Monday, July 31, 2006

2006 NHRA Sonoma Final Results
Final results and up to date NHRA POWERAde championship points standings after the 2006 Fram-Autolite NHRA Nationals.

Sunday, July 30, 2006

2006 NHRA Sonoma Final Qualifying Results
Final pro qualifying results and first round pairings from the 19th annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals.

Saturday, July 29, 2006

2006 NHRA Sonoma Friday Qualifying Results
Day one pro qualifying results from the 2006 FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals at Infineon Raceway at Sears Point, California.

Thursday, July 27, 2006


Thomas Wins Second Straight at Caddo Mills
Outlaw Top Sportsman racing returned to Redline Raceway in Caddo Mills for the third time this year. A large field turned out to make the 16 car field and gave the fans a great show.

Wednesday, July 26, 2006


Brown Sweeps Match Race With 4.08 Best
Jeremy Brown swept Thomas Myers three straight on July 22 in a blower vs. nitrous shootout between the two most recent TOPMA winners.

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Inaugural Draglist.com Nationals a Blast!
The inaugural Draglist.com Nationals was a huge success with a couple dozen of our members getting together in Eddyville, Iowa, for terrific friendship and racing. There are so many memories and stories from the event that one article won't hold them all. Click to read our message board -- the place for all the stories from 2006 and all the plans for 2007!

Kenny Duke Wins First OTS Race!
After two earlier rainouts, the Outlaw Top Sportsman race at the Stephens’ family Paris Drag Strip finally happened on July 8. In spite of the oppressive heat, a large field of 15 racers showed up to race at the Northeast Texas track. A large crowd showed up to watch the 4.70 index cars much to the pleasure of all.

Vintage Tour of "Big Daddy's" Shop
In 1971, U.K. photographer Roger Phillips made a stateside visit. One of the places he visited was Don Garlits' Speed Shop and his race shop. 35 years later, complete with captions by Don Garlits, the photos are finally being published on Alan Currans' Acceleration Archive.
2006 NHRA Englishtown, NHRA Madison, IHRA Edmonton Performance Updates
Steve Klemetti digs into the numbers again to provide us with new teams and new personal best performances from 2006 NHRA Englishtown, NHRA Madison, and IHRA Edmonton.

70s Funny Cars Round 41: More Obscure Machines
Here is the long overdue new round of 70s Funny Cars. The round includes such obscure cars as the Barbarian, Genuine Suspension, Highland Bandit, and others. Sit back and enjoy!

Monday, July 24, 2006


Skuza Motorsports
Tbe popular fuel funny car racer has a new website as he prepares for the 2007 racing season.
2006 NHRA Seattle Final Results
Final eliminations results and up to date NHRA POWERAde championship points standings after the 2006 Schuck's Auto Supply NHRA Nationals presented by Lucas Oil.

Sunday, July 23, 2006


Fred Farndon's New Awful Awful!
Longtime fuel racer Fred Farndon has built a new AA/FA Fiat Topolino that he'll be running under the banner of NitroGeezers.com.
2006 NHRA Seattle Final Qualifying Results
Final pro qualifying results and first round pairings from the 2006 Schuck's Auto Supply NHRA Nationals presented by Lucas Oil at Pacific Raceways.

Saturday, July 22, 2006

2006 NHRA Seattle Friday Qualifying Results
Day one qualifying results from the 19th annual Schuck's Auto Supply NHRA Nationals presented by Lucas Oil at Pacific Raceways.

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Two legends return
Legendary Fuel FC racer Tom Hoover and fellow US racer and European favourite Harlan Thompson are to return to Fuel racing in an eight-car Top Fuel match race at the Bahrain International Circuit in late October. Both racers will be driving cars out of Europe's Carbon By Design stable, owned by Sweden's Knut Söderquist. Eurodragster.com spoke to Tom, Harlan and Knut to get the lowdown on the return of the US legends.

Monday, July 17, 2006

2006 NHRA Bandimere Final Results
Final eliminations results and up to date NHRA POWERAde championship points standings after the 2006 Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals in Denver, Colorado.

Sunday, July 16, 2006

2006 NHRA Bandimere Final Qualifying Results
Final pro qualifying results from the 2006 Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals in Denver, Colorado.

