Revving up the racing industry
Some northeast Indiana businesses with motorsports ties are watching state efforts to boost their industry with the same intensity as the most avid fans cheering on their favorite drivers at the Indianapolis 500 in May.

Nostalgia Funny Car News
Just checking in with Mark King's great nostalgia funny car site. Mark keeps up with the guys who are keeping the dream alive.

Checking Out The Other Side of 'Rock' Racing
I have been on NASCAR pit roads when the command was given to start the engines and I have been against the outside fence at Darlington taking pictures as the entire 43-car field came flying by, but I have never in my life experienced anything quite like being at that starting line when that light turned from red to yellow to green and those two top fuel dragsters came blasting off not 20 feet from where I was standing.

D1 Grand Prix to Showcase at East Coast NHRA Xplōd Sport Compact Racing Series Event
NHRA and the D1GP professional drifting series have announced that they will combine forces at the historic Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.

Drag racer Veldheer celebrating pair of 40th anniversaries
Phil Veldheer is celebrating his 40th year of drag racing this season, and that's not the only anniversary he is celebrating this year.

Move Over G.M., Toyota Is No. 1
On Tuesday, the Toyota Motor Company officially took over bragging rights from General Motors as the world’s largest automaker.

Bridges' love of racing builds cars and family bonds
Marvin Bridge will put in 12 hours at work easy, something he does seven days a week. But not a day goes by that he doesn't go home smiling.

Ladwig Drives to Records and Win at Virginia
It was a weekend of record-breaking racing and back-to-back wins at Virginia Motorsports Park for the Virginia NHRA Sport Compact Nationals.

Cullen wins street drag racing championship
21-year-old Matt Cullen has been obsessed with cars all his life, and was stoked to take out the championship class of Super Street Drag Racing in Mildura recently.

Drag racing developer 'Big Boy' LeSueur dies
Frank 'Big Boy' LeSueur Jr., an influential figure in the development of drag racing in Virginia, died Friday of liver cancer at 75.

Hosford and Bay Set Jet Funny Car Track Record at Woodburn
Results from the 5th Annual Tulip Festival Drags, April 22, 2007

Two track records were set in the afternoon of April 22, 2007 for the 5th Annual Tulip Festival Drags at WOODBURN DRAGSTRIP, Woodburn, Ore. Bill Hosford drove Darin Bay’s jet Funny Car to a new track record 5.695 elapsed time at over 278 mph. In addition, Scott Pollacheck rode his ‘04 1500 cc Suzuki to a track-record elapsed time of 6.954 at 195.69 mph. Other winners include:

SUPER PRO
W: Roger Weddle ('68 Plymouth) Brooks, OR - 10.788, 120.74 (10.80 dial).
R/U: Mike McManus ('01 Tuttle) Happy Valley, OR- 8.994, 154.58 (9.02 dial).
Semi's: Bill Heard ('80 Ford Pinto) Portland, OR; John Young ('03 Mullis dragster) Vancouver, WA.

PRO ET
W: Bruce Reidl ('66 Oldsmobile) Oregon City, OR - 11.262, 110.90 (11.22 dial).
R/U: Carl Meinig ('79 Chevy)Portland, OR - 11.600, 114.73 (11.61 dial).
Semi's: Garry Fetters ('55 Chevy) Salem, OR; Jim Goodman ('68 El Camino) Canby, OR.

SPORTSMAN
W: Jolene Woodward ('74 Chevy) Lyons, OR- 13.078, 94.80 (13.05 dial).
R/U: Karl Hart ('84 Pontiac) Portland, OR- 13.740, 99.25 (13.74 dial).
Semi's: Sheila Biscay McCleary, WA('80 Mustang);

MOTORCYCLE
W: Brian Carr ('83 Suzuki) Clackamas, OR - 10.106, 128.40 (10.12 dial).
R/U: Mike O’Leary ('81 Kawasaki) Ridgefield, WA - broke.
Semi's: John D. Martin (Suzuki)Elk Grove, CA;

PRO NOSTALGIA "A"
W: Dewayne Sanders ('98 Tuttle)Albany, OR - 7.162, 175.67 (7.10 dial).
R/U: Mike Boertje ('23 T) Corvallis, OR - 7.471, 178.18 (7.25 dial).
Semi's: Rick New ('05 FED) Sandy, OR; Dee Morris ('32 Bantam) Snohomish, WA.

