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It is endurance racing season, and boy is it in full swing! There have been more endurance races in the last few weeks than we could imagine, and there are even more to come. It’s summertime racing and we love it. Today and tomorrow it’s the 24 Hours of Spa race which is presented by CrowdStrike and is part of the GT World Challenge in Europe. Watch all 24 hours LIVE right here thanks to the GTWorld Channel. Video Description: Join us for live coverage of the weekend’s opening GT World Challenge Sprint Cup race at Misano. Getting underway shortly before sunset, the 60-minute contest will conclude with a sea of headlights cutting through the darkness. The post LIVE STREAMING | Race 1 | Misano | GT World Challenge powered by AWS 2026 appeared first on BangShift.com. View the full article

Boat racing is on! If you aren’t familiar with F1 boat racing, you’re in for a treat. This is side by side racing, “door handle to door handle” so to speak, and these drivers are giving it their all at the Alton Powerboat Nationals F1 Powerboat Showdown. Check out the action LIVE below and let us know what you think. This is great boat racing action, coming to you LIVE from Illinois. Video Description: The roar of engines and the rush of riverfront excitement return this summer as the IHRA Alton Powerboat Nationals F1 Powerboat Championships powers back into Alton, Illinois for its third annual running, July 17–19, 2026, at Riverfront Park. The post IHRA F1 Powerboats Livestream: Round Round 5 – Alton Powerboat Nationals F1 Powerboat Showdown – Saturday appeared first on BangShift.com. View the full article

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Big Sky Race Week coverage continues thanks to Bill and the crew at BANGshift Billy. This time it is their Day 4 video from a rain soaked highway somewhere. Can Bill hang on to 1st place on Day 4. And remember, the heat is still a big problem for all these racers and especially with these smaller race tracks. It’s not a good year for enjoyable weather. There has been a lot of weird weather in the last 12 months and it doesn’t seem to be getting any less crazy. With heat waves and storm fronts moving all over the country, you are seeing areas that almost never reach triple digits get well over 110 degrees. And why not? We’ve had tornadoes where they’ve never been before, freezes that make no sense in certain areas of the country, and weather that changes so dramatically in just a couple of days that people really can’t keep up. So how does that affect a drag and drive like Big Sky Race Week? We’ll find out, because our buddy Bill with the BangShift Billy is sharing video from the event for the next several days. The best part? He’s battling it out with Rich Guido, the Canadian Chuck Norris, for the Stick Shift Class win. We can’t wait. Big thank you to Bill for sharing. The post Big Sky Race Week Video from the BangShift Billy crew. Day 4 Adventures Continue For All The Racers. And It Rains! appeared first on BangShift.com. View the full article

Funny Car’s Jordan Vandergriff made the quickest Funny Car run of the 2026 season on Friday in front of a huge Sonoma Raceway crowd, taking the provisional No. 1 qualifier spot for John Force Racing at the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals presented by PowerEdge. Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) and Chris Vang (Pro Stock) are also the provisional No. 1 qualifiers in Sonoma at the 11th of 20 races during the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. After an oildown during the second Top Fuel session, racing was called for the night due to curfew. Selections were also made in the opening round of the GETTRX Pro Stock Motorcycle All-Star Callout. Top seed Gaige Herrera selected Steve Johnson, Richard Gadson picked Chase Van Sant, reigning Callout winner Matt Smith chose Jianna Evaristo, setting Angie Smith and John Hall as the final pair. Vandergriff went 3.849-seconds at 332.43 mph in his 12,000-horsepower Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS to also collect the $4,000 Deecell After Dark Low Qualifier bonus. Remarkably, Vandergriff kicked off the epic night session as part of the first pair, making an incredible run just as the sun was setting. But the rest of the field couldn’t top the John Force Racing standout, putting Vandergriff in position to pick up his second career No. 1 qualifier. Currently fifth in points, Vandergriff has enjoyed a strong first Funny Car season, but Friday’s run with a massive crowd on hand certainly one of the highlights for him. “To be the quickest Funny Car of the year so far is a huge accomplishment, especially with how competitive this class is. And I’m a rookie—I don’t even know what I’m doing yet,” Vandergriff said. “We fumbled a little in Q1, but I knew we