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Carlos Cano became the fifth winner of the 2026 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season at Assen, while Beñat Fernandez struck back in Race Two to rebuild his championship buffer after Ryota Ogiwara’s costly Sunday. The post Fernandez tightens Rookies Cup grip as Cano and Borg light up Assen appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

Chrome, coastline, and questionable financial decisions.View the full article

Tom Drane underlined his AFT Singles dominance at Lima, sweeping the doubleheader to become the winningest rider in class history, as Bodie Paige and Jed Fyffe added further Australian highlights. The post Tom Drane makes AFT Singles history with Lima sweep appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

Glenn Allerton won the wet final Superbike race of the 2026 ASBK season at Queensland Raceway ahead of Olly Simpson and Mike Jones, while Harrison Voight finished the year as champion and Cru Halliday secured third in the standings. The post Wet Queensland Raceway finale goes to Allerton as ASBK season closes appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

Olly Simpson completed a dominant Supersport/Next Gen double at Queensland Raceway, but the championship spoils went to Jake Farnsworth in Supersport and Tom Edwards in Next Gen after a dramatic final race of the 2026 ASBK season. The post Farnsworth crowned Supersport Champion as Edwards seals Next Gen title appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

All four John Force Racing teams posted solid runs on Friday and Saturday at Summit Motorsports Park, but saved their best runs for day two of qualifying for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Josh Hart and the Speedmaster Top Fuel team got better with each session. They ran 3.966 seconds in Q1, 3.803 seconds in Q2, and 3.762 seconds in Q3, Saturday’s first session, before securing the No. 2 qualifying spot with a Q4 run of 3.722 seconds at 332.51 mph. Hart will face No. 15 qualifier Scott Farley (4.669 seconds, 162.51 mph) in round one on Sunday. “I think for myself and the entire Speedmaster team this weekend, it’s just been a confidence builder every time we got down the track A to B, and it just got progressively faster and faster,” said Hart. “Everybody on this team wants that No. 1 spot and we’re going to get there. I have all the confidence in the world in our program and how cool is it that right before they fired up the car, I get to see John Force, one of the greatest of all time, standing right there to give me a fist bump. I have zero complaints going into race day.” Alexis DeJoria, John Force Racing’s top performer in Friday’s two qualifying sessions, ran her quickest run of the event Saturday in Q3 when the Bandero Café Chevrolet SS Funny Car posted a 3.886-second elapsed time at 330.31 mph. She ran 3.947 and 3.918 seconds in Q1 and Q2 Friday, respectively, and 3.900 seconds in Q4. She’ll face No. 15 qualifier Blake Alexander (3.983 seconds, 324.62 mph) in tomorrow’s first round of eliminations. “The Bandero Café team has made a great showing in qualifying here in Norwalk,” DeJoria said. “We made four solid runs, finished No. 2 in qualifying and gained seven of a possible nine bonus points which is absolutely incredible. Zippy and Jonnie (crew chiefs Mike Neff and Jonnie Lindberg) really have a handle on this race car and I can’t wait to go rounds tomorrow.” The PEAK Chevrolet SS Funny Car smoked the tires in Q1 (4.612 seconds), but Jack Beckman and the PEAK SQUAD then clicked off a 3.945 in Q2, a 3.916 in Q3, and then 3.911 seconds at 332.02 mph in Q4 to secure the No. 4 qualifying spot. Beckman will face No. 13 qualifier Spencer Hyde (3.965 seconds, 322.19 mph) in round one. Qualifying was a mixed bag for Jordan Vandergriff and the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car team. There was tire smoke in Q1 (4.438 seconds), then a solid 3.936-second run in Q2. In Saturday’s first session (Q3), the Cornwell Tools Chevy dropped a cylinder and slowed to a run of 4.611 seconds but the team bounced back in Q4 with a run of 3.935 seconds at 322.81 mph to earn the No. 11 qualifying spot. Vandergriff will face No. 6 qualifier J.R. Todd (3.916 seconds, 335.90 mph) in round one on Sunday. The first round of eliminations is scheduled for Sunday, June 28, beginning at 11 a.m. ET. Television coverage includes qualifying action on Sunday from 12-2 p.m. ET on FS1, leading into eliminations from 5:30-9 p.m. ET on FOX. The post John Force Racing Drivers Post Best Qualifying Runs on Saturday in Norwalk first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

