As the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series approaches the finale of its 18-race regular season before galloping into the Countdown to the Championship six-contest playoffs, Pro Stock Motorcycle is undergoing ch-ch-changes.
As a recent racing emigre to the United States some 35 years ago, driver Derek Daly made a remark deprecating himself using what was then common British slang. Thirty-five years later, that comment returned to haunt Daly and his son Conor.
The Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals are the Super Bowl of NHRA drag racing.
As denizens of the NHRA’s Mello Yello Drag Racing Series conduct two days of testing for next weekend’s Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, remember that there are other important races being contested at Lucas Oil Raceway over Labor Day weekend.
September’s Driven2SaveLives “BC39” national midget race, set for September 5-6, is on its way to becoming the highest entry event in USAC history.
Don’t get me wrong; I love old racetracks. Slogging through the mud at places like Mid-Ohio and Maple Grove is something with which I can deal. But one thing I can’t take about old racetracks is their inability, in this day and age, to properly prepare for the series that are racing on the track.
IMSA will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2019, and it’s already getting the ball rolling.
Verizon IndyCar Series entrant Andretti Autosport, who teamed with McLaren to run Fernando Alonso during the 2017 Indianapolis 500, have scheduled a road-course test for the driver at Barber Motorsports Park.
Shortly after 9AM on an overcast Thursday morning in Long Beach, an email arrived. After 44 years, Toyota Motor North America has withdrawn its title sponsorship of the Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Two races remain in NHRA’s regular season before the six-race Countdown to the Championship playoffs begin for Mello Yello’s Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle competitors.
