Cecil County Dragway has suffered another blow to their schedule. Just days after the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event was canceled for this weekend, the Yellowbullet Nationals has been canceled. 

The Yellowbullet Nationals were expected to take place from Sept. 2-6, 2020 at Cecil County Dragway in Rising Sun, Maryland. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the event has now been canceled. 

Monty Mikho said in a Facebook post that the event will be made up in the Spring. The 11th anniversary event will now have to wait until the restrictions lessen before a new date is announced.

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Top Fuel Dragster pilot Dominick Lagana was injured in a late-night car accident in Hendricks County in Brownsburg, Ind. He suffered life-threatening injuries in the single-vehicle crash.

According to Hendricks County Sheriff’s County Office Captain Amanda Goings, at approximately 11:11 pm on Sunday night, Hendricks County Deputies responded to a single-vehicle accident at 100 East South of 56th St. near Brownsburg, Ind. The preliminary investigation indicates that the 1957 Chevy Wagon, also known as the “Sh*tbox of Doom,” which made an appearance at Drag Week in 2018, was traveling southbound on County Round 100E when it traveled off the west side of the roadway and struck a utility pole.

Lagana was the driver in the Wagon at the time of the crash, according to authorities. He suffered life-threatening injuries.

While Chris Bostick was preparing for the Pro Stock Motorcycle class’ March debut at Gainesville, Fla., a tornado blasted through his Mount Juliet, Tenn., area.

It didn’t cause too much damage to Bostick and his family or property.

“It did not. Our race shop is in Brooksville, Florida. George Babor is our crew chief, and so the bikes and all were there. However, we're building a brand-new 16,000-square-foot shop in the Tennessee area, and the roof has fallen off of it, but it's been put back on. So all is going to be good. So it didn't affect us.”

Here's the latest hot rod to roll out of Jerry Bickel Race Cars. This neat ride is destined for the PDRA's Pro Boost division. The car is en route to Todd Tutterow's North Carolina shop to be set up. 

Jerry Savoie, 61, had been weighing his business and Pro Stock Motorcycle racing options for some time. But it struck him at 4:30 one morning recently as he sat on his sofa, planning the day ahead, that’s he’s working harder with his alligator farm there in Cut Off, La., and making less money.

He raises the reptiles primarily for their skins and meat but says every part of the alligator is used in some fashion. Moreover, he releases 12 percent of what hatches on his farm back into the wild in an effort to preserve the species.

“I was thinking before I picked up [alligator] eggs this summer, I should have just raced, because right now I’ve got half of a crop plus a whole crop. So I got one-and-a-half crops from the last two years, and here we pick up eggs again this summer and we have no sales. I haven't made a sale since March.”

Six cars made the trip to Firebird Raceway in Boise, Idaho, for the annual Nightfire Nationals. Santa Rosa, California’s Jim Murphy led the field into eliminations. Murphy would face sentimental favorite Tyler Hilton in the family Chevy powered dragster. Murphy nearly had disaster happen as admittedly lost focus on the starting line and had a .228 light and was noticeable behind Hilton at halftrack. However, Murphy was able to overcome the lead and take the win. 5.77, 230.21 to cover the Ohio’s runners 5.99, 242.32 effort.

Then the surprises started. Number five qualifier Dusty Green, who was driving Steve Harwood’s Nitro Hemi entry, faced number two qualifier, Brett Williamson in Mike Fullers Forever Young. Harwood decided literally at the last moment to make the trip to Boise, and the team showed up about two hours before Q1 on Friday. According to Green we have very few spares, a few pistons and no heads, and the block in the car. They made the session on Friday ran a decent 5.88, 238.38 and went into wait mode.

Veteran crankshaft manufacturer Sonny Bryant passed away on Sunday, August 9, 2020, due to Covid-19 related complications.

“Sonny took great pride in producing the best damn crankshafts possible and helping builders, teams and individuals achieve success,” a statement from Bryant Racing, Inc. read. “He will be greatly missed, but the experienced team and family we have here at Bryant Racing are ready and determined to continue Sonny’s legacy of producing Top Quality Crankshafts.”

Bryant started out as a fan who eventually became a drag racer, who excelled in the Stock, Super Stock and Pro Stock divisions. He won national events and established both speed and elapsed time records along the way.

Bryant was never a fan of the sponsor game, though nothing pleased him more than making his car run better with each pass.