SPARTANBURG, SC – CompetitionPlus is mourning the loss of staff member Chris Haverly, who was killed Tuesday in a single-car accident in Wytheville, Virginia.

“Chris and I came up the ranks under the mentorship of the late Dave Bishop, who welcomed us in as kids and taught us more than how to be journalists but good people,” said
CompetitionPlus.com Editor/Publisher Bobby Bennett. “Chris was a kind and gentle soul and always did what it took to help us bring the readers of CompetitionPlus.com the best photography. He was one of the most selfless people I ever met. My heart is broken.”

Haverly was deeply rooted in drag racing and widely respected as a photographer for his tireless work and welcoming presence in the pits. Beyond the race track, he dedicated much of his life to rescuing animals—transporting dogs and cats from high-risk shelters to rescues, fostering animals in his home, and helping families keep their pets during difficult times. Continue reading →

SPARTANBURG, SC – Last night during the Power Hour podcast on the CompetitionPlusTV Network hosts Lee Craft and Dujunnea Bland were joined by legendary drag racing announcer Alan Reinhart to announce a new addition to the CompetitionPlusTV Network. On Wednesday, February 4, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. ET, The Alan Reinhart Show will debut with multi-time Funny Car Champion Ron Capps as the inaugural guest. Nicole Clark, CompetitionPlus.com Director of Social Media will co-host with Reinhart and following the February 4th debut the show will be broadcast every other Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. ET.

“When you bring in someone as talented as Alan Reinhart, it’s an absolute grand slam,” said Bobby Bennett, founder of CompetitionPlus.com. “He brings a deep well of drag racing knowledge and a voice this sport has long relied on and needs. I’m beyond excited about the opportunity to grow the CompetitionPlusTV network with Alan and Nicole as part of the team.” Continue reading →

SPARTANBURG, SC – CompetitionPlus.com has been a leader in online motorsports journalism for over 25 years. Through web stories, commentaries, longform videos and podcasts the media organization founded by Bobby Bennett has been the go-to resource for drag racing fans around the world. For 2026 the wildly popular Power Hour show hosted by Lee Craft and Dujunnea Bland will move to a 5:30 p.m. ET time slot starting this Tuesday, January 13, offering live commentary and guest interviews weekly throughout the season.

“Power Hour is a staple for drag racing interviews and news and we wanted to move to an even better time slot,” said Bobby Bennett, CompetitionPlus.com Founder. “Lee and Dujunnea bring great perspectives and opinions for all forms of drag racing.”

Craft, who operates the Monday Morning Racer media outlet, has been directly in the sport of drag racing as media since 2019. Over that time he has been involved with social media for Top Fuel teams, pit reporting for racing series, race announcing, camera operating, streaming, and marketing efforts with a variety of brands and series. Continue reading →

GAINESVILLE, FL — CompetitionPlus.com and Masters Entertainment Group will partner for the fourth consecutive year to livestream the 2025 International Drag Racing Hall of Fame ceremonies on March 6, 2025. The livestream will begin at 8 p.m. ET on CompetitionPlus.com.

Bobby Bennett, founder of CompetitionPlus.com, highlighted the growth of their partnership with Masters Entertainment since 2022. “We spend so many hours ensuring drag racing’s history is chronicled in the best possible way, and to be able to partner with Ted Jones and Dave Dobson to present those who have made an indelible impact goes beyond being proud,” Bennett said.

He added, “I always believe this event is a great way to kick off the season, and we are honored to present it for free to our readers.” Continue reading →

CPTV TO DELIVER NITRO SPRING TESTING LIVESTREAM

SPARTANBURG, SC – Phillips Connect, a national leader in semi-trailer tracking and sensor technologies, will serve as presenting sponsor for CompetitionPlus.com’s extensive social media properties. Additionally, CompetitionPlus.com’s TV brand will, for the fourth season in a row, provide live streaming for the Professional Racers Organization’s Nitro Spring Training at Wild Horse Motorsports Park, February 10-12.

CompetitionPlus.com founder Bobby Bennett said the involvement of Phillips Connect will be part of a major push to deliver drag racing news to the masses worldwide. The PRO Nitro Spring Training live stream is just one of the aggressive programs planned for 2022.

