2006 NHRA Maple Grove Friday Qualifying Results
Day one pro qualifying results from the 2006 Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway.

"Outlaws at Atco" Pro Mod Video Clips
Arnie Cohen shot the entire Outlaws at Atco Pro Mod race and Go Drag Racing has them all available for download.

Doug Foley To Be Released This Afternoon
CAYUGA, Ontario (September 27, 2006) – Doug Foley will be released from West Haldimand General Hospital in Ontario this afternoon. Following a crash at Toronto Motorsports Park on Monday, Foley was rushed to West Haldimand General for observation. He was then temporarily transported to Hamilton General Hospital for further screening, and then back to Haldimand. The doctor has already issued his release papers, and Foley will fly to his home in New Jersey this evening. Family and friends with Foley said the hospital and nurses have been very accommodating, and Doug is in much better spirits today.

Billy Meyer Q&A
Billy Meyer was in the finals 20 percent of the time during his NHRA racing years. Not bad for a guy who was also racing in IHRA events, doing match races as well as running any number of businesses.

Qatar set for racing extravaganza
Motor sport fans in Qatar are in for a riveting period of bike and car racing in the new season.

Rick Kopp fueled by passion for drag racing
Many of us lead busy, fast-paced lives, but Top Dragster racer Rick Kopp never stops.

Bishop Racing Offers $20,000 Racing Photography Contest
Stuart Bishop has orchestrated an Australia-wide photographic competition where junior, amateur and professional photographers go in the running to win cash and prizes worth more than $20,000, courtesy of Wallace Bishop Jewellers.

Waterloo man big on boat drag racing
Most people have heard of drag racing, but have they heard about boat drag racing?

Local woman to honor late husband’s drag racing legacy
Southern funny car match racer Skeeter Hernandez will be inducted posthumously into the Old Drag Racers Reunion Hall of Fame at the sixth annual Old Drag Racers Reunion in Florida.

Richard Caleal, 94, Who Helped Design Innovative ’49 Ford, Dies
Richard D. Caleal, a self-taught automotive designer who, working at his kitchen table, helped create the 1949 Ford — the compact, streamlined and hugely popular car credited with lifting the company out of its postwar financial slump — died last Saturday in West Bloomfield, Mich.

Burton Ends a Nearly 5-Year Winless Drought
Jeff Burton is the NASCAR equivalent of the NHRA's Richie Stevens, enjoying a win after several dry years. But in NASCAR, under the soon to be adopted by NHRA 'Chase' rules, Burton is now leading the championship points.

A Boat Racing on Biodiesel, but Running Low on Money: Pete Bethune's goal was simple: to complete the fastest circumnavigation of the globe in a motorboat while using nothing but biodiesel, renewable fuel that can be made with salvaged French fry grease, refined soybean oil and other organic and recycled oils.

Prequel to a Hydrogen Future: Driving G.M.’s Fuel Cell Prototype
If an afternoon behind the wheel of General Motors’ latest prototype hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, the Sequel, is any indication, automotive powertrains of the future will not feel much different from the engines that drive today’s cars and trucks.

Following an Electronic Voice Through the Back Roads of Kansas
There was no longer any such thing as the blithe anonymity of an unfamiliar landscape. I felt that the earth had been well and truly surveyed. Again and again, I turned off the calculated route — following my nose across country — and the G.P.S. patiently rearranged its plans.

Fueled up for the highway to heaven
The loving husband, father and grandfather, house painter extraordinaire and well-known local hot-rod collector may have been dead. But he still had style.

Moonshine Runners & Cars They Drove
Tom Wolfe Dubbed Junior Johnson and the North Carolina Moonshine Runners the Last American Heroes and We All Know Their Connection to NASCAR. But Who Were These Guys? And What Did They Drive?

Taking Delivery at the Plant to See Their Babies Born
Today’s hyperefficient assembly plants are not welcoming environments for a strolling visitor. But a few factories, including some that build cars with followings of devoted enthusiasts, let buyers witness the entire creation process.

2006 IHRA Toronto Final Results
Final event story coverage from Cayuga. Round results and points standings to follow.

2006 NHRA Dallas Final Results
Final eliminations results and updated NHRA Powerade championship points standings after the 2006 O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec at the Texas Motorplex near Dallas.

2006 IHRA Toronto Postpnned Until Monday
Due to inclement weather, IHRA officials have postponed Sunday’s eliminations of the Canadian Nationals at Toronto Motorsports Park.