had something figured out. The early numbers looked really good, so I believed we were going to run quick no matter when we went down the track. “I knew the team wanted to push a little. We’ve run well this year, we’ve won a race, we’ve qualified No. 1 before, but we hadn’t really leaned on it. Tonight we did. I knew we were going to run well. I just didn’t know we were going to run that good.” Vandergriff’s teammate, Jack Beckman, went 3.873 at 333.16 to sit second and Daniel Wilkerson is right behind in third after going 3.899 at 327.66. In Top Fuel, Kalitta made the quickest run in the opening qualifying session on speed, edging teammate Shawn Langdon with a run of 3.714 at 337.07 in his 12,000-horsepower Aflac dragster for Kalitta Motorsports. The reigning world champion also picked up the $4,000 Deecell After Dark Low Qualifier bonus for the second straight year as he looks to pick up his third No. 1 qualifier of the year. Kalitta has always run well at Sonoma, with his six wins – including a victory last year – leading the way in the Top Fuel ranks. “That first run was definitely a close one. At the time, you don’t realize it’s going to hold up, but it was enough to get us the No. 1 spot,” Kalitta said. “It was disappointing not to get the second session in. Alan Johnson definitely didn’t have that car tuned to run a 3.71 — we were planning to throw down something even quicker. “Tomorrow’s conditions should be just as good, maybe even better. I think we’ll have a chance to improve on those numbers. It’s Sonoma, one of my favorite tracks. Every time we go up there, we’re trying to do the best job we can.” Points leader Langdon is second with a 3.714 at 336.49 and Tony Stewart is third after going 3.736 at 333.91. In a stunning turn of events in Pro Stock, Chris Vang performed better than an impressive list of event winners and world champions on Friday in Sonoma, taking the provisional No. 1 spot for the first time in his career with a run of 6.498 at 209.04 in his Prestige Trailers Chevrolet Camaro. It hands the young second-year racer the $2,500 Deecell After Dark Low Qualifier bonus, as well as puts him in a prime position to earn the $2,000 GESi Pro Stock No. 1 Qualifier on Saturday. That would mean a great deal to the part-time racer who is making just his fourth start of the 2026. But he made the most of his opportunities on Friday in prime conditions at Sonoma, making a pair of great runs, outlasting the stars in the class to possibly pick up a massive career milestone. “It’s exciting. Pretty amazing. I don’t even know how to describe it. We came in here just hoping to qualify, and now we’re sitting No. 1,” Vang said. “We knew we had something to work with after the first session. We threw a little more at it, hoping to run in the 6.50s or maybe the high .49s, and we ended up right where we wanted. “This bonus helps a lot. We’re trying to run about seven more races this season, and every little bit matters for a team like ours. We didn’t get everything out of that run. It was really good, but there’s still more in it.” Rookie Cody Anderson was the only other driver to dip into the 6.40s, going 6.499 at 210.54 and Erica Enders is third after a run of 6.503 at 211.33. M. Smith earned the $1,500 Deecell After Dark Low Qualifier bonus in Pro Stock Motorcycle for making the quickest run during Friday’s second time trial. Qualifying continues at 12 p.m. PT on Saturday at the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals presented by PowerEdge at Sonoma Raceway. The first round of the GETTRX Pro Stock Motorcycle All-Star Callout begins at 11:30 a.m. This story was originally published on July 18, 2026. The post Vandergriff, Kalitta, and Vang Roll to Provisional No. 1 Spots, Get Deecell After Dark Low Qualifier Bonus at DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

Jordan Vandergriff and the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS team made the quickest Funny Car pass of the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season to capture the provisional No.1 qualifying spot during Friday night qualifying for the NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway. The John Force Racing driver ran 3.849 seconds at 332.43 mph in the first pair of Funny Cars down the track in the session. In doing so, the Funny Car rookie earned the $4,000 Deecell Power Systems “After Dark Low Qualifier” bonus, ironically an award he presented last season as a member of the NHRA on FOX announce team. “To be the quickest Funny Car of the year so far is a huge accomplishment, especially with how competitive this class is,” said Vandergriff. “And I’m a rookie – I don’t even know what I’m doing yet. We fumbled a little in Q1, but I knew we had something figured out. The early numbers looked really good, so I believed we were going to run quick no matter when we went down