Travis “The Carolina Kid” Harvey’s Pro Mod hot streak continued Saturday night when he raced to victory in WS Construction Pro Boost presented by P2 Contracting and Ty-Drive at the Hoosier Tire PDRA North vs. South Shootout presented by Callies Performance. Competing at his car owners’ home track, Maryland International Raceway, Harvey delivered a wire-to-wire victory in the screw-blown Redd Topp Trucking/Holland Enterprise ’19 Camaro, using a 3.595-second pass at 209.36 mph to defeat Derek Ward and his 3.624 at 207.75 in the final round. Fredy Scriba (Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous presented by Jerry Bickel Race Cars), Joel Wensley Jr. (Liberty’s Gears Pro Street presented by KTR Drag Racing), Jeff Pittman (Pro 632 presented by Mark Williams Enterprises), and Connor McGee (1320 Fabrication Super Street presented by Brian’s Heating & Cooling) also won in the pro classes. The North vs. South Shootout also featured the PDRA’s sportsman ranks, where winners were Mike Keeler in MagnaFuel Elite Top Sportsman presented by PAR Racing Engines, Steve Furr in Greenbrier Excavating & Paving Elite Top Dragster presented by American Race Cars, Stacy Johnson in MagnaFuel Top Sportsman 32, and Chad Traylor in ATI Performance Products Top Dragster 32 presented by TBM Brakes. Emma Crane (Pro Jr. Dragster) and Wyatt Piercey (Classic Graphix Top Jr. Dragster) were victorious in the Jr. Dragster classes. It was a Maryland vs. Virginia final-round battle in Pro Jr. Dragster, with Dunkirk, Maryland’s Crane using a 7.892 to defeat Forest, Virginia’s Katelyn Page and her 7.891 in a double breakout. In Top Jr. Dragster, Piercey cut a quicker reaction time and ran an 8.918 on an 8.91 dial-in in his Salisbury, North Carolina-based dragster to turn on the final win light over Henrico, Virginia’s Acelynn Christian, who posted an 8.980 on an 8.95 dial-in. A pair of locally based bracket racers squared off in the final round of Edelbrock Bracket Bash presented by Philadelphia Racing Products. Jason Kirby was first off the line in his ’70 Nova and ran a 6.031 on a 5.99 dial-in to defeat Donnie Yeatman’s 7.456 on a 7.44 dial-in in his ’88 Beretta. PRO BOOST Just a few weeks after using a perfect .0000 reaction time to win the $125,000 IHRA Pro Mod Mania, Travis “The Carolina Kid” Harvey returned to the winner’s circle, where he was joined by dozens of friends and supporters. Harvey, who’s also won in NHRA Pro Mod, secured his second career Pro Boost win when he drove the screw-blown Redd Topp Trucking/Holland Enterprise ’19 Camaro owned by Vaughn Myles and Eric Holland to a 3.595 at 209.36 in the final round. Maryland’s own Derek Ward chased Harvey out of the gate, but he couldn’t catch him with a 3.625 at 207.75. “This is my car owners’ home track, and we’ve been struggling every time we come here, so it feels good to finally get a win for them here,” said Harvey, who credited his family and friends, Pro Line Racing, Hoosier Tire, Holland Enterprise, Redd Topp Trucking, LAT Racing Oil, and Chem Source Racing Methanol. “If it wasn’t for Vaughn and Eric, I couldn’t race, so to do it in front of their home crowd is awesome. I’m just blessed and I thank God and my crew, Danny [Perry, crew chief], his boys, my son [TJ], all the team. They got in and did everything they need to do. Everything fell our way. You have your days where you can’t do anything wrong, and that’s how it was today. I’m just on a streak and I just hope it keeps going.” Harvey qualified a season-best third and used a string of 3.61s to reach the final round, starting with a 3.610 at 208.84 over Joel Wensley Sr. and his 3.668. He left on Mike Decker Jr. in the second round and followed through with a 3.616 at 208.81 to Decker’s 3.751 in the second round. Harvey then met two-time Pro Boost world champion Jason Harris in the marquee matchup of the event in the semifinals. The two North Carolina natives have battled each other since the earliest days of their illustrious careers. This one went Harvey’s way as he left first and ran a 3.610 at 208.46 to hold off Harris and his quicker 3.603. Ward, who won the 2024 World Series of Pro Mod, qualified No. 8 in his return to PDRA competition driving his screw-blown ’68 Firebird. He won his first-round match against Puerto Rico’s Gabriel Andino with a 3.644 at 208.55 to Andino’s 3.657. In the second round, Ward upset Ty Tutterow, the reigning world champion, defending event winner, and No. 1 qualifier. Tutterow made the second-quickest pass of the event, a 3.589, but he was behind from the start, allowing Ward to move on with a 3.648 at 208.52. Ward kept things rolling in the semifinals with a 3.633 at 208.52 to defeat Raymond Matos, who slowed to a 5.731. PRO NITROUS Fredy Scriba, the 2024 Pro Nitrous world champion, showed no signs of new-car blues when he rolled out his brand-new Robert Hayes-built, Musi-powered “Sorcerer” ’69 Camaro at his home race. The Millersville, Maryland-based driver recorded two of the quickest passes of the event on his way to a second consecutive North vs. South Shootout victory. In the final round, he won on the starting line when 2020 Elite Top Sportsman world champion Buddy Perkinson went red by .011 seconds. Scriba charged to a 3.653 at 207.72 to put an exclamation point on the weekend. “It’s pretty awesome to win at MIR. This is our home track,” said Scriba, who thanked his parents and team as well as partners like Robert Hayes Motorsports, Pat Musi Racing Engines, ProWire, Menscer Motorsports, Carmack Engineering, Ty-Drive, and Liberty’s Gears. “There’s no words to describe it. If you’re going to win one race all year, this is the one to win for me. This is definitely the one. I’m just really proud of our entire team. They did an awesome job. We got the car ready, never made any laps before we came to the track this weekend. Robert did an awesome job building the car. This car drives like a dream.” Scriba, who qualified sixth, started eliminations with a 3.652 at 206.48 over 2015 world champion “Tricky” Rickie Smith and his 3.699. A .020 reaction time and a 3.661 at 206.54 was enough to upset No. 1 qualifier Tim Paap and his 3.659 on a holeshot in the second round. Scriba ended up with a bye run in the semis, which he used to merely take the tree in preparation for the final round. Perkinson, who was chasing his first career win in the class, qualified fourth in his Musi-powered LAT Racing Oil ’69 Camaro. He cut .00 reaction times in the first two rounds, using a 3.652 at 205.85 to beat Chris Rini in the first round and a 3.691 at 204.45 to eliminate reigning world champion Marcus Butner and his 3.699 in the second round. Semifinal opponent Dane Wood, who earned holeshot wins in the first two rounds, went red by .014 seconds on a 3.667 pass, while Perkinson raced to a 3.657 at 205.88 to earn lane choice in the final. PRO STREET Second-generation PDRA racer Joel Wensley Jr. earned his long-awaited first career Pro Street victory in a final-round match over fellow young gun Scott Kincaid. Wensley, who earned prior round wins on the starting line and at the finish line, led the race from start to finish in his ProCharged ’14 Camaro. He fired off a weekend-best 3.944 at 197.71 to finish ahead of Kincaid and his 3.996 at 193.93. “This is pretty rewarding,” Wensley said. “We’ve been working at this for God knows how long now. We got our first win on the car a couple of weeks ago – not on this tire, though – and I told Josh, my crew chief and brother-in-law, I’m like, ‘Dude, we’re winning on this tire.’ It’s just been a long time coming. It’s awesome. It’s tough to explain. It really is. We’re jacked up. Patrick [Barnhill] is a bad man on the laptop. The car really came around. I’ve got to thank my future father-in-law [Jerry Morgano] for some chassis advice that really helped us turn a corner this weekend too. DiSomma builds the baddest motor around. We’ve got the right parts, we’ve got the right people, and it’s just working.” Wensley qualified No. 7 but stepped up on race day. He was one of just three drivers to dip into the 3-second zone in the first round, recording a 3.976 at 197.42 to knock out two-time world champion and home track hero Tim Essick and his 3.998. In the second round, Wensley left on Morgano and ran a 3.960 at 197.88 to win on a holeshot over Morgano’s 3.935, the quickest pass of the weekend. Points leader Blake Denton went red by .002 seconds on a 3.982 pass against Morgano in the semifinals, but Wensley was prepared with his 3.973 at 196.62. Kincaid qualified No. 2 in his screw-blown ’69 Camaro before advancing past the first round with a 4.025 at 193.68 over a red-lighting Michael Ziccardi. He lifted to a 4.918 at 129.47 on a second-round bye run, then he improved to a 3.986 at 193.60 to defeat teammate Richard Reagan’s 3.984 on a holeshot in the semis. PRO 632 Longtime Top Sportsman competitor Jeff Pittman had a breakout weekend in Pro 632, where he scored his second consecutive No. 1 qualifier award on his way to earning his first career win in the class. With power from engine builder Barry Allen and Alan O’Brien’s Greenbrier Excavating & Paving team and tuning by Patrick Barnhill, Pittman set low E.T. of all three rounds on race day. He faced fellow second-year Pro 632 racer Carson Hoyle in the final round, where the two drivers left the line together before Pittman in his Hickory Enclosed Trailer Sales ’68 Chevelle pulled ahead with a 4.147 at 171.27 to Hoyle’s 4.183 at 168.58. “In the past we’ve been high qualifier, so we got a bye run in eliminations somewhere at most races. This one, we didn’t get any bye runs and had a lot of tough competition in the lane next to us,” said Pittman, who thanked a large group including Angie Travis, O’Brien, Barnhill, Allen, and the whole Greenbrier team. “This class is getting smaller but tighter, and I wish we would get more cars, but it’s tough and it’s a lot of work. That’s probably why we’re not getting as many cars. It’s tough to just step out and be super-fast in this deal. There’s some tough guys in this class and they’re only getting tougher. I’m just glad to win. It still is a fight. Thank God Carson was late and I was a little early for myself, so it was good.” Pittman’s 4.139 at 171.53 in the opening round against Tara Jarvis’ 6.158 ended up being low E.T. of the event. He rolled to a 4.156 at 171.23 to hold off Jason Ventura and his 4.228 in the semifinals. Hoyle, who qualified second in his Musi-powered ATI Performance Products ’69 Camaro, kicked off race day with a 4.170 at 160.42 to send home Maryland’s Gary Hood in round one. He knocked out another local racer, Cameron Gibson, in the semis with a 4.164 at 167.68 to Gibson’s 4.233. SUPER STREET Reigning Super Street world champion and defending event winner Connor McGee added a dominant win – his second in three consecutive final rounds – to pad his points lead over championship runner-up Austin Vincent. It was Vincent who tried to stop McGee in the final round, but McGee in his Fulton-powered Brian’s Heating & Cooling ’90 Mustang threw down low E.T. of the event, a 4.525 at 156.95, to get a decisive win. Vincent moved first before recording a 4.655 at 158.86 in the runner-up effort. “Last year, we won this race and it was a big momentum boost in the points,” said McGee, thanked Brian’s Heating & Cooling, Driven Racing Oil, Tub O’ Towels, Bucked Up Energy, Abby’s Performance, and Fulton Racing Engines. “In every class, it seems to always be this halfway point in the season, things start to turn around, so I’m glad it didn’t turn around for us and it just kept going our way. I think now we have at least two rounds [on Vincent], so that feels really good to just have that consistency and that momentum going into the rest of the year.” As the No. 1 qualifier, McGee earned a bye run in the opening round, which he used to set low E.T. of the round, a 4.565 at 152.90. He ran a consistent 4.567 at 157.36 in the second round to beat 2025 event runner-up Matt Schalow and his 4.634. McGee then stepped up to a 4.533 at 156.50 over Frank Saffelle III, who slowed to a 6.055, in the semis. Vincent qualified No. 2 in his Vincent Performance ’88 Mustang and was the second-quickest driver in the first round with his 4.573 at 155.10 over Troy Hill. A 4.647 at 154.40 followed in the second round to beat Kenny Fox and his 5.091. Vincent lifted to a 7.212 at 84.48 on a semifinal bye run. TOP SPORTSMAN Though Mike Keeler didn’t have the quickest car in Elite Top Sportsman, he used a combination of consistency and quick reaction times to walk away with the 660 Man in a final-round battle between nitrous-fed old-school vs. new-school Corvettes. Keeler, the No. 15 qualifier in his Middletown, Virginia-based ’63 Corvette, ran a 4.099 on a 4.08 dial-in to beat Brian Tiffe and his 3.833 on a 3.81 dial-in. Tiffe was the No. 4 qualifier in Gary Schween’s Ohio-based Schween Motorsports ’18 Corvette. In Top Sportsman 32, Stafford, Virginia’s Stacy Johnson in his ’68 Camaro moved first and ran a 4.476 on a 4.47 dial-in to defeat Mike Daymude, who broke out with a 4.239 on a 4.24 dial-in in his Hedgesville, West Virginia-based ’08 Dodge Stratus. TOP DRAGSTER Two-time Elite Top Dragster world champion Steve Furr raced to his second win in three races behind the wheel of his ProCharged ’13 American dragster. Furr’s final-round package – a .005 reaction time and a 3.797 on a 3.79 dial-in – proved too hard to beat for opponent Linzie Coleman, who broke out with a 3.836 on a 3.84 dial-in in his ProCharged ’17 American dragster. Notably, Furr took out points leader Josh Duggins in the semifinals, tightening up the championship battle. Providence Forge, Virginia’s Chad Traylor is a past world champion in Top Sportsman, but it was Top Dragster 32 where he showed off his championship abilities at Maryland. In the final round, Traylor cut a quicker light and posted a 4.235 on a 4.23 dial-in in his ’26 Maddox dragster to win over Brooke Hall Gary, who ran a 4.356 on a 4.35 dial-in in her ’22 American dragster. The next race on the Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series tour is the highly anticipated Thunder Valley Throwdown presented by Larry Jeffers Race Cars, August 6-8, at Bristol Dragway in Bristol, Tennessee. This story was originally published on June 28, 2026. The post Harvey, Scriba, Wensley Jr., Pittman and McGee Hoist ‘660 Man’ Trophies at PDRA North vs. South Shootout first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

