The best bracket racers in NHRA’s Northeast division are battling it out at Maple Grove Raceway in the Summit Racing Series Northeast Division Finals.  More than 700 racers in four categories, Super E.T., Pro Eliminator,  Street and Motorcycle, are vying for team and individual honors.

Robert Hight raced to the Funny Car qualifying lead Friday at the O’Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec.

Larry Dixon, Mike Edwards and Eddie Krawiec also led their categories at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event.

It is not often that a track is so good that drivers can’t handle it, but that was just the case Friday night.

Perfect conditions wreaked havoc on a majority of the competitors on the opening day of the IHRA President’s Cup Nationals at Maryland International Raceway, but for the few who were able to figure it out Friday made for some of the most exciting passes of the year.

Highlighting Friday’s opening round was Kenny Lang’s world record pass of 5.884 seconds to place him on top of the Pro Modified charts, while Bruce Litton (Top Fuel) and Pete Berner (Pro Stock) also figured out the conditions and rocketed to the top of the charts in their respective divisions.

The new American Hot Rod Association is making a serious comeback. So serious are their efforts that this morning the following statement was posted on their new www.ahradragracing.com website: The American Hot Rod Association is now accepting applications for sanctioning agreements at this time.  In addition to sanctioning motor sports facilities, AHRA, through its endorsed insurance carrier “Philadelphia Insurance Companies”, can now provide coverage for racing events and their respective facilities.”

Don’t adjust your computer monitor in the morning if your CompetitionPlus.com homepage looks different. It’s supposed to look different.

Through the efforts of talented web designer Ryan McCoy, owner of 1320 Media, CompetitionPlus.com has overhauled its look for the first time since 2006.

The new design features a larger design and in time, larger photos to accompany its informative articles. This design is expected to make navigating the site a quicker process and likewise provide a quicker download for the readers.

Royce and Linda Miller know they were lucky, this time.

The owners and operators of Maryland International Raceway, an IHRA national event drag strip in Budds Creek, Md., were the victims of a robbery at their home. They cannot determine whether the crime was related to their association with the track or not, but regardless, for all the precautions they’ve ever taken in the name of safety, they were confronted by a pair of robbers.

This is the first time Royce has discussed the incident with the drag racing media.

For the Millers, August 18^th was no different than any other Tuesday. Royce had finished hosting a test session for NHRA Pro Stock team owner Jim Yates while Linda worked from home tending to the track’s book-keeping chores. The hour wasn’t late, about 8:30 PM.

Pro-Filer Performance Products, Inc has limited seating available for the October 17-18 Power Tech Series Darin Morgan Cylinder Head and Induction Class.

“Jungle” Jim Liberman would have been proud of what transpired during the Extreme Pro Stock final round at the ADRL Dragstock event two weekends ago in Rockingham, NC.

Brian Gahm and Doug Kirk both performed long, smoky burnouts in their Ford Mustangs. As the haze of the burned rubber hovered over the idle factory hot rods, unexpectedly to the race fans, an ADRL official jumped the guard wall and directed Kirk into the opposite lane from which he burned out in. Gahm followed suit.

Matt Hartford returns to the driver’s seat in Kenny Koretsky’s Nitro Fish Dodge Pro Stock entry for the O’Reilly Super Start Batteries Fall Nationals, Friday through Sunday at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, south of Dallas.

Hartford believes this weekend he can accomplish what he wasn’t able to do in the U.S. Nationals three weeks ago – qualify in the top 16.  He recorded solid runs early in qualifying at Indianapolis but was eventually sidelined by mechanical issues.

A special program which was on life-support earlier this summer could turn into a bright spot on

the NHRA’s menu thanks to the unending dedication of a key executive and a few determined racers.

Steve Williams, a Vice President at K&N Filters responsible for advertising and promotions, had all but given up on the K&N Horsepower Challenge, a qualifying-based $50,000 shootout devoted to the NHRA’s Pro Stock division.