the track. “I knew the team wanted to push a little,” Vandergriff added. “We’ve run well this year, we’ve won a race, we’ve qualified No. 1 before, but we hadn’t really leaned on it. Tonight we did. I knew we were going to run well. I just didn’t know we were going to run that good.” Jack Beckman and the PEAK Chevrolet SS Funny Car team moved up one spot, to second, in the night session with their run of 3.874 seconds at 333.16 mph which also was their second-quickest run of the season. “Danny and Tim (crew chiefs Hood and Fabrisi) are calling the shots on this and they get an A plus,” said Beckman. “We were third quickest in the first session and that’s the session where, with 18 cars here, you don’t want to take a hero swing at it. You want to be sensible and that’s exactly what they did. We then turned the screws on it when the track got better for the second session and went out there and went to No. 2 trailing only our teammate in the Cornwell car. So, we got bonus points in both sessions and ran our second-quickest run of the entire year.” Tire shake early in the night qualifying run forced Alexis DeJoria to shut off early and use her second-place performance in Q1, 3.917 seconds at 329.26 mph, to put the Bandero Café Chevrolet SS Funny Car in the seventh position at the end of the day. Josh Hart and the Speedmaster Top Fuel team were sixth quickest in Q1 with their run of 3.763 seconds at 336.82 mph. Unfortunately, they were unable to make the Q2 pass due to a car ahead of them oiling down the track with not enough time to clean it up before Sonoma Raceway’s noise curfew. Those teams that did run were able to keep their times which moved Hart to seventh place. Saturday’s two qualifying sessions are scheduled for 11:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. PT. Television coverage includes qualifying action on Sunday, June 28, from 11-1 p.m. ET on FS1, leading into eliminations from 10 p.m.-1 a.m. ET on FS1. This story was originally published on July 18, 2026. The post Vandergriff Drops the Hammer on Sonoma Funny Car Field first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

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The Summit Racing Equipment Mid-West Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service is proud to announce the addition of the Quarter-Max Pro Extreme Exhibition Class for the final two races of the 2026 season at Tulsa Raceway Park on October 23-24, and Xtreme Raceway Park November 6-7. The new exhibition class is being introduced as part of the MWDRS’s continued commitment to growing the sport of drag racing while providing racers with additional opportunities to compete. The two-event trial will allow racers, fans, sponsors, and series officials to evaluate the class before a decision is made on adding it as a full-time championship category in 2027. “The Mid-West Drag Racing Series has always been about listening to racers and building the sport of drag racing,” said Keith Haney, owner of the MWDRS. “Pro Extreme has generated a lot of interest over the years, and we felt the best way to evaluate its future with the MWDRS was to put it on the racetrack. This exhibition gives everyone from the stands to the sponsors an opportunity to see the class in action before we make any decisions for next season.” Quarter-Max Race Cars, title sponsor of the class, believes the addition could create one of the most exciting new opportunities in doorslammer racing. Owner Clyde Scott wrote the following to racers and fans in anticipation of this partnership: “Hello racers and race fans, Clyde Scott here with Quarter-Max. I’d like to talk about the potential addition of the Quarter-Max Pro Extreme Class to the Summit Racing Equipment Mid-West Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service. This class holds a special place for me because it’s where I started my Pro Mod career. While I enjoy every form of Pro Mod racing, what makes Pro Extreme unique is that it removes many of the power-adder restrictions, helping level the playing field. Teams that may not have years of data or unlimited testing can still be competitive, qualify well, and have a legitimate opportunity to win races. From a racer’s perspective, that’s exciting. From a fan’s perspective, it creates unpredictable, hard-fought racing that showcases incredible horsepower and talented drivers. Quarter-Max is proud to support this exhibition class, and we’re excited to see what the racers and fans think over these final two MWDRS events.” The class will feature an eight-car qualified field with the standard MWDRS three qualifying sessions before eliminations: two qualifying sessions on Friday night and one qualifying session on Saturday morning, with eliminations beginning immediately following the first round of Stroud Safety Pro Mod on Saturday. The guaranteed purse will