Date: June 13, 2013

Article By: Cody Pollage No Problem Raceway, Belle Rose, LA., Latino's home track on the NHRA tour. David Latino has been red-hot and on fire this year, and nothing seemed to be different here. Latino who had an amazing weekend in Baton Rouge earlier in the year, also picked up his ...

Date: June 13, 2013

Article By: Cody Pollage This year has really not been a Slate Cummings year. It's not that he hasn't been trying or that the car has failed him. Matter of fact, he's been putting up good packages all year; just the guy in the other lane, has been putting up some ...

Date: June 13, 2013

BELLE ROSE, La. – Four Louisiana racers took home wins at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at No Problem Raceway this weekend.  Local runner David Latino, Donaldsonville, La., led the list that also included, P.J.Vicari, Marrero, La., Craig Bourgeois, Metairie, La., and Slate Cummings, Ponchatoula, La. Latino drove his ...

Date: June 12, 2013

Some scheduling conflicts are causing Keith Haney Racing to shuffle the deck a little for this weekend’s X-DRL X-Treme Gateway Showdown, but the team’s namesake is confident in the hand he’ll be dealt at Gateway Motorsports Park. As usual Haney will take the wheel of his red, nitrous-injected Lucas Oil Chevy ...

Date: June 11, 2013

Pittsburgh, PA: Jason Lynch and Mia Tedesco have been racing together as part of the C.A.R.S. Protection Plus/Tedesco Racing team for nearly 2 full seasons. Lynch, a 2-time IHRA World Champion and decorated big dollar bracket racer, has not only raced successfully behind the wheel of the team Tedesco ...

Date: June 11, 2013

Carterville, IL: Luke Bogacki drove his new 2013 American Race Cars dragster to its first victory last weekend, as he advanced through the Super Comp field at the NHRA Division 3 Lucas Oil Series event at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, IL. The victory moved Bogacki into third position ...

Date: June 11, 2013

The reigning Mrs. Virginia 2013, Ginger Herbert, will be representing her home state of Virginia and her charity platform, B.R.A.K.E.S. (Be Responsible And Keep Everyone Safe), when she travels to Las Vegas, NV on July 27-31 to compete in the Mrs. United States Pageant at the fabulous Stratosphere Hotel and Casino ...

Date: June 11, 2013

With a lot of success early this racing season, Tyler Lynch of Cottontown, Tennessee, has teamed with his employer, All Access Coach. This is just in time for the No Box Nationals (June 14-16) and the World Footbrake Challenge (July 12-14). All Access Coach is an entertainment tour bus company ...

Date: June 11, 2013

by TJ Pruitt, DragCoverage.com Publisher "Yes!" were the words of publisher TJ Pruitt when Edmund "Mr.5 Speed" Hall announced that the Baby Promod Memorial Day race was returning to Montgomery Motorsports Park. If you were not in attendance, then you were not apart of history. This race featured some of the ...

Date: June 5, 2013

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. – Sal Biondo and Lincoln Morehead each picked up big wins this past weekend at the Toyota NHRA Summernationals in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. Biondo, Maspeth, N.Y., earned his 16th national event win and his tenth in Comp Eliminator taking ...

Date: May 28, 2013

Jared Pennington - Hello everyone! Welcome back To DragCoverage.com and ITL. It has been several weeks since my last article and A LOT has happened in that time. First and foremost, please keep all of the victims of the tragic Oklahoma tornados in your thoughts and prayers. Living in Alabama, ...

Date: May 22, 2013

TOPEKA, Kan. – Canadian teams swept the weather-plagued Kansas Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka and the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, where Alan Bradshaw picked up his first win in 10 years in Top Alcohol Dragster and Jirka Kaplan earned his first ever in Top Alcohol Funny Car. Bradshaw wasn’t ...

Date: May 22, 2013

Pictures By: Cody Pollage The following are Saturday's final results from the 2013 X-Treme Drag Racing League Bash on the Bayou: Pro X-Treme -- Tommy D'Aprile, Chevy Corvette, 3.673, 207.34 def. Quain Stott, Corvette, 3.749, 202.18. Pro Nitrous -- Robert Mathis, Chevy Camaro, 3.868, 194.18 def. Jeff Naiser, Camaro, 4.528, 117.47. Pro Turbo -- ...

Date: May 16, 2013

The 2013 K&N Spring Fling 20's presented by SPARCO is here! Over 458 Entries have already went through the gate and it's only Thursday. Watch the Spring Fling Bracket Race LIVE all weekend right here on DragCoverage.com thanks to Mark Walter and MotorManiaTV. Day 1 Winner: Chelsea Spence R/U: Tommy Plott

Date: May 15, 2013

Article By: Cody Pollage, Photos By: Roger Richards Jeff Strickland had a very good outing at the NHRA National event in Atlanta. Strickland made it two finals. He won in Stock and took the runner-up position in Top Dragster. In round one, Friday morning, of Stock Eliminator, Jeff Strickland was aganist Brandyn ...

Date: May 14, 2013

Article By: Cody Pollage Photo By: Roger Richards David Latino has been on a tear this year. If you remember back to Baton Rouge earlier in the year at the IHRA race, he nearly swept the event. He has just about won everything except for an NHRA national event. Well that all changed ...

Date: May 12, 2013

A police officer of 11 years in Belmont, Calif., Chuck Bradshaw retired from the force in Feb. of 2012 after a pair of shoulder surgeries.  The surgeries were so extensive that it forced him to immediately put an end to his sprint car racing days, a tough blow considering he ...

Date: May 12, 2013

INDIANAPOLIS – The NHRA North Central Region crowned their first champions today for the 2013 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Lucas Oil Raceway Park at Indianapolis as Bill Reichert and Andy Bohl took the wins in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car respectively. Reichert qualified in the ...

Date: May 7, 2013

Atco, NJ – Second Generation driver Jimmy Stack Sr. took no prisoners at the Inaugural Mid Atlantic Super Street Association races held at Atco Dragway in Atco, NJ. Stack started from the #1 qualifying position in his Garbinski & Livezey 71 Challenger on Saturday. He was closely followed by Nick ...

Date: May 6, 2013

Check out this video that youtube user "Hunter Bell" caught on his GoPro Camera. This mustang pulls a huge wheelstand, gets out of the groove, and the driver tries to drive through the madness. This wheelstand contest results in a crash/flip. The driver, Chris Witzel, was ok and only had ...

Date: May 3, 2013

Ohio native John Decerbo went for a wild ride during the second round of pro nitrous at the ADRL Season opener in Rockingham, NC. "TheRacingVids" was there to capture the crash. DragCentral.com posted the following details. This had an ugly ending. Jackson had a nice starting line advantage and was pulling away ...

Date: May 3, 2013

Marianna, FL racer Waylon Dykes has completed his beautiful 1967 Camaro Roadster. Dykes has been racing for nearly 17 years now and mentioned that this hotrod is by far his most proud piece. Dykes has plans of running bracket races across the South East and eventually Division 2 ...

Date: May 3, 2013

Coalburg, AL: Well known Footbrake racer and promoter Jared Pennington’s gorgeous Nova has undergone some changes for the 2012 season. The outside appearance of Pennington’s machine, which has carried him to many big buck Footbrake victories, will remain unchanged save for the dial-in written on the window. That number dropped ...