Drag Racing

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The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, starring the best and most decorated sportsman drivers in drag racing, announced the schedule for the upcoming 2025 season, featuring stops at standout racing facilities across the country. The 2025 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series season begins on Feb. 20-23 at Firebird Motorsports Park in Phoenix and…

As the 2025 SEMA Show winds down in Las Vegas and attention turns to the end of the NHRA season, Professional Racers Owners Organization, today announced the addition of another Premier Sponsor adding Hangsterfer’s Laboratories to the growing list of companies supporting the 2nd annual SCAG Power Equipment PRO Superstar Shootout, February 6-8, 2025, in…

Decades after the legendary match races between Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and the late Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen, single-day events featuring match racing are still very much a part of the drag racing entertainment landscape. The key word there is “entertainment,” as track owners across the country embrace the idea that providing a concise, captivating…

Yes, the sport has lost historic and iconic racetracks over the last 10 years. Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in New Jersey, Palm Beach International Raceway (formerly Moroso Motorsports Park) in Florida, Atlanta Dragway in Georgia, Memphis International Raceway in Tennessee, and Houston Raceway Park in Texas are just a handful of the memorable facilities…

According to the recent release of the inaugural 2024 State of the Racing Market Report compiled by the Performance Racing Industry (PRI), the business of drag racing has been on the rise since the pandemic. [Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in DI #190, the State of Drag Issue, in September/ October of 2024.] It…

When motorsports icon Tony Stewart first started making passes in Frank Hawley Drag Racing School’s Super Comp dragster and Top Dragster, he insisted he didn’t intend on competing, that he just wanted to better understand what his now wife, Top Fuel star Leah Pruett, was experiencing on the racetrack. Now, after a full season in…

It wasn’t long ago that many fans thought NHRA Pro Stock was on its deathbed, and before that, the class was considered by some to be the playground of older guys dead-set on running carburetors and clutches when many other classes were adopting EFI and automatic transmissions.  [Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in DI…

There was a lot of awe-inspiring action at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, in 2024, but even more is in store for 2025. Racers will roar down track, entertainers will go to extremes, and men, women and children can experience endless amounts of spellbinding sights and sounds at the fabled family-friendly venue. Among the offerings is…

SEMA has announced the recipients of its Person of the Year, Content Creator of the Year and Robert E. Petersen Lifetime achievement awards. Presented on November 7 at the SEMA Industry Awards Banquet, these awards honor individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the automotive aftermarket industry over a yearlong period.  Don “The Snake” Prudhomme was honored…