VOLUME XIX,  NUMBER 6 - JUNE   2017

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Last day to vote for ESPY Award

There is only one day remaining to vote Ron Capps as Best Driver for the 2017 ESPY awards. Please use this link to vote today.  (file photo) ... more

[07/12/17]

RACE  REPORTS

SPRC Summer Nationals at Santa Pod Raceway, England

A short, sharp domestic race weekend at Santa Pod Raceway struggled to get through eliminations on Sunday, June 25, due to a combination of occasional showers and a horrendous looking crash that brought an abrupt end to proceeds due to the amount of debris on ... more

[07/05/17]

NHRA Pros at Norwalk, Ohio

Steve Torrence powered his Top Fuel dragster to victory Sunday, June 25, at the 11th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park. Jack Beckman (Top Fuel), Bo Butner (Pro Stock) and LE Tonglet (Pro Stock Motorcycle) ... more

[06/26/17]

NHRA Pro Mods at Bristol, Tennessee

Troy Coughlin powered to the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series victory Sunday, June 18, at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway. This Pro Mod race, presented by the Real Pro Mod Association, was the seventh of 12 events on ... more

[06/24/17]

50th Australian Winternationals

It might be hard to believe but the Australian version of the first Winternationals was run only six years after the initial one at Pomona, California. In fact, Australia was the very first place on god’s earth that organized drag racing was reported – back in 1911. Obviously the sport has come a long way since then and many have described the Willowbank Winternationals ... more

[06/20/17]

NHDRO at St. Louis

Extra tall Pro Street racer Gabe Frederick always has one of the prettiest motorcycles at the track and sometimes one of the quickest. Still pretty, Frederick left no doubt who was quickest of the June 9-11 weekend at NHDRO’s Schwartz & Schwartz Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park near St. Louis. Frederick took number-one qualifier and the Pro Street win.  more

[06/20/17]

NHRA Pros at Bristol, Tenn.

Clay Millican piloted his Parts Plus/Great Clips dragster to his first career NHRA Top Fuel victory Sunday, June 18, at the 17th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway. Ron Capps (Funny Car) and Alex Laughlin (Pro Stock) were also winners at the 11th event of 24 on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule.  more

[06/19/17]

NHRA Pros at Englishtown, NJ

Steve Torrence powered his Top Fuel dragster to victory Sunday, June 11, at the 48th annual NHRA Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.

 

Jack Beckman (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Jerry Savoie (Pro Stock Motorcycle) were ... more

[06/13/17]

Victory Nostalgia Super Stocks at St. Louis

For the third year in a row, the Victory Nostalgia Super Stocks opened their six-race points series at the Nostalgia Rendezvous. This ever-growing event held at Gateway Motorsports Park has been thrown curve-balls by Mother Nature the last two years. This time, the racers and fans were greeted with sunshine and ... more

[06/08/17]

Outlaw Fuel Altered Assn. at San Antonio

The Outlaw Fuel Altered Association presented by Good Vibrations Motorsports and Lone Star Forklift, charged into San Antonio Raceway on Saturday, June 3, with twelve cars on the property set to rock the grandstands in the Alamo city. This was only the second points race of the season after a rainout in May and ... more

[06/08/17]

FIA/FIM-E Main Event at Santa Pod Raceway

The FIA European Drag Racing season had its traditional opener over the Whit Bank Holiday at Santa Pod Raceway, with hot conditions for much of the qualifying days, before cooler and eventually very damp conditions curtailed eliminations before the semi-finals were completed. A general sighter for rain at the track over the ... more

[06/08/17]

C O L U M N S

Random observations

Until this week I’ve been convinced that the entries or lack thereof in NHRA’s legacy professional classes of Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock represented a looming crisis for the NHRA. Because the NHRA won’t change the economics of nitro racing, then economics will ultimately decide the numbers of entries in the legacy pro classes. Short of the NHRA re-inventing the classes to make them affordable or drastically increasing ... more

[06/21/17]

Fishing and thinking about drag racing…

It has been a few months -- did you guys miss me?

 

OK, probably not! But I found out I missed expressing my opinions about a sport that has been a huge part of my life for over 40 years. Actually closer to 45 years. WOW, I am getting old. One of the many things I have figured out though, old doesn’t mean you lose your passion for things in your life. more

 

[04/13/17]

Meet Hannah Rickards

When you grow up in the Mississippi River town of Canton, Mo., have an interest in cars and racing you wind up attending events at Tri State Dragway at Kahoka, Mo. That is the path taken by a young Len Rickards, who became friends with Jack Briggs, a well-known drag racer from nearby Quincy, Ill. When we started writing for DRO in 2010, Len saw my name and inquired with publisher Jeff Burk if I was indeed the same Jim Baker who ... more

 

[06/09/17]

Looking ahead to the dragsters at the Holley Hot Rod Reunion

Bowling Green is the next stop on the NHRA Heritage Series for the Front Engine Top Fuel Dragsters, so I thought I would do some prognostication on how it might play out next weekend - which also happens to be Father’s Day weekend, so make sure you wish your father a Happy Father’s Day. Just so not to confuse people the event does not run on Sunday (Father’s Day). more

[06/08/17]

Well, that didn’t last long…

NOTE: As you should know, Aaron Polburn was a former president of the IHRA.

 

To the surprise of no one (except Chris Lencheski), Chris Lencheski was shown the IHRA door along with two of his cohorts. That's what happens when you set a new world record for... more

[06/01/17]

What is next for the IDBL? And lots more.

