Brother Louis, aka Diesel Louie, is ready to join the family’s drag racing assault.

Louis Force, the older brother of 14-time NHRA champion John Force, plans to debut his latest creation, an 8V92 Silverline Detroit-power Peterbilt roadster, during the NHRA Auto Club Finals in Pomona, Ca., Nov. 11- 14.

Force’s neat ride has plenty of flexibility.

“It can be easily transformed from a street legal Rod to a 900-horsepower diesel drag truck, and or a contender for the record at pikes peak or again for Bonneville with a mere one hour change of exhaust and injector components,” Force explained. “The Transmission is an Allison 4-Speed auto, driving a rear end ratio to rocket this vehicle to a terminal speed of just over 190 MPH.”

John Force has won more than any driver in the history of NHRA drag racing. With 130 career wins, more than 1,000 round wins, 14 Full Throttle Funny Car world championships Force has rewritten the record books throughout his legendary career. Many of his record setting and his most terrifying performance occurred at the storied Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas.

Force will be in Dallas on Monday, Aug. 30, to kick-off the 25th annual O’Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals with a full day of media events including announcements about the fan promotions counting down the final 25 days before racing action takes to the track at the Texas Motorplex Sept. 23-26. Force will make the announcement at 3 p.m. along with Motorplex officials at an O’Reilly Auto Parts store located at 3425 North Beltline Road in Irving, Texas. The store is at the intersection of North Belt Line and Finley Road.

When asked recently what racing at the Texas Motorplex, recognized as the first super track on the NHRA tour, meant to the winningest driver in NHRA history Force did not have a problem explaining his excitement.

Multiple Australian championship-winning Rapisarda Racing will compete against the world’s best Top Fuel drag race teams at the final two (National Hot Rod Association) NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events later this year.   

The Sydney-based team will race at the 10th Annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals from October 28-31 and the 46th Annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals at Pomona from November 11-14.  

Competing in the US is the realization of a long-held dream for Rapisarda Racing team principle Santo Rapisarda.

It is a rivalry still in its infancy, but the battle between Bill Evans and Mike Manners has already developed into one of the most intense in the series.

For the second week in a row the talented drivers making up the new Pro Fuel class put on an incredible show and at the head of that list was Manners and Evans who traded the national record for the class back-and-fourth nearly half a dozen times before Manners finally walked away the victor Sunday afternoon.

“This weekend was a lot of fun. Obviously we were in the exact same position as Bill coming into the weekend with cars capable of setting records and it was fun battling him for the new mark,” Manners said. “Last night he went to bed with the record, but we redid things today and now we are walking away with the record.

James Thompson and Jay Payne each took home the trophy in their respective classes for this weekend’s NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Division 5 Heartland Championship at Heartland Park Topeka.

Thompson, Vernon, Texas, ran 5.40’s (elapsed time in seconds) throughout eliminations in taking the win in Top Alcohol Dragster against No. 1 qualifier Monroe Guest, Mannford, Okla., in the final round.  Thompson ran 5.423 seconds at 272.34 mph to Guest’s 5.503, 259.71.  Thompson took out No. 2 qualifier Randy Meyer, Spring Hill, Kan., in round one and Cody Perkins, Bluffdale, Utah, in the semis.

As the school year gets off to a speedy start, so do Top Fuel Dragsters at the biggest race of the year, the MAC Tools U.S. Nationals.  Expo® Dry Erase Markers is taking to the track as an associate sponsor of driver TJ Zizzo, who with Expo's backing, is racing to support the Kids in Need Foundation, a national, non-profit organization dedicated to providing free school supplies to economically disadvantaged school children and under-funded teachers.

A packed house and great racing action was the result of the NMCA’s trip to Milan Dragway in Milan, MI the weekend of August 27-29, 2010.  As this is the NMCA’s sixth race of seven, the points chase in each class was on the line and the end result was some fantastic racing action.

In the Scorpion Performance Pro Street class, Chris Rini took his ’07 Dodge Stratus straight to the top of the qualifying ladder as he re-set the national record to a 6.16 during Saturday’s sessions.  There, Noel Felton gathered a series of gifts, first from Troy Coughlin when Coughlin had some fluid leakage on the starting line, then a redlight from Jeff Lutz and a bye run into the final.  On the other side of the ladder, Rini decimated the competition to meet up with Felton for the finals.  Felton rolled in first, but when the tree came down he redlit, while Rini turned in an unbelievable 6.15 at over 231 MPH to take the win.

Nothing goes together better than burgers, fries and drag racing and for Bobby Lagana Jr. that combination has led to a tasty new partnership for this weekend’s event in Maryland.

Five Guys Burgers and Fries will be helping out Bobby Lagana Jr. and his crew this weekend at the Maryland Nitro Jam at Maryland International Raceway and will also be participating during FanFest both Saturday and Sunday afternoon.

With several stores in the area, Five Guys Burgers and Fries is excited to be involved with drag racing and especially the brand new Nitro Jam that is making its Maryland debut this weekend. In addition to adorning the side of Lagana’s Top Fuel Dragster, representatives from Five Guys Burgers and Fries will be giving away shirts, Frisbees, water bottles and gift certificates to the Five Guys restaurants during FanFest.

Nitrous Pro Mod racer Greg Godwin used a quicker reaction time and car to get the best of Troy Jordan during the final round of the Quick Eight Racers Assoc. event on Saturday evening at Orangeburg Drag Strip in Orangeburg, SC.

Just seven months ago following a bad fire at the season opening Palm Beach Nitro Jam in Florida Bob and Cathie Floch, owners of the well-known “Bullet Bob” Prostalgia Nitro Funny car, were on the verge of walking away from the sport after nearly four decades in the business.

With a destroyed car and seemingly no hope of repair by the season’s second race in Baton Rouge, the Floch family found themselves carefully weighing their options as to what to do next. Then came a miracle. Dozens of racers from across the country came to their aid, lending parts, cash and support to help get the “Bullet Bob” machine back on the track.

Now, exactly seven months after that fiery accident and the ensuing outpouring of support, “Bullet Bob” is back in victory lane.