Photos by Alex Owens, Auto Imagery, Mike and Jeff Burghardt SATURDAY NOTEBOOK – OF PEDALING AND CHA-CHING; AN EXCITING DAY AT PACKED SONOMA RACEWAY 1 – REDEMPTION … AND CASH
Gaige Herrera looked like the rider everyone remembered from his record-setting 2023 season on Saturday, putting together three dominant passes to claim the GETTRX Pro Stock Motorcycle All-Star Callout at
Doug Kalitta, Jordan Vandergriff and Chris Vang remained atop their respective fields Saturday, securing No. 1 qualifying positions for Sunday’s eliminations at the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals presented by PowerEdge.
Shawn Langdon, Ron Capps and Dallas Glenn each left Sonoma Raceway with momentum Saturday, capturing Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge victories and positioning themselves for a potential weekend sweep at the Denso
He was the hero behind the heroine – but he won’t take any credit for it. Chuck Grospitch, car chief for Norwalk Top Fuel winner Maddi Gordon, insisted he simply
Matt Smith never spent his time away from the racetrack wondering whether he still knew how to ride a Pro Stock Motorcycle. His only question was whether his body would
Photos by: Alex Owens, Auto Imagery, Mike and Jeff Burghardt SATURDAY QUALIFYING – KALITTA, VANDERGRIFF, VANG HOLD NO. 1 QUALIFYING POSITIONS AT SONOMA Doug Kalitta, Jordan Vandergriff and Chris Vang
Jordan Vandergriff didn’t just leave Sonoma Raceway atop the Funny Car qualifying order Friday. He left with the quickest Funny Car pass of the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing
If the first installment of this conversation confirmed Bill Bader Jr. as one of drag racing’s foremost visionaries, the second half reveals the practical side of that vision. Bader doesn’t
Aflac will continue its relationship with Kalitta Motorsports in 2026, renewing its partnership with the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series team and returning as the primary sponsor for Doug
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