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These off-brand youth ATVs seem like good deals. Until you read all the recalls about them.View the full article

Why stop at one when you can boost them all?View the full article

We seldom hear about new 2-stroke motorcycles, but we've never heard about one producing 280 hp until now.View the full article

Here's how a real Muppet and a real Suzuki Savage came together to create movie magic in The Great Muppet Caper. View the full article

Every custom motorcycle tells a story, but some projects go far beyond cosmetic upgrades. One such BMW-based café racer, built by Sport-Evolution, demonstrates how thoughtful engineering and close collaboration with a customer can transform a classic boxer into a truly one-of-a-kind machine. Rather than following a standard café racer formula, the project focused on developing tailored technical solutions to accommodate the owner’s specific vision. The most significant modification involved redesigning the rear section of the motorcycle. Instead of retaining the […] The post Custom BMW Café Racer Showcases Handcrafted Engineering and Bespoke Solutions appeared first on Return of the Cafe Racers. View the full article

Sean Dylan Kelly snatched a last-lap Superbike win at The Ridge while Mathew Scholtz retained the championship lead, Josh Herrin doubled up in Supersport, and the Hooligan and BTR classes delivered breakthrough victories. The post Kelly steals Ridge MotoAmerica thriller, Herrin doubles in Supersport appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

Nathan Gouker took a MotoAmerica Talent Cup double at The Ridge, including a 0.008-second Race Two win over Kensei Matsudaira, while Australians Sam Drane and Jake Paige both featured on the podium. The post Australians podium as Gouker sweeps MotoAmerica Talent Cup round appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

Kevin Rivenbark opened the JBS Equipment NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by Elite Motorsports Road to the Championship with a victory on Sunday at Summit Motorsports Park, knocking off Billy Banaka in the final round as part of this weekend’s Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. This weekend’s event was the seventh of 11 races in the category during the 2026 campaign and this weekend’s race is powered by Polaris and presented by Jan-Cen Motorsports. It is also the first of five playoff races and Rivenbark started strong, going 5.714-seconds at 251.53 mph in the final round to hold off Banaka’s 5.716 at 252.33. Rivenbark’s first victory this season and second in his NHRA Pro Mod career couldn’t have come at a better time, as he moved to ninth in points. “We haven’t won this (Wally) since Phoenix of 2024, but we never stop,” Rivenbark said. “The guys are restless. They just keep going and going. We’ve had some bad times and some tough times, but hopefully we’re on the right road. We knew we had a better car than what we showed in qualifying. “This weekend was really a shakeup. We’re hoping to get going for the Road to the Championship and hopefully both of us (with teammate Stan Shelton) will come out on top or at least one and two.” Rivenbark, who qualified 13th, knocked off past world champion Mike Castellana, Derek Menholt, who came into the race with the points lead, and Lyle Barnett to reach the final round. Banaka advanced to the final round with wins against Alex Laughlin, Justin Bond and Mike Thielen. Menholt stayed in the points lead, but has just a 13-point advantage over Mike Stavrinos. Banaka is third, just 15 points out of first. The JBS Equipment NHRA Pro Mod Series presented by Elite Motorsports returns to action on Sept. 2-7 as part of the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. The post Rivenbark Opens JBS Equipment NHRA Pro Mod Series Road to the Championship With Win in Norwalk first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

