Events

No, this isn’t déjà vu or a glitch in the Matrix. We don’t think. But sure looked like it the NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway Sunday in Commerce, GA. Steve Torrence in Top Fuel and LE Tonglet in Pro Stock Motorcycle won for the second-consecutive race. Defending Funny Car champion Ron Capps won his

Many fans of NHRA drag racing are familiar with Jimmy Alund. While filling in for Greg Anderson behind the wheel of the Summit Racing Pro Stock Camaro in early 2014, Alund made a name for himself by winning the Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway. Alund was a new face in the NHRA winner’s circle following the

Steve Torrence raced his way to Top Fuel victory Sunday in the eighth annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Concord, NC. Ron Capps in Funny Car, Chris McGaha in Pro Stock, and LE Tonglet in Pro Stock Motorcycle were also winners in their respective categories at the sixth event on the 2017 NHRA

Dale Earnhardt Jr.—NASCAR’s most-popular driver for 14 consecutive years—will retire after the 2017 racing season, Hendrick Motorsports announced today. Earnhardt is 42. He missed the final 18 races of 2016 due to a concussion, missed two races in 2012 because of multiple concussions, and appears to be walking away from a Hall of Fame racing

Bo Butner captured his first career Pro Stock win Sunday at the NHRA SpringNationals at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, TX, surely to the delight of his KB Racing teammates—Team Summit’s Jason Line and Greg Anderson. Top Fuel’s Leah Prichett won her third race of the season, and defending Funny Car champion Ron Capps took

Car season is ramping up, and our friends at BangShift are hitting some of the bigger national and regional events across the U.S.A. Recently, they checked out the Street Machine and Muscle Car Nationals at the Pomona Fairplex in Southern California. The show is fairly new (only in its fourth year), so we thought we’d give it

There will be plenty to see and do at the Summit Racing Equipment Atlanta Motorama April 22-23, but the collection of award-winning cars and trucks on display in the Show Car Garage will be unmissable. The Atlanta Motorama, the south’s largest outdoor auto event which is now in its fourth year, is back at Atlanta Motor

This year marks the 40th anniversary of “Smokey and the Bandit.” The movie, which follows Bandit’s (Burt Reynolds) high-speed mission to fetch bootlegged beer for a wealthy family of race car sponsors, ends in Atlanta, GA. So it’s only fitting that organizers of the Summit Racing Equipment Atlanta Motorama pay homage to the movie with a

Like an early Spring Nor’easter, the Summit Racing Show Car Series roared into Boston for the 43rd annual Boston World of Wheels. The perfect storm of hot rod fun, the show featured the Gene Winfield Chop Shop, the Pedal Car Challenge, special displays, celebrity appearances—and lots and lots of custom cars, trucks, and motorcycles. We got

Tanner Gray, the 17-year-old son of NHRA Pro Stock driver Shane Gray, became the youngest-ever winner of an NHRA Pro Stock event Sunday at the NHRA Nationals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Antron Brown in Top Fuel, and Tommy Johnson Jr. in Funny Car were also event winners. Team Summit’s Greg Anderson won the K&N