Racers in a range of Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) pro, sportsman, and Jr. Dragster categories will be fighting for the final spots to race at the upcoming Summit Racing Equipment PDRA ProStars race when the series returns to Virginia Motorsports Park (VMP) this weekend, July 14-16. The Drag 965 Summer Shootout presented by Classic Graphix is the final race for drivers to earn ProStars points toward a spot in the eight-car ProStars shootouts during VMP’s Night of Fire later this month.   

If you've ever wondered just how cool smaller drag racing venues with high horsepower machines are, this latest video from Sean Melton's Urban Hillbilly brand captures all the excitement of fast doorslammer racing. Check out his Pro Street and Pro Mod class coverage, plus Scott Palmer in his NHRA Top Fuel Dragster. From the Ozark Raceway Park 'Summer Shootout'.

It is not very often that a temper tantrum leads to your big break in life.

But that may just be the case for NHRA Funny Car competitor Bobby Bode.

After being previously announced as a contestant on this season of The Bachelorette, NHRA Top Fuel driver Jordan Vandergriff will be part of the season debut on Monday as the reality show kicks off tonight at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.  

Part of Bachelor Nation, The Bachelorette is a reality television show where a group of men (in this season, that includes 32) compete to capture the heart of the Bachelorette. At the start of the season, there are one-on-one dates, group dates, and roses handed out weekly to weed out the love interests based on their connection with the Bachelorette. As the season goes on and deeper bonds are made, there’s more of the same, except the stakes are a bit higher. The season usually ends in a proposal and engagement, aside from the few that have ended in heartbreak.  

Royce Lee Freeman was there.

That's about all the elder statesman of Pro Stock can say about his effort in the inaugural factory hot rod event back in 1970 at the NHRA Winternationals. Though Freeman didn't rate a mention as an alternate in the event edition of National DRAGSTER, his feelings weren't hurt.

Fan voting for the 2022 ESPY Awards is underway and Kilgore, Texas native Steve Torrence, the four-time reigning NHRA Top Fuel drag racing champion, is among the nominees in the Best Driver category.

Those wishing to vote for Torrence or nominees in any other ESPY categories can do on a daily basis at https://t.co/oCMLB4o9mo.

The Rayce Rudeen Foundation has partnered with Tony Stewart Racing in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, and the non-profit organization that honors the life of Rayce Rudeen will be emblazoned on the Top Fuel dragster of Leah Pruett during the DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals July 22-24 at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway. 

The Rayce Rudeen Foundation works with organizations and programs to encourage a healthy and productive life that is free of addiction. The designated 501(c)(3) is named in honor of Rayce Rudeen, who at age 26 passed away from an accidental Fentanyl overdose. Since its inception, the Rayce Rudeen Foundation has advocated for creating a supportive community in which everyone can access prevention, treatment, recovery and family-support services, all free from stigma. That message will be carried on Pruett’s blue-and-yellow Top Fuel dragster at Sonoma. Following Sonoma, the Rayce Rudeen Foundation will remain on Pruett’s car as an associate partner with branding near the canopy. 

Rodalyn Knox, a Hall of Fame tractor pulling puller and former NHRA drag racer, passed on July 2, 2022.

Knox was most widely known for her drag racing and tractor pulling career as "The Country Girl."

Stevie "Fast" Jackson might not be the Robin Hood of NHRA Pro Modified. However, after a rule change heaved on the screw supercharger combination and the subsequent alleviation of regulations on the roots version, he’s looking like someone who might have robbed from the rich in advantage and delivered to the poor.

Jackson isn’t looking for hero status as much as he prefers to expose sandbagging the rules.

“I got tired of watching it happen,” Jackson said. “All the sand leaking out everywhere, and I wanted to show everybody what a real actual racing engine would do, with a real Supercharger, with somebody that really wanted to run and knew how to run one. I can play a screw blower like Beethoven played the piano or whatever instrument he plays. I wanted to go out there and just let everybody know that things aren’t as dire as what they initially appear.”