It's been five years since the Super Chevy Show made an appearance at Houston Raceway Park.

That will change later this year when the touring series, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, returns to Baytown thanks in part to  O'Reilly Auto Parts and Ron Craft Chevrolet of Baytown, who were announced as presented by sponsors for the event this week.

O'Reilly Auto Parts is one of the top auto parts retailers in the country. It has grown from a regional base in Southwest Missouri to a national corporation that includes 3,469 stores covering 38 states. Ron Craft Chevrolet is one of the top Chevrolet dealerships in the Houston area, and the number one selling dealership in Baytown, celebrating its 30th year in Baytown and 2009 winner of the prestigious General Motors Mark of Excellence Award. The dealership features world class customer service and sales of new and pre-owned Chevrolets.

Record Crowds Expected at Largest Nitro Jam in History

Hometown racer Jay Mageau and his “Prospector” Prostalgia Nitro Funny Car are hoping to add another Ironman to their collection at Edmonton’s River Cree Rocky Mountain Nitro Jam Nationals at Castrol Raceway this weekend.

And he isn’t alone.

Tommy Delago knows if the situation with John Medlen joining Ed “The Ace” McCulloch ends up working the way it did when the former joined his team, the NAPA team will be a force to be reckoned with, even more than they were before.

Delago was informed days before the NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla., that Medlen would not only be joining his team but also hold the position of co-crew chief.

In a sport where tuners can be very territorial, Delago wasn’t intimidated by the credentials the new DSR tuner brought to the mix.

One of the biggest and greatest drag racing events in Canada is now only days away, and the Pro Modified Racing Association and the Quick 32 Sportsman Series will be a major part of it.
 
In conjunction with the American Hot Rod Association, the Canadian Nitro Nationals will take place on the Cayuga Dragway of Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga, Ontario July 1-4, 2010.
 
Round two of the 2010 PMRA Series will be held on the country’s oldest operating drag strip, with four qualifiers for the Pro Modifieds before the top eight cars do battle in the eliminations.

If you haven't stood in line for at least an hour waiting your turn to purchase a pound of ice cream, then you haven't truly enjoyed the “Norwalk Experience”.

Headed into its fourth year on the NHRA circuit, Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park (SREMP) located a few miles east of Norwalk, Ohio, has quickly become a “must do” destination for the drag racing fan. This past weekend the fans turned out to see hot action on the racetrack and to enjoy the carnival atmosphere surrounding nitro alley. And, no stop would be complete without the ice cream.

NHRA officials have annopunced the addition of Spokane County Raceway to the NHRA Northwest Division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series.  The Northwest Thunderfest event, scheduled for July 29-August 1, will be the third in the series taking the total number of events to six in the division and 40 in the series.

Summit Motorsports Park will always be a magical place for defending NHRA Full Throttle Series Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Hector Arana. After all, the NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Nationals is the first place where Arana guided the Lucas Oil Buell to the victory circle.

"It's special to me in my heart," Arana said. "It's a good location. It's a beautiful track. The fans over there are awesome. Combine that with it being where I got my first win and it's an unbeatable place for me."

Arana said the atmosphere surrounding the event is always one he and his Lucas Oil camp enjoys very much.

At this weekend’s Summit Racing Equipment Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio, eight of the NHRA’s best Pro Stock racers will take part in the 26th annual K&N Horsepower Challenge, a special event pairing seven drivers who accumulated the most qualifying points over the last year as well as one final participant selected by the fans in a three-round, high dollar shootout with the winner taking home $50,000.  

This year’s field includes four former winners accounting for nine of the wins in the Challenge’s 25-year history as well as the current and four former Full Throttle Pro Stock champions.  Once qualifying was completed at the last event in Bristol, TN, the elite eight took time to answer some questions about Pro Stock’s all-star race:

For everything NHRA drag racing is, it also is a business.

That was apparent Monday when Don Schumacher removed Ed “Ace” McCulloch as the crew chief of the NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Funny Car driven by Ron Capps replacing him with veteran tuner John Medlen.

McCulloch, a longtime crew chief, had served as the leader of the on the NAPA Funny Car since 2005. McCulloch will remain at DSR and assist Medlen and the NAPA team, as well as help the crew chiefs on the two other DSR Funny Cars driven by Matt Hagan and Jack Beckman.

Veteran drag racing journalist Chris Martin, 63, passed away early this morning following a lengthy illness.