“The team at Phillips Connect has been great to work with,” said CompetitionPlus.com publisher and editor Bobby Bennett. “We are so blessed to have a marketing partner who shares the same vision we do about getting the word out, extolling the virtues of drag racing, and doing so with news you can trust.”

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SPARTANBURG, SC – Weldon High Performance has signed as presenting sponsor of CompetitionPlus.com, the video department of iconic internet drag racing magazine CompetitionPlus.com. CompetitionPlusTV presented by Weldon High Performance celebrates its tenth year and the popular YouTube Channel has grown to over 42,000 subscribers largely in part to its original and historical content including its Legends: The Series and Storytellers videos.

“This is an incredible opportunity,” said Bobby Bennett, CompetitionPlus.com founder. “Big thanks to Jim Craig and Lydia Bohm for their faith in our program. For years, CompetitionPlusTV has served as a supporting cast for CompetitionPlus.com, but with this new program, CompetitionPlusTV moves towards our vision of being a stand-alone entity.  We knew from day one, CompetitionPlus.com was going to be like no other publication and because of the new world of the internet, it could have so much more for readers including video.”

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SPARTANBURG, SC – CompetitionPlus.com in conjunction with Drag Racer TV will be hosting a free livestream of the PRO Winter Warmup scheduled for March 5-7 at Palm Beach International Raceway. In addition to the live stream CompetitionPlus.com, one of the first internet magazines devoted exclusively to drag racing, will be posting daily updates in their Event Notebook section presented by GuardLab.com. For over 21 year CompetitionPlus.com has been the go-to independent voice and broadcaster for drag racing and their coverage of the PRO Winter Warmup continues their longstanding tradition of bringing drag racing coverage to race fans across the country and around the world.

“We are excited to provide live streaming for the third year in a row for the event,” said Bobby Bennett, Competitionplus.com founder and publisher. “It’s important for the sport for its fans to watch their favorite NHRA teams prepare for the upcoming NHRA Gatornationals. This is event is part NFL combine, private test session and behind the scenes racing action. We will have our CompetitionPlusTV team also gathering daily recaps and news stories.”

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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – In 1999, during the first weeks CompetitionPlus.com was live on the internet, publisher Bobby Bennett was talking with a company president about purchasing ad space in his young magazine. Bennett was rebuffed when the company representative asked the young entrepreneur how he was going to produce a magazine that wasn’t portable for readers to enjoy anywhere they wanted to read.

“He actually said our magazine would never work because he couldn’t read it in the bathroom,” laughed Bennett decades later.

Bennett, always a dreamer, told the prospective advertiser there would be a day when anyone in the world would be able to read CompetitionPlus.com on a device you could hold in the palm of their hand. Twenty years later that prediction has come full circle with the launching of the CompetitionPlus.com app available now for free download in leading app stores such as Apple App Store and Google Play.

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SPARTANBURG, SC – For the second year in a row CompetitionPlus.com owner and publisher Bobby Bennett will unveil a new episode of the popular Legends: The Series at the 31st Annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show in the PRI Media Center inside the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.  The premiere, which will be sponsored by Aeromotive Fuel Systems, will take place on December 7 at 2:30 p.m. and will feature 4-time NHRA champion Gary Scelzi, one of the most outrageous, outspoken and dominant drivers in the history of drag racing.

“It is always exciting to launch a new Legends episode, but it is extra special to do it in the company with passionate drag racing fans and it an event like the PRI Trade Show,” said Bobby Bennett. “Last season was an emotional launch with the Eric Medlen episode, so this year I felt it was best to go in a different direction. I wholeheartedly feel Gary Scelzi has one of those stories which can trigger every emotion, especially laughter. I am honored to be able to tell his story. He stepped into the toughest situation imaginable and delivered a championship performance. ”

This is the final episode of Season 4 which has included a “Who’s Who” of drivers including the late Eric Medlen, Jeb Allen, John Force, Warren Johnson, Dale Pulde, Jim Dunn, Larry Dixon, and Al Segrini. The Legends: The Series presented by Strange Engineering has exceeded three million YouTube.com views since launching in May 2014.

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