With the proliferation on high dollar bracket racing today, most of the events are centered around one class of racer, those of the Super Pro configuration where electronics play an important role. However, Jared Pennington and Steve Stites haven’t forgotten their roots. Together, they formed Coalburg Racing Promotions 13 years ago and have promoted both the BTE World Footbrake Challenge and the BTE Southern Footbrake Challenge held in Bristol, Tennessee and Holly Springs, Mississippi respectively. Both events highlight the footbrake crowd, those who survive by leaving off the bottom bulb of the ‘Tree by swapping feet, releasing the brake pedal and stepping on the gas.

“We’re both old footbrake racers and friends, having always felt like those racers deserve to run for big money just like the Super Pro cars,” said Pennington.

It has often been said that the greatest tribute an athlete can be paid is simply to be remembered.

In that case, nobody’s going to forget Bobby Warren for generations to come. 

Super Stock racer Gene Mosbeck carded a nearly perfect reaction time (.001) to win his sixth NHRA national event over Vic Penrod's Super Stock/C Automatch Camaro.

Thanks to our coverage partners at DragRacer.TV (formerly D3TV) and Warren Evans, we present to you the live video feed from the Summer Salm event from Dragway 42.

The NHRA's Div. 4 (South Central Division) took home the JEGS AllStar team title once again and the Central Region captured the alcohol crown at the most prestigious race-within-a-race sportsman events on the NHRA sportsman tour at the NHRA Route 66 Nationals.

An abundance of sportsman entries at the NHRA Route 66 Nationals outside of Chicago, has led to stout early battles.

Competition Eliminator, sporting one of its largest fields this season with 32-cars on the property, was paced provisionally by Doug Engel's D/Econo Dragster, turning in a 7.249, -.661 under the index. Slipping into second was the D/Dragster of Brian Browell.

Thanks to our coverage partners at DragRacer.TV (formerly D3TV) and Warren Evans, we present to you the live video feed from the NHRA North Central Division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event from Bowling Green, Ky.

Frank Aragona Jr. won Comp and was joined in the winner's circle by son Frank III, a winner in the Jr. dragster class, while Super Comp winner Tom Stalba and his Jr. Dragster-driving daughter Emily also doubled up at Maple Grove Raceway.

Thanks to our coverage partners at DragStory.com and Mark Walter, we present to you the live video feed from the Great American Bracket Race in Memphis, Tenn.

LS Fest veteran Rich Willhoff ruled the roost again at LS Fest West 2019, where he edged out Austin Barnes and Jordan Priestley for the Grand Champion title in a hard-fought battle for the overall title determined by just an eight-point span between the three podium finishers. Willhoff came out on top with 399 points and won two of the four categories (Autocross & 3S Challenge), and Barnes won the other two (Road Course & Drag Race. Priestley didn't finish first in any categories but was fifth or better in everything and outran both drivers ahead of him in the final overall standings on the drag strip.