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For the second time in the first six races of the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season, Alexis DeJoria drove her John Force Racing Bandero Café Chevrolet SS Funny Car to the final round Sunday afternoon at the Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by PEAK. It was a rematch of the final round at the season-opening NHRA Gatornationals, with DeJoria losing a close race to Chad Green. Between a Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge win on Saturday and a runner-up finish on Sunday, DeJoria is proud of what her team accomplished at Route 66 Raceway. She maintained her No. 6 position in the Funny Car points. DeJoria kicked off Friday qualifying on a promising note as she recorded a 4.014-second pass at 326.08 mph to take the No. 6 spot. She improved to a 3.994 E.T. at 329.42 mph in Q2 to wrap up Friday in the No. 10 position. In the third qualifying session on Saturday, which was also the first round of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge, DeJoria posted a consistent 4.015 E.T. at 323.35 mph to defeat J.R. Todd. She then scored her second career #2Fast2Tasty title when John Force Racing teammate Jordan Vandergriff encountered mechanical issues and couldn’t stage his car for the final round. Racing from the No. 12 position on the ladder, DeJoria faced 2025 NHRA Rookie of the Year Spencer Hyde in the first round of eliminations on Sunday. She powered to a 3.947 E.T. at 326.48 mph to get past a tire-smoking Hyde and earn lane choice for the next round against Dave Richards. DeJoria left the starting line first and set low E.T. of the round, a 4.005-second pass at 327.98 mph, to advance to the semifinals for the second consecutive race. Crew chiefs Mike Neff and Jonnie Lindberg provided DeJoria with a consistent machine again in the semis, as she laid down a 4.006 E.T. at 326.56 mph to eliminate four-time world champion Matt Hagan and his 4.061 E.T. In a rematch of the Gainesville final round, DeJoria squared off against Chad Green to decide the Route 66 Nationals winner. It was a side-by-side race from start to finish, though DeJoria’s 3.965 E.T. at 328.86 mph came up just .026 seconds short to Green’s 3.945 E.T. “Come race day, I just had a feeling,” DeJoria said. “I felt like this was our race, and it sure was until the very end. Out of eight runs we made this weekend, seven of those went from A to B, solid, consistently. We may have not been the quickest, fastest car on the racetrack every run, but we were the most consistent car. In the finals, we ran well and I had a good light, so there’s nothing to hang our heads about. We got a lot of good points this weekend. It’s our second final already this year. I’m just heartbroken for the guys. Of course I want to win, but I want us to win as a team because I see how hard they work day in and day out.” Encouraged by the consistency her team has displayed over the last few races, DeJoria is confident her next win is coming soon. She credits Neff and Lindberg for the program they’ve developed in such a short time together at John Force Racing. “I feel like I got a head start working with Mike Neff for a year before we came over to JFR this season,” DeJoria said. “Everything really came together adding Jonnie into the mix. When the timing’s right, the timing’s right, and the timing was right this year. It was written in the stars. We didn’t get that trophy today, but I can tell you right now, we are coming for them. There’s a lot left on this table. We’re a very consistent team and we’re putting people on notice right now.” With momentum on her side, DeJoria will next compete at a brand-new stop on the NHRA Mission Foods Series tour, the inaugural NHRA Potomac Nationals, May 29-31, at Maryland International Raceway in Mechanicsville, Maryland. This story was originally published on May 18, 2026. The post Consistency Carries Alexis DeJoria to Runner-Up Finish at NHRA Route 66 Nationals first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

