VP Racing Fuels, Inc., a global leader in performance fuels, lubricants, and additives, has announced the signing of a licensing agreement with The Fan-Brand. VP Racing Fuels has licensed its brand names and logos to The Fan-Brand’s extensive line of home décor products.

Stevie Fast, Charlotte, and KTR Race in the Tightest 32 Car Pro Mod field in history at the 2021 Snowbirds. Ride along as Stevie shows you the success's and failures of his first Pro Mod Race since selling his beloved Shadow 2.0.

Racers, race fans, enthusiasts, and businesses that have joined the newly created PRI Membership will gather for the first time at the 2021 PRI Trade Show on December 9-11 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana.

With the global motorsports industry uniting at the Show, PRI Members will connect at exclusive areas and events during the three-day trade show. The gatherings will mark a historic moment as PRI Members unite in solidarity to protect against unfair legislation and government overreach.

Since 2008 the Great Lakes Nostalgia Funny Car Circuit has been thrilling drag racing fans across the Midwest and East Coast. In 2022 the classic alcohol match race Nostalgia Funny Car circuit will be celebrating 15 years of excitement. Reminiscent of the classic 1970’s and 1980’s match races that barnstormed the country the Great Lakes Nostalgia Funny Car Circuit features 16 racers campaigning Funny Cars with 1980’s or older style bodies from six states.

“We know tracks are looking for exciting shows and Nostalgia Funny Cars have a history of wowing fans across the country,” said Dennis Salzwimmer, Great Lakes Nostalgia Funny Car Circuit Director. “Drag racing fans love the long burnouts, header flames and wild racing action Funny Cars provide and our group of entertainers and racers give the fans an awesome show. Our goal is to make sure everyone that sees our Funny Cars in action leaves the track with a smile on their face.”

It was a relationship many knew was bound to happen. In the days leading up to the Performance Racing Industry trade show in Indianapolis, Antron Brown and his newly formed Antron Brown Motorsports announced on Tuesday that Davis Motorsports and its driver Justin Ashley will be aligned in 2022. 

The two teams will operate as one entity while maintaining their own independent identities. 

"To bring in Justin Ashley and Dustin Davis Racing, Davis Racing, it was beneficial on both sides," Brown said. Just beneficial to where I think it's not just something that we wanted to do. It was one of those deals, too, that we wanted to, but we have to just to be able to compete and keep up with all the other teams that we're going to be going against next year."

After his quarter-final loss at the Auto Club NHRA Finals, Steve Johnson's anguish told the story without the underdog frontrunner having spoken a word.

The longest of all longshots, Johnson was in the running for a seemingly unreachable championship. Until the telltale loss, he was in contention to win the Pro Stock Motorcycle championship.

After leading the championship chase for two races during the Countdown to the Championship, the first time he'd held the points lead, the self-inflicted bullet wounds to the foot got the best of him.

The NHRA’s technical department plans to maintain parity in the forthcoming Factory Experimental division, also known as Factory X, through adjustments to the respective engine combinations of the Chevrolet, Chrysler, and Ford competitors.

All three car combinations to run in Factory X will begin at a universal weight of 2,650 pounds and run supercharged engines. The COPO Camaros will run the 630-horse Magnuson 2.65L supercharger, while the DragPak Challengers will utilize the 630-horse, 3.0L Whipple. The Cobra Jet 327 Mustangs will battle with the 610-horse, 3.0 Whipple unit.

The adjustments will not come due to perceived aerodynamic disadvantages but rather performances on the track themselves. It doesn’t appear that minimum weight adjustments will be part of the initial equation.

A field of 50 Pro Mod drivers entered qualifying on Friday at the 50th annual Snowbird Outlaw Nationals presented by Motion Raceworks, and after five rounds of eliminations on Sunday, Melanie Salemi was left standing as the $50,000 winner of the Bradenton Motorsports Park event. In the final round, Salemi recorded a 3.65-second pass at 206.83 mph to defeat Ken Quartuccio and his 3.692 at 198.12.

The other winners of the Snowbird Nationals were Daryl Stewart in Voss Wheelie Bars Pro Outlaw 632 presented by $hameless Racing, Manny Buginga in Pro 275 presented by FuelTech, Paul Gargus in Limited Drag Radial presented by Mickey Thompson Tires, DJ McCain in X275 presented by Precision Shaft Technologies, Jason Spina in Ultra Street presented by TRZ Motorsports, Charlie Farrar in 4.60 Bike, Tom Orr in 5.50 Index, J.T. Sheaffer in 6.50 Index, Austin Logan in 7.50 Index, James Cavanaugh in 7.90 Index Jr. Dragster, Cameron Rich in 8.90 Index Jr. Dragster, and Zandir Cook in 11.90 Index Jr. Dragster.

Another one bites the dust.

In a statement issued on Friday, April 3, 2021, Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Ca., announced its drag strip would be closed forever.

In a statement posted on its Facebook page, Auto Club Speedway said, "After careful consideration on the best direction forward for Auto Club Speedway, the difficult decision has been made to permanently close Auto Club Dragway.