Two weeks ago at Willowbank’s New Years Thunder event Australian Top Bike champion Chris Matheson saw significant improvements in the performance of his Nitro Voodoo V2 Top Fuel Motorcycle.
 
Matheson had the opportunity to match-race in a nitro dual alongside Perth’s Mark Drew and despite the extreme heat and humidity, he recorded a promising elapsed time of 6.23 seconds.

With the 2018 NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle season on the horizon, there will be two familiar faces competing again in the Pro Stock Motorcycle ranks – Hector Arana Sr. and Hector Arana Jr.

The father-son team will back in the mix – beginning with the Gatornationals March 15-18 in Gainesville, Fla. – and the elder Arana is optimistic about the upcoming season.

“Our goal is to win rounds and be a contender for the championship,” Arana Sr. said. “We have worked hard, and not just us, I know every team is working hard, but I do want to win another championship, or I would love to see my son win the championship. He’s an excellent rider.”

No matter how old we get, no matter how much the stress of being an adult gets to us, we all have that one thing that immediately transports us back to our childhood.

Maybe it is a trip to the local park. Perhaps it is the smell of a campfire, or the taste of your favorite ice cream, or the cool breeze against your face on a hot summer day.

Or, just maybe, it is the smell of nitro. The rush of adrenaline when 10,000 horses roar to life. The unmistakable earth-shake at the hit of a nitro-powered engine leaving the starting line.

Clay Millican knows that feeling. And he knows it well.

Defending Strange Throwback Showdown champion and #6 seeded Del Worsham scored his fifth consecutive virtual reality round win as he took out No. 11 Robert Hight.

Worsham, representing Raymond Beadle's Blue Max dynasty, never trailed in a match where he 75-percent of the votes. 

No. 5 Tim Wilkerson, the Illinois-racer sporting the Chi-Town Hustler, won by the largest margin as drew 84-percent to run past Jack Beckman, representing the Pisano & Matsubara entry.

The Southwest Heritage Racing Association recently held their annual awards banquet at the DFW Marriott Hotel at Champions Circle.  Not only were the 'Top Five' in each class recognized for their efforts in 2017, but there were also several big announcements made.

Since the first day of the SHRA, Mallory Screen Print and Embroidery in Joshua, Texas has been the series' first and only series sponsor.  However, in order to bring new faces to the SHRA fold, Mallory has agreed to step aside and become the “Official Screen Print and Embroidery Company of the SHRA” and open the door to the “Red Line Shirt Club”, who will now be the SHRA series sponsor.

VP Racing Fuels, Inc., announced the appointment of Tiffany Boone as Business Development Representative to support its growing retail consumer products team.  “With the increasing number of retail opportunities requiring additional resources to meet the demand, we’re fortunate to be able to bring someone with Tiffany’s varied experience on board,” said Alan Cerwick, President of VP Racing Fuels.
 
Born and raised in the “Gateway to the West”, Boone received a Business Administration Degree with an emphasis in Finance from University of Missouri – St. Louis.  Boone started her career in banking, investments and trust services at Commerce Bank where she worked with business development officers to onboard new accounts and develop new products and services for Commerce’s clientele.

While two-time champion Erica Enders prepares for another season in Pro Stock, her and her Elite Motorsports team have another title in sight: The J&A Service NHRA Pro Mod Series title.

Well, maybe.

Elite Motorsports tested a turbocharged Chevrolet Camaro Pro Mod car this week at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida, with Enders behind the wheel. And Richard Freeman's Elite team would love to race the car in NHRA's Pro Mod Series, with Enders driving, as well as other non-NHRA Pro Mod events, with Clint Hairston driving.

There are times in each of our lives when we are faced with challenges which appear insurmountable.

When faced with her seemingly insurmountable decision, Brittany Force's mother reminded her how simple her choice should be.

“Try,” followed by “then walk away” was the simple advice Laurie Force gave to her middle daughter, who at the time was focused on teaching fifth graders and the relaxation of racing part-time in a A/Fueler.  

Using her mother's advice, Brittany finally gave in to the insistence of her father to test drive a top fuel dragster. At the time, Brittany's thought was simple – take one run and walk away.

Four racers will advance to the second round of the Strange Engineering Throwback Showdown 2. Three of the four virtual drag races were won by the favorites while one racer used a familiar combination to mow down a higher-seeded opponent.

Ron Capps scored a monumental victory as his #9-seeded Ed McCulloch R-r-revellution Dodge Charger knocked off the #8-seeded John Force "Brute Force" entry. In a campaign which went back and forth in the first day, Capps pulled into a slight lead on Day 2 and held on by a slim margin, winning the closest race of the four contested on the first day, 53-percent to 47.