Walk through any major Pro Mod pit area in 2026 and you’ll hear it before your own name. “Boost & Bullshit!” That’s the moment Steve King knew. The 2025 World Series of Pro Mod champion has spent more than three decades around drag strips, and he’s used to fans shouting at him through the ropes. But this was different. This was the title of a podcast he started with Jason Harris in early 2025 echoing back from strangers in lawn chairs. “You hear a lot of Boost & Bullshit hollering from the fans, a lot more than I ever expected,” says King. “When you’re walking through the pits and you hear the fans hollering Boost & Bullshit before they holler your name, that’s a big part of it.” Just over a year into its run, the BOOST & BULLSH*T Podcast has done something a lot of motorsports media projects never manage. It’s broken through. Hosted by Harris, the inaugural PDRA Pro Nitrous world champion and back-to-back PDRA Pro Boost titlist, and King, who took the closest final round in WSOPM history against Stevie “Fast” Jackson aboard the Gene Pilot-owned, screw-blown “Savage” 2018 Corvette for a $150,000 winner-take-all check, the show has become required Monday-night viewing for the doorslammer crowd and a growing slice of fans who don’t even race. The pitch is simple. Two of the most decorated active Pro Mod racers in the country sit down with no script and talk. The chemistry, country and blunt and funny and occasionally unprintable, does the rest. “Two drivers that’s been doing it for quite a few years with different combinations, so you get two different sides to the story, but they’re real-life stories,” says King. “In the trenches. Very involved with the programs, both been doing it for many years. Very, very similar personalities.” Harris frames it as yin and yang. King runs a screw-blown Pro Mod with Pilot Racing money behind it. Harris built his career on the nitrous side and now races Pro Boost out of his North Carolina shop, where he still wrenches between race weekends. “I think they listen to us because they see two ends of the spectrum,” says Harris. “They see Steve’s version, somebody who’s got a really good race team and screw blower, and me and him are more approachable maybe than some other people that are a little more guarded or take it maybe a little bit too serious. I take it serious, but I have fun with it, too.” That mix of boost-versus-blower technical talk one minute and locker-room storytelling the next is the whole bit. It’s also the part that has Pro Mod’s notoriously guarded operators talking on the record about things they used to whisper about in the trailer. “When the rule combination stuff came up, they didn’t expect people to be truthful about how fast they could go or how fast they couldn’t go,” says Harris. “There’s a lot of talk back and forth between a lot of friends that you realize maybe weren’t your friends, or some that were probably better friends than you thought they really were.” The show’s biggest swings have come from the live setups. Jess Milante, the show’s PR lead and producer who has driven much of the production buildout, says the Winter Series Palooza shows at the track moved the numbers more than anything they’ve done. “That set we take on the road monopolizes my entire day at the track. It’s around three to four hours to set up and break down,” says Milante. “But it’s a balance between letting those guys focus on testing and then peeling them away from the car to be able to sit down for an hour and BS. That’s definitely my favorite part of what we do.” King points to those same Palooza tapings, recorded in the middle of the much-talked-about rules debate that popped up during this year’s DI Winter Series, as the inflection point. “The biggest one we had was probably the Winter Series Palooza shows, the live ones with the multiple guests literally at the race track,” says King. “There was obviously some talk about the rules down there, so that was a very hot topic, and the guys came on with their opinions, along with some of the big personalities. That all brought a big dynamic all at one show.” The audience picture is broader than you’d guess from the title. Milante recently rebranded the YouTube channel away from the old Pilot Racing handle to its own official podcast destination, and she lives in the analytics after every episode posts. “The second-highest watched device is on a TV. Over 30 percent of viewers,” says Milante. “People really watching this show in the living room on a Monday night blows my mind.” That’s the part Harris keeps coming back to. He didn’t realize what they had until strangers started walking up in the pits. “The first time I realized it was just more than me and him talking and shooting the shit was when just two guys came in our pit and were talking about the podcast and how much they love it,” says Harris. “I started hearing people that I wouldn’t think would watch the show, other racers, guys that race other classes, talk about the show all the time. They put it on and just sit there and listen at night on Monday night, when they don’t watch Monday Night Football and they watch us. That told me we were starting something new.” There’s a discipline behind the chaos. Harris admits he’s pulled the wheel back when a take might have done more damage than good, to him or to the sport. King doesn’t pretend Monday nights are pure improv either. “We go in with no script, just hit what we want to talk about, and we kind of shoot from the hip,” says Harris. “Sometimes you go through life too serious and you come across as an asshole. You can come across as serious and then cut a joke when it needs to be. That’s where the bullshit comes in.” The roadmap from here is more ambitious than the early-2025 version of this thing ever pitched itself as. Apparel is in production. Sponsor conversations are heating up beyond endemic racing brands into apparel and food and beverage. King wants Scotty Cannon, the godfather of Pro Mod doorslammer racing, to sit down for an episode. Milante is aiming higher, and weirder, than that. “Even someone like Theo Von would be cool as hell,” says Milante. “I want to work on integrating more lifestyle content. I think it will help blend this sport that’s so niche to the wider audience, which will ultimately help expand their following.” For two guys who started out trading bit videos at each other on social and a producer who saw what was hiding in plain sight, the next 12 months are about turning a hit into a property. The Monday-night living-room audience is already locked in. The room to grow is everywhere else. “It’s gone farther than I ever thought it would,” says King. “People actually calling and wanting to come on the show, people wanting to be involved with the show, I never thought that would come about. We’re just moving forward with the YouTube stuff and see where it goes.” This story was originally published on May 18, 2026. The post King, Harris, Milante Reflect on Growth & Popularity of Their Boost & Bullsh*t Podcast first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