Top Fuel rookie sensation Maddi Gordon won her first career race on Sunday at Summit Motorsports Park, defeating Antron Brown in the final round to hand Ron Capps Motorsports its first Top Fuel and Funny Car sweep with Ron Capps at the 20th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Aaron Stanfield (Pro Stock) and Richard Gadson (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won the 10th of 20 races during the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. In just her 10th professional start, Top Fuel’s Maddi Gordon picked up a Diamond Wally in her 12,000-horsepower Carlyle Tools/Monster Energy dragster, driving past Antron Brown with a run of 3.786-seconds at 333.16 mph. Gordon’s day was nearly over before it began, as the team had to scramble to get the car started on the starting line due to a parts issue. It finally started just in time – thanks to Spencer Massey graciously waiting as well – and she went 3.854 at 325.14 to get the win. Gordon followed with victories against Tony Stewart and points leader Shawn Langdon to advance to the final. Brown left first, but Gordon quickly tracked him down to get the victory, finishing off a Ron Capps Motorsports sweep. To add to the moment, Gordon’s father, Doug, also won in Top Alcohol Funny Car on Sunday. “It literally doesn’t get any better than this,” Gordon said. “We brought three race cars here, we came home with three trophies and three ice cream scoopers, and y’all know me, you know I love ice cream, so that is like the cherry on top. I remember backing up from the burnout, and I wanted that win so bad, so bad. For my dad to win, and then Ron to win, it’s like the pressure is on, right? I’m just so grateful for this opportunity. This is the best day of my life. “They say people usually stick out an arm or a leg for you; well, Ron catapulted out of a cannon for me. He believed in me even before I won a Top Alcohol Funny Car trophy. He signed my license in 2023, and I never imagined I would be sitting next to him in the media center. He could have thrown any driver in there, but he chose me, and I’m forever grateful for this opportunity. He changed my life in every way except for where I live.” Brown reached his second straight final round by defeating Leah Pruett, Tony Schumacher and Clay Millican. Langdon maintains a healthy points lead in the category, with it now standing at 150 points over teammate Doug Kalitta. In Funny Car, Capps did his part for the first-ever nitro sweep for his team, finishing off a consistent day with a run of 3.969 at 328.54 in his 12,000-horsepower NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra to power past runner-up Jack Beckman. It gave the three-time world champion and the current points leader his milestone 80th career victory and his third this season, becoming the first driver in Funny Car to reach three wins in 2026. Capps, who qualified third, defeated Bobby Bode, J.R. Todd and Alexis DeJoria to reach the final round, which presented a pressure-packed situation for both Capps and Gordon. But Capps came through in the clutch, posting a terrific .048 reaction time that led to a thrilling wire-to-wire victory. It’s a win Capps will always remember for a variety of reasons, including getting to share in the moment with Gordon as Capps and his entire organization wrapped up another milestone moment. “I went over to her car before the final round, and I go, “Well, you got your head on straight, right?’ and she’s just smiling at me, that Maddi Gordon smile, and I actually asked her for advice,” Capps said. “You lie in bed, and you dream about stuff like this. I don’t know how many final rounds I’ve been in, but it was fun, and I was just hoping we got the win. Once we got the win, I thought the odds were definitely going down with her dad and me getting a win, but this is crazy. We’re just lucky.” Knowing he needed to be nearly perfect on the starting line, Pro Stock’s Aaron Stanfield delivered in the final round, using a brilliant .002 reaction time in his Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage/Melling/Janac Brothers Racing car to defeat Matt Hartford on a holeshot with a run of 6.626 at 208.75. It is Stanfield’s second win this season and the 16th in his career and the young standout earned every part of his second victory in three seasons at Summit Motorsports Park. He scored a holeshot win to start the day against Erica Enders and then knocked off Cody Anderson and Kenny Delco to reach the final round. He held off Hartford by a mere .006 at the finish line to get the victory and give his team momentum heading into the second half of the season. “I definitely knew I was going to have to be pretty good on the tree and the old hot rod did just enough to pull one off,” Stanfield said. “Matt’s been driving really good here lately and he’s had a fast race car. Every time Matt and I race, it’s a good and tight race. I think the world of Matt. He does a great job driving the car and they do a great job tuning their own car. It feels great as a driver whenever you’re able to do your job and pull off a holeshot win like that.” Hartford advanced to his third straight final round and the fifth this season thanks to wins against Eric Latino, Jeg Coughlin Jr. and points leader Dallas Glenn. Reigning world champ Glenn moved back into the lead and now has a 23-point advantage over Greg Anderson. For the second straight day, Richard Gadson got the best of his Pro Stock Motorcycle teammate Gaige Herrera in the final round, as Herrera went red for a second consecutive time, giving the points leader and reigning world champion his second victory this season on his RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki. Gadson was stout in the final round, going 6.849 at 197.36 en route to his sixth career victory and first at Summit Motorsports Park. A day earlier, Gadson won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge over Herrera when his teammate left too early and he took advantage again on Sunday. The dynamic duo has now met in back-to-back final rounds, with Herrera in Bristol and Gadson Sunday in Norwalk, which they hope is a sign of things to come for the rest of the season in Pro Stock Motorcycle. “Obviously, I didn’t lie yesterday when I told you it’s pretty much ‘are you willing to red light situation’ and you know he’s a tough competitor, he’ll rebound, and it’ll probably be hell for us all for the next couple races,” Gadson said. “I’m really happy and I don’t know if you believe in energies, but I feel like Norwalk owed me one. I got the ice cream scoop that I always hoped for, a double up with the Mission #2Fast2Tasty win, and the overall win. It doesn’t get much sweeter than this. “I don’t think I’ve given Norwalk its due just how good it’s been to me. This is the first overall win, but I’ve had a lot of success here now – two #2Fast2Tasty wins and a final round last year. I love Norwalk. Mr. Bader is amazing – this facility is amazing, the ice cream, the whole deal, the whole experience of being here. This is a special place.” Herrera reached his second straight final and third of the season by taking down Jianna Evaristo and Angie Smith. Gadson’s points lead now stands at 83 over Herrera. The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series returns to action July 17-19 with the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals presented by PowerEdge at Sonoma Raceway. This story was originally published on June 28, 2026. The post Gordon, Capps, Stanfield, and Gadson Scoop Up Wins at Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

Archie McDonald salvaged fourth and fifth at Assen after a huge Friday crash, while Eric Granado and Oscar Gutiérrez split the wins and tightened the Bagger World Cup title fight. The post Granado takes Bagger World Cup lead as McDonald salvages points at Assen appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

MotoGP rider and team manager reactions from Assen after Ai Ogura claimed his maiden premier-class win, Trackhouse went one-two and Jorge Martin took the championship lead. The post MotoGP riders react after dramatic Assen Grand Prix appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

Ai Ogura became the first Japanese MotoGP winner since 2004 with a brilliant Assen victory, leading Raul Fernandez in a Trackhouse one-two as Jorge Martin took the championship lead. The post Ogura leads Trackhouse one-two as Martin takes MotoGP lead appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

David Alonso won a final-chicane Moto2 thriller at Assen from Manuel Gonzalez and Senna Agius, while Maximo Quiles extended his Moto3 championship lead with victory. The post Alonso wins Assen Moto2 thriller as Quiles extends Moto3 lead appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

Jeffrey Herlings made it five wins from ten rounds with victory at Águeda, while Guillem Farres dominated MX2 and Jake Cannon retained second in EMX250. The post Herlings and Farres master Águeda at MXGP of Portugal appeared first on MCNews. View the full article

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. 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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