PRO NOSTALGIA "B"
W: Spud Miller ('68 FED) Philomath, OR - 7.545, 175.40 (7.545 dial).
R/U: Jeff Eaton ('23 T Ford) Hillsboro, OR - foul.

NWDB PRO MOD
W: Jeff Lilly (Kawasaki), Aloha, OR - 8.630, 148.07 (8.63 dial).
R/U: Scott Pollacheck ('04 Suzuki), Medford, OR - foul.
Semi's: Eric Robinson ('98 2X11) Eugene, OR;

NWDB PRO STREET
W: Mike Kasinger (Suzuki) - 8.678, 165.92 (8.65 dial).
R/U: Mike Fields, Jr (motorcycle) Sacramento, CA - 9.113, 154.74 (9.05 dial).
Semi's: Robert Neidigh ('00 Suzuki)King, ID; Mike Fields, Sr ('99 Hayabusa) Sacramento, CA.

Monster Cycle
A British engineer builds a half-ton, 1,000-horse drag-racing bike with the power of a monster truck.

Project: Candyman
Show AND Go. Restoration build up site of the Dekker & Mueller '67 Camaro Funny Car.

Green Monster
No one ever said going green means not having any fun, and the folks at Galpin Auto Sports in Van Nuys, California, certainly like to have fun. Evidence: the company’s Earth Day centerpiece celebration, a 1965 Chevrolet Impala transformed into a biodiesel-propelled hot rod nicknamed the “Bio Rocket.”

CNMI drag racers triumphant in Guam
The 12-man crew of the Drag Racing Club of Saipan went home with three trophies after competing in the three-day Guam Smokin' Wheels held at the Circle K Drag Strip.

Drag racing roars in
If it’s spring, it must be time for professional drag racing to finish shaking the pollen from the Sandhills’ pines.

Speed Fever
There is a group of dedicated men and women who have spent the winter months holed up in their garages, wrenching, working and waiting for the snow to give way to sun.

Funny Car's Gary Scelzi Leaving NHRA Competition
Four-time NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series champion Gary Scelzi, one of the most popular drag racers in history, will stop racing at the conclusion of the 2007 season.

Dragway expands offerings
The Motor Mile Dragway has several milestones this year. It will host a televised race, it will showcase the popular ADRL, and it will begin Friday night street racing.

Local women making mark at Hagerstown Dragway
It's not unusual to see long hair sticking out of the back of the racers’ helmets as they exit their cars at Victory Lane.

Track smokin' for weekend excitement
Listen up, Guam, the Shell/Miller Lite 25th Annual Smokin' Wheels racing event is finally here -- again!

Antigua to host Caribbean Drag Racing Championship
Getting ready to further develop their regional Sport Tourism movement through Motor Sport, the annual Invasion of the Imports (Caribbean Drag Racing Championship) is back and is set for host country Antigua once again.

Local racing legend top honoree at Texas Motorsports ceremonies
'This is the first motor sports activity I've been involved in since retiring in 1999,' said racing legend and Wichitan Eddie Hill, who was inducted into the Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame Wednesday.

Jon Capps ready for POWERade Series debut in Las Vegas
Funny Car rookie Jon Capps says he's like a veritable “Rain Man” of automobiles, with a natural ability to read his ride. And it's no wonder he'd choose a movie metaphor to describe his talent – he works with the stars of Hollywood, after all.

KillaCycle breaks drag racing records on all fronts
All existing electronic vehicle drag racing records were literally vaporized by the KillaCycle, clocking 8.168 seconds at 155.78 MPH.

