Class Racer
NHRA Announces 2019 SamTech.edu NHRA Factory Stock Showdown Rules and Procedures
At the eight SAMTech.edu NHRA Factory Stock Showdown events to be held in 2019, competitors will qualify and compete in their own separate eliminator from Stock. Those not qualifying will not be permitted to run in the Stock eliminator as in past years. The SAMTech.edu NHRA Factory Stock Showdown qualifiers will be competing for the NHRA Wally trophy, event champion’s jacket and an event purse. Factory Showdown qualifiers will not receiveRead More
Bo Butner’s Cobra Jet – Factory Stock Showdown ?
Ever since the Factory Stock Showdown wars began, Bo Butner a NHRA Pro Stock champion has had an eye wining a FSS championship. Bo competed when the class was introduced in 2012 and won 4 races. Now that there is a points system for FSS class, we here Bo will be out this season with his 2016 Cobra Jet. Built by Darrel Herron, Bo’s Pro Stock crew chief, they willRead More
Steve Williams 2018 Super Comp World Champion
Steve Williams started his Championship season off relatively slow, with his first 3 events gaining only 1 round win. Starting the year out in Pomona, CA for a national event where he would fall in rd2, then heading over to Las Vegas, NV like everyone from d7 usually does for another national then his 1st divisional event of the year where he would not get out of rd1, resulting inRead More
Get to know: Dan Fletcher
Peter Biondo and Kyle Seipel from bracketracers.com….. Get to know Dan Fletcher Besides drag racing, what were some of your interests and hobbies growing up? Typical kid deal, well maybe not today’s kid deal. Played sports not stop. The street I grew up on one of the fathers built a pretty legit baseball field with a real backstop. Football, basketball, and baseball; no video games. When did youRead More
TruSTART GAINS MOMENTUM WITH ACCUTIME
TruSTART GAINS MOMENTUM WITH ACCUTIME TruSTART, the Worst Red, was introduced to big buck bracket racing by Bob Brockmeyer of Compulink, Peter Biondo, Kyle Seipel, and Jeff Foster at the 2016 Spring Fling Million Vegas event. For handicap drag racing, the system awards the lesser of two red-lights the win rather than the first red-light. With the response overwhelmingly positive, over 50 tracks around the country utilizing the Compulink timingRead More
2018 Mustang Cobra Jet Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Racing Legend
2018 Mustang Cobra Jet Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Racing Legend with Quickest Straight-Line Stallion Yet New 2018 Mustang Cobra Jet by Ford Performance is targeted to be the most powerful and quickest version from the factory ever, capable of running the quarter-mile in the mid-8-second range while topping 150 mph 50th anniversary Mustang Cobra Jet features a limited production run of 68 cars available in Race Red or Oxford WhiteRead More
2019 COPO Camaro Marks 50 Years of Special Order Performance
2019 COPO Camaro Marks 50 Years of Special Order Performance LAS VEGAS — An anniversary-themed 2019 COPO Camaro race car introduced today at the SEMA Show celebrates the 50-year milestone of the special order, ultimate performance models and launches the 2019 COPO Camaro program. “Chevrolet is proud to celebrate 50 years of the COPO Camaro legacy,” said Jim Campbell, GM U.S. vice president of Performance Vehicles and Motorsports. “It’s oneRead More
The Bader Family – Maple Grove Raceway
With a very successful year so far at Maple Grove Raceway, will the Bader family purchase Maple Gove. From what we here it is still up in the air. From talking to racers and fans, they love the new direction the track has taken. Many of you know Bill Bader Jr. was brought in as a consultant to help promote and bring a better racing experience to Maple Grove. AtRead More
ATI Jim Beattie Stock/Super Stock Memorial Race
NEW DATE AND LOCATION! 4TH ANNUAL JIM BEATTIE STK/SS MEMORIAL RACE DURING THE DUTCH CLASSIC AT MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY Baltimore, MD — ATI Performance Products, Inc. announces the 4th 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 hasRead More
Dan Fletcher… A Day At The Office
Dan Fletcher, doing what he does best. Just another day at the office in his 69 Chevelle wagon go rounds.
NHRA Heartland Nationals Recap
Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties is the 8th stop on NHRA tour. Although plagued with rain delays, the race was finally finished on Monday. Qualifying started on Friday along with a great day of class racing. Saturday started out with round one of eliminations for the sportsman’s. Sunday morning was supposed to start out with sportsman eliminations round 2, but pending weather canceled the early start. A scheduleRead More