Everyone at the PennGrade1 American Motorcycle Racing Association (AMRA) series is looking forward to see what changes are awaiting at the newly revised—yet again—Rockingham Dragway. Having recently hosted their first ever NHRA national event, The Rock was once again upgraded, this to accommodate the needs of 3 second (1000 foot),…
AMRA Harley Drags were Bangin’ at Beech Bend
Bowling Green, Kentucky’s Beech Bend Raceway has long hosted one of the best biker events in the country, and this year’s PennGrade1 AMRA D.C. Jones Memorial Fall Nationals “Harley Drags” was packed with V-Twin culture junkies and high-speed Harley-Davidson drag racing. The September 25-27 event was blessed with perfect weather…
Magic Tire or not, Gaige Rockets to #1 at Gateway
NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle’s Gaige Herrera already had the track record at World Wide Technology Raceway, but the two-time world champion decided to blow the doors off it to close out qualifying, going a spectacular 6.644 (with a 1.05 60 foot time) at 202.76 mph on his RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines…
Perfect Weather Awaits AMRA Harley Drags at Beech Bend
The horrible heat of summer has broken, and perfect mid-70s weather awaits racers, crews and spectators alike this weekend (October 25-27) at Bowling Green, Kentucky’s Beech Bend Raceway for the PennGrade1 American Motorcycle Racing Association (AMRA) D.C. Jones Memorial Fall Nationals. It’s the start of the two race stretch that…
Mantez Thompson Jr. and Sr. are 1-2 4.60 Punch
I’ve been to two FuelTech Man Cup races this year, and racers named Mantez Thompson won Wheeler Machine 4.60 at both of them. Mantez Sr. won the class at Gateway and Jr. won at U.S. 60 Dragway. These family racers approach the class using very different tools. Mantez Sr. rides…
Johnny Balls Wins Marathon US 131 Weekend
It seems pretty rare for a rainy race weekend to include all four rounds of pro qualifying and delay all eliminations until Monday, but that’s exactly what happened at the Dodge Great Lakes Nationals—the first ever NHRA event at beautiful U.S. 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan. Pro Stock Motorcycle…
Matt Smith Calls Foul at Closed NHRA PSM Test
Day-after-NHRA-national-event-test-days are always interesting, but the Tuesday after last weekend’s U.S. Nationals was more interesting than most. Pro Stock Motorcycle teams and NHRA have been discussing ways to tighten the competitiveness of the class and increase participation. The test on Tuesday was designed to put those ideas on track and…
Are the US Nationals the Reunification that Drag Racing Needs?
After all the recent division and wild speculation in the sport, drag racing WILL reunite at this weekend’s 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. Forty five Top Fuel and Funny Car entries are slated for the world’s biggest drag race, the largest…
Proffit at the Wheel: 2025 Toyota 4Runner hybrid 4-wheel-drive TRD Pro Max
Our most recent experience with one of Toyota’s 4Runner trucks was in 2019, when we drove a 4Runner 4X4 TRD Off-Road Premium to that year’s Indianapolis 500 race. The loan covered the race week and we took advantage, bringing a blow-up mattress, pillow and blanket, sleeping in the hatch (one…
AMRA Harleys Go Big in Byron
When the PennGrade1 American Motorcycle Racing Association (AMRA) Harley-Davidson drag racing series came to Illinois’ Byron Dragway for the first time last year, raceday was a total wash-out. A few sprinkles made for only the slightest of delays this time around on August 8-9, as eliminations ran through the day…
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