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.
Ashley Sanford, the 23-year-old Fullerton, Calif. native who grew up wanting to be a professional drag racer, is off to Australia for the second time in Jan. 2018 thanks to Santo Rapisarda.
Australian Richie Crampton, who drove the SealMaster dragster fielded by Kalitta Motorsports in the last seven races of 2017, has been retained for next year.
Give NHRA some credit – they’re trying to fix the issues they created with Pro Stock, which has lost popularity since the inception of the electronic fuel injection era two years ago.
AutoMobility, the Los Angeles Auto Show, now holds seminars and previews for media and supplier/manufacturers at the yearly event. While there were a few sedan/coupe offerings on the table this year, mostly it was CUVs, SUVs and even the return of a bus that kept the public interested.
Beginning in mid-December, long-serving vice president of competition and head of race control Brian Barnhart will leave the Indianapolis-based Verizon IndyCar Series to take over the presidency of Harding Racing.