Kenneth Phillips enjoyed a near-perfect day Apr. 14, as he qualified second, then went on to win the Southeast Gassers Association (SEGA) A/Gas final at Shadyside Dragway in Shelby, NC. Also victorious were Todd Blackwell in B/Gas and Jimmy Huff with his first-ever C/Gas title.

A record-setting crowd of more than 3,000 fans squeezed into the historic eighth-mile facility for the 2018 SEGA season opener and witnessed two fast-paced rounds of qualifying, followed by eliminations for all three classes. From a 2 p.m. start nearly non-stop, on-track action entertained the crowd for just over five hours. 

Neuralog has signed on for the third consecutive year to sponsor Harlow Sammons Chevrolet Camaro Pro Stock driver Chris McGaha. Coming into the 31st annual SpringNationals No. 2 in the Pro Stock points, McGaha is heading into the fifth race of the 2018 Mello Yello Drag Racing season in the best position he’s been in his Pro Stock career thus far.
 
“We live about eight hours away from Royal Purple Raceway but we still consider it one of our home races,” McGaha said. “Texas is big but we’re all neighbors.”

The late Bob Tasca spearheaded the dominance of Ford in drag racing in the 1960s and coined the phrase “win on Sunday, sell on Monday.”

His grandson, Bob Tasca III, is expanding on that mantra to be “teach on Friday, win on Sunday and hire on Monday.”

Tasca, 42, returned for full-time racing in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series this year with major financial support from the Ford Motor Company along with its Motorcraft and Quick Lane parts and service divisions.

 On February 1, 2018, Radial vs. The World standout Daniel Pharris from Sikeston, Missouri made a game-changing move by acquiring the world known Ekanoo Racing Lexus RC-F, the quickest and fastest Super Street V8 in the Middle East.

This is one of the few cars ever purchased overseas by an American for the sole purpose of competitively racing in the states, making this an extremely unique acquisition, since it's usually the opposite scenario.  Since The Ekanoo Racing team debuted the car two years ago, it has qualified and won every race in the Super Street V8 class in the Bahrain Drag Racing Championships (BDRC).  Not only did the PTE boosted Super Street Lexus RC-F win back-to-back class championships, it also became the first small tire car in the Middle East to break the 3-second barrier.  Ekanoo Racing's best eighth-mile pass in the 2015 Lexus RC-F is an astonishing 3.92 at 202 MPH on twin GEN2 Pro Mod 94mm Precision Turbochargers.

The International Roll Racing Ass’n (IRRA) will make its debut April 28 at Palm Beach Int’l Raceway in Florida. Instead of starting from a complete stop like traditional drag racing, a roll drag heads-up race starts with both cars rolling at an agreed speed (40 mph).

The International Roll Racing Ass’n (IRRA), a sanctioning body for the sport of roll drag racing, will make its debut April 28 at Palm Beach Int’l Raceway in West Palm Beach, Florida.

When Don Lamana departed his south-Florida home for South Georgia Motorsports Park almost a month ago he harbored no delusions of even qualifying for the elite Sweet 16 field, nevermind actually winning the $101,000 top prize. After all, the event was designed to showcase the absolute best of the best in Radial vs. the World (RvW), with educated predictions for the bump spot typically falling in the high-3.70s to low-3.80s.  

Meanwhile, Lamana was showing up at SGMP with his twin-turboed ’89 Fox-body Mustang in full-legal Pro 275 trim, which meant carrying at least 200 pounds more than the RVW 2,750-pound minimum weight and hooking up with Mickey Thompson 275 drag radials instead of the wider RvW 315-series tires. For him, Sweet 16 represented a glorified test session.

There's a place for everybody in drag racing.

Consider Grudge drag racing to be the straight-line sport's version of cloak and dagger competition. 

Grudge racing has been around since the early days of automobiles has seen its popularity with both contestants and fans spike recently.  It has evolved from two friends deciding on who has the faster car or two archrivals  throwing out the rulebook and racing for a few dollars, as well as bragging rights, to all out purpose built race cars and full events dedicated to just this 
style of racing.

Since early this year, Driven Blind, a 25-minute documentary about Pro Mod driver and chassis builder Dan Parker, who was permanently blinded in a 2012 racing accident, has been making the rounds and winning awards at independent film festivals nationwide. This Sunday (Apr. 15) at 9:30 p.m., the short film will also make its televised debut on the World Channel (WorldChannel.org) digital network.

“The film just talks about the struggles of blindness, about me adapting to being blind, and just how life changes when everything you’re used to changes: your job, your passions, just everything,” the 2005 American Drag Racing League Pro Nitrous world champion explains.

Four-time NHRA Funny Car champion and drag racing legend Don “the Snake” Prudhomme is known for his performance in a nitro-burning Funny Car, but he also has a history with desert racing on the Baja peninsula.

In 1968, Prudhomme entered the Mexican 1000 Baja race in a Porsche-powered buggy built by racing innovator Tony Nancy and owned by actor Steve McQueen. Shortly before the race, McQueen had a movie conflict so Nancy reached out to Prudhomme to fill the seat as the co-driver. Prudhomme and Nancy had crossed paths through their successful drag racing careers. Now, 50 years later, with help from JEGS High Performance Mail Order, Prudhomme is returning to Baja competition in the 2018 Mexican 1000 – and he’s out for redemption.

NHRA Pro Modified racer Chad Green who took a tumble during the semi-final round at the NHRA Gatornationals will not miss a beat from the mishap. Instead, Green will compete in next week's NHRA Spring Nationals outside of Houston, Texas, behind the wheel of his new Camaro built by jerry Bickel Race Cars.