Super Comp Drag Racing
There are no rules for engine size, but engine builders should look to build for consistency in this class What does it take to build a winning engine for Super Comp drag racing? The Super Comp drag racing class runs on a 8.90 time limit, with essentially no rules regarding engine displacement, carburetion or type
Building for the Drag Racing Market a Quarter Mile at a Time
At the top levels of drag racing there are multi-million dollar teams supported by corporate sponsors, but for the sportsman and bracket racers across the country, it’s still mostly supported by the racer’s wallet. Yet many of these racers have pretty deep pockets and the benefactors are those who service the market, including engine builders
Champion Oil and Diesel Motorsports Announce 2012 Drag Racing Schedule
Diesel Motorsports has announced the following seven race schedule for the 2012 season: May 5, 2012 – Bungart Motorsport’s Sled Pulling Tune-up /Sled Pulling /Dyno Missouri State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, MO June 23, 2012 – Pure Diesel Power’s Thunder in Muncie /Drags /Pulls Gaston Lion’s Club, Muncie, IN July 20 -21, 2012 – 1-800Autoparts East Coast
Sportsman Drag Racing Engine Rules
Dragracing – lining up next to the other guy and seeing who’s got the beststuff – remains an incredibly popular sport, for both spectators andparticipants. Although multi-lap circle track and road racingcompetition may have received the lion’s share of media attention overthe past several years, mashing the throttle and driving to the finishline is good
SEMA, Ohio Businesses Meet for Education, Networking, Drag Racing
The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) continues its important strategic direction to increase its outreach to members. In the past few years, the association has placed itself where SEMA members gather to hear what they have to say about their businesses and to learn how the association can make a difference, especially now, during a
‘Big Daddy’ Don Garlits to Return to NHRA Drag Racing
“Big Daddy” Don Garlits is making a comeback to NHRA competition forthe first time since 2003, driving his Dodge Challenger Drag Pak byMopar into the heat of NHRA Stock eliminations at the Mac Tools U.S.Nationals on Labor Day weekend. His historic first run in the Drag Pakwill be on Wednesday, Sept. 2, in A/Stock Automatic
Torque.TV Adds Drag Racing to Its Motorsport Channel Line Up
New York, NY – Torque.TV http://torque.tv , the digital television network for motorheads, is pleased to announce the premiere of Night Under Fire 2007 coverage on its Motorsport channel. Torque.TV Night Under Fire’s 30th anniversary programming covers the biggest names in drag racing at the world’s largest single day drag racing event, blending a ton
Drag Racing Cylinder Head Selection
Experts say that the key ingredient is high velocity matched with good flow. But the high flow numbers may blind your customers from seeing the whole picture, so it is up to you to explain. Some cylinder head experts compare flow numbers to horsepower numbers on a dyno – but guess what? They’re not all
Drag Racing Crankshafts
With photos and words by Steve TempleAs any experienced engine builder already knows, a drag race engine is made up of hundreds of precision parts bolted together to form an assembly that spins at a furious rate in order to propel its vehicle to victory. Meeting this challenge requires that all those parts going into
Diesel Drag Racing, Compression Ignition Engines Smoke The Strip
It is one of the purest forms of American motorsports. One guy pulls up next to another guy at the starting line and revs the engine. A simple glance over, a nod and a green light. In a fury of sound and smoke, the two racers take off down the straight stretch of pavement. If
Drag Racing Engines
From the early days of drag racing up until the recent past, racers built everything for their cars themselves, from the engines and chassis to the shop equipment. Most racing teams pulled their racecars to the track behind the family station wagon or pickup truck. The personalities who participated in the sport were as colorful
Performance Drag Racing Heads
A quarter-mile strip of asphalt is not a great distance. But drag racing isn’t about distance. It’s about time. The car that reaches the finish line first wins the race. But the car that wins isn’t always the fastest car or the quickest car. It’s usually the car that runs with the most consistent elapsed
Building Drag Racing Engines and Modification Work
Although drag strips are far outnumbered by oval tracks in the United States – approximately 1,043 oval tracks to just 295 drag strips – the number of competitors in drag racing nearly equals those in the circle track ranks. The NHRA alone has more than 35,000 licensed members. One reason might be that virtually any
Building Drag Racing Cylinder Heads
One thing every drag racer wants is to go faster – even bracket racers. There are lots of ways to shave tenths of seconds and even whole seconds off an elapsed time. It all comes down to how much money the racer is willing to spend in his quest for speed. One way to go
ACE Racing Engines’ 427 cid Billet LS Drag-and-Drive Engine
We’ve known Stefan Rossi for a number of years now, and his work at ACE Racing Engines is something to behold. He’s an engine builder who never rests on his laurels, and is always pushing himself and his engines to new levels. Case in point, he’s developed a partnership with Noonan Race Engineering to utilize
Drag Race Engine Heaven at TRE Racing Engines
Taylor Laster and his team at TRE Racing Engines in Cleveland, TX, outside of Houston, build some very nice and very fast engines. We got to see inside the engine machine shop to check out the operation first hand. We were in drag race engine heaven, and definitely came away impressed.
Rachel Meyer Replaces Sister Megan to Drive Randy Meyer Racing’s NTK Sensors A/Fuel Dragster
Randy Meyer Racing didn’t have to look far to find a new primary driver when Megan Meyer announced her retirement last year, as her sister, Rachel, has been named Megan’s replacement. Rachel will drive the newly rebranded NTK Sensors A/Fuel dragster tuned and owned by her father, Randy Meyer. “This is something I have always
Hooker Racingheart 3-Step Dragster Headers
These new 3-step dragster headers are intended for big-inch, high-performance, big-block Chevy engines that need to move a ton of air in and out.
Grassroots Ohio Drag-Racing Duo Wins $50,000 Champion Racing Sponsorship
Grassroots drag racers Corey and Kyle Michalek of Ohio-based Michalek Brothers Racing are the winners of the $50,000 grand prize racing sponsorship in the Champion brand’s 2012 “Search for a Champion” video contest from Federal-Mogul Corporation (NASDAQ: FDML). The Michalek Brothers team, based in Columbus and Canton, OH, beat out four other racers in the
Wagler’s New Billet Duramax for Drag-and-Drive
Jeremy Wagler and his team at Wagler Competition Products have become well-known for their diesel work, and specifically the shop’s enhancements for Duramax engines. Well, Jeremy and his team have taken another step forward by introducing an all-billet Duramax geared for drag-and-drive competition. We caught up with Jeremy at PRI 2023 to get the full