Last weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, the SCCA ran two days of Hoosier Super Tour races and we’ve got the livestream replay right here! These are some fun SCCA regional races and feature some cool cars that look like they would be a riot to drive near their limits. Check out the livestream replay below and let us know which ones you most want to drive. Video Description: The 2026 Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour heads east to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for Rounds 11 & 12 of the season. This top-tier pro circuit is conveniently located between Columbus and Cleveland and represents one of the most popular venues all season – for teams and spectators alike. Join Greg Creamer, Brendan Kaczmarek, and the DriversEye Live team from trackside as qualifying kicks off on Friday, May 15 at approximately 1:35pm ET. Coverage resumes on Saturday and Sunday mornings at 8:00am ET for two full days of racing action. Don’t miss a minute! The post REPLAY – Free Livestreaming Road Racing: The 2026 SCCA Hoosier Super Tour at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course – FULL WEEKEND Coverage LIVE! appeared first on BangShift.com. View the full article

Veteran nostalgia racer Kyle Hough suffered severe leg injuries in a violent crash aboard at Tucson Dragway’s Fuel Altered Chaos on Saturday.View the full article

Derek Menholt is the first two-time NHRA Pro Mod winner this season. Menholt is now the NHRA Pro Mod points leader heading into Bristol. View the full article

Jonathan Allegrucci picked up another Factory Stock Showdown win. Allegrucci has dominated the class this season with two wins.View the full article

The NHRA made a stop at Route 66 Raceway for another big event. Here's who won at the Route 66 NHRA Nationals.View the full article

This one-of-one brushed aluminum creation is making its worldwide debut at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, sharp lines and all.View the full article

The Toyota Land Hopper Concept is what you get when you cross a Lime scooter with Toyota sensibility and add an extra wheel. And it's designed to fit in your Land Cruiser's trunk. View the full article

The 2026 Aprilia Racers Days program brings premium coaching and RSV4 demo rides to iconic US tracks. View the full article

Letbe's Arthur 700 undercuts Japanese middleweights on price while accidentally becoming comedy gold online. View the full article

At the prestigious Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este on Italy’s Lake Como, BMW Motorrad unveiled the striking Vision K18 concept, a dramatic showcase of the brand’s future direction for high-performance luxury motorcycles. Designed as a one-off vision bike, the Vision K18 blends emotional styling, engineering theater, and long-distance capability into what BMW describes as a bold reinterpretation of power and prestige on two wheels. At the center of the concept sits a massive 1,800cc inline six-cylinder engine, an iconic BMW configuration […] The post BMW Motorrad Vision K18 Debuts as a Radical Inline-Six Performance Statement appeared first on Return of the Cafe Racers. View the full article