Top Fuel points leader Shawn Langdon rolled to a clean sweep on Saturday as part of a dominant day at Summit Motorsports Park, winning the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge over teammate Doug Kalitta and also qualifying No. 1 at this weekend’s 20th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Dallas Glenn won the GETTRX Pro Stock All-Star Callout, while Austin Prock (Funny Car) and Richard Gadson (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge. Langdon, Prock, Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Gaige Herrera (Pro Stock Motorcycle) qualified No. 1 at the 10th of 20 races during the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. Kalitta Motorsports has been a major step ahead of everyone in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge the past two years in Top Fuel, remaining in complete control of the bonus race in 2026. Langdon knocked off his teammate on Saturday with a stellar run of 3.695-seconds at 333.08 mph in his 12,000-horsepower Kalitta Air dragster, winning the Challenge for the third time this season. Kalitta has won it four times, meaning the Top Fuel tandem has won the bonus race at seven of the eight races this season. It’s another example of Langdon’s remarkable season, as the past world champion also qualified No. 1 for the fifth time this year with his 3.695. Langdon dipped into the 3.60s on both qualifying runs on Saturday, putting him in a prime position to extend an already huge points lead on Sunday in Norwalk. “The magic is really just the consistency that these cars have shown over the last couple seasons, being able to make the semifinals of the races, being able to get into the show of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty and then making good quality runs during the Challenge,” Langdon said. “Both cars have been really good the last few seasons, so that’s just the end result of that. “I absolutely love being the No. 1 qualifier when there are 15 cars. I feel our cars have made a pretty good statement over the last year or two. Our Kalitta cars have made some really incredible runs throughout the season and so I think anybody that pulls up to us on the Sundays, they’ve got to bring a pretty fast race car.” Josh Hart moved to second with a 3.722 at 332.51 and Epping winner Leah Pruett qualified third after going 3.731 at 334.07. In Funny Car, reigning back-to-back Funny Car world champ Austin Prock clinched his first No. 1 qualifier of the year and also took the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge victory, going 3.875 at 333.49 in his 12,000-horsepower Ford Racing Mustang for Tasca Racing, holding off Ron Capps in a thrilling final of the bonus race. It’s the second Challenge victory for Prock, who made the quickest run in three of the four qualifying sessions this weekend in Norwalk. That included a massive blast of 3.863 at 337.41, setting the track speed record and handing Prock his first No. 1 qualifier since joining Tasca Racing this season. He’ll open raceday against Jeff Arend, looking for his second straight victory at Summit Motorsports Park and also his second victory of the season. Prock has impressed in a major way this weekend and seems intent on finishing in style on Sunday. “It’s been a great weekend for us so far,” Prock said. “We pretty much gobbled up every point that was available except one yesterday in Q2. I’m really proud of what we have accomplished this weekend. We came in here with a plan that we were going to press harder and try to become the dominant race team that we know we’re capable of being. “I can’t say enough about this Ford Racing team. It’s an honor to work with them. We’ve really made incredible progress each weekend in these 10 races. Our progression has been very linear. It’s just kind of been a steady pace. The entire show has been better this weekend and that’s great for these packed Norwalk grandstands.” Alexis DeJoria moved into the second spot with a 3.886 at 330.31 and Capps took third thanks to Friday’s 3.891 at 326.63. Dallas Glenn became the fourth different winner of the GETTRX Pro Stock All-Star Callout in four years, securing the $40,000 prize when Matt Hartford went red in the final round. Glenn would have been tough to beat, going a Saturday-best 6.556 and 207.98 in his RAD Torque Systems Chevrolet Camaro. It’s the first All-Star Callout for Glenn, who also beat Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Aaron Stanfield to reach the final round of the bonus race. He also qualified No. 2 as he looks for a clean sweep of the weekend in Norwalk. “We made a fantastic run there in the final,” Glenn said. “I’m really excited about tomorrow. I’ve been wanting to get one of these ice cream scoop trophies for a long time. I’m really excited about that, and that nice big bonus check should be pretty nice, too. “I don’t feel like I do well in these races, but I just came in trying to do my own thing, and I don’t know if being in a new car kind of kept me from overthinking anything, just because there was so much new stuff, or what it was, but I just tried to stay as relaxed as I could.” Anderson clinched his seventh No. 1 qualifier of the season, going 6.550 at 209.36 on Saturday. Glenn is second and Hartford is third with a 6.564 at 209.04. In Pro Stock Motorcycle, Richard Gadson got the best of his Vance & Hines teammate Gaige Herrera in the final round of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge when Herrera went red by .007. That hands Gadson, who is the current points leader and reigning world champion, his second straight Challenge victory on his RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki as the teammates continue to try to get the best of each other. “He double-bulbed me up there, and I didn’t know what he was going to do,” Gadson said. “That just shows the competitiveness between him and me. Every time we race each other, our little tournament saying is, ‘Are you willing to red light?’ because that’s pretty much where we’re at right now. So, thankfully, he did that time, and it got me the gift for today.” Herrera finished in the No. 1 spot with a 6.768 at 199.64, earning his second straight No. 1 qualifier. Following Gadson is Joey Gladstone, who went 6.795 at 198.70. Eliminations for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals begin at 11 a.m. ET on Sunday at Summit Motorsports Park. This story was originally published on June 27, 2026. The post Glenn Gets GETTRX All-Star Callout Victory; Langdon, Prock, and Gadson Win Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge in Norwalk first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

