Women in Motorsports 2020
In our second annual Women’s Issue this August, we once again placed the well-deserved spotlight on the talented women of the motorsports world and the automotive industry.
Engine Development
Years in the making, many barriers broken and still possibly more to come, Mike Moran describes the Motor City Billet Bullet engine build as a fairy tale the way it came together.
Women in Motorsports: Leah Pruett
All it takes is 3.6 seconds for Leah Pruett to cover the length of the drag strip at 335 mph. Her road to becoming an NHRA Top Fuel driver – a whole heck of lot longer than that.
Compound Turbo 6.5L Cummins Engine
One of the biggest and baddest engine builds Capital Diesel Performance has ever done is a compound turbo 6.5L Cummins, which features a 6.7L block and a 5.9L crankshaft. Find out what went into the build!
Steve Sisko Claims Biggest Payday in Drag Racing History
Steve Sisko has been crowned the JEGS-SFG $1.1 million champion at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, MI over the weekend. He also went on to win Sunday’s $100,000 event. He defeated competitor Bill Swain during the final round to collect the biggest payday in drag racing history. “I knew that I could do it…
Triple Turbocharged 6.8L Cummins
Now on to his third engine build for his 2005 Dodge 3500, Josh McCormack set a goal of making 2,000 horsepower with this 6.8L Cummins engine designed to do everything from getting groceries to drag racing, sled pulling and dyno competitions. Find out what went into the build!
Grassroots Racing and the Future of Motorsports
Guessing which way the wind will blow is not something most racers and engine builders can reliably predict. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have any plan or foresight about what may be coming next.
Erica Enders is the 2019 NHRA Pro Stock World Champion
By claiming a third world championship, Enders joins Angelle Sampey and Shirley Muldowney as the only females in NHRA history to win three world titles.
440 cid LSX Methanol Engine
After spending time as a Marine, Kyle Thompson returned to civilian life with a serious need for speed. He started Thompson Motorsports to feed his passion, and today the Texas-based engine shop churns out 550 engines a year like this 440 cid LSX methanol engine for radial drag racing! Find out went into this low 4-second engine build!
4.900˝ TKM Outlaw Hemi Engine
Looking to build a new race car to break records in 1/8th-mile drag racing, TKM Performance built this 4.900˝ Outlaw Hemi engine for a C7 Corvette. Find out how this engine makes well over 3,000 hp!
Import Drag Racing
The import racing community is bigger than ever, and with drag racing classes such as All Motor, Nitro All Motor, Sport Front-Wheel Drive (SFWD), All-Wheel Drive (AWD), Index class, and others, we don’t see it going away any time soon.
The Learning Never Stops
By 1976, I was a rookie racing in the National Pro Stock ranks. Being a hands-on owner/driver (Old School Pro Stock days) I had to learn – sometimes the hard way – what went on with the moving valvetrain parts when running big roller camshafts at mega rpms.
