When Morgan Lucas left the driver’s seat of his Top Fuel dragster, he did so with intentions of settling into an increased role in the family’s Lucas Oil business. He has now been promoted to President of Lucas Oil Products.

Morgan will now report directly to his father, CEO Forrest Lucas.

“Today, I am honored and humbled to assume the role of President of Lucas Oil Products,” Morgan said. “This incredible opportunity is one that I do not take lightly and thanks to our amazing executive management team and all of our hard-working employees, I know our future is bright. I have watched my father and mother work tirelessly and make countless sacrifices to take Lucas Oil from its modest beginnings to grow it into the thriving enterprise that it is today.

“The mission they have instilled has always been to exemplify hard work and integrity through the creation of high quality, problem-solving products with an unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction. Continuing their successful approach and being open-minded to new opportunities amidst the ever-changing marketplace, I am confident we will continue to grow as a company for many years to come.”

Keith Berry's annual Wooostock race, an event featuring Drag Radial cars at Darlington Dragway, scored a major victory on Sunday, May 10, before the first car turned a tire under power.

Wooostock 2020, scheduled to begin Thursday, May 14, and continue through Saturday, has been given a reprieve by Darlington County health officials enabling the popular event to host spectators.

The event was originally scheduled for April 16-18, but was postponed due to local health regulations. 

Plans have been unveiled that could mean an eventual end to a facility that has hosted NHRA national events for almost two decades.

Last week, it was learned that the planning commission for the city Joliet, Illinois, is to hear from a group that plans to turn much of the existing Chicagoland Speedway into a subdivision. The 1.5-mile track, which opened in 2001, is one of 13 facilities owned by NASCAR, which last fall completed an acquisition of a sister company, International Speedway Corporation.

A dozen of those tracks are designed to host NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series events and more. The lone exception is Route 66 Raceway, which has been a staple on the NHRA schedule since 1998. The dragstrip is located across West Schweitzer Road from Chicagoland Speedway’s main entrance.

Soon there will be a new player in the live streaming game.

Ted Jones, a former sanctioning body executive who transitioned into television production, confirmed his Bristol, Tenn.-based Masters Entertainment Group, Inc. have added a live streaming division.

“I’m pretty excited about it,” Jones said. “We’re having fun putting the trailer together because it’s going to be more like a TV truck, in that we’ll be able to do things they don’t now do in streaming. We’ll still use the PA announcer as the main announcer, but we’ll do things like RF transmitting top-end interviews and paid interviews and stuff like that live. 

As states begin to loosen restrictions set in place to control the spread of COVID-19, the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) is preparing to start its 2020 season, nearly two months later than planned. The PDRA East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech is now set to take place May 29-30 at GALOT Motorsports Park in Benson, North Carolina. 
 
“We are extremely excited to finally get back racing, and to do it at GALOT Motorsports Park, the original season opener, is important and great as well,” said Tyler Crossnoe, series director, PDRA. “The team at GMP has been great to work with, along with the local authorities who have helped daily.”

The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum officials have announced the postponement of the 2020 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion presented by AAA Insurance held at Beech Bend Raceway, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The annual three-day event, originally scheduled for mid-June, has been rescheduled to August 20-22 at Beech Bend Raceway.
 
We made this difficult decision as we see the effects this pandemic is having on our country, fans, sponsors, and racers. We believe this is the right decision since social distancing and reducing gatherings of people has been implemented in most areas of the country.

Wilkerson's Service Center, owned and operated by NHRA nitro Funny Car driver Tim Wilkerson, is hoping to inspire the community to rise in support of those who need it most during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wilkerson, driver of the Levi, Ray & Shoup Ford Mustang in the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, is aiming to help raise $1 million for the Central Illinois Foodbank with what the nitro pilot is calling the "Food is Fuel Challenge." The foodbank is near and dear to Wilkerson's heart as it serves the Springfield, Ill., community that he has called home all of his life.

Summit Motorsports Park, the crown jewel of drag strips in Ohio, confirmed today via a statement their NHRA Mello Yello Series drag racing originally scheduled for June 25 - 28, 2020, has been cancelled, not postponed.

The first hint of the track not returning as part of the NHRA’s Covid-19 rescheduling came when an unofficial proposal of a 16-race schedule which was leaked did not include the popular facility located in Norwalk, Ohio, just outside of Cleveland.

While NHRA yet to make the cancellation official, track owner and operator Bill Bader Jr., made it official in a statement posted on the track’s website.

When six-time NHRA champion Jeg Coughlin Jr., one of the most prolific drag racers of all time, was invited to a private tour of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) inside the Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado Springs, he jumped at the chance.
 
Conceived at the height of the Cold War of the 1950s as a fail-safe location against the threat of long-range Soviet bombers, the NORAD Combat Operations Center became the center of North America's aerospace defense when it opened in 1966. Together with our Canadian allies, NORAD has protected North America from attacks by sea, air and space ever since.

NHRA was expected to issue a press release on May 4, 2020, one which was supposed to include a revised schedule of 16-consecutive weekends starting in August at Pacific Raceways in Seattle. Instead, NHRA confirmed the postponement of races in June and July.