Cru Halliday claimed victory in the opening Superbike race at Queensland Raceway, but second place was enough for Harrison Voight to seal the 2026 Australian Superbike Championship ahead of team-mate Josh Waters with one race still remaining. The post Harrison Voight seals 2026 ASBK crown as Halliday takes R1 victory appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

Olly Simpson dominated the opening Kawasaki Supersport/Next Gen race at Queensland Raceway, while Tom Edwards extended his Next Gen championship lead over Hayden Nelson and Jake Farnsworth cut Valentino Knezovic’s Supersport advantage ahead of the final race. The post Simpson dominates as Edwards extends Next Gen lead at ASBK finale appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

Raul Fernandez claimed the Assen Sprint ahead of Trackhouse team-mate Ai Ogura, with Fabio Di Giannantonio third after Aprilia had earlier swept the top four in qualifying. The post Trackhouse stuns Assen with Fernandez-Ogura Sprint one-two appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

The Memphis area has been needing some street racing love and so the Memphis Top 10 List is on the block and ready for some shakeups this weekend. There are more than a dozen cars competing this weekend to see how the Top 10 list will shake out and that means we’re going to have plenty of racing going on today. Thanks to CRC Media we’ve got all the racing action LIVE, and FREE, right here. So check it out and see what you think. Who do you think will end up on top? The post Dennis Bailey’s Street Outlaws Memphis Top Ten List Shake Up Race – FREE LIVESTREAM appeared first on BangShift.com. View the full article