A recent Public Lands Order transferred over a million acres of public lands in Alaska along the famed Dalton Highway shows how the federal government will begin to chip away and sell off our public lands. View the full article

Fabio Di Giannantonio won a chaotic Catalunya MotoGP, but the rider reaction centred on red flags, major crashes, restarts, penalties and a bruising day in Barcelona. The post MotoGP riders react to chaotic Catalunya GP appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

Hank Vossberg swept the MotoAmerica Twins Cup races at Barber to extend his championship lead, while Australian Sam Drane finished sixth in both races and remains third in the standings. The post Vossberg dominates Barber Twins Cup as Drane holds third in points appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

Nathan Gouker made Barber his own with a dominant MotoAmerica Talent Cup double, drawing level with Kensei Matsudaira at the top of the championship standings. The post MotoAmerica Talent Cup: Gouker doubles up at Barber appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

Mathew Scholtz stamped his authority on the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship with a Barber double, while Darryn Binder, Josh Herrin, Kayla Yaakov and Gus Rodio also starred across Supersport and Super Hooligan. The post Scholtz doubles up at Barber as Ducati dominates SS and Rodio sweeps Hooligans appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

Kyle Ryde left Donington Park with the BSB points lead after a Sunday double, while Scott Redding claimed his first win of the season and the support classes produced photo finishes, new-class machinery interest and strong Australian angles. The post Ryde reigns at Donington as BSB support classes deliver photo finishes and new-class intrigue appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

Nicolo Bulega completed his fifth WorldSBK hat-trick from five rounds at Most, beating Iker Lecuona again as Ducati’s unbeaten 2026 run continued. Valentin Debise doubled up for ZXMOTO in WorldSSP, Oli Bayliss returned to the podium, and Antonio Torres won a chaotic WorldSPB Race 2. The post Fuel cut fails to slow Ducati as Bulega romps to another hat trick – Bayliss on WorldSSP podium appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

Derek Menholt became the first two-time winner of the season in the JBS Equipment NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by Elite Motorsports, driving past Jason Collins in the final round on Sunday at Route 66 Raceway as part of this weekend’s Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK. It marked the fifth of 11 races during the 2026 season and this weekend’s event was powered by ProFlow Pumping Solutions. Menholt was one of four drivers who had won already this season, but he is now the first to win twice, thanks to a run of 5.692-seconds at 250.23 mph in the championship round. Collins left first with an incredible .004 reaction time, but ran into trouble and Menholt, who posted a strong .012 time on the starting line, drove right past with his best run of eliminations. It was a marquee matchup between the top two qualifiers in the category this weekend, with Menholt, who qualified No. 1 with a 5.667 at 250.92, going back into the points lead. He won the opener in Gainesville and is now back on top, though he knows it’s going to be a tight championship clash the rest of the season. “It’s going to be a battle all the way to the end,” said Menholt, who now has three career NHRA Pro Mod wins. “Jason has made a big run in the past three races and there’s going to be a lot of guys coming for us, but this one feels good.” To reach the final round, Menholt got past Alex Laughlin, reigning world champion J.R. Gray and Justin Bond, who is now second in points. Racing for just the third time in NHRA Pro Mod, Collins, who won the previous race in Valdosta, advanced to his second straight final round with victories against Kevin Rivenbark, Mike Stavrinos and Billy Banaka. The JBS Equipment NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by Elite Motorsports closes out its regular season on June 12-14 as part of the Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway in Bristol, Tenn. The post Menholt Takes Points Lead With JBS Equipment NHRA Pro Mod Series Win in Chicago at Race Powered by ProFlow Pumping Solutions first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

