A familiar face will return to compete in NHRA’s Pro Stock class April 20-22 at the SpringNationals in Houston, Texas.

Rodger Brogdon, who competed in NHRA’s Pro Stock from 2007-2015, will drive a KB Racing Camaro at Royal Purple Raceway. Brogdon’s company RBR Machine will sponsor his car in Houston.

“I would not be telling the truth if I didn’t say I missed it,” Brogdon said. “Racing was such a big part of my life, so I figured I would run this weekend and see how it goes and maybe run two or three more races before the year is over and make a decision on whether I want to race next year or not.”

The Frankenstein Engine Dynamics Mid-West Pro Mod Series (MWPMS) is proud to welcome Summit Racing Equipment as its official speed shop and parts supplier. Additionally, Summit Racing has been named the title sponsor for the MWPMS event Sept. 7-8, at Trumbull, TX.

“We’re very excited about Summit Racing Equipment joining us as both a full-season sponsor and the title rights holder for our race at the brand-new Xtreme Raceway Park,” stated Keith Haney, owner and promoter of the Tulsa-based drag racing organization. “Summit Racing is a huge company and very well-known in all forms of motorsports, so for them to come on board with the Mid-West Pro Mod Series is a great vote of confidence in the strength of our series. It shows they have faith in what we're doing and what we say we’re going to do.”   

Australia's Rachelle Splatt is ready to make her Jet Dragster competition debut at Willowbank Raceway for this Saturday night's Jet Car Thunder, and while the speeds might be similar, there is much to learn again for the drag racing veteran.

Splatt, from Victoria, is most well known for driving Top Fuel Dragsters, the quickest accelerating vehicles on the planet. Fans have seen her at Willowbank Raceway many times driving the nitro-fuelled machines, most recently in her Gulf Western Oil dragster.

Last weekend, the NHRA captured the largest three-day total for its spring race in Las Vegas with the inaugural running of the 4-Wide Nationals at a west coast venue. 

This did little to impress the readers of CompetitionPlus.com who voted 63-percent to say they have never liked four-wide drag racing. At 21 percent was a group who said they've liked the concept since it was introduced. There were 16-percent who said they've come to enjoy four-wide drag racing. 

Our first survey back in 2010 had the disapproval rating at 87-percent. 

Summit Racing Equipment, has joined drag racing’s most prolific series of Junior Dragster competition.

The Midwest Junior Super Series has announced a new partnership in the vast scope of its sponsorship and contingency program with the addition of Summit Racing Equipment as a premiere contributor to the sport’s most comprehensive circuit for youths under the age of eighteen.

VP Racing Fuels, Inc., announced they have been named the Official Fuel of the Mid-West Pro Mod Racing Series.

The all 1/8-mile drag racing series competes in events in Oklahoma, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, and Texas.

Austin Prock, the son of world championship NHRA crew chief Jimmy Prock, as reported by CompetitionPlus.com did his inaugural testing in a nitro Funny Car April 9 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

“It was everything I thought it would be and more,” Austin said about his first time driving a nitro Funny Car. “My mom, dad and brother Thomas were there and that was cool.”

Prock, who was behind the wheel of the Advance Auto Parts Chevy Camaro driven by Courtney Force, made three runs. Throughout his training he will drive all three John Force Racing Funny Cars.

The elder Prock is a crew chief for reigning NHRA nitro Funny Car world champ Robert Hight at John Force Racing. 

NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion Jerry Savoie confirmed to CompetitionPlus.com that Steve Johnson is no longer his teammate.

“He’s not riding our second motorcycle anymore,” Savoie said. “Steve is a really nice guy, but it just didn’t work out.”

Johnson rode Savoie’s motorcycle at just one event – the 2018 season-opening Pro Stock Motorcycle race, NHRA’s Gatornationals March 15-18 in Gainesville, Fla.

NHRA and The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway pulled off a first-time feat at the inaugural DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. Both Saturday and Sunday were declared sellouts.
 
Fans from all over the western region packed the grandstands, pit areas and campgrounds to witness the inaugural four-wide event west of the Mississippi River both Saturday and Sunday. There was also an international contingent including race fans from Europe and Australia. 

New Lucas Oil Stadium exhibit area will provide trailer exhibitors more space to display and conduct business at PRI --

Trailer exhibitors at the 2018 Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show will now be able to show off their product lineups alongside their booths in the new indoor exhibit area at Lucas Oil Stadium. The new area provides exhibitors a larger space to showcase their products and is contiguous to the Indiana Convention Center.