Doorwarz at Mission Raceway Park in British Columbia, Canada is one of the most talked about events north of the border every year. I don’t know that I’ve ever been told to go to any event more than Doorwarz. This event is not only an awesome door car race, but also happens to be at one of the prettiest race tracks on the planet. I mean just look at this thing! It’s on the Fraser River, just north of the border from Washington State, and it is a gem of south western Canada. When I say on the river, I mean on the river. The race track and staging lanes are yards from the water, and it’s cool as hell to see. Of course, sea level conditions certainly make it a fun place to race and the staff and crew there are bragged about constantly. I’ve been wanting to announce this race for years and we’ve almost made it happen a couple of times but maybe next year will be the one. Either way, I need to make it up there to Canada to check stuff out. We’ve got the Doorwarz livestream right here to check out below, so watch all the action, take a look at that water view, and let us know if you are ready to head across the border with us for some fun. Video Description: Get Your Tickets NOW! ■ Doorwarz XIV – June 25-28 2026 https://show.ps/l/973b875a/ ■ West Coast Diesel Day – July 25 2026 https://show.ps/l/ac3d9cb6/ ■ Langley Loafers Old Time Drags – July 31-Aug 2 2026 https://show.ps/l/61c715cd/ ■ Lordco Auto Parts Smoke Fire and Thunder – Aug 20-22 2026 https://show.ps/l/4c221df6/ ■ Mega Ford Day Presented By River Valley Ford – Aug 29th 2026 – https://show.ps/l/99d03776/ ■ Farmer Memorial Mission Finals – Sept 18-20 2026 https://show.ps/l/ba7f2d86/ ■ West Coast Outlaw Shootout and CMDRA Bike Drags – Sept 25-27 2026 https://show.ps/l/7613b968/ ► Our Sponsors BigSteelBox – https://www.bigsteelbox.com River Valley Ford – https://rivervalleyford.ca JBS Equipment – https://jbsequipment.com MRP Lordco TV – https://lordco.com The post FREE LIVESTREAM – Doorwarz 14: Presented By ‪BigSteelBox is LIVE From Mission Raceway Park! Saturday appeared first on BangShift.com. View the full article

I love drag boat racing, and this weekend is the third race of the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Racing series. Racers from all over have gathered at The Showdown in San Angelo, Texas. If you like big power, and big speed, on the water then you want to check this out for sure. I’m talking jet boats, flat bottoms, hydros, and more. If you haven’t watched drag boat racing before, this one will be special for you. Check it out and then get to an IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat event yourself! The post FREE LIVESTREAM IHRA Outlaw Drag Boat Series Racing: The Showdown in San Angelo Saturday Qualifying appeared first on BangShift.com. View the full article

Jason Dietsch drove his Mustang Cobra Jet to the top of the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown qualifying order at the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals today to secure the No. 1 qualifier position. The driver from Edgerton, Ohio, posted a blistering 7.586 seconds at 175.75 mph run on Friday night to move around Tony Scott Jr. for the top spot. Dietsch’s pass was the second quickest run in class history narrowly missing Mark Pawuk’s record run 7.583 seconds from St. Louis in 2023. “This is basically our home track, and we’re two hours from the house to the track. We always like coming here we have a lot of people that follow our racing,” said Dietsch. “I know lots of the guys are mad we went out there and ran that number. I look at it this way, I pay the same bills I’ve never been the guy that is going to save it for the next guy. I’m gonna use it up on every run.”For Dietsch and the rest of his team the work to have success on the track starts at the shop. Between races his teams are preparing for the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown national events running other races and testing the shop. “These guys at KSR work their rear ends off. Tony Scott’s team is working hard. We race head-to-head against each other every week. You must go work to get results. There’s a lot of technology out there and we test every week. We’re going out there because we want to beat each other. Other guys just really need to get to work over there, plain and simple.” While the field is chasing Dietsch on the qualifying ladder Jonathan Allegrucci is the racer to catch on the track. The Mustang Cobra Jet driver from Scotts Township, Penn., is looking to win his fourth consecutive Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown race of the season. As the No. 5 qualifier he will have lane choice over No. 12 qualifier Ricky Hord in the first round. The Flexjet Bounty has grown to $3,000 to the driver who can turn on a win light against the current points leader. Two Ohioans will also be looking to get into the winner’s circle. Two-time and reigning Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown world champion Mark Pawuk, the No. 8 qualifier, is racing to go back-to-back at the Summit Equipment Nationals with his Empaco-backed Dodge Charger. Thunder Valley Nationals runner-up Raymond Nash finished in the No. 15 spot after some challenging qualifying runs and is hoping to capture his first national event win in the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown class this weekend. Pawuk will face Rouven Dawson in the first round and Nash will square off with James Betz. The first round of eliminations at the Summit Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park will begin Saturday evening with eliminations concluding tomorrow. Fans can follow the racing action at www.nhra.com. This story was originally published on June 27, 2026. The post Jason Dietsch Runs to Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown No. 1 in Norwalk first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

