On Wednesday, we reported on drag racer Billy Glidden's crash during practice at Orlando Speed World Dragway, where he experienced severe tire shake from his Pro Mod Ford Mustang, sending him up on two wheels, then hard into the right-side barrier, then even harder into the left-side barrier.Glidden was unconscious...

This is the second of four profiles of the 2016 IHRA Drag Racing Series champions. Billy Harper pulls to the starting line in his sinister-looking, jet-black Dodge Viper, vents the nitrous oxide over and over in a cloud of vapor that makes the Viper seem almost like something alive.With Sonny...

At every IHRA Drag Racing Series event this year, Frank Capone, half of the two-motorcycle team at Bad Apple Racing, has been out there working toward his first win, getting more experience with each run, and learning from his teammate, Tracy Kile.At the Northern Nationals season finale at U.S. 131...

The preliminary entry list for the IHRA Northern Nationals at U.S. 131 Motorplex at Martin, Michigan, is out, and judging from who's coming to the final points race in 2016, the championship order in all four classes will be decided in this event.The closest battle is in Pro Stock, which...

The points battle in the IHRA Drag Racing Series tightened considerably in the AMSOIL Nitro Funny Car class following the Mopar Rocky Mountain Nationals at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta, as the series completed the final half of its two-race Canadian swing.While Jay Rupert dominated qualifying and eliminations, as he...

It's hard to call Shawn Bowen an underdog, but with Jason Rupert so dominant this season in the AMSOIL Nitro Funny Car class of the IHRA Drag Racing Series, everybody has had to take a back seat to the Rupert & Littlefield Chevrolet Camaro.Except in eliminations, where Rupert has failed...