bike’s 3.91 Ignites PDRA Nitrous vs. Turbo Controversey, Nitrous Team Threatens Boycott
When mentioning the great rivalries of motorcycle drag racing one may think; Kawasaki vs. Suzuki, Harley vs. import, Dave Schultz vs. John Myers; the list goes on. Perhaps the most hotly-debated and reoccurring rivalry over the years has been nitrous…
Brunson Grothus Wins PDRA Fall Nationals, Terry Schweigert Backs Up 3.91
Winless in PDRA Pro Extreme Motorcycle since late 2016, Brunson Grothus was eager to fight through an ultra-competitive field of motorcycles to earn the Fall Nationals victory. His 4.016 at 175.99 on his Indocil Art ’15 Suzuki defeated first-time finalist…
Ronnie Smith Wins PDRA Pro Extreme Motorcycle at Galot
Pro Extreme Motorcycle No. 1 qualifier Ronnie “Pro Mod” Smith charged to a win Saturday night at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Drag Wars at GALOT Motorsports Park. Smith went wire-to-wire to enjoy his career-best weekend in the PDRA’s…
Rodney Williford Wins Season-Opening PDRA Event on New Bike
Competitors from the Tar Heel State nearly swept the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) East Coast Spring Nationals as Jay Cox led a host of fellow North Carolinians into the winner’s circle at GALOT Motorsports Park. Pro Extreme Motorcycle…
Another Chapter in the Turbo vs. Nitrous Rivalry – Nitrous Teams Weigh-in on PDRA Rule Change
It’s time to write another chapter in dragbike racing’s longstanding, contentious turbo vs. nitrous rivalry. This time the battleground is the PDRA (Professional Drag Racing Association). For the 2018 season PDRA announced a major change to its Pro Extreme Motorcycle…
Vance & Hines to Reward PDRA PXM Qualifiers
Vance & Hines will reward Pro Extreme Motorcycle number one qualifiers at 2015 Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) events with a $500 bonus. Amongst other products for high performance motorcycles, Vance & Hines produces a crankshaft used in the large…