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If the 1600+ horsepower, supercharged, nitromethane-burning Top Fuel Motorcycles (TFM) and the men who ride them looked insane enough before the first IHRA Triple Crown race at Darana – National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio, the insanity amped up tenfold over the June 19-20 weekend. Larry “Spiderman” McBride – probably the most experienced and successful racer in the history of nitro motorcycle drag racing – had the wind peal him off of his bike after a bump in the shutdown area in the first round of eliminations. It was a horrifying image as the well-known and beloved rider came off the side of the bike at about 200 mph. Untethered, Spiderman few through the air like Superman. McBride slid along the pavement, fortunately only having a couple of slow tumbles before coming to a stop alongside the wall in the other lane. Also fortunate was that opponent Jaska Salakari broke a motor and wasn’t at speed as the fallen McBride slid into his path. McBride’s bike sailed off the end of the track, skipping over the gravel trap and diving 200 feet into the cornfield on the other side of Refugee Road. Incredibly, McBride stood right up. He initially refused transport to the hospital, but relented when the medic assured him he would need stitches on his elbow. “What was my ET?” McBride asked from the ambulance. His winning 3.82 (eighth mile) would stand as low ET for the class. When he came back from the track, the mob of well-wishers saw that he only needed three stitches, had a small wound on his knee, and a bruise on his back. The bike was also in reasonably good shape. After a long rain delay, both bike and rider might have made the next round had everyone involved been feeling reckless. But they weren’t, and despite taking the winlight, McBride wouldn’t show for E2. “I feel like I was in a washing machine,” McBride said a couple of days later. “When you hit a little dip like that, you kind of bottom out, you know, and then you come back up. Well, about this time that happened is when I was going for the brake. When it did that, it jarred me down and I lost the left handlebar. Then at the same instant, when I went down, I blipped the throttle and it sat me back up, and then it was all over with. “Just fighting for my life then, just trying to get back to the handlebar, but it wasn’t happening. I finally just gave up. I said, ‘Well, this is going to hurt really bad.’ I knew I had to get away from the bike because I didn’t want to get caught up in the wheelie bars, and that’s why I made the exit. And so I just tried to keep my hands and my feet up as much as I could to try to just slide as much as I could. And man, the Vanson Leathers, did they ever work. Oh my God. My helmet worked great. You wonder why you pay all this money for gloves. When you need them, you need them.” “That just goes to prove that it can happen to anybody,” said fellow racer Bob Malloy. “It’s dangerous, and it just takes one little incident. There are no Supermen – pun intended.” Salakari was using a new crank that necessitated longer rods and everything else that needed adjusting to that. He found a weak link and was glad he did when McBride slid into his lane. Salakari might have also been relieved to have McBride’s incident bump his own qualifying incident off of the highlight reels. Doing the burnout for his second qualifying pass, there was a mix-up in the alcohol-to-nitro settings on his unique dual-fuel system. Salakari also didn’t realize he was sitting out of the water when he grabbed a handful of full nitro power that registered 3.9 Gs, pulled his hands off the bars, and nearly threw him off the back of the bike. The kill switch did its job, Salakari gripped the bike tightly with his thighs and, as he said, “Steered the bike with my ass” until he could reach the bars again. It was a self-described “circus act” that went viral, until McBride showed everyone what viral really looks like. Elsewhere in E1, TFM newcomer Gerry Hunt put .051 on Jason Pridemore at the tree before his blown I4 outran Pridemore’s blown Nitro Harley 4.01 to 5.18. “I had a great time, was happy to qualify,” said Pridemore. “Me and crew made some mistakes, was not the best showing of a awesome machine. But we’ll try to do better at Milan. Sorry to see what happened to Larry. “Would like to thank Darryl Cuttell and the entire IHRA staff for a place to run these machines, plus the hospitality – food, ice, and awesome purse that is up for grabs. And thank you Tim Hailey and Eatmyink for all you do for Top Fuel Motorcycle.” Fellow nitro rookie Richard “Sandman” Deys gave up .071 to Mitch Brown at the tree and trailed 4.85 to 4.21 on the track. “Our team did amazing,” said Deys. “We overcame a fuel leak that was spraying all over the rider, to a stuck valve that almost kept us from doing our last run, but as a team it was a good warm-up for us. Was our first large national race that we were able to attend, and for me as a rider it was improvement every single time. Being a new rider in Top Fuel with a new bike (built by Larry and Steve McBride for David Vantine but never raced), we’re still hammering out the details. Not only of the riding ability, but the mechanical ability, of everything going on, and it was, amazing. The atmosphere was calm. “The racing was one on one. It was unbelievable how close most of the races were. We, as a team, left smiling, knowing that we’ve got this, and we look forward to future events. We can’t wait to be in (Milan) Michigan in three weeks. Just really stemmed the fire, if you know what I mean. “It is an atmosphere like no other. We’ve been to NHRA events, we’ve been to all of the different organizations. What Darryl has provided for the rider is a platform where we can be free to worry about racing and not worry about the politics of it. It’s just unexplainable from a point of view of a racer, but we as a team – SPS Racing, and myself – we are so excited. We’ve got the Michigan event coming up, then we’ve got the big doubleheader at Maple Grove, and hopefully after that a final somewhere. What an experience. I’m proud to be part of it. I’m proud to be in it, and as a team, they’re more excited every time we talk about it, and we’re ready.” Micah Fenwick gave away a golden opportunity when he redlit against Malloy, who broke the shaft on his supercharger and would have been soundly beaten by Fenwick’s 4.08. “My redlight against Malloy was a hundredth worse than his redlight,” noted Fenwick. “That really hurt and cost me from having $15-30k hanging around in my pocket. Hard pill to swallow, and it’s been a long ride home, but all these bikes are so fast, each round can be won by who’s got the better light, so I’ll regroup and head to Milan in a couple of weeks and hope for a better turnout. Malloy then needed to borrow parts from Fenwick to make round two, where he had a bye to the final due to McBride’s no-show. Malloy opted to just take the tree. In the other semi, Brown easily handled Hunt and had lane choice for the final. “This was my best weekend experience I could ask for,” said Hunt. “Able to make my bucket list come true racing with my idol Larry McBride. He’s the reason why I got into this and for the first day racing at this level, I don’t think it could get any better. To take third place, that’s just crazy. “But all my thanks goes to my crew, because they made it happen, changing a motor between rounds. Remember, this was the first time they have been together to be able to do that. That was awesome.” Hunt may be new to nitro racing and his crew new to him, but the bike is the well-sorted piece formerly raced by Vantine and built by the McBrides. In addition, Hunt hired fellow Canadian Greg Pollard to make the tuning calls and had former rider Geoff Pollard there as well. Greg did the same job for Vantine, so it was a well-thought out, veteran approach for a new rider/owner like Hunt. Lane choice didn’t matter in the all-FuelTech final as Malloy – who was in the final for both TFM and Nitro Harley – leaked fuel on his burnout and was shut off, leaving Brown to make a 3.94 victory lap for the $30,000 win, the biggest in the history of the class. “We had a leak in the pits and I thought it was fixed,” said Malloy. “Good thing they shut me off; they did the right thing. But the motor wasn’t hurt and I was going to give him a run for his money. “Still the biggest payday I’ve ever had. It was the biggest payday anybody’s had. That guy [Cuttell] is going out of his way in so many different ways to make it nice for the racer. He’s a blessing. The event was phenomenal. Everybody said it was great, and I talk to everyone in the industry.” Brown owns Monster Race Products, which produces a brand new, billet cylinder head for inline 4-cylinder nitro bikes. It debuted nicely on the bike he co-owns with Dennis Bradley. Pro Mod driver Todd Martin helps tune the bike’s FuelTech controlled and fired system. “I think all of us in Top Fuel Motorcycle appreciate the opportunity,” Brown said. “It’s pretty unbelievable, the payout and all that, and of course Larry coming off his motorcycle was a big thing that happened, and definitely probably changed how things went at the race. But we were fortunate to have a really good performance and make it to the final at the end of the day, so I’m happy about all that. “You know, that was the first time out with the new billet cylinder head. I know you probably know I build the whole billet engine now, from the oil pan to the valve cover, in my shop, and so we were really happy about that.” “That Monster head is going to be the key,” Malloy said. “But my bike still needs a lot of testing.” The new components are a big difference from the cast pieces that Brown ran last year, including Brainerd, where he went through three motors. “Yeah, it was just a nightmare up there,” said Brown, who also admitted to struggling then to learn the new-to-them all-valve system. National Trail was like night and day compared to Brainerd – racing all weekend on one motor and taking the win. McBride joked that unless Brown ran a 3.84 in the final, he deserved half the winnings. That’s a full tenth off, but Brown thinks he can get there. “We’ll start slowly adding power back into it that we have taken out of it to be conservative,” said Brown, who didn’t want to scramble the insides of his new cylinder head in its first event. “You can’t just go jump into a whole bunch more power, because then it throws everything off. Throws your clutch off, throws everything off. We’ll just continue to ease that power that we have out of it to try to have a safe conservative start, just ease that back in a little bit at a time and see what happens.” Brown thanked Dennis, Nick, Todd, Eddie, Sheila, Sandlian Iron and Metal, Monster Race Products, PennGrade Oil, Mile High Crankshafts, Steve Churchman, Scott Truett, George Bryce, Niles Gibson, George Babor at BPM, Ron Rees, Rob Flynn, MTC engineering, Sam Wills, Steve and Larry McBride, B&J Transmissions, Heikki Salmien and Antii Peltokski, Worldwide Bearings, Mickey Thompson and the PR Factory Store, Strategic Hail Solutions, his wife, three daughters, and mom. Top Fuel Motorcycles race next July 10-11 at Darana – Milan Dragway in Michigan. This story was originally published on June 27, 2026. The post McBride Scares, Brown Scores at IHRA Triple Crown at National Trail Raceway first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

