Funny Car- Bob Bode from Barrington, IL driving the Alard Machine Products Chevrolet Impala ran a 4.248 at 253.66 mph to defeat Jack Beckman from Brownsburg, Ind. Driving the Freightliner Dodge Charger which ran an 8.338 at 86.33 mph.
Top Fuel – Larry Dixon from Brownsburg, Ind. drivingthe Al-Anabi dragster ran a 3.786 at 312.28 mph to defeat Cory McClenathan also from Brownsburg, Ind. driving the FRAM…
Mopar enthusiasts from all around flocked to Bandimere Speedway in Colorado for the 31st Annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals. The NHRA Full Throttle Drag Series Pro Stock class made claims of “Déjà vu” as Allen Johnson successfully defended his Pro Stock title in Denver.
Johnson has now earned 3 wins in 4 years at his primary sponsor’s headline event. Johnson took over the event in the early stages, steering his HEMI-powered Mopar Dodge Avenger Pro Stock car, to…
For the second year in a row the Pritchett Brothers bring their Ultimate Outlaw series to Milan Dragway in Michigan. The skies were blue and the weather was hot, with temperatures in the upward 80’s some cars struggled to get a tune on the track. This event brings a whole new meaning to Outlaw racing in the north with classes like Outlaw 10.5, Outlaw drag radial and many LSX sanctioned classes. Drivers from as far as New York, Canada and Georgia made the trip this weekend for…
That’s right folks, it’s time to start thinking about Hot Rod’s Drag Week again. While the event doesn’t kick off until September 13th, the heavy-hitters are already preparing to show they’ve got the best in the U.S. when it comes to street-driven race cars. While Larry Larson seems to have a stranglehold on the overall event taking the title for the past two years, and nudging his Chevy II consistently into the 6’s since the last event, we don’t want to say he’s got it in the bag as…
Nitrous oxide is unquestionably one of the greatest single power-adding options out there for the high performance street and drag racing markets. While there are certainly more powerful options, they simply can’t match the ease of installation and the flexibility that nitrous offers. On the other hand, using nitrous is a lot like playing with fire (okay, actually it’s a lot like playing with fire, as you’ll see in the videos below) in that if you don’t know what you’re doing, its better off left alone. Without further ado,…
The ADRL’s Extreme 10.5 is arguably the most popular class in the fledgling outlaw series today, and certainly one of the most exciting and diverse classes in all of drag racing. Added to the series’ national events in 2007, President Kenny Nowling’s vision was to offer a class in which the only real rules pertained to safety and aside from that, let it all hang out to see who was the baddest racer on the…
Charlie Booze, Jr. is the poster child of NMRA’s Hot Street Class. With three championships in the all motor class, most NMRA followers will agree that no single driver has done more to grow the class than the hard working racer from Marion, Pennsylvania. Always a Ford fanatic, Booze’s drag racing career started back in 1988 with his first pass down the 1320 in a four speed 1970 Mercury Cougar. Booze’s father Charlie Booze, Sr. was a longtime drag…
If you are an automotive enthusiast or gear head of any kind, you know the term Motown. That name has always represented Detroit, Michigan, the epicenter of car manufacturing. However, as time, technology and economic conditions have dictated, Detroit is not the auto making capital it once was.
When you look at car manufacturing today, the epicenter of auto making is muddled because of the rapid growth of auto plants outside of the Detroit region. For instance, when you look south, you see that car manufacturing has moved into the…
Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, GA claimed the $20,000 …
The Dodge County Speedway in Kasson, Minn., always seems to …
Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN won his first career Hillbilly …