Class Racer
Al Carp’s Drag Pak – Return to Indy
David Barton is well known for driving Al Carp’s Drag Pak, the quickest N/A Stocker in NHRA history. This season David is not driving the Dar Pak, and it is a shame this car has to sit. Well,we caught Al Carp’s car at the Atco division race with Todd Hoven at the wheel testing on Thursday. From what we here, Todd Hoven will be driver for its return to Indy.Read More
IHRA Increases Midwestern Presence……
IHRA Increases Midwestern Presence with Addition of Greater Evansville (IN) Dragway The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) announced that the Greater Evansville Dragway (GED), which reopened this year after a two-year hiatus from drag racing, will be the second IHRA member track in the state of Indiana, and the first in the tri-state area of Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. While this is the first year GED will host IHRA-sanctioned racing,Read More
2016 Jim Beattie Stock / Super Stock Memorial Race
Baltimore, MD — ATI Performance Products, Inc. announces the 2nd Annual ”Jim Beattie Stock/Super Stock Memorial Race” to honor its founder, James Beattie, Sr. Jim was an avid race fan, inventor and mechanical genius. After proudly serving in the US Navy, Jim opened a modest general transmission rebuilding business which has grown into one of the most dominant high performance manufacturers in the industry. Because of Jim’s passion andRead More
Camaro vs Mustang
Old vs new, Chevy vs Ford, Bo Butner and Joe Santangelo battle it out at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk Ohio, The Camaro gets the win.
IHRA – Smith, Wojnowski And Vogler Double At Keystone Summit Pro-Am
Ed Smith (Quick Rod), Gary Wojnowski (Good Vibrations Top Sportsman) and Amanda Vogler (Junior Beginner) swept their respective classes during the Keystone Summit Pro-Am Tour weekend. Smith, the LaSalle Ontario native defeated Nick Karas Saturday and Gary Fleenor on Sunday using dead-on 8.90 runs in the finals both days. Brunswick Ohio’s Wojnowski painted the dial-in on his Good Vibrations Top Sportsman entry all weekend. His 6.066 run on his 6.07Read More
Factory Stock Showdown, The Excitement Grows “Barton Wins Again”
With three races now in the books, David Barton in Gary Wolkwitz’s 2015 COPO has dominated not only in performance, but has won all three Factory Stock Showdown Races. Although the FS/XX cars have been out for a few years, David Barton has only been racing a supercharged combo for this year. He pretty much dominated in the FS/X class with Al Carp’s Drag Pak, but took on thisRead More
Testing with the Cook Bros. Cobra Jet
Testing with the Cook Brothers 2014 Cobra Jet Mustang at Atco Dragway. David Barton, from Ray Barton Racing Engines is making sure all is right with the Cook Brothers car. David will be driving the Cook Brothers car at the NHRA Norwalk national event this weekend in Super Stock.
Wheelzup Radio will be broadcasting LIVE from the Kalitta Hospitality
Wheelz-Up Radio is proud to present the 2nd Annual Live Show from the NHRA Summernationals this Thursday June 9th at 7:30pm! The show is broadcasting live from the Kalitta Hospitality area in the pro pits, so if you’re looking for some Thursday evening entertainment, please stop by to watch! This special show is presented by BBRD Motorsports and ATI Performance Products. It features Drag Racing “Young Guns” Eric Bardekoff, BrittanyRead More
Bucky Hess in his 68 Hemi Barracuda
Bucky Hess in his 68 Hemi Barracuda at Maple Grove Raceway qualifying at the NHRA Divisional race.
Div 1 – Maple Grove Raceway Winners
READING, Pa. – Competition Eliminator, local runner Doug Doll out of Lancaster, Pa., ran down Peter Luciano, Malvern, Pa., who left first with a stellar .007 second reaction time. Doll went 7.455 at 174.10 in his ’15 dragster for his second divisional win of the year. Defending event champion Frank Zeffiro and Ronald Proctor each scored in the MXI/Magnaflux Top Dragster and Top Sportsman classes. Zeffiro, Torrington, Conn., used aRead More
NHRA Southern Nationals Winners
Its was a warm spring few days at the NHRA Southern Nationals in Atlanta, GA. Its a 3 day race on the Mellow Yellow tour, but the racing was great with some twists and first time winners and possible double ups. Super Stock: Jimmy Hidalgo Jr. taking on Mike Volkman. Jimmy has been on the tree all day as was Mike. Jimmy had the better light, .020 butRead More
DIVISION – 3 Summit Motorsports Park Winners
NORWALK, Ohio In Comp Eliminator it was Rick Brown, Lebanon, Ohio, in his ’00 Chevrolet S10 that went 8.334 seconds at 137.58 mph for the win over Troy Galibraith, Indianapolis. Galibraith had the holeshot at the start but had problems and backed off the throttle early in his ’14 dragster. It was a close race in Super Stock with Tyler Bohannan, Louisville, Ky., taking advantage at the start and runningRead More