A pit stop with the Parton family
Super pro dragster racers tell their local paper what it's all about.

NHRA drag racer Brandon "The Kid" Lewis makes switch to A-fuel
Brandon 'The Kid' Lewis, who has raced top alcohol funny car for three seasons in the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series will switch to A-fuel dragster at the South Central Division points race at Texas Motorplex on April 13.

Racing drivers bring road safety message to schools
A chance visit to a our edrags.com started a chain of events which brought two top wheelstander drag racers from the USA to Grand Cayman.

Racing is not just NASCAR
A trip to Silver Dollar Raceway proves to the author that, in his words, "There is far more to auto racing than just the stock car racing that SPEED channel overwhelms fans with each day, night and afternoon."

Australia: Car club pushes ahead with drag racing proposal
The Dubbo City Car Club will use a special meeting tonight to address concerns about its proposal to move drag racing to the aerodrome at Narromine.

Ford Flashback
This is a great looking new site dedicated to blue oval drag racing. Great info and pictures on Ford drag cars from several eras.

Drag racers remember death of a colleague
Brandon Bernstein remembers Eric Medlen for the Galveston newspaper.

Fatal crash robs drag racing of role model
Our grandsons lost a fine role model last week when Eric Medlen died of injuries he suffered when his Funny Car crashed in testing at Gainesville, Fla.

2007 Nostalgia Race Schedule
Jim Marlett again does all his fellows an outstanding service by preparing and publishing all the known nostalgia drag racing events for the calendar year.

Tire vibration blamed in driver's death
The brain trauma that caused Funny Car driver Eric Medlen's death last week likely was the result of severe tire vibration and not the impact of the ensuing low-angle crash against a retaining wall.

Tribute to NHRA Driver Eric Medlen Included in ESPN2 Houston Coverage
The NHRA POWERAde Drag Racing Series heads to Houston this weekend for the O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals and ESPN2 will have coverage of qualifying and finals on Saturday and Sunday. A tribute to Eric Medlen will air in the qualifying and finals programs, as well as in Sunday’s NHRA Race Day.

Safety can't be measured in square footage
Two weeks ago, few - if any - were seriously questioning NHRA safety procedures or its remarkable track record. There were the usual gripes, but nothing of major consequence. That tranquility has been shattered.

Derby tests car builders' creativity
The guy cited in the article isn't me, but the Pinewood Derby sure provided one of my first tastes of drag racing.

Robert Petersen, Publisher of Auto Buff Magazines, Dies at 80
Robert E. Petersen, who channeled his enduring California-boy fervor for fast cars with tailfins and chrome-plated engines into a string of successful magazines, including Hot Rod and Motor Trend, died Friday in Santa Monica, Calif.

AA/Fuelsim.com goes online
Nitrosim.com, the venerable drag racing simulation message board, is no more. AA/Fuelsim.com was created to keep the members of Nitrosim together and to continue the fellowship that the members of Nitrosim have created.

John Force reality show gets good review
Some of the best reality TV shows expose viewers to a lifestyle or profession that is new to them, and when producers pick just the right participants, the results can be compelling. One show that certainly in this category is A&E’s “Driving Force.”

Bruton Smith Still Wants the NHRA
O. Bruton Smith, the richest man in stock-car racing, said he wants to buy the biggest drag-racing series in the U.S. and boost the sport's appeal to race fans and television audiences.

Pro Stock To Pro Turbo
Ozzie Pro Stock legend Tony Wedlock has forsaken twin carbs for twin turbos.

Medlen's smiling face, sunny outlook will be missed
The overwhelming majority of friends, family and fans of the now-departed 33-year-old racer are using sincerely similar terms to describe their most enduring image of him: 'Eric had a great smile.'

draglist.com Web Safety Ratings from McAfee SiteAdvisor
We got a clean bill of health at draglist.com. How does your site stack up?

