The National Guard ADRL’s Human Resources department announced Aug. 12,
that the ADRL is looking for several motivated people to fill key
positions in the fastest-growing motorsports property on the planet.

This video was shot at an IHRA points race held at Brainerd Optimist
Drag Strip in North Georgia, just South of Chattanooga, Tennessee. A
building was blocking the view down track but there's some good
starting line footage with some excellent sound. This should get your
heart pumping. a A lot of the old IHRA runners such as Dennis Mitchell,
Bill Pucket, Tim Freeman and Wayne Allison are just a few of the names
you'll see. 

NHRA legend Kenny Bernstein was one of seven icons from the world of motorsports inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America this evening during the organization’s annual induction ceremony at the Fillmore Theatre.

Bernstein, a six-time NHRA world champion who earned the title “King of
Speed” in 1992 when he became the first NHRA driver to break the
elusive 300 mph barrier, was inducted alongside sports-car specialist
turned successful television personality David Hobbs, flat track
motorcycle dominator Scott Parker, two-time Indy 500 winner Al Unser
Jr., NASCAR pioneer Joe Weatherly and innovative racing promoters Les
Richter and H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler.

“There are a multitude of people that I could thank for touching our
lives through the years,” Bernstein said during his acceptance speech.
“First of all, I would like to recognize my wife, Sheryl, who has
danced every dance and has helped me build the structure for our racing
and sports marketing business. I would also like to thank Tom Compton
and all of those at NHRA who have helped grow the sport of drag racing.
Founder Wally Parks had a vision that provided many generations of
racers like me a safe place to race.”

Roger Richards

It's
not a “who done it” but, Clay Millican is doing all he can do to make
ensure when the final round has been run at the U.S. Nationals he is
the one “who did it”.

However, The veteran Top Fuel driver from Drummonds, Tenn., has been
participating in a high-horsepower version of a real cliff-hanger.
Millican ranks tenth in the NHRA Full Throttle Top Fuel points
standings with three races remaining in the cut-off to determine the
ten championship challengers.

Millican, driving Mark & Lauren Pickens’ Lifelockracing.com
dragster, stands 44 points ahead of eleventh place Allen Hartley headed
into this weekend’s NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd, Minn.  In
order to make it into the countdown Millican is going to have to get
the most out of the next three racing episodes.

Pro Stock Racer Announces Purchase of Attitude Apparel

Rodger Brogdon [left] meets with Eliminator Boats owner Bob Leach in Sonoma.

NHRA
Pro Stock racer Rodger Brogdon has a pair of new sponsors headed into
this weekend’s NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd, Minn.

Joining Brogdon, Steve Kent and the Charter Communications team will be Eliminator Boats and Attitude Apparel.

The Eliminator Boats program represents a multi-year agreement with the
competitive Pro Stock. Brogdon and Kent met with Eliminator’s owner Bob
Leach recently in California to secure the sponsorship.

Father Time has had a hard time catching up with Tom Fisher.

The 66-year-old is still bracket drag racing and doing very well.

Late last month, Fisher drove to Victory Lane in the Top Dragster class
at the IHRA divisional race in Clay City, Ky., beating four-time world
champ Dave Elrod and Pat Forester in consecutive rounds for the event
win.

"I got a whole bunch of e-mails congratulating me about my victory and
that felt really good," said Fisher, who pilots a 2008 Adkins dragster.
"I've been doing this for so long, but it's still a lot of fun when you
win."

It’s go time for Robert Hight and he knows it.

Hight used his final available test day on Monday and made the most of
it in a marathon session at O’Reilly Raceway Park outside Indianapolis.

Hight currently resides 26 points out of sole possession of tenth place
in the NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car point standings. Three races remain
before the drop-dead cut-off time to determine the ten championship
contenders.

In years past, it was a foregone conclusion that John Force Racing’s
Hight would be in the hunt for the title. This year has been anything
but predictable for Hight.

Judy Lilly raced for years in the NHRA's Super Stock division with her
Mighty Miss Mopar entries. This rare classic video was shot at the 1978
NHRA SportsNationals in Bowling Green, Ky. This Diamond P video also
provides an insightful interview. It also features her third round race
as well.

The spirit is willing; all he needs is a little race day cooperation.

That’s the scenario Larry Dixon, driver of the Alan Johnson/Al-Anabi,
faces headed into this weekend’s NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd,
Minn.

Dixon is one of four Top Fuel drivers who have already clinched a spot
in the NHRA’s Countdown-to-1 playoffs and currently ranks third in the
point standings.

If you thought Mike Ashley Racing winning the famed Western Swing would leave the team complacent, better think again.

A brief vacation from racing has only served as a great motivator for driver Antron Brown and crew chief Brian Corradi.

"I can't wait to get back to Brainerd,” said Brown, the 23-time NHRA
national event winner. “We've had a lot of success at B.I.R. over the
years and coming off our great run at the Western Swing, you really
want to keep racing. This two-week break was great to relax and get
caught up after the Swing, but we're ready to race with the MAR Matco
Tools team.”