Top Fuel points leader Shawn Langdon rolled to his second straight victory, defeating four-time world champion Antron Brown in the final round on Sunday to close out the 26th annual Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK at Route 66 Raceway. Chad Green (Funny Car), Aaron Stanfield (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won the sixth of 20 races during the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. Langdon went 3.775-seconds at 335.90 mph in his 12,000-horsepower Kalitta Air dragster to get past Brown, who went up in smoke early in the run. It is the 25th career win for Langdon, who extended his points lead and knocked off Shawn Reed, teammate Doug Kalitta and Josh Hart to reach the final round. The weekend started as a struggle for Langdon and his Kalitta Motorsports team, but they put together a solid run to close out Saturday and win the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge. That momentum continued through four rounds on Sunday and it continues a remarkable first six races for the past world champion, who has already picked up three wins this season, qualified No. 1 twice and made the fastest run (345.00 mph) in NHRA history. “We definitely had a big turnaround from qualifying,” Langdon said. “Brian (Husen, crew chief) realized that we had to tame some things down in the car. Having to run Doug second round wasn’t ideal, but at the end of the day, we had to get some information for our car and make a good run, and then from there, today was a little bit tricky. “First round was really good and then just with the clouds coming in and out, there were just a lot of last-minute changes. Brian’s gotten really good lately, just off of his gut feeling, making those last-second little changes, but I could tell that they had two different game plans, and one was when the sun was out and one for when the cloud cover was there. They were able to adapt when they needed to and provided a great race car for four rounds.” Brown reached his first final round of the season and 145th in his career thanks to round wins against T.J. Zizzo, rookie Maddi Gordon and Leah Pruett. Kalitta remained second in points, 54 behind his teammate Langdon. Funny Car’s Chad Green continued to build his championship contender case on Sunday in Chicago, slipping past Alexis DeJoria in a thrilling final round duel with a run of 3.945 at 324.75 in his 12,000-horsepower Bond-Coat/bproauto Ford Mustang. It’s Green’s second win in the first six races of the 2026 campaign, putting the Texan fourth in points and right in the thick of the championship battle. On Sunday, he was again consistent against a loaded field, defeating Valdosta winner Jordan Vandergriff, Ron Capps and back-to-back world champion Austin Prock to reach the final round. Green and DeJoria put on a remarkable side-by-side show in the finals, but Green had enough for the slim wire-to-wire victory, joining Capps as the only two-time winners in the class thus far in 2026. “The whole team aspect of this sport doesn’t get enough recognition. This is 100 percent a team sport, just like football, basketball and any of those other sports,” Green said. “The driver, they get a lot of the fame and glory, but to be honest, what these guys do is just incredible. To go out there and turn on four win lights on a Sunday is so difficult. These guys have to do everything perfectly every round, and we have to go out there and beat the best guys out there doing it. So, I can’t say enough about the team. “(Alexis) is driving a John Force car, and that was a dang good race. I never saw her during the race. When the win light came on, I thought, ‘Oh, she probably had problems or something,’ but then I looked at the time slip, and man, she was right there with me.” DeJoria continues to build on her solid season in a class filled with contenders, picking up her second runner-up of the year after round wins against Spencer Hyde, Dave Richards and four-time world champion Matt Hagan. She’s sixth in points, as Capps and J.R. Todd leave Chicago tied for the points lead, with Hagan nine points behind. In Pro Stock, Aaron Stanfield snapped KB Titan Racing’s undefeated streak in 2026, picking up the first win of the season for Elite Motorsports when six-time world champion Greg Anderson went red in the final round. Stanfield went 6.595 at 208.46 in his Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage/Melling Performance/Janac Brothers Racing car, winning for the first time since 2024. KB Titan Racing had won the previous 10 races dating back to last year, but the tide seemed to turn in Chicago this weekend. Erica Enders qualified No. 1 and won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge on Saturday, and Stanfield rolled to his 15th career win on Sunday. He defeated Matt Hartford, teammate Jeg Coughlin Jr. and then his father, Greg, to reach the final round and took advantage of Anderson leaving well early in the championship round. Stanfield now sits sixth in points as he hopes this keys a strong turnaround for his team and all of Elite Motorsports. “Our team’s definitely been waiting on this moment for a pretty good while. It’s the best feeling you can get out here when you see that win light come on in the final round,” Stanfield said. “We had a great weekend and a great day today, and kind of had some luck roll my way in that final round. We felt like we had something in South Georgia, but the racetrack was a little tricky, so we really didn’t get to see it there. “I think we saw it this weekend with a combination of KB being a little off. I think these guys have been working really, really, really hard. I think we’re going in the right direction and I felt very focused today.” Anderson reached the final round for the third time this year and the 195th time in his career after taking down his son, Cody, Matt Latino and Enders on Sunday. Dallas Glenn stayed in the points lead, 29 ahead of Anderson. Pro Stock Motorcycle’s Matt Smith continued his hot streak on Sunday, but not in the way he wanted, defeating his wife, Angie, when her bike broke on the starting line. Matt cruised to the win with a run of 6.835 at 185.41 on his Denso Auto Parts Buell, as the six-time world champion won his second straight race. To win for the 44th time in his career, Smith defeated Jianna Evaristo, Gaige Herrera, who was previously undefeated at Route 66 Raceway, and Brayden Davis to reach the final round. An exciting side-by-side race was he planned against his wife in the championship round, but her bike went silent when the light turned green, giving Matt the win and sending him to second in points. “I wanted a fair race. I wanted a good race, just like when we ran each other for the 2Fast2Tasty Challenge,” Smith said. “She had the best bike this weekend, but it just wasn’t meant to be for some reason. She’ll get it in Maryland. I feel confident that we will get things under control for her bike and get it back because everybody here knows that she had the best bike.” Angie, who qualified No. 1, was denied her first win in nearly four years. She advanced to her 12th career final round after knocking off Chase Van Sant and reigning world champion Richard Gadson, who remained the points leader. The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series returns to action May 29-31 with the inaugural NHRA Potomac Nationals presented by JEGS at Maryland International Raceway in Mechanicsville, Md. This story was originally published on May 17, 2026. The post Langdon, Green, A. Stanfield, and M. Smith Roll to Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals Wins first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