Trouble in NASCAR's Happy Marketing Valley
Dark clouds are forming over the NASCAR Empire right now, and not surprisingly they're due to the very thing that propelled the NASCAR 'miracle' to begin with.

Remembering Eric Medlen
A touching tribute to Eric at NHRA.com.

Drag racer Medlen dies
NHRA driver Eric Medlen died Friday, five days after sustaining a severe head injury in a crash during a test session at Gainesville Raceway. The staff of Draglist.com extends its deepest sympathies to Eric's family and friends.

Love of sport keeps Smith in the race
It may cost Mike Smith a lot more than what he makes from drag racing but the Silver Sands man says his love for the sport has kept him racing for more than 23 years.

Racing clean and efficiently
Oahe Speedway will hold its third annual Fanfest Drag Racing Car Show at Pierre Mall this beginning at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. One unique car on display will be an ethanol dragster owned by Schaun Schnathorst.

Drag racing pioneer headed for Hall
Record-setting Eddie Hill selected to join Texas motor sports legends in Texas Motor Sports Hall of Fame.

Prepare for madness of drag-racing series
To the average motorist, the idea seems crazy — hop into a cockpit, fire up the engine and drive a fire-belching vehicle down a quarter-mile track at speeds of more than 300 mph.

So you want to be a Racerchick?
I think the one question I get asked the most is how does a person become a race car driver. Apart from the obvious - learn how to drive fast, there are certain steps a person should take if they want to be a racer.

Lane Choice
A unique and unabashed perspective about all things NHRA drag racing.

Medlen still in critical condition
Funny Car driver Eric Medlen remained in critical condition in intensive care Tuesday at Shands at the University of Florida.

Class Aims to Put Students Under the Hood, and Into Stable Jobs
The rapid computerization of car engines has forced many veteran mechanics to choose early retirement rather than learn new technologies. That trend has created more openings than employers have been able to fill.

Call for Speed Limit Has German Blood at 178 m.p.h. Boil
Rule-bound and risk-averse in so many other ways, Germans regard driving on the autobahn at face-peeling speeds as close to an inalienable right.

Teen’s steely nerves earned her respect
Brittany Coldwater isn’t old enough for a driver’s license, but she’s speeding already. On weekends she sits at a light, waits for it to turn yellow, then punches the gas to speeds of more than 80 mph in an eighth of a mile.

An inspiring school story - with a hot rod
Maybe it's time for Calaveras High School to retire its Redskins mascot. Hot Rod magazine has renamed the school Horsepower High in honor of its drag racing program.

Keeping 'track' of the kids: All in the family and on the track
Although many parents find it tough maintaining ties with their kids as they move through their teens and into their twenties, Eddy and Cynthia Plaizier have no problems keeping track of their two children on summer weekends.

Cannon set to make IHRA Top Fuel debut
Drag racing fans can see one of the sport’s legends, Scotty Cannon, who made a name for himself winning six Pro Modified world championships, make his Top Fuel debut March 23–25 at San Antonio Raceway during the Amalie Oil Texas National.

Frank Bradley inducted into NHRA Hall of Fame
When Frank Bradley bought his first car, 1947 Woody station wagon he paid a mere $65 for in 1958, he got the itch, the itch to start drag racing.

Minus a strip, LI's a drag, racer's say
Holding 'No Dragstrip -- No Levy' bumper stickers, the racers sent a direct message to Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy: They are fed up with Englishtown, N.J., being the nearest drag strip for LI race fans.

Hernandez wins, Sets ET World Record
Josh Hernandez, driver of the Dr. Moon's Rage '68 Camaro, said he couldn't have scripted the first event of the AMS Staff Leasing Pro Mod Challenge presented by Tindle Enterprises, Inc. any better. Hernandez set the AMS World Record for the quickest run, posting an amazing 5.912 in the his first round match against Rick Stivers and ultimately won the AMS Eagle at the ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla.

SIR Archives 1966-2006 "40 Years of Fury"
Northwest photog Blair Alderton has pulled together an amazing visual history from the oldest continuously operating NHRA sanctioned drag strip in Western Canada, Saskatchewan International Raceway. Must see!

