Anne Proffit traces her love of racing - in particular drag racing - to her childhood days in Philadelphia, where Atco Dragway, Englishtown and Maple Grove Raceway were destinations just made for her. As a diversion, she was the first editor of IMSA’s Arrow newsletter, and now writes about and photographs sports cars, Indy cars, Formula 1, MotoGP, NASCAR, Formula Drift, Red Bull Global Rallycross - in addition to her first love of NHRA drag racing. A specialty is a particular admiration for the people that build and tune drag racing engines.
Bandimere Speedway outside Denver is ready for the NHRA Mello Mello Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle racers headed to the Mile High city as they take part in the first leg of NHRA’s Western Swing.
Last year’s rendition of the Dodge Mile-High Nationals on the Bandimere Speedway dragstrip just west of Denver, Colorado was monumental for several reasons, particularly in the Funny Car class.
When his No. 6 Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (Arrow SPM) Honda Indy car climbed the wall into the fencing at Pocono Raceway last August, few thought the Canadian ace would regain mobility.
Featuring nine outstanding racing representatives from every type of motor sport, the Hall’s incoming class includes racers in NASCAR, drag racing, open wheel, sports cars, motorcycle flat track and off-road competition.
The two-time Formula 1 champion who qualified well for one Indianapolis 500 yet failed to make the field of 33 a second time has amicably parted ways with the British F1 entrant and supercar manufacturer.
INDYCAR is moving forward on its Aeroscreen, a driver safety protective device. It enlisted current and five-time driving champion Scott Dixon to conduct a simulator test of a prototype.
No one in NHRA’s Funny Car class has a hotter hand right now than Bob Tasca III, who earned back-to-back national event wins at Bristol and Norwalk, the two most recent races on a 24-event calendar.