award $10,000 to the winner, $2,500 for runner-up, $1,250 for semifinalists, and $750 to quarterfinalists. Entry Fee will be $450 per car/driver and $65 for a crewmember weekend pass: Optional testing will be available for $350. To encourage participation while maintaining a safe racing environment, the exhibition class features a straightforward rules package: No double power-adder combinations No nitro-powered entries All applicable NHRA safety requirements must be met (or equivalent IHRA or PDRA standards as applicable). All drivers must hold a valid and appropriate NHRA, IHRA, or PDRA competition license. Cars cannot double-enter into other classes, including Stroud Safety Pro Mod Presented by Larry Jeffers Race Cars. Cars must have a valid NHRA, IHRA, or PDRA chassis certification. An NHRA Chassis Inspector will be available on-site during events. Competitors needing certification or renewal will have the opportunity to have their car inspected at the track. Haney believes the partnership with Quarter-Max makes perfect sense as the MWDRS continues to evaluate opportunities for growth. “Quarter-Max has become one of the premier chassis builders in drag racing, and we’re proud to have them involved with this new program. Clyde’s passion for the class and understanding of what it can offer racers made Quarter-Max the perfect partner for this exhibition. We want to give racers another place to compete while putting on the best possible show for our fans. We’ve never been about adding classes just to add classes. We’re going to listen to our racers, our fans, our marketing partners, and our tracks. If everyone believes this class belongs in the MWDRS, we’ll seriously evaluate making it part of our 2027 championship lineup.” The MWDRS is also exploring the possibility of adding the Quarter-Max Pro Extreme Exhibition Class to the September Smackdown race at Flying H Drag Strip. The series is currently working to secure additional sponsorship support that would allow the class to compete at that event, with a final decision expected in the coming weeks. While the September event remains under evaluation, the Quarter-Max Pro Extreme Exhibition Class is officially confirmed for the October 23-24 event at Tulsa Raceway Park and the November 6-7 season finale at Xtreme Raceway Park. Feedback from competitors, sponsors, promoters, and fans during the final two events will play a major role in determining whether the class becomes an official points category for the 2027 season and beyond.For more information, event schedules, and updates, visit: www.midwestdragracingseries.com. This story was originally published on July 17, 2026. The post Quarter-Max Pro Extreme Exhibition Class Added to Final Two MWDRS Events as Series Evaluates 2027 Expansion first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

The young guns continue to dominate the resurgence of Outlaw 10.5 at Cecil County Dragway’s monthly Strange Engineering Outlaw Street Car Shootout Series. Multi-time PDRA Pro Street winner Ty Kasper was the latest winner at the heat-delayed July edition on July 11 when he defeated 2023 PDRA Pro Street world champion Bill Riddle in the final round. Kasper is now the second winner in the series, joining 2024 WSOPM Pro 10.5 winner “Quick” Nick Schroeder, who won the first two races. Driving his twin-turbocharged Boost Gangster/Victus Sports Mustang , Kasper was unopposed in the first round when Eric Pagliugi couldn’t make the call. He ran a 4.224 at 152.74 mph on his way to the semifinals, where he ended up with the ladder bye run. He lifted to a 7.509. In the final against Riddle, Kasper unleashed a .006 reaction time and raced to a 4.273 at 158.00 to defeat Riddle and his 4.474 at 138.26. “It was a very rewarding win with all the work we’ve done,” Kasper said, referencing sweeping changes the team made over the offseason. “It’s always a struggle to run these turbo cars compared to other combos. A lot of people are steering away from them, so this win is great because it shows turbo cars are still just as fast. All the work we’ve done in a short period of time and it paying off is always a great feeling. I want to thank everyone who has helped this program, especially my dad [Tom] and brother [TJ].” As the No. 1 qualifier, Riddle earned a first-round bye. Despite the freebie, he threw down a 3.976 at 187.94, following up on the 3.955 he posted to qualify No. 1. Schroeder’s win streak came to an end in the semifinals when he went red by .014 next to Riddle, who was consistent with his 3.988 at 187.63 to earn lane choice in the final. After several years away from the track known as “The Pond,” Outlaw 10.5 returned this season for the Strange Engineering Outlaw Street Car Shootout Series. The class that once called Cecil County its unofficial home joined the lineup that also features Pro 275, Limited Drag