Retro Photo - Photography With A Twist In The UK
Original photographic work that mixes modern subjects with the look and feel of nostalgia and ageless style.

Driving Force
John Force always expected one day he would turn his multimillion-dollar drag racing empire over to his son. There was just one snag in his perfect plan. He didn't have a son.

Australian Drag Racing Star Shane Tucker Headed to NHRA
Australia’s newest International motorsporting export, 21 year-old Pro Stock drag racing star Shane Tucker, is intent on making every post a winner during the final two rounds of the Australian championship before jetting off to compete professionally in the United States.

The International Drag Racing HOF To Induct New Members
The International Drag Racing Hall of Fame will induct 11 new members on March 15.

High School Drags in the Great Northwest
The Agassiz High School Drag Racing Team is again getting set to compete in the B.C. Secondary School Motorsports Association Drag Racing Season for 2007.

Ford Super Stocks: The Glory Years
At the grass roots level, drag racing was the auto enthusiast's dream during the sixties. Unlike NASCAR races, at the drag strips across the country fans could see the cars and drivers up close. The manufacturers recognized that 'win on Sunday, sell on Monday' worked. Sensing this trend, Ford jumped in with both feet.

Ipswich Art Gallery Continues Motorsport Theme
The Ipswich Art Gallery has confirmed it will continue its focus on all things motorsport during the City's Carnival of Horsepower, following hot on the heels of last year's record breaking Driving Passion, the colours of motorsport exhibition.

Keeping Tired Drivers Alert, With No Snooze Button
There’s a sudden puff of air on the back of your neck. The steering wheel vibrates in your hands and a buzzer sounds. Your car is waking you. The car has been watching your face and, through the steering wheel, feeling your pulse. It knew you were about to fall asleep.

NHRA, Force At Head Of Class When It Comes To Females In Racing
Women are making their move - slowly but surely - into the racing circles, but nowhere more so than the place where drag racing legend Shirley Muldowney laid the groundwork.

Auto Club Famoso Raceway
The 2007 March Meet is on. Here is all the info. Enjoy!

Team Tuttle looking for new crew chief
Just when it was starting to look as though NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series Top Fuel dragster owner Dexter Tuttle was on to something, a crisis developed: Kenny Bernstein stole his crew chief.

Saipan drag racers off to Guam next month
A six-man racing crew is preparing to compete in the Smokin' Wheels on Guam scheduled from April 13 to 15 at the Circle K Drag Strip in Yigo.

NHRA Announces Oil Down Penalties for All Participants at NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series Events
Given the significant increase in oil downs by both professional and sportsman competitors, NHRA announced it will expand the oil down policy to include all competitors attending each NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series national event.

Driving Force Reality TV Returns for 2007
The new season focuses on John's pursuit of an unprecedented 15th NHRA championship and Ashley's professional funny car debut.

Nascar’s Car of Tomorrow May Be Today’s Car Even Sooner
Nascar spent years developing a racecar for its premier series, the Nextel Cup. The so-called Car of Tomorrow was designed to improve safety and competition while limiting costs. Nascar and its drivers will soon see.

International Motorsports Entertainment and Development Corporation to Create World Class Motorsports Complex within the Minneapolis-St. Paul Market
International Motorsports Entertainment and Development Corporation today announced plans to enter the Minnesota Sports and Entertainment Arena through development of a state-of-the-art Motorsports complex within the Minneapolis-St. Paul market. The $200 million complex will include a paved ¾ mile high banked oval suitable for NASCAR, ASA, ARCA and IRL style racing as well as a one-quarter mile NHRA style drag strip.

Split over New Zealand motor racing options
Conflicting opinions over whether to base a new multimillion-dollar motorsport venue near Tapawera or Hira has seen a split in the group driving the proposal.

