Sad News: “Clay” Jones, Vice-President Of Beech Bend Raceway Passes At Age 42
Exceptionally sad news to report today as Darren “Clay” Jones, the son of Beech Bend Raceway Park owner Dallas Jones, vice-president of the track and the amusement park, and all around...
Sunoco To Become Official Fuel Of NHRA In 2015
In what was undoubtedly a surprise to VP Race Fuels, the current Official Fuel Supplier of the NHRA, the Glendora-based sanctioning body, announced a ten-year deal for Sunoco to become an...
Radial Revenge Tour Tulsa Raceway Park – Small Tire Warfare In Oklahoma
(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) – The popularity of small radial shod drag cars is spreading across the nation like green grass sprouting in the Spring and that’s no exception here in the...
So-Cal High School Drag Challenge Hits Fontana’s AutoClub Dragway: John Force And The Kids Loved It!
This past weekend we had the opportunity to be a part of something special. The first event in the newly formed Southern California High School Drag Challenge, was a riot, and everyone on site had a...
Land Speed Gallery: The East Coast Timing Association Spring 2014 Meet
Land speed racing season is officially on for the East Coast Timing Association! We’re here in Wilmington, Ohio to take in the action and actually participate in the event as I serve as the...
Our Last Blast Of Ford Drag Perfection From The 2014 FE Race And Reunion – Until Next Year!
Well, this is officially it. We’re through all of the awesome photos that Joe Grippo sent us from the 2014 FE Race and Reunion which was held about a week ago at Beaver Springs Dragway in...
Great Videos Of A 1964 Tempest Turbocharged Vintage Pontiac Four Cylinder Shredding Tires!
Some guys know and some guys don’t, but back in the early 1960s, Pontiac built a 194ci four cylinder engine and used it in a few of their production models. The engine was literally half of a...
Watch Don Garlits Make Runs In The SR-37 Electric Dragster From All Angles
As we have been reporting, Don Garlits and the SR-37 Quest team have been active over the last few days making test passes for the first time just days ago. While the team did not clip 200mph yet,...
More Sweet, Sweet FE Photos From The 2014 FE Race And Reunion – Beaver Springs, Dragway
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We’re almost out of Joe Grippo photos from the 2014 FE Race and Reunion at Beaver Springs Dragway and that’s a shame because we have loved picking through...
LIVE: Super Stock and Stock Eliminator Wheels Up Racing Going On Right Now At National Trail
The Autometer Northern Class Nationals is on right now at National Trail Raceway, and thanks to Mark Walter and the gang we’ve got the live broadcast rolling right now. If you like big...
High School Drags With 16X Champ John Force At Auto Club Dragway
Jeff Burghardt photo Local drag racing is evolving. For much of the last two decades your local track survived on hundreds of Super category racers and bracket programs. They all need cash...
NHRA Houston 2014 – Top Fuel Gallery With Wadded Up Tires and BIG Header Flames
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Antron Brown walked out of Houston last weekend with a top fuel Wally as he has done so many times before. Brown piloted his Matco Tools sponsored dragster through...
2014 FE Race And Reunion – More Photos Of Historic And Rip Roaring Ford Machines From Beaver Springs
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The hits just keep on coming from the lens of Joe Grippo whose massive collection of photos from the 2014 FE Race and Reunion at Beaver Springs Dragway document one of...
Garlits Falls Short Of 200 On First Day of Testing – Second Session Should Yield Double Century Runs
A couple of days ago Don Garlits and and the SR-37 Questn team descended on Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida to attempt to break the 200mph (quarter mile) barrier in an all electric, battery...
