- NHRA RETURNS TO CHICAGO FOR ACTION-PACKED GERBER COLLISION & GLASS NHRA ROUTE 66 NATIONALS
- DRAG AND DRIVE EXHIBITION WITH ALEX TAYLOR AND TOM BAILEY RETURNS TO NHRA NATIONAL EVENT AT ROUTE 66 RACEWAY
- Record Setters and Race Winners Head to Virginia for PDRA Mid-Atlantic Showdown
- Race Wrap | NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals
- Race Wrap | NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals
- Stewart, Hagan Record Final Round Performances at Las Vegas NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in TSR Dodge//SRT Nitro Machines
- KALITTA, TASCA AND COUGHLIN JR WIN LAS-VEGAS 4-WIDE
All-Canadian effort heads to Atlanta for next round of NHRA drag racing
Courtesy: Tim Miller
TOTTENHAM, ONTARIO (May 9, 2011) – In a truly Canadian effort, Top Fuel driver Ike Maier will compete in the NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals May 13-15 in Georgia.
This event will be round six of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Race Series, held at the Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia.
Maier hails from Southern Ontario, and will be driving the Paris, Ontario-based Paton Racing Top Fuel Dragster in the upcoming race. He is receiving support from Lenron Inc., a Nova Scotia transportation company, Kelsey Trail Trucking from Saskatchewan, and Crosbie Industrial from Newfoundland.
And, the team continues to receive support from that iconic Canadian coffee enterprise, Tim Hortons.
Sportsman racers ready for the JEGS Pacific SPORTSnationals
Courtesy of Jegs
FONTANA, CA – The best drivers in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series will return to Southern California this weekend for the sixth annual JEGS NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals at Auto Club Dragway. 
More than 400 of the world’s best sportsman racers will be in action at the event, which is one of three special SPORTSnationals races each season supported by aftermarket high performance giant JEGS Mail Order.
Since its inception in 2006, the JEGS NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals has become a popular event for racers as it combines all the competitive elements of a championship caliber NHRA national event with the down-home friendliness and camaraderie that define Sportsman drag racing.
Bob McDonald preparing Suzuki for Pro Bike & Sled Series
Courtey of PBSS
WOODSTOCK, ON – Bob McDonald started his racing career on a motorcycle, then raced in several classes of cars, 
and has returned to racing a bike where he will be a competitor in the new Pro Bike & Sled Series for drag racing.
“I find it more economical to go fast on a bike,” he said. “It’s also easier on the wallet and a lot easier to work with a bike at the race track.
“And I think this new series will be exciting and let me go back to my bike roots.”
McDonald has raced for several decades, first on a dirt bike. He then went asphalt oval track auto racing, competing in the Can-Am Midget series, and then raced a Late Model at Delaware Speedway in Western Ontario. He also had a stint two years ago behind the wheel of a Sprint Car, racing on the clay ovals with the Southern Ontario Sprints.
ADRL Gets Record Performances At Maple Grove
Courtesy of ADRL
MOHNTON, PA – There were world records set in two American Drag Racing League (ADRL) classes in the league’s first trip to Maple Grove Raceway.
But due to a four-hour rain delay and the track curfew, the Penske Truck Leasing Inaugural Northeast Drags did not crown winners in its five professional classes (Pro Extreme, Pro Nitrous, Extreme 10.5, Pro Extreme Motorcycle and Extreme Pro Stock).
Per the policy in the official ADRL rulebook, the event is considered complete and competitors will be awarded purse and points up to the finished point in the race.
Extreme Pro Stock, Pro Extreme Motorcycle and Extreme 10.5 concluded its semifinal matchups, while Pro Extreme and Pro Nitrous completed their quarterfinal rounds before the event was called due to the track curfew.
ADRL Maple Grove Day 1 Yields Incredible Firsts
Courtesy of ADRL
MOHNTON, PA – On a day filled with firsts and record runs, it was only fitting that Frankie Taylor had the final say.
The 2010 American Drag Racing League (ADRL) Pro Extreme World Champion made the final pass during Friday’s
second qualifying session of the Penske Truck Leasing Inaugural Northeast Drags at Maple Grove Raceway and it turned out to be one for the history books.
Just moments after Joey Martin’s Lowmad made the quickest run in PX history with a 3.584, Taylor topped him, going an incredible 3.581 at 210.11 miles per hour to finish the day with the quickest pass in Pro Extreme history on a historic ADRL debut at Maple Grove.
“That was pretty sick,” Taylor said. “I thought Joey could run in the .50s and we said if he went faster than our (first qualifying run), we were going to try to beat him. We turned on an extra one for him.”
Hernandez and B1 Racing team ready for Maple Grove
Courtesy of B1 Racing
READING, Pa. (May 6, 2011) – It’s been a long month for B1 Racing Pro Extreme driver Josh Hernandez. His team 
owner, Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, has been temporarily and understandably pulled away from drag racing to focus on the urgent issue of supporting his father, the King of Bahrain, as they deal with the political issues facing the small island country off the coast of Saudi Arabia. Hernandez and the entire B1 Racing team have expressed their full support of Sheikh Abdulla and his family. The change in focus had, however, caused some initial concern for Hernandez.
“I can’t even begin to relate to what Sheikh Abdulla and the King are going through in Bahrain right now, and I completely understand why they are focusing on maintaining peace in their homeland. That just makes sense,” Hernandez said.
Custer Qualifies on Pole, Hill Advances to Semifinals in Houston
Courtesy Roy Hill
SOPHIA, NC – In his first race in the Roy Hill / Phoenix Racing Super Stock Ford Cobra Jet owned by James Finch, hometown racer Dewayne Custer was the number one qualifier at the recently-completed 24th annual O’Reilly Auto
Parts Spring Nationals held at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, TX, with an 8.615 on a 9.70 index. After taking the top-qualifier bye run in the first round, Custer’s day came to an early end at the hands of Bill Devine in round two.
Drag racing icon Roy Hill qualified his Coca-Cola, Alsco, and Baytown Ford-sponsored Cobra Jet ninth, posting a best elapsed time of 8.870 seconds on the same 9.70 index. Hill advanced past Harvey Emmons III with a .002 reaction time in round one, defeated Kevin Helms in round two, and trailered Jerry Emmons in the third round before falling to eventual winner Larry Stewart in the semifinals. This marked the second race in a row Hill has lost to the eventual race winner.
BMR Suspension Rear Suspension Bushing Kit for 5th Gen Camaro
Courtesy of BMR
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Big league nitro racing returns to Pittsburgh May 20-21
Courtesy of IHRA
NEW ALEXANDRIA, PA – It has been several years since the sights, sounds and smells of big league nitro racing have 
filled the lanes at Pittsburgh Raceway Park, but that will all change later this month when the IHRA Nitro Jam series makes its debut at the western Pennsylvania track May 20-21 for the Pittsburgh Nitro Jam.
Three pro nitro classes will be in attendance at the debut event, along with several exhibitions and local racers making for one of the biggest drag racing events in the state in just a few short weeks. And it will all take place at a facility rich in drag racing history as Nitro Jam brings professional drag racing back to the Keystone State for the first time in many years.
2011 First year for Jeff Moser in Quick 32 Series
Courtesy of Quick 32
BAMBERG, ON – After a couple of years away from the track, making a family, Jeff Moser is ready to return to the action.
“I’m looking forward to coming back to drag racing,” said Moser, who will compete in his first season of the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts with his Top Dragster.
The driver of the Blue Thunder Racing team started his career drag racing snowmobiles about 15 years ago, then moved into cars, and started racing a dragster in 2003.