Manuel Gonzalez strengthened his Moto2 title charge with victory at Catalunya, while Máximo Quiles went full “killer mode” to win a last-lap Moto3 thriller. The post Gonzalez extends Moto2 lead as Quiles steals Moto3 Catalunya win appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

Fabio Di Giannantonio led a Ducati 1-2-3 in a chaotic Catalan GP that took three starts, injured Alex Marquez and Johann Zarco, then had post-race tyre-pressure penalties rewrite the podium. The post Di Giannantonio wins chaotic Catalan MotoGP as penalties reshape podium appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

2026 Progressive American Flat Track Round Six – ThrottleFest, Budds Creek Half-Mile Tom Drane had a disappointing weekend at the inaugural Throttlefest Budds Creek Half Mile, having to settle for fifth as Kage Tadman powered to Singles victory ahead of Tarren Santero for a Honda CRF450R 1-2, with Husqvarna mounted Chase Saathoff third. In SuperTwins […] The post Drane retains Singles lead despite fifth at Budds Creek Half-Mile appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

Introduction to Suzuki Dirt Bikes When it comes to off-road riding, Suzuki dirt bikes are widely recognized for their strong performance, durability, and rider-friendly design. Suzuki has built a solid reputation in the motorcycle industry over many decades, offering machines that are suitable for both beginners and professional riders. These bikes are commonly used for motocross racing as well as trail riding on rough terrain. The main strength of Suzuki dirt bikes lies in their balanced combination of power, control, […] The post Suzuki Dirt Bikes: A Complete Guide to Performance, Models, and Buying Tips appeared first on Return of the Cafe Racers. View the full article