Saturday, July 15, 2006

Inaugural DragList Nationals TODAY!
We are all here! Come on out to the inaugural DRAGLIST NATIONALS on July 15, 2006 in Eddyville, Iowa. Drag List members from several states and two countries are getting together, racing, and hanging out for a weekend. Everyone is invited!
2006 NHRA Bandimere Friday Qualifying Results
Day one pro qualifying results from the 2006 Mopar Mile High NHRA Nationals at Bandimere Speedway in Denver.

Sunday, July 09, 2006

2006 IHRA Milan Final Results
Final eliminations results and up to date IHRA eMax points standings after the Suzuki Motor City Nationals presented by GM Performance Division and Heritage Newspapers at Milan Dragway.

Saturday, July 08, 2006

2006 IHRA Milan Final Qualifying Results
Final pro qualifying results and first round pairings from the Suzuki Motor City Nationals presented by GM Performance Division and Heritage Newspapers.

Drag Racing List - Flyin' Phil Goes to the Indy 500 -- Sorta
Flyin' Phil remembers a bit about the Indy 500, and attends a little pre-race party with a few well known Reno area drag racers.
2006 IHRA Milan Friday Qualifying Results
Day one pro qualifying results from the 2006 Suzuki Motor City Nationals presented by GM Performance Division and the Heritage Newspapers in Milan, Mich.

Wednesday, July 05, 2006


All Time Top Drag Racer Don Garlits at York This Weekend
Longevity doesn't guarantee success, but success over a long period of time can elevate a person to the top of his or her profession. In drag racing, that person is "Big Daddy" Don Garlits. Meet this legendary star in York, Pennsylvania, this weekend.
Goyda Cancels Indy Memorabilia Show
Mike Goyda and Brian Kennedy have announced the cancellation of their Quarter Mile Memories memorabilia show scheduled for Labor Day weekend at the NHRA Nationals.

Testing for Yellow Fever
Mike is getting closer and closer to getting licensed in his screaming yellow '60 Chevy Bel Air Outlaw 10.5 car. Here are the results of the latest test.

Tuesday, July 04, 2006


National Hot Rod Reunion IV
Vic Cooke offers his usual excellent coverage at NitroGeezers.com.

York US 30 Show This Weekend!
Momentous days of racing will be relived on July 7-8th at the York Expo Center, York Fairgrounds when Cloister Wash & Lube presents the Fifth Annual York US 30 Musclecar Madness. Denise, the kids, and I will be there. Hope to see you there! bp

Booth Racing's 1953 Pro Mod Corvette
The Booth Racing 1953 Pro Mod Corvette is one of the toughest racers on the Texas Outlaw Pro Mod Association tour.
South Georgia Motorsports Park to present Southern Nostalgia Shootout
Plan on attending the biggest nostalgia event this side of Bowling Green this fall when South Georgia Motorsports Park presents the Southern Nostalgia Shootout in October.

Monday, July 03, 2006


Orthodoxou returns, and how
After a long lay-off from competitive drag racing, the UK's Chris Orthodoxou is returning with a 604 ci Hemi-powered Dodge Viper GTS. One of the best-looking race cars we have ever seen is built to the latest Pro Mod spec but will initially be raced in Super Pro ET or Top Sportsman. Chris kindly invited Eurodragster.com to his Surrey base to attend the unveiling of his new ride and we took the chance to take a large number of photographs and to ask Chris about his absence, his racing career, his new car, his future plans, and his legendary attachment to Mopars
Nitro Madness at the 2006 Slingshot Nationals
Rapid Randy, Scott Gauter, and the rest of the Nitro Madness team battled fuel altereds, funny cars, and Mother Nature at Cordova 2006.

Lippy's Ford Takes on Cordova
Steve and Leon Lippoldt traveled from Kansas to Cordova to take on legions of hemi and rat motored nitro burners with a small block Windsor Ford.

Saturday, July 01, 2006


Splinter goes Prom Mod
You're sixteen years old, it's your End of School Prom, and you want to make an entrance rather than turn up in a stretch Limo like everyone else. What to do? For sixteen-year-old Matthew Atkinson a solution presented itself: one of the UK's quickest Real Steel Street Eliminator racers just happens to be a close friend of the family, and Steve 'Splinter' Nash was only too happy to take Matthew to the ball in his 8.0-second street-legal Wild Cat Mercury Cougar.