Radial, Ultra Street, Top Sportsman, 8.50 Index, Super Street, Pro Street, 10.00 Index, 11.50 Index, and Pro Dial. “Racing back at Cecil has been a blast,” Kasper said. “I can’t thank Jim Halsey and the entire Cecil staff enough for the opportunity. “From racing Jr. Dragsters there to watching my dad and brother race 10.5, having that chance to do that now is amazing.” The next SCSO race is scheduled for July 31-August 1. This story was originally published on July 17, 2026. The post Ty Kasper Latest Outlaw 10.5 Winner at Cecil County Dragway’s Outlaw Street Car Shootout first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Big shoes to fill. His father’s son. The clichés that had only been words on the wind are now being delivered in real time, and Cody Anderson isn’t letting them get under his skin. Historically a man of very few words and a fellow that would really rather not when it comes to being the center of attention, the 27-year-old has stepped out of the shadow of his father – six-time world champion Greg Anderson, the most winning driver in the history of NHRA Pro Stock – to embrace the biggest challenge of his life to date: competing at the upper echelon of drag racing in a Pro Stock car. [Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in DI #200, the World Series of Pro Mod issue, in May / June of 2026.] After making his debut at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals this spring, the younger Anderson is finding his comfort zone. Committed to running at least half of the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series events in 2026, the third-generation drag racer has been catapulted into a very bright spotlight, and he’s managed the scrutiny with humility and grace. It certainly hasn’t been easy, learning to race while also competing against the best in the class (yes, including his own father) but the rookie has immersed himself in the education from top to bottom. The hurdles came early as Anderson pulled to the starting line in front of a well-populated audience at Gainesville Raceway in his KB Titan Racing Pro Stocker. There were 21 cars on the property vying for a spot in the 16-car field, and with less than a dozen runs on his resume, the task was large. “Just qualifying was going to be a tough one for me. I’m still learning,” Anderson admits. “I had more nerves going into Q1 than E1, for sure – it was the most nervous I’d been. But I got more comfortable after that, and the nerves settled. Then it was just building on it.” In his first pass down the quarter-mile dragstrip there at the Gatornationals, the jitters began to dissipate as Anderson methodically moved through the burnout, stage, and launch procedures. His J&A Service/Mid-West Drag Racing Series/Troy Humphrey Motorsports entry flew swiftly down the dragstrip, and when a 6.632 flashed on the scoreboard, the watchful eyes upon Anderson were assured of his capabilities. A steady-handed 6.556 at 209.88 in the second session locked him into the No. 12 spot on the qualifying sheet, and the fresh-faced driver became the 480th to qualify for a Pro Stock field. But the work had only just begun; the first round of eliminations set him up against one of the most veteran drivers in the class and a longtime rival of his father: Elite Motorsports-powered Greg Stanfield. The .021-second reaction time dealt by Anderson was his best of the weekend, and although No. 5 qualifier Stanfield had a killer car earlier in the weekend, a .055 light followed by fierce tire shake in the opening round of eliminations ended his efforts abruptly. In Anderson’s first Pro Stock race, he had a round win on the books. The high was short-lived, however, as the win lined up a second-round meeting with his father. The anticipation of an Anderson vs. Anderson tussle had become part of the conversation the moment it was learned that Cody would join the ranks. Father and son duos have been part of the rich tapestry of Pro Stock since the iconic days of Warren and Kurt Johnson, and in recent history, Mason McGaha joined father Chris in the class, while Aaron Stanfield all-but demanded that his dad, Greg, return to race alongside him. The dynamic has bred the friendliest, yet fiercest rivalries, and so the build-up to their first in-competition match was enormous. The emotional whiplash was intense, though, when the newest driver in the class missed a critical step in the staging process and rolled through the beams before the tree was activated. The red light came on in his lane, and son watched father sail to victory. “It was still an exciting weekend, though,” Anderson reflects. “I didn’t really have any expectations coming into the race, so to come away with a [round] win and the best light I’d ever had was just so cool. Coming off Q4, I kind of ‘got’ something. I was feeling a little bit more comfortable and almost