Small Tire Racing At Ozark Raceway Park – Doing The Difficult Bit In The Dark!
Aug 10, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
Running two huge chunks of rubber out back that can compose as much as half of a car’s total width is one way to get a ton of power down onto the ground, and it’s effective. People have...
Nitro Funny Car Gypsy Lays Down Odds For The 46th Pepsi Nightfire Nationals!
Aug 09, 2017Darr Hawthorne1
(Photos by Dyan Lover, Jeff Burghardt, Bob Snyder, Darr Hawthorne) In what is shaping up as an outstanding assembly of nitro racecars, the 46th Pepsi Nightfire Nationals will be a shootout for most...
The Pat Foster Driven, Woody Gilmore Rear Engine Dragster Came Before Garlits And Almost Killed Him!
Aug 09, 2017Chad Reynolds2
(Photos by Mr. Wanbaugh) Pat Foster was a certifiable bad ass in the drag racing world, although most probably know him as one of the pioneer Funny Car drivers, not the driver of Woody...
PSCA SCSN Anarchy At The Arch IV: Door Cars Galore From St. Louis!
Aug 09, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on PSCA SCSN Anarchy At The Arch IV: Door Cars Galore From St. Louis!
Sunday was a bit of a rush at Gateway Motorsports Park. Weather threatened to put a damper on the Anarchy At The Arch IV race, so the decision was made to move the runs along as fast as humanely and...
Morning Symphony: The Sound Of Going Fast By Any Means Necessary
Aug 09, 2017Bryan McTaggart3
Sorry, Ford fans, but this bitchin’ bumpside is powered by a Rat…one very, very angry Rat, but a big block Chevy nonetheless. I can already hear the hate comments flowing, so let’s...
Big News! Doug Chandler, Husband Of Late Terry Chandler Extends Infinite Hero and Make A Wish Deals Through 2020
Aug 09, 2017Brian Lohnes3
Big NHRA news was released by Don Schumacher Racing yesterday with the announcement that Doug Chandler, husband of the late Terry Chandler has extended the Make-A-Wish and Infinite Hero “giving...
PSCA SCSN Anarchy At The Arch IV Gallery: Saturday’s Throwdown, Part One – The Final Qualifications
Aug 08, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on PSCA SCSN Anarchy At The Arch IV Gallery: Saturday’s Throwdown, Part One – The Final Qualifications
It’s probably something I should never admit to, but it’s only after Anarchy At The Arch IV that I’m starting to truly grasp the difference in the radial cars. Don’t...
Take A Video Tour Of The Scrappers Top Fuel Team’s Pit Area – The Most Insane Top Fuel Pit In Drag Racing History
Aug 07, 2017Brian Lohnes8
If you are a fan of NHRA top fuel racing you have undoubtedly heard the name Mike Salinas in 2017. The owner of the “Scrappers” racing team, Salinas has entered the top fuel area in a big...
Wow! Byron Dragway Seeking New Ownership – Historic Track Home Of Many Great Events
Aug 07, 2017Brian Lohnes4
The house that Ron Leek built is seeking new ownership. Byron Dragway in Byron, Illinois is on the market. The track has been open for more than half a century and has been a hotbed of innovation and...
2017 Meltdown Drags Coverage: We Just Cannot Stop Ourselves – More Photos!
Aug 07, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on 2017 Meltdown Drags Coverage: We Just Cannot Stop Ourselves – More Photos!
(Words and photos by Bad Brad Klaassen) – So, if you’ve been following along, you’ve read about and seen what an amazing time is to be had by anyone that attends the Meltdown Drags just...
Mike Bowman Wins $100,000 World Series of Pro Mod! Turbocharged Californian Slays Them All!
Aug 07, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Mike Bowman Wins $100,000 World Series of Pro Mod! Turbocharged Californian Slays Them All!
(Photo credit: Drag Illustrated) – Mike Bowman showed up at Denver in his turbocharged Chevelle Pro Mod with a plan. That plan was to win the richest purse in the history of the Pro Modified...
Old School Cool: The Victory Nostalgia Super Stock Gallery From Anarchy At The Arch IV!
Aug 07, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
Anarchy At The Arch IV brought a wide field of cars to Gateway Motorsports Park’s starting line. On one hand, you had street cars that would drive out for food in between rounds…mostly...
PSCA SCSN Anarchy At The Arch IV Gallery: Tuning And Testing In The Unseasonably Good Air!
Aug 06, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on PSCA SCSN Anarchy At The Arch IV Gallery: Tuning And Testing In The Unseasonably Good Air!
The PSCA SCSN Anarchy At The Arch IV race is going to go down in our record books as maybe the best racing weather we have seen at Gateway Motorsports Park since…well, since we’ve been...
Bonneville Legend: Art Arfons’ Cyclops – Up Close And Personal
Aug 06, 2017Brian Lohnes5
Art Arfons’s famed Cyclops jet dragster was a prolific machine in its time. The giant jet engine on wheels held Bonneville records (one of which still stands), was converted into a boat for a...










