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Burgess Leads Pro Mod Qualifying at Summitracing.com NHRA Nationals WhoWon.com by Anthony Vestal LAS VEGAS -- Roger Burgess raced to the qualifying lead Friday in the NHRA Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series portion of the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals. Burgess covered the quarter-mile distance at The Strip at Las ... See all stories on this topic »

DRAG RACING: Bristol Street Fights offers something for all fans TriCities.com (blog) For motorsports lovers, the colorful scene at Bristol Dragway Saturday was a sight to behold. There were powerful muscle cars, purring imports, rugged diesel trucks, modified family cars, exotic street bikes and even an electric car. ... See all stories on this topic »

Chevrolet Camaro Drag Race Special Rumored as Mustang Cobra Jet Rival AutoGuide.com Ford Racing's drag racing manager Jesse Kershaw let this information slip during an interview, where he was discussing the efforts of others to compete with the Cobra Jet: "Dodge has produced a Challenger to compete with us…We know that General Motors ... See all stories on this topic » AutoGuide.com

Burgess Unveils R2B2 Race Cars, Will Sell Drag Racing Vehicles Worldwide PaddockTalk Last year, Geese built the award-winning Pontiac Firebird driven by Raymond Commisso in the Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series, as well as the 1953 Corvette Pro Mod Burgess currently is running in the NHRA. Commisso's Firebird was voted ... See all stories on this topic »

Force On Roll, Pole In Vegas RacinToday.com (Photo courtesy of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series) Force, the defending NHRA Funny Car champion, grabbed the No. 1 qualifying spot Saturday for Sunday's eliminations. Force was the winner of the Las Vegas event a year ago. ... See all stories on this topic » RacinToday.com

Gates Corporation Continues Sponsorship of Don Schumacher Racing for 2011 NHRA ... PR-USA.net (press release) Gates Corporation, a leading manufacturer of industrial and automotive products, today announced the continuation of its Associate Sponsorship of Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) for the 2011 National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Full Throttle Drag Racing ... See all stories on this topic »

Girl-racer Gabrielle is our top speed queen Irish Independent Her reactions are preternaturally fast, and that's the thing that counts in drag racing. By the time you and I would see the lights go green, foot down, hold on -- by the time you finish this sentence, in fact -- Gabrielle is over the eighth-of-a-mile ... See all stories on this topic »

Chevrolet to take on Mustang Cobra Jet and Challenger Drag Pak with race-only ... Autoblog (blog) In an interview regarding the Cobra Jet, Ford Racing's drag racing competition manager, Jesse Kershaw, hinted at a new Camaro built for drag racing: "Some people revel in competition and some people don't like the competition, but what is really ... See all stories on this topic »