The Straight Line Speed event will look at the history of drag racing in Western New York. Former Niagara Dragway promotor Dean Johnson and drag racing legend Jim Oddy, a member of the NHRA and ...

Drag racing was a big deal in 1964. More than 400 drag strips were scattered around the USA, and around 200,000 drag racing cars competed on those tracks. At the time, long before fancy live ...

The three-time NASCAR Cup champ shifted his gears to drag racing after two decades in NASCAR. Last year, he took over driving duties from his wife, Leah Pruett, and recently became a first-time ...

Under Alabama law drag racing is defined as “the operation of two or more vehicles from a point side by side at accelerating speeds in a competitive attempt to outdistance each other.” ...

In 1974, Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins took the body shell of a Chevrolet Vega and built a race car inside of it. It changed the world of drag racing. And after that NHRA Pro Stock drag race Vega ...

The return of drag racing to the Freeland-based airport may only be in its exploratory stages, but Tri-City Dragway, Inc. founded on May 21, 2024 by Micah Fleming, has already made strides to ...

I cannot imagine losing one of my kids at that age, so young, and they have so much ahead of them,” said Fernando Martinez, who grew up in the drag racing community. Just one day before a fatal ...

On Oct. 25, police said Pachecho was driving a white Ford Mustang at nearly 120 miles per hour and drag racing with a blue BMW, driven by Steele, when the crash happened on Bardstown Road ...

Ron Capps is a superstar in the motorsports niche called drag racing. His 74 Funny Car win tally is second only to another NHRA superstar, John Force. To those who don’t know much about drag ...

A Boston city councilor is calling on the Boston Police Department to take action against street racing and other dangerous road activity after numerous vehicles were reported drag racing and ...

Keith Black might not be a household name, but for many fans of drag racing and high-performance engines, he's a legend. Black, or "Uncle Keith," died in 1991. So, if your question is ...

Don Schumacher, a legendary NHRA team owner and one of the most influential figures in drag racing, died Wednesday from complications of a private battle with lung cancer. He was 79. Schumacher ...