Coming off of a first time Top Fuel Harley victory at the Arizona Nationals, Beau Layne of NitroLayne Racing has announced a partnership with one race primary sponsor Dixxon Flannel Co. for the 50th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, March 14-17, 2019.

“I am very grateful to be able to represent a brand like Dixxon Flannel,” Layne said.

Fans of the popular Good Vibrations Bakersfield March Meet can once again tune into the action on track from the comfort of their home or office via a Livestream broadcast starting on Thursday, March 7, and continuing through Sunday's final eliminations.

Mike Dunn, an accomplished drag racer and noted ESPN analyst for ESPN, will return to provide color commentary and the stories as they unfold on the live broadcast.

Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio confirmed today Cornwell Quality Tools has been named the Official Tool of Summit Motorsports Park for 2019.

Celebrating its 100th year, Cornwell Quality Tools is a family- and employee-owned mobile tool company headquartered in Wadsworth, Ohio. In addition to distribution centers in Wadsworth, Ohio and Clearfield, Utah, it has manufacturing facilities in Albion, Ohio, Mogadore, Ohio and Van Wert, Ohio, and it employs more than 300 people.

d it employs more than 300 people.

The Summit Racing Equipment Mid-West Pro Mod Series (MWPMS) welcomes Strange Engineering back for the 2019 season. This will be their third season with MWPMS, as they have been a supporter of MWPMS since its inception. Strange Engineering has been a household name in drag racing since 1964 and is an important component vital to many racers throughout all levels in drag racing.
 
"I am honored to have a company like Strange Engineering back in 2019 as they have supported the Mid-West Pro Mod Series and both my radial and pro mod cars. Strange has a long, rich history in drag racing and their partnership is very important to both myself and my MWPMS racers", states series found Keith Haney.
 

The Summit Racing Equipment Mid-West Pro Mod Series (MWPMS) is proud to welcome Jerry Bickel Race Cars back for their third year as an associate sponsor.
 
"Jerry Bickel has supported Mid-West Pro Mods since our inception in 2017 and I am excited that JBRC is continuing to support our racers in 2019", stated series found Keith Haney.

The drag racing-cstarved nation of Kuwait finally saw the opening of its long awaited new dragstrip at Kuwait Motor Town last week, and the result was an over-the-top festival of big horsepower and good times. Fans overfilled the temporary bleachers and packed in along the fences—cheering, jeering, applauding, and overall showing big love for the sport—even at test & tune.

And drivers delivered on-track action that was just as big, racing through the night and into the wee hours of Saturday morning as the Kuwait International Drag Racing Championship ran out its ladders for thirteen classes.

The famed Texas Motorplex will kick off the Summit Racing Equipment Mid-West Pro Mod Series on March 8-9 with the Pro Mod Madness two day event. The race featuring modern and classic American body styles and carrying every major engine combination including nitrous, capable of reaching speed in excess of 200 mph is a free ticketed event. The series is built on rivalries and bringing driving and tuning skills to the starting line.

“Our goal is to start season with an exciting event and it doesn’t get much more exciting than Pro Mod Madness,” said Andy Carter, Texas Motorplex General Manager.  “These cars are some of the most spectacular race cars in the country hitting speeds over 200 mph in the 1/8 mile, which is only 660 feet. We are providing free tickets so it will be a great value for motorsports fans or really anyone in the DFW area that is interested in a fun family event.”

A couple of beautiful Top Sportsman Camaros left Jerry Bickel Race Cars yesterday headed back to Odessa, Texas. Glen and Kamron Wright both run Sonny Leonard horsepower in their hot rods.

The orange car belongs to Glen and was brought in for updates. Kamron's (blue) Camaro is brand new.

Chris Graves took notice.

Before 2017, there were numerous Funny Cars with no place to race.

“I put on a bunch of different match races and things on at North Star Dragway (in Denton, Texas),” Graves said. “We live in Texas, we are in Street Outlaw country. These tracks are not booking nitro Funny Cars for match races down here. You had all these nitro Funny Cars that are sitting doing nothing. I was trying to put together a show for them just to get my buddies on the race track. By the time you start booking a bunch of Funny Cars, you’re spending a lot of money. I thought hold on for a second, maybe I can make a race out of this.”