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Even though an off-track accident has temporarily kicked Tommy Franklin out of the driver’s seat, the two-time Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous world champion is...
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Tommy Franklin, Pat Musi Racing Engines Hold Commanding Lead in PDRA Nitrous Wars After First Half of 2022 Season
Reigning Top Fuel Champions Steve Torrence Nominated for 2022 ESPYS Award
Baja Vida Snacks Joins Tony Stewart Racing
Mark Pawuk Reunites with Summit Racing Equipment
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NHRA Heads to Legendary Bandimere Speedway to Kick Off Western Swing
DI Women of Power 2022: Consistency is Key for Jessica Ogden
Tommy Franklin, Pat Musi Racing Engines Hold Commanding Lead in PDRA Nitrous Wars After First Half of 2022 Season
Reigning Top Fuel Champions Steve Torrence Nominated for 2022 ESPYS Award
DI Women of Power 2022: Tony Stewart Racing’s Kelly Antonelli
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PDRA
Maryland native Jim Halsey scored his second win of the season in Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous Saturday night at the Professional Drag Racers Association...
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A scooter accident at Virginia Motorsports Park a couple weeks ago forced two-time PDRA Pro Nitrous world champion Tommy Franklin out of the driver’s...
PDRA
Longtime doorslammer wheelman Buddy Perkinson ended Friday qualifying as the No. 1 qualifier in two different classes at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA)...
News
The competition is heating up as the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) rolls into the halfway point in its eight-race 2022 season this weekend...
PDRA
Past Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) world champions Tommy and Amber Franklin made series history Saturday night when they became the first father-daughter duo...
PDRA
Two-time Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous world champion Tommy Franklin earned the No. 1 qualifying spot for the second race in a row at the...
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After making its long-awaited debut at Summit Motorsports Park in 2021, the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) returns to the popular northern Ohio track...
PDRA
For the first time in his young Pro Mod racing career, Robert Gallegos will race from the No. 1 spot in WS Construction Pro...
News
A week before Kentucky’s most famous horse race takes place, the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) is bringing a different level of horsepower to...
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Melanie Salemi’s string of jaw-dropping runs in Pro Boost at the PDRA East Coast Nationals last weekend didn’t come as a surprise to Salemi...
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In a Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous field full of past world champions and veterans, relative newcomer “Mountain Man” Mike Achenbach scored his second career...
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Melanie Salemi made a major statement on the first day of the 2022 Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) season at the East Coast Nationals...
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After 25 years of nitrous racing, Jerry Albert of Jerry Albert Racing kicks off the 2022 season with a twist. The husband and wife...
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When the PDRA launched its Pro Street class as a three-race trial in 2020, the class allowed drag radials or slicks to attract racers...
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The chase for 2022 Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) world championships begins this weekend at the East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech, April 7-9...
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It’s a new year for PDRA’s Liberty’s Gears Extreme Pro Stock presented by AED Competition, and if offseason predictions prove correct, it will be...
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Voss Family Racing has high expectations and is full of confidence leading into the Professional Drag Racing Association’s (PDRA) season opener East Coast Nationals...
News
Vortech Superchargers, a leading manufacturer of centrifugal superchargers, has signed on as a class presenting sponsor and event title sponsor with the Professional Drag...
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Before the 2021 season, Daryl Stewart was away from drag racing for 25 years. The former South Florida bracket racer found the ideal scenario...
Features
Look at the latest car build to roll out of the championship-winning chassis shop of RJ Race Cars and Quarter-Max. This stunning new Pro...
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Collectively, 2021 wasn’t Kurt Steding’s best year yet in PDRA Pro Boost. He missed the fourth race of the season due to a surgery...
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Menscer Motorsports and AFCO have teamed up to support the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Pro Street and Super Street classes for the 2022...
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Summit Racing Equipment, the World’s Speed Shop®, has been named the Official High Performance Source of the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) as a...
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At just 24, “Quick” Nick Schroeder has already shown the eighth-mile outlaw racing world that he has the tuning knowledge of someone twice his...
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As Buddy Perkinson says, he’s been around for a while. He burst onto the NHRA scene when he was in his late teens after...
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WS Construction, a company specializing in pre-engineered steel buildings and erection service, has stepped up as the title sponsor of the Professional Drag Racers...
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The late T.T. Jones had a tremendous impact on motorcycle drag racing as a rider, team owner, and track owner. But one of his...
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Storied Pro Nitrous competitor John “Hitman” DeCerbo is no stranger to fielding entries that most would consider art on wheels. Unfortunately, the Canfield, Ohio...
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Laris Motorsports Insurance, a racer-owned insurance company specializing in motorsports, has been named the official insurance provider of the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA)....
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Between two Jr. Dragster classes and a slew of professional and sportsman categories, the Professional Drag Racers Association has a number of young drivers,...
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Wes Distefano, the 2020 and 2021 PDRA Pro Outlaw 632 world champion, will not defend his title in 2022, as he’ll make the move...
Features
It took a near-dominant season for Tim Essick and his ProCharger-boosted “Brown Sugar” ’18 Mustang to win the first-ever Drag 965 Pro Street world...
Features
An increasingly competitive $hameless Racing Pro Outlaw 632 class made sure Wes Distefano didn’t have an easy road to his second consecutive Professional Drag...
Features
Chris Garner-Jones has been a perennial championship contender in the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Drag 965 Pro Nitrous Motorcycle class for the last...
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In every final round in $hameless Racing Pro Outlaw 632 competition during the 2020 and 2021 seasons (leading up to the last two races...
Features
In just his second year in Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) competition, New Hampshire native Nick Meloni came close to winning a pair of...
Features
Despite a top-end crash at one of the last races of the 2021 Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) season, Kevin Rivenbark was able to...
Features
A combination of luck and skill helped veteran sportsman racer Tim Molnar secure his first Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) world championship in MagnaFuel...
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When legendary engine builder Sonny Leonard passed away in January, Chris Powers knew he had to go out and give his best performance yet...
