Sportsman Drag Racing Photos: Ohio Valley Kentucky NHRA National Open Action
(Photos by Darrell Russell) Thanks to our friend Darrell Russell, we’ve got some killer photos from the recent NHRA National Open at Ohio Valley Dragway in Louisville Kentucky. We’re...
Free Live Streaming Video: More Than $160,000 On The Line At The Inaugural Summer Fling At National Trail
That’s right folks, it is time for the inaugural Summer Fling at National Trail Raceway, where more than $160,000 is up for grabs by the winners. That means there is double that in total, and...
PDRA Drag Racing Photo Coverage From The Northern Nationals. Big Power, Big Speed, And Great Photos
(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Well, a few weeks back I finally got to attend a PDRA event, the Northern Nationals. Last year was to be the first event at my home track, Maple Grove Raceway but we...
Burndown Breakdown: Here’s The Definitive History Of The Greatest NHRA Burndown Ever, Carbone vs Garlits 1971
As the drag racing world still buzzes over the Mason McGaha/Bruno Massel starting line show at Topeka a couple weeks ago, NHRA’s Phil Burgess decided to do a deep dive into the greatest...
Drag Racing Photos: We’ve Got A New PDRA Northern Nationals Photo Gallery Right Here
(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Well, a few weeks back I finally got to attend a PDRA event, the Northern Nationals. Last year was to be the first event at my home track, Maple Grove Raceway but we...
Finding The Limit: This Video Shows Turbocharger And Boost Level Testing To The Failure Point
When companies develop products or new systems, testing them on the dyno is really important. It’s important to test them at the level most people will use them and it is also important to test...
Listen Up: NHRA Insider Podcast – The Young Racers – Blake Alexander and Aaron Stanfield Talk Shop!
Blake Alexander and Aaron Stanfield join host Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider Podcast. Alexander, who races with Jim Head in the nitro funny car category has seen positive successes...
Watch Ron Colson Get Booted From The 1978 NHRA US Nationals In The Most Embarrassing Way Possible
The old adage that there are, “a million ways to lose a drag race” is true. Just when you think you’ve seen them all, new ones seem to just pop up from nowhere. No one knew this...
eBay Find: This Hemi With NASCAR Winning History Is A Documented Piece Of Racing History
Sometimes people think us gearheads are a little looped because we place near mystic value on inanimate things. Whether they are race parts once owned by a cool person or engines like this one that...
PDRA Northern Nationals Photo Coverage Starts Right Here!
(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Well, a few weeks back I finally got to attend a PDRA event, the Northern Nationals. Last year was to be the first event at my home track, Maple Grove Raceway but we...
NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals Videos: Leah Blows Up, Hagan and Torrence Win, Justin Bond Hammers The Wall
The NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals were one heck of a good time in Brainerd, Minnesota. The track surface at the place is about the best that exists in the the world, the weather cooled off, and the...
Wreck Of The Decade? Tim Tidle’s Monster Crash At The 2013 NHRA US Nationals Might Be It
Over the course of 2010 through 2019 there were plenty of nasty wrecks in drag racing but this one still stands in my mind as one of the worst. Is it THE worst? Perhaps that is up for debate and...
Boosted Beast of Burden: This 300ci Ford Inline Six Makes More Than 500 Force Fed Horsepower
A while back the guys at Engine Power got their mitts on a nearly dead 300ci Ford inline six. The thing made 88hp on the dyno as it sat when delivered and over the course of time though bolting on...