MAJOR happenings in motorcycle drag racing litter the first week of June 2017. Racing for the various sanctions went well in May, but it’s the politics that shapes the sport taking center stage at this time. For the direction and speed of the sport comes from the helmsman, my friend. And the helmsman’s actions are controlled by... more

 

 

[06/08/17]

Movie review: The Wraith and Charlie Sheen

It was with ironic timing that I name-dropped Carlos Irwin Estevez last month, because this month, we're going to have some fun, turning the clock back not once but twice. My run here at the venerable Phlegm Building began with doing reviews of car movies, and this month we shall review an old car movie done by everyone’s favorite Warlock, Charlie Sheen. (born Carlos Irwin) And 'Warlock' is rather appropriate, as Charlie was a…well, I don't know... more

[06/08/17]

F E A T U R E S

Detroit Dragway Reunion at Milan, Michigan

The 8th Annual Detroit Dragway Reunion was held on Saturday, June 10, at Milan Dragway and it was one for the history books. The Nitro Funny Cars, the cacklefest, record-setting Nostalgia Funny Car passes, Run What Ya Brung cars, huge bracket count -- they ... more

[06/19/17]

Nitro night plus Jr. Dragsters at Barona, CA

Tucked away in the hills of Barona, Calif., is the beautiful Barona eight-mile Drag Strip. Its located on the Barona Indian Reservation. Once again Del Worsham showed what a special racer he is by attempting to run a nitro show on a very untested race facility. It may not have ... more

[06/15/17]

Pictorial:  Eagle Field Drags

The annual Eagle Field Drags was held on the old airport runway in Firebaugh, Calif., on May 19-20. Cars raced on the eighth mile, but who cares who won – it was time to see old friends, make new ones, and look at those fabulous cars! more

[06/14/17]

Great Lakes Dragaway: The First 20 Years Reunion

No, it’s not the 20th anniversary reunion for the venerable Great Lakes Dragaway (yes, Drag-a-way). It’s a reunion celebrating the FIRST 20 years of the Union Grove, WI, track from 1956-76. more

[06/12/17]

E T  D R A G R A C I N G

NHRA Sportsmen at Norwalk, Ohio

Jeff Strickland and Nick Folk both doubled up, winning in two different classes, and Jackie Fricke and Andy Bohl won in Top Alcohol Dragster and Funny Car respectively at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals June 25 at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. more

[06/28/17]

IHRA Summit Super Series at San Antonio, Texas

Saturday evening, June 24, it was back to Summit Super Series Bracket Racing on the eighth mile at San Antonio Raceway. This was the sixth round of points racing on the drag strip located just east of San Antonio.

 

Coming to the midway portion of the Summit Series season, points races are already beginning to... more

[06/26/17]

Figspeed West Coast Classic at Fontana, CA

The FIA European Drag Racing season had its traditional opener over the Whit Bank Holiday at Santa Pod Raceway, with hot conditions for much of the qualifying days, before cooler and eventually very damp conditions curtailed eliminations before the semi-finals were completed. A general sighter for rain at the track over the ... more

[05/31/17]

IHRA Summit Super Series at San Antonio

San Antonio Raceway hosted the Nitro Funny Cars Friday, May 19, for qualifying and Saturday for eliminations. Along with the DragRacingOnline.com AA/FC Challenge it was another round of IHRA Summit Super Series bracket racing on the eighth-mile drag strip just ... more

[05/27/17]

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Steve Torrence powered his Top Fuel dragster to victory Sunday, June 11, at the 48th annual NHRA Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.

For the third year in a row, the Victory Nostalgia Super Stocks opened their six-race points series at the Nostalgia Rendezvous. This ever-growing event held at Gateway Motorsports Park has been thrown curve-balls by Mother Nature the last two years. This time, the racers and fans were greeted with sunshine and ... more

The Outlaw Fuel Altered Association presented by Good Vibrations Motorsports and Lone Star Forklift, charged into San Antonio Raceway on Saturday, June 3, with twelve cars on the property set to rock the grandstands in the Alamo city. This was only the second points race of the season after a rainout in May and ... more

The FIA European Drag Racing season had its traditional opener over the Whit Bank Holiday at Santa Pod Raceway, with hot conditions for much of the qualifying days, before cooler and eventually very damp conditions curtailed eliminations before the semi-finals were completed. A general sighter for rain at the track over the ... more

Tucked away in the hills of Barona, Calif., is the beautiful Barona eight-mile Drag Strip. Its located on the Barona Indian Reservation. Once again Del Worsham showed what a special racer he is by attempting to run a nitro show on a very untested race facility. It may not have ... more

The annual Eagle Field Drags was held on the old airport runway in Firebaugh, Calif., on May 19-20. Cars raced on the eighth mile, but who cares who won – it was time to see old friends, make new ones, and look at those fabulous cars! more

No, it’s not the 20th anniversary reunion for the venerable Great Lakes Dragaway (yes, Drag-a-way). It’s a reunion celebrating the FIRST 20 years of the Union Grove, WI, track from 1956-76. more

Jeff Strickland and Nick Folk both doubled up, winning in two different classes, and Jackie Fricke and Andy Bohl won in Top Alcohol Dragster and Funny Car respectively at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals June 25 at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. more

The FIA European Drag Racing season had its traditional opener over the Whit Bank Holiday at Santa Pod Raceway, with hot conditions for much of the qualifying days, before cooler and eventually very damp conditions curtailed eliminations before the semi-finals were completed. A general sighter for rain at the track over the ... more

San Antonio Raceway hosted the Nitro Funny Cars Friday, May 19, for qualifying and Saturday for eliminations. Along with the DragRacingOnline.com AA/FC Challenge it was another round of IHRA Summit Super Series bracket racing on the eighth-mile drag strip just ... more

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