got into a little bit of a rhythm. But round two against Dad, I might have got a little too comfortable. I showed the definition of a rookie mistake, but it was a great first weekend. It exceeded all of my expectations.” The next two races produced further drama, including another too-quick start in Phoenix against Erica Enders that was followed by a determined rebound. When Anderson squared off with Enders again in round one at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, he was starting from the top half of the field. Gaining his footing along with momentum, No. 6 qualifier Anderson threw down an expert-level .018-second reaction time next to his opponent’s .014 and raced to the quickest pass of his still blooming career, a 6.546 that missed the win light by just three-thousandths of a second. Anderson may one day cast a shadow of his own in the Pro Stock class, but for now, he’s content with learning the way. He’s also managing the tricky task of feeling the highs and lows without lingering for too long inside of disappointment or victory. If he’s learned one thing from his father, it’s to always look ahead. “I’m excited. I’m ready to go to the next race as soon as one ends,” says Anderson. “I feel like I’m starting to get in a groove, and having a huge support system has really helped. The hardest part has been the media – I’m not a talker, especially when there’s a camera in front of my face. But we’re doing it, and like everything else, the more you do it, the more comfortable you’re going to get. I’m getting there.” This story was originally published on July 17, 2026. The post Cody Anderson Steps Out of the Shadow first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

Since he was 15, Joey Martin has been fascinated with cars. It started out as tinkering on his own car, turned into others asking him to work on their cars, and evolved into building and driving some of the quickest Pro Mods and Pro Extreme cars in the world. But what started as a hobby turned into a 24/7 job. He got burnt out, stepped away from racing, and swore he’d never go back. But then he saw the DI Winter Series and got bit by “the bug” again. [Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in DI #200, the World Series of Pro Mod issue, in May / June of 2026.] Inspired by the movement that was happening in Pro Modified and the Winter Series, Martin decided it was time for his return. He called up some buddies who offered to help, and he went to work building a new car. Built in-house at Joey Martin Race Cars, it features Cynergy Composites’ new C7 Corvette carbon fiber body and a Harts Charger-boosted Pro Line Racing engine. Martin found himself outside the 32-car qualified field at the first two Winter Series races. Finally, at the World Series of Pro Mod, Martin ripped off a 3.601-second pass at 207.85 mph in the third qualifying session to get into the big show. He ended up No. 31 in the 32-car field – the second quickest in Pro Mod history. “This is like a pipe dream. I can’t do it on my own, especially with what stuff costs now,” says Martin, who thanked friends David and Sharon Phillips, Jay Ashe, Lee Collum, and David Cooper for their contributions to the car as well as manufacturers like Pro Line, M&M Transmission, Harts Charger, Hammer Concepts, Stroud Safety, Strange Engineering, Cynergy Composites, Driftwood Fabrication, Michael Bunton, Bohr Racing, Racetech Seats, Hoosier Tires, Panhandle Driveline, Carmack Engineering, FuelTech and Thermodyne Powder Coating. “But seeing Wes Buck’s drive and motivation and passion for Pro Mod racing reminded me why I did it. He’s got the biggest show on the face of the planet and I want to be a part of it while I can still do it.” In a first-round pedalfest against Rian Hayward, Martin left the line first and ended up getting the win. Excitement turned to disappointment, though, when Martin discovered that intense tire shake cracked the chassis to the point it couldn’t be fixed at the track between rounds. “I fought issues the entire time. I finally got it figured out two weeks ago what the cause was,” says Martin, who also thanked his volunteer crew: Steve Holloway, Craig Tate, Patrick Ellis, and David Woodard, as well as Doyle Ellis, who hauled his car to all the races. “I would’ve been more of a contender, but coming out with a brand-new car and fighting issues that took me a little while to find set me back a little bit. I definitely want to come back next winter to try again.” This story was originally published on July 17, 2026. The post WSOPM Lookback: Joey Martin Makes the Big Show first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