PWCs are a blast and a half, once you know (and respect) how to control them. Here's how I went from zero experience to blastoff.View the full article

If you want to watch some cool live drag racing, featuring nothing but motorcycles, we’ve got you covered right here with the AMRA 2026 Michigan Nitro Nationals from No Problem Raceway. The AMRA is all about V-Twin American motorcycles, so if you like Harleys and Indians then this is the racing for you. And they have all kinds of classes and listed below. Check it out and let us know which classes are your favorites. Video Description: Top Fuel motorcycles, Nitro Funny Bike, Pro Fuel and more — MotorManiaTV is LIVE from US 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan for the AMRA Michigan Nitro Nationals! It’s a full weekend of motorcycle drag racing and nitro Harley drag racing action from one of the Midwest’s premier events! Featured Michigan racers include Top Fuel’s Paul Anderson, 2025 Pro Eliminator Champion Jim Clarke, 2025 Street Eliminator Champion Austin “Hammerhead” Hughes and 2025 Eliminator Champion Steve Lacy! The post FREE Motorcycle Drag Racing Livestream: The American Motorcycle Racing Association 2026 Michigan Nitro Nationals – Nitro Harleys, Fastest Baggers, and More! – Saturday Qualifying appeared first on BangShift.com. View the full article

Cru Halliday claimed Superbike pole at Queensland Raceway ahead of Mike Jones and Jonathan Nahlous, while Tom Edwards topped the Supersport/Next Gen order and lowered the Next Gen benchmark as the 2026 ASBK finale moved towards Sunday’s title-deciding races. The post Halliday and Edwards take poles as ASBK finale builds at Queensland Raceway appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

All four John Force Racing teams took advantage of unseasonably cool temperatures to post solid qualifying runs Friday for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals after a strong chance of rain in the Norwalk area forced NHRA officials to move up the day’s qualifying sessions by six hours. The two Friday sessions were originally scheduled for 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. ET but were eventually run at 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Alexis DeJoria and the Bandero Café Chevrolet SS Funny Car team made two solid runs, going 3.947 seconds at 331.53 mph in Q1 (second quickest of the round) and a quicker 3.918 seconds at 330.63 mph in Q2, which was good enough for third quickest of the day. “The Friday sessions went really well for our Bandero Café team,” said DeJoria. “On the first run, we qualified second with a 3.94-second run and earned two bonus points. On the second run, they tuned it up a bit. We were the second-to-last pair so we got to see all the cars in front of us and they were running really good numbers. So, we went out and ran a 3.91 or 90. We dropped to third but still walked away with another bonus point for a total of three today. The rain stayed away and we feel really good going so far.” Josh Hart and the Speedmaster team posted the fifth-quickest Top Fuel time with a Q2 run of 3.803 seconds at 332.34 mph after dropping a cylinder in Q1. Jordan Vandergriff put the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car into the sixth spot with a Q2 run of 3.936 seconds at 329.18 mph after smoking the tires in Q1. “I haven’t looked at the numbers too closely, but if you look at our 60-foot to 330 time, I think they’re gonna be almost identical,” Vandergriff said. “I think we pushed a little too hard in Q1 so we pulled it back a little…maybe too much. Most importantly, the 3.936 is very impressive for this team. We wanted to get down the racetrack in that right lane and we did.” Jack Beckman and the PEAK Chevrolet SS Funny Car team smoked the tires in Q1 but came back in Q2 with a solid run of 3.945 seconds at 327.59 mph to grab the No. 8 spot. Qualifying sessions for Saturday, June 27, are scheduled for 12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.Television coverage includes qualifying action on Sunday, June 28, from 12-2 p.m. ET on FS1, leading into eliminations from 5:30-9 p.m. ET on FOX. The post John Force Racing Posts Strong Day One Numbers at Norwalk first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

Ron Capps, driver of the NAPA Auto Care Funny Car and current Funny Car points leader in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, leapt to the top of the timing sheets on Friday afternoon at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. If the three-time Funny Car world champion remains in pole position through two more qualifying passes tomorrow, it will be his fourth No. 1 qualifier at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. After NHRA officials moved Friday’s qualifying sessions earlier due to the threat of rain, the Ron Capps Motorsports team owner opened the weekend on a high note, making a solid pass of 3.999 seconds at 327.19 mph in the first opportunity of the day. In Q2, crew chief Dean “Guido” Antonelli and the NAPA Auto Care crew did what they do best, expertly powering Capps’ 12,000-horsepower Funny Car down the track at a blistering pace of 3.894 at 328.38. “This is one of my favorite places we come to (on the NHRA tour),” said Capps. “The fans here are great. They paid attention; they knew we were gonna run earlier today and the stands were packed. It’s just a great place to race. We always want to do well here for the Bader family, no matter what. The lanes are so even, it’s a great place to test different conditions. This place is notorious for changing weather. Knowing my luck, it’ll be overcast tomorrow and the track will be killer. We’ll probably end up being fifth. There will be way more runs in the 80s.” Fridays at the track tend to be especially busy for Capps as he balances the responsibilities of team ownership with those of a driver. Not only is he fulfilling requests from sponsors, spending time with media partners, and connecting with his crew, but Capps is also relentless in considering every detail of the fan experience. “I usually try to stay busy,” said Capps. “There are times where I get ready to get in the car and have to tell myself to calm down and get all of that out of my brain. But other times, if I don’t check in on things, I’m worse off wondering if anyone needs help and if it’s going ok.” Competition at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals will continue on Saturday with two more qualifying sessions followed by eliminations on Sunday morning. The post Ron Capps Leads Provisional Qualifying at Norwalk Nationals first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

