It came down to the last race of the season, and among the four Pro classes in the IHRA Drag Racing Series, by far the closest points battle was in Pro Stock, a tight battle between defending champ Cary Goforth in his AMSOIL-sponsored Chevrolet Camaro, and his top challenger, Trevor...

It was big news this summer when it was announced that Billy Glidden, drag racing's ultimate loner, was actually teaming up with Harry Hruska and his Precision Turbo/Mickey Thompson Pro Modified Camaro.Eyebrows were raised. Billy Glidden in a Camaro, instead of his trademark Ford Mustang which, in various forms, has...

On Wednesday, we gave you the rundown of the top five in points of each of the four Pro categories for 2016. Dialing it back just a few years, how did that roster look in 2013?In one category, names from the 2016 championship appeared then, too, but in a different...

Born on Christmas day in 1953 in Walnut Cove, North Carolina – right in the heart of NASCAR country – it's no big surprise that Rickie Smith ended up making his living in motorsports. But it might be surprising that he chose drag racing.We caught up with one of the...

Drag racing veteran Richard Hartman, a winner as a driver and crew chief in the IHRA and the NHRA, seemed particularly relaxed at the IHRA Northern Nationals at US 131 Motorplex in Martin, Mich., last weekend. And that’s precisely the goal for Hartman and the crew of the Runnin’ Wild...

It was clear early on that no one was going to take the first IHRA Pro Modified championship away from Billy Harper and his black 2000 nitrous-injected Dodge Viper.But in the 2016 points battle for the IHRA Drag Racing Series, Ruben Tetsoshvili came closest with his second-place finish, one spot...