Go2Geiger Drag Racing News

Some of the top names in the NHRA will be kicking off the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway by hitting the poker table for Speedway Children's Charities' Sixth Annual Cards for Kids Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament on Oct. 28, at the Cannery Hotel & Casino.…

Ron Capps, five-time national event champion driving the Napa Auto Parts Dodge Funny Car in the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, will depart from his usual activities of trying to win his first Funny Car championship on the NHRA pro circuit to participate in California's Humboldt County's first…

Infineon Raceway continued its dominance of the NHRA Summit Racing Series Pacific Division, capturing its second consecutive championship and third in four years, at Firebird International Raceway in Chandler, Ariz., Oct. 3-4.Infineon Raceway, led by team manager Georgia Seipel, managed to outlast 13 other teams from across the western United…

A year ago, Dave Connolly was a contender for NHRA Pro Stock championship honors. He is the defending champion at this weekend’s Virginia Nationals at Richmond. Ironically, the Elyria, Ohio native will be racing in Memphis at the same time. With sponsorship from Kenny Koretsky’s Nitro Fish Wear, Connolly will…

Ron Capps and the Napa Dodge Funny Car team will showcase Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world's largest breast cancer advocacy organization, at this weekend's Fourth Annual NHRA Virginia Nationals at Virginia Motorsport Park.The body of the Napa Dodge will sport a brilliant paint scheme as part of…

The NHRA Full Throttle Series returns to Memphis Motorsports Park this weekend for the O’Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals and race fans will have the opportunity to meet some of their favorite drivers face-to-face prior to race weekend. MMP is hosting its annual FanFest, this year at the Hooter’s downtown location…

Matt Hagan left the Texas Motorplex immediately after his first-round loss on Sunday. He arrived home at 7 p.m. Rachel went into labor at 9 p.m., and Penny Louise Hagan was born at 4 a.m. today. She weighed in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces. Rachel, Penny Louise, and Matt Hagan…

Rocky Boots (www.rockyboots.com) will once again adorn one of the world’s quickest and fastest racing machines as the primary sponsor of Kalitta Motorsports’ No. 50 Top Fuel dragster driven by drag racing veteran Doug Kalitta at this weekend’s, Sept. 25-27, annual running of the O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall…

The roar of high-horsepower racecars will give way to the rockin' sounds of the Midwest's favorite party band when Sonic Boom takes the stage at National Trail Raceway at 7:30 p.m. Friday night to entertain racers and fans attending this weekend's fifth annual JEGS Northern SPORTSnationals.Sponsored by JEGS themselves, Sonic…

After careful consideration, the National Guard American Drag Racing League (ADRL) will not be imposing any new minimum weight rules in the foreseeable future. Additionally, traction control will remain an option for those teams that wish to use it in every professional category with the exception of Extreme Pro Stock,…

Tim Wilkerson, owner/driver of the Levi, Ray & Shoup Shelby Mustang Funny Car, and Bob Tasca III, owner/driver of the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Shelby Mustang Funny Car, have announced the extension of their successful technical alliance, on the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing circuit, through the 2010 season.Wilkerson and Tasca formed…

Corpus Christi, Texas-based C&J Energy Services is putting Bob Vandergriff Jr. back in the driver’s seat of his Top Fuel dragster for the upcoming NHRA Falls Nationals at Texas Motorplex. Vandergriff, who raced at the Southern Nationals in Atlanta earlier this season, spent his summer being a team owner and…

The Mopar Hemi Challenge Race Series Dodge Darts and Plymouth Barracudas go head-to-head for a $5,000 payout this weekend in Columbus, Ohio, at the NHRA JEGS Northern SPORTSnationals at National Trail Raceway. Qualifying is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 25, with final eliminations set for Saturday, Sept. 26, starting at 1:00…

IHRA is pleased to announce the signing of Palm Beach International Raceway to its family of tracks.The state-of-the-art, all-concrete drag strip located in West Palm Beach, Fla. is the second major track signing in the past month after Virginia Motorsports Park rejoined the International Hot Rod Association two weeks ago.Boasting…

Bruce Boland defeated Mark Nielsen, in the final round to win his fourth PMRA Pro Modified event of the season and captured his third consecutive Pro Modified Racing Association Point Award Series Championship on Sunday. The PMRA Challenge presented by Motorsport 1320 on the Cayuga Dragway at Toronto Motorsports Park…

Mark Nielsen set low elapsed time and top speed with a 6.148-second, 233.03-mph pass in his G-Force Race Cars built 1968 Yenko Camaro SS powered by a ERD (Engine Research & Development) 526-cubic inch Brad Anderson Supercharged Hemi at the PMRA Challenge presented by Motorsport 1320 "Championship Point Award Series…

On Monday, five-time world champion drag racer Jeg Coughlin Jr. won the sport's biggest event when he captured the crown of the 55th annual U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis. Now the 61-time national event winner hopes his good fortune carries over to his favorite football team -- the Ohio State Buckeyes…

It’s down to the final weekend of racing for competitors in the Pro Modified Racing Association and the Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts as the teams take to the Cayuga Dragway at Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario on Sept. 19-20. While Bruce Boland of Hamilton,…

IHRA is pleased to announce the return of Virginia Motorsports Park to its family of tracks. After a four-year absence, the top-of-the-line facility in Petersburg, Va., will return to the stable of tracks within the International Hot Rod Association and will waste no time returning to its status as one…