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.
Don Schumacher Racing has elected to make a major commitment to concussion research, the team announced prior to their first qualifying runs at the 39th annual Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals presented by Mopar.
Race cars, even famous ones, don’t always sell at auction for the prices one might expect from championship-winning or other notable competitive machines. Perhaps this just-announced vehicle offered for bid will change that.
Dodge and Mopar are celebrating 30 years sponsoring the Dodge Mile-High Nationals by unveiling their 2019 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat NHRA Funny Car body.
The IndyCar Series will hold its next three season finales on the bucolic, 2.238-mile WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca traditional permanent road course near Monterey, Calif.
Attendance at most major motorsports activities has been falling in recent years, and every sanctioning body subject to these decreases is looking for a rationale.
Harding Racing has elected to hire Conor Daly to race the No. 88 for this weekend’s Honda Indy Toronto on the streets surrounding that city’s Exhibition Place.
One of only two professional female riders currently competing in this customarily male-dominated competition, Texter earned five victories in 2017 (most of any rider) and finished third in the championship with Richie Morris Racing/Honda.