Musi is Fast and Furious
Take a second and say it, because in that small fraction of time Pat Musi and his lime-green, Popeye-inspired dragster can go from sitting at the starting line to an engine-roaring, tire-squealing speed of 100 miles per hour. And then it really gets going.

The law is the star of show at drag strip
During Bristol Dragway’s Street Fight season-opener on Saturday, Virginia State Trooper Rex Carter was bombarded by questions about the agency’s latest crime-fighting weapon – a Hemi-powered 2006 Dodge Charger.

Ten Things Communities Can Do To Combat Street Racing
Street racing is recognized by communities around the nation as a problem that needs to be solved. For decades, the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) has been active in anti-street racing campaigns.

Stalba Jr. is on the prowl for an NHRA Super Gas title
Tom Stalba Jr. is making a run for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Super Gas sportsman championship this season.

'Snake' charmer
Don Prudhomme is collecting more honors even as he tries to collect more wins.

Drag racing newest high school sport
A quarter-mile strip of concrete. Gray clouds of tire smoke and the smell of fuel linger in the air. This isn't the setting most people associate with high school sports, but for those who participate in Southwestern International Raceway's High School Drag Racing Program, that's exactly what it is.

2 consecutive life sentences in murder of racing icon, wife
A Pasadena judge today sentenced Michael Goodwin, convicted in January of murdering racing legend Mickey Thompson and his wife, to two consecutive terms of life in prison without parole.

Coming or Going, Studebaker Sold Style to a Postwar Generation
“First by far with a postwar car” was Studebaker’s advertising line when it introduced its 1947 models. The innovative company beat its competitors with cars that were a stark departure from the upright designs of pre-Pearl Harbor days.

Calling the shots on a Top Fueller
If, like one third of the Eurodragster.com staff, you are a mechanical ignoramus and stand there with a Homer Simpson look on your face when a tuner tells you "We'll change the timing next round" or "We'll put in/take out fuel" then we can highly recommend a visit to the latest entry in our exclusive Racer Blog. In his latest article Dutch Top Fuel Dragster racer Lex Joon goes into quite some detail about the tuning calls which have to be made before venturing out onto the track in the MPM Oil Top Fuel Dragster, and what is actually done to put those calls into action - sometimes at the last minute.

European Drag Racing wallpaper
If your current wallpaper is starting to look a bit jaded then Eurodragster.com has just the thing for you courtesy of Swedish photo-journalist Stefan Boman, who has provided us with no fewer than twenty wallpaper files from the 2006 European season. The wallpaper files offer something for everyone covering a number of classes both Pro and Sportsman and both on and off-track.

NASCAR Is Lobbied About Switching to Ethanol
Brent Dewar is lobbying NASCAR officials to consider a switch from gasoline to ethanol.

At 43, she's pushing 250 mph for kicks
Our own Nancy Matter gets some great ink on the front page of the major Austin, Texas newspaper.

Life on the Ethanol-Guzzling Prairie
What is happening is a vision that many in rural America see as their salvation: high-performance moonshine from amber fields of grain, and a “grass station” in every town.

A Famous Customizer Runs Afoul of California’s Clean-Air Cops
The California Air Resources Board announced last month that it had fined Jesse James of West Coast Choppers and the former host of the television show “Monster Garage” for selling motorcycles between 1998 and 2005 that did not meet the state’s emissions laws.

Dodge will gauge reaction to sporty Demon
Dodge will introduce a sporty little rear-wheel-drive concept roadster at the Geneva auto show in Switzerland next month. Looks good, but it ain't the kind of car that Billy Stepp would paint red, white, and blue and run in Pro Stock.

NHRA Championships Blog
The gang from Speedfreaks have put up a blog to track the 2007 NHRA championship.

NHRA News: Will rides out spectacular Las Vegas testing accident
Top Fuel racer Hillary Will emerged with only minor injuries from a spectacular testing accident Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Amazing photos.

Val Potter - Commission Artist and Woodcarver
Val makes some terrific pieces of art, including outstanding drag racing works.