High School Drag Racing League
JACKSONVILLE, AR - Two automotive teachers are trying to make street racing safer by giving kids the chance to speed in a safe and controlled environment.
Local auto racing column: PGS awards banquet set for Saturday
With the 2012 racing season under way, drivers and officials at Punta Gorda Speedway will take a look back at the 2011 season this weekend. The track itself will be closed as racers celebrate the past year at the annual awards banquet at Benedetto’s Steakhouse at the Best Western Hotel in Punta Gorda.
Fan’s Perspective: Morgan Lucas Racing 2012 NHRA Preview
It's not the biggest team in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series' Top Fuel division, but Morgan Lucas Racing has a pretty good pedigree: team owners Forrest and Charlotte founded Lucas Oil Products in 1989, turning it into a world leader in additives and lubricants...
Horton Super Pro Champion
Drag racer Mark Horton refuels his need for speed each time he hits the racetrack. The Callahan resident competes regularly in bracket racing with his custom-built 532 cubic inch BBC rear engine dragster.
Audio tapes released in Unser Jr arrest
Audio recordings of the drunk driving arrest of racing legend Al Unser Junior shows his frame of mind when deputies clocked him doing more than 100 mph on Paseo Del Norte.
FYI WIRZ: JEGS Goes NHRA Pro Stock and Pro Mod, but Grandson Goes Stock Cars
JEGS High Performance Parts is well known in drag racing because the father and four brothers who built the mail order business over 50+ years have also raced what they sell. In a difficult economy, Team JEGS appears to have stepped it up for 2012 while many motorsports sponsorships have waned. Five-time world champion drag racer Jeg Coughlin Jr., 41, announced a return to the NHRA's Pro Stock ...
Maple Grove celebrates '11, kicks off 50th birthday in '12
With Maple Grove Raceway's 50th season approaching, Saturday night's annual Money Trail awards banquet presented by Auto-Plus was not only a celebration of the 2011 season, but also of the legendary drag racing facility's history and future.
Colorado boxer Andrew Strode, 15, wins second Silver Gloves title
When last we left him, young Andrew Strode was on a hot streak, punching his way to a Colorado Junior Golden Gloves boxing championship and a National Silver Gloves title in less than two weeks.
Local auto racing column: Last week of racing at PGS before three-week hiatus
Got an itch to take in some local stock car racing? Better scratch it this weekend at Punta Gorda Speedway, which will be dark the following three weekends because of the 2011 awards banquet and Speedweeks at Daytona.