by Bobby Bennett Tue, 2021-12-07 23:01
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."
by Bobby Bennett Tue, 2021-12-07 19:12
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.
by Bobby Bennett Jr. Mon, 2021-12-06 18:47
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.
Mon, 2021-12-06 15:13
The 2021 Drag Illustrated 30 Under 30 issue, which highlights rising stars across different roles in drag racing, is now available in digital form, Drag Illustrated announced today. Print copies will hit subscriber mailboxes starting this week. Copies will also be available at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show, Dec. 9-11.
The 30 honorees who appear on the 2021 DI 30 Under 30 list will be celebrated at a special press conference at the PRI Show in the PRI Press Conference Center on Friday, Dec. 10 at 1:30 p.m. ET.
“We couldn’t think of a better way to kick off an exciting PRI Show week than to release our sixth 30 Under 30 list and issue,” said Nate Van Wagnen, editor-in-chief, Drag Illustrated. “This is one of our most important issues of the year because it focuses on the next generation of drivers, tuners, crew members, fabricators, content creators and officials that will help carry this industry forward. We’re proud to celebrate these 30 young people on the pages of the magazine and in person at the PRI Show on Friday.”
Mon, 2021-12-06 13:59
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.
by Bobby Bennett Mon, 2021-12-06 10:06
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.
Mon, 2021-12-06 08:52
It took a near-dominant season for Tim Essick and his ProCharger-boosted “Brown Sugar” ’18 Mustang to win the first-ever Drag 965 Pro Street world championship in the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA). The Outlaw 10.5 veteran’s commitment to the new class paid off, as he won four races and set the record twice to claim the title.
“It's so special,” Essick said of the championship. “Just to be able to do it the first time out is just phenomenal. I want to repeat it. I want to be like [Jim] Halsey. Keep having [the class] and I'll keep coming.”
Sun, 2021-12-05 11:44
After 50 Pro Modified entries took to the Bradenton Motorsports Park eighth-mile in qualifying for the 50th annual Snowbird Outlaw Nationals presented by Motion Raceworks, Daniel Pharris ended up the No. 1 qualifier with a 3.616-second pass at 207.50 mph. Pharris and 31 other drivers go into eliminations in M&M Transmission Outlaw Pro Mod presented by Carmack Engineering on Sunday morning.
by Bobby Bennett Sun, 2021-12-05 08:28
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