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he NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Pacific Division 7 took center stage at Sonoma Raceway this week as competitors battled under sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 70s. Outstanding track preparation and ideal weather conditions produced competitive racing throughout eliminations on one of the premier facilities in the division. Kevin Carter of Surprise, Arizona, captured the Competition Eliminator title, defeating Westminster, Colorado’s Cali Neff in the final round. Neff also secured the event’s No. 1 qualifying position. Ryan McClanahan of San Bernardino, California, earned the Super Stock victory over Brentwood’s Jim Grossi, while Jimmy Defrank of Thousand Oaks, California, drove to the Stock Eliminator title with a final-round victory over Brian McClanahan. Trey Vetter of Henderson, Nevada, claimed the Super Comp win after defeating Petaluma, California’s Marko Perivolaris. Perivolaris rebounded later in the weekend to capture the Super Gas title with a final-round victory over Kevin Griffiths, giving the Northern California racer both a victory and a runner-up finish during the event. Andrew Olson of Sacramento, California, raced to the Super Street victory over Riverside’s Michael Boner, while Donald Meziere of Escondido, California, earned the Top Sportsman title with a final-round win over Utah’s Ed Olpin. Chad Axford of Portland, Tennessee, piloted his Mullis dragster to the Top Dragster victory over Brian Hough, while Sacramento’s Michael O’Neil rounded out the list of winners with a Sportsman Motorcycle triumph over Fresno’s Mark Avila. With excellent weather, a well-prepared racing surface, and competitive fields across the sportsman categories, Sonoma Raceway once again delivered an outstanding weekend of NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competition as racers continued their chase for Pacific Division 7 championship points. Up Next: The 38th annual DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals presented by PowerEdge begins Friday at Sonoma Raceway, featuring the stars of the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series along with Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series sportsman competition. This story was originally published on July 17, 2026. The post PHOTO GALLERY: Pacific Division 7 Racers Shine at Sonoma Raceway first appeared on Drag Illustrated. View the full article

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Here’s our fourth gallery of photos from Carlisle, but if you missed the previous photos you can find them all at the link below. Joe Grippo was on hand like every year, capturing amazing finds in the swap meet, cars on display in the car corral, and so many that showed up for the car show. It’s all here and you can see every bit of it only here at BANGshift.com. (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The world’s largest celebration of the Blue Oval went down a few weeks ago in Central Pennsylvania and of course, we were there. The 2026 edition of the Carlisle All Ford Nationals was the second most attended event ever in the history of Carlisle Events, only bested by the 2025 Ford Nats. 3500 plus of Fords Family of Fine Cars packed the 81 acres of the venerable Carlisle Fairgrounds. The Fun Field car show, the massive swap meet, a strong car corral, huge tents and buildings of special displays were bursting at the seams with all matter of FoMoCo greatness. Mustangs, as usual, were the dominant marquee but the Bronco contingent is making a run. 2026 was the 60th anniversary of the Bronco and the owners and fans showed up in droves. Old and new, stock to highly modified, survivors to full race examples, there was something for everyone. The thought to be lost forever, 1 of 1 Boss Bronco was there a few trucks away from a Richard Nixon Secret Service Bronco that lived at Tricky Dicks western White House. 50 years of Roush commemorated The Cat in the Hat and a cross section of Jack’s creations were on display. The Sudden Death Mustang II Street Racer and a killer IMSA GT Prototype were highlights. We spent all of Friday waist deep in the swap meet, hunting for a few specific pieces for the Grippo Racing Mustangs, we snagged some good stuff. Check out the photos for all the potential projects and hardcore stuff that we spotted. One observation was that vintage stuff was plentiful and a god bit of it was reasonably priced. If you needed parts for your FE engine, there were tons of choices for heads, intakes, and internals. The stuff is still out there; you just have to know where to look. The adage remains…”I found it at Carlisle!” The 2027 date is set for June 4-6, so make plans now…..See you there! CLICK HERE IF YOU MISSED THE PREVIOUS PHOTOS FROM CARLISLE https://www.carlisleevents.com/events/schedule The post More Photos From The World’s Largest All Ford Show And Swap Meet! The Carlisle All Ford Nationals In Central Pennsylvania Were Full! appeared first on BangShift.com. View the full article