Top Fuel points leader Shawn Langdon moved closer to his third No. 1 qualifier in the past four races, taking the provisional No. 1 position on Friday at Summit Motorsports Park as part of this weekend’s 20th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Ron Capps (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Gaige Herrera (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are also the provisional No. 1 qualifiers in Norwalk at the 10th of 20 races during the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. Langdon went 3.742-seconds at 335.23 mph in his 12,000-horsepower Kalitta Air dragster, making the quickest run of both sessions on Friday in Norwalk. If it holds, Langdon would earn his fifth No. 1 qualifier this season and 27th in his career. The points leader saw his winning streak snapped in Bristol, but he’s still advanced to six straight final rounds as he looks to keep rolling in Norwalk. “We’re very pleased with how the car ran and I think with what we’re trying to accomplish, Brian’s [Husen, crew chief] been making great calls, and he’s been doing a great job getting the car put together perfectly, so it allows for some great runs like that,” Langdon said. “Fortunately, the car’s responding well and it’s pretty glued in. We’re very happy with the setup right now. “I think what you saw today is just a little indication of the great racing surface, with big speeds. There’s a little more out there, so as long as we can keep that cloud cover, and the crew chiefs start getting more information and getting a little more aggressive with it, you’ll see quicker E.T.s and bigger speeds.” Tony Stewart moved into the second spot with a run of 3.767 at 335.07 and rookie standout Maddi Gordon is third after going 3.793 at 335.40. Ron Capps made the most of a stellar second qualifying session in Funny Car, dipping into the 3.80s in Norwalk with an impressive run of 3.894 at 328.38 in his 12,000-horsepower NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra. The points leader was the only driver in the 3.80s, but it was a standout session as Capps was challenged on several occasions. It was a big moment for the three-time world champion, who is now in position to get his third No. 1 qualifier of the season and the 40th in his career. Capps has been remarkably consistent in a loaded Funny Car class this year and is after his second career win in Norwalk. “Conditions obviously got cooler three or four cars before us. I could see the cloud cover coming, and Guido [crew chief Dean Antonelli] got back in the box about four or five times more than usual and kept coming back,” Capps said. “This place is notorious [with weather] changing from one session to the next, let alone day to day. I’ve been doing this a long time, and it’s not that I don’t have confidence, but the Funny Car field is insane this year, and it gets that way every year.” Defending event winner Austin Prock is second with a run of 3.905 at 334.15 and Alexis DeJoria is third after going 3.918 at 330.63. Pro Stock’s Greg Anderson always looks to go big at Summit Motorsports Park and the points leader certainly did so on Friday, going low of the day with a 6.550 at 209.36 in his HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro. The six-time world champ had the best run of both sessions, which also gives him plenty of momentum heading into Saturday’s GETTRX All-Star Callout. Anderson gets the first pick in Saturday’s bonus race and the veteran, who has three wins at America’s Racetrack, has a great opportunity for a huge weekend at a track and race that’s always meant a great deal to him. “Yeah, it was big [the provisional no. 1 qualifier], but tomorrow’s the big day,” Anderson said. “We love special races like this, and I’ve been fortunate the past two years, so hopefully tomorrow’s another big day, but we had to set it up today. I think we got all the points we can get today. “I don’t expect the weather and the race to be a whole lot different tomorrow. It’s a great start, so I definitely feel good going back to the hotel tonight knowing that we’ve got a good racehorse at the track tomorrow.” Reigning world champion Dallas Glenn is second with a run of 6.561 at 209.07 and Matt Hartford, who won in Bristol, went 6.564 at 208.71, putting him third. In Pro Stock Motorcycle, Gaige Herrera continued his dominant stretch from Bristol, making the quickest run of both sessions on Friday in Norwalk, including a 6.779 at 199.64 on his RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki. After not getting a No. 1 qualifier at the first handful of races, Herrera is now on track for his second straight top spot and was only one of two riders to reach the 6.70s on Friday. He rolled to the victory in Bristol and Herrera would love to keep it going at Summit Motorsports Park, where he won during his 2024 championship season. “I wouldn’t say it’s back to normal, but it feels good. We’ve kind of been struggling for a bit now, but we made some changes to the bike itself, so hopefully I’ll have the same bike in the sun tomorrow,” Herrera said. “I just had a bunch of bad luck, as far as parts breaking. It’s just been one thing after another for me. Andrew (Hines, crew chief) has been looking at his notes more than anything and I think they figured something out with the field.” Joey Gladstone, who is filling in for Matt Smith for the second straight race, is second with a 6.795 at 198.70 and Angie Smith is currently third after going 6.805 at 200.11. Qualifying continues at 12 p.m. ET on Saturday at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park. The first round of the GETTRX Pro Stock All-Star Callout begins at 11:30 a.m. This story was originally published on June 26, 2026. The post Langdon, Capps, Anderson, and Herrera Get Provisional No. 1 Spots at Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

Marco Bezzecchi led a strong Aprilia showing in MotoGP Friday Practice at Assen, while David Alonso topped Moto2 and Australian Joel Kelso headed Moto3 in brutal Dutch TT heat. The post Bezzecchi leads scorching Assen Friday as Kelso tops Moto3 appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

Here’s our third gallery of photos from Speedway Motors, and if you missed any of the others we’ve got a link to those as well! (Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) Speedway Motors headquarters in Lincoln, NE is right across the parking lot from the Museum Of American Speed. Together, they put on a cars and coffee gathering one Saturday morning each month from May to October. And, they are huge! Your author has been to this gathering a few times over the last couple of years and we are always impressed by how many really cool rides show up. Plus, we really like the great diversity of vehicles. This past weekend, the cars and coffee coincided with Wheel Hub Magazine’s Live event, plus all the cars from the Pavement Pounders Event. Not only is the cars and coffee free to participants and spectators, but those who bring their specialty vehicle to the cars and coffee they get two free tickets to the Museum Of American Speed. Bonus!! We have several galleries of pics from the show. CLICK HERE IF YOU MISSED ANY OF OUR PREVIOUS WHEEL HUB LIVE, MOTOR CITY TO WHEEL HUB LIVE, OR CARS AND COFFEE PHOTOS FROM SPEEDWAY! The post More Photos! Speedway Motors and Museum of American Speed Cars And Coffee Photos During Motor City to Wheel Hub LIVE! appeared first on BangShift.com. View the full article