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Freelance journalist Louis Amestoy, who was at the event, told The Associated Press that about 3,500 motorsports fans attended the event, which bills itself as “an action packed, family-friendly day of all-out No Prep Drag Racing.” Winning prizes at the event were as high as $8,000, according to the Kerrville visitor’s bureau. Two boys, ages 6 and 8, died at a popular afternoon event called “Airport Race Wars 2” that attracted thousands to the Kerrville-Kerr County airport, the Kerrville Police Department said in a statement Saturday night. The racecourse was an eighth of a mile long and lined with water-filled...

Southeast Gassers AssociationWelcome back to the SEGA 2021 tour. Shadyside [Dragway] never fails to produce the best racing the SEGA has to offer. With New cameras and their ability to zoom in on the action with extreme clarity the 2021 season certainly continues this tradition, with all 4 classes requiring 5 rounds of eliminations due to the enormous car count. Join in for round 1 of eliminations and be sure to check out the next video showcasing 2nd round thru the finals.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIOJLHw87mc

Southeast Gassers AssociationWelcome back to the SEGA 2021 tour!Winter wasn’t finished with Florida at the time of our season opener. Cold temps and frigid winds may have been uncomfortable for the crew and drivers, but it was perfect for making horsepower. The racers and their winter efforts were on full display with class records being shattered and massive wheel stands along with catastrophic parts failures were on center stage.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5WJ9mqBsb0

Southeast Gassers AssociationCAROLINA DRAGWAY AIKEN 2019 SEGA RECAP Nov 2, 2019https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScZd2dykpu8

Old school “Gasser” drag racing from Knoxville, Tenn: Oct 2019 (YouTube)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0lMIauFaWo

Southeast Gassers AssociationThe Southeast Gassers professional Drag Racing Association heads to the hills of Knoxville Tennessee for our 6th event of the 2020 season for some true grass roots Drag Racing taking us back to the beginnings of the Gasser wars and one of the early venues the Southeast Gassers Association traveled to in the early forming years of the SEGA.Knoxville Dragway Fans packed the house with a record crowd of spectators attending the day long event and most of them staying til the final rounds late into the evening to see all of the exciting true wheel-standing, gear-jamming, drag...

Hot Rod HoarderThis Hemi-Powered 1971 Dodge Demon Pro Stock drag car was built by SOX & MARTIN for the 1971 Pro Stock season. It only raced for ONE SEASON, and was put away in the owner’s shed until 1985. Then, it was sold to a racer in Kentucky, who repainted it and raced it for a short time. From there, the car went missing for a little while and was finally found in Florida.The grandson of the original owner tracked the car down and bought it from the Florida man. He then restored the car back to its original 1971...

Southeast Gassers Association 7.91K subscribers The Southeast Gassers professional Drag Racing Association heads to the hills of Knoxville Tennessee for our 6th event of the 2020 season for some true grass roots Drag Racing taking us back to the beginnings of the Gasser wars and one of the early venues the Southeast Gassers Association traveled to in the early forming years of the SEGA.Knoxville Dragway Fans packed the house with a record crowd of spectators attending the day long event and the most of them staying til the final rounds late into the evening to see all of the exciting...

Drag racer Kat Moller was killed in an accident at Sebring International Speedway on Thursday night. Moller was making an exhibition run in her jet-powered car, which is capable of speeds of over 300 mph. A witness told DragZine.com that her main chute failed to open at the end of the 1/8-mile strip and that she veered into the wall, but an official investigation into the crash is ongoing.The 24-year-old was driving for Larsen Motorsports, which fields several jet-powered cars. “Kat has been part of our racing family for 5 years and we cannot begin to express our sorrow,” team CEO...

UNION GROVE, Wis. — Three Illinois men who were shot to death at point-blank range during a drag racing event in southeastern Wisconsin may have been targeted by a rival gang member but a lack of co-operation has stymied the investigation, sheriff's officials said Monday. The three men were fatally shot as they stood near a concession area in the parking lot of the Great Lakes Dragaway near Union Grove about 7 p.m. Sunday, according to Kenosha County sheriff's officials. Sheriff David Beth said authorities are still looking for the male gunman who first shot two of the three men,...

Electric Car Drag Racing: Video and Poll: Would You Attend?

Interesting video of a guy that converted his 1972 Datsun 210 to run on batteries. He takes it to the track and smokes a late model Corvette as well as a BMW. It broke several speed and time records for an electric vehicle that particular day. It is a must watch kind of video. Enjoy it.

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. -- He was strong and determined, wearing a name that exemplified the tough and unforgiving attitude drag racing demands from its winners. Scott Kalitta lost his life in a top-end accident at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park while driving his DHL-sponsored nitro Funny Car on Saturday. The violence of the crash and the stultifying devastation that ended his life at 46 years of age was a sobering shock to the drag-racing world at a time when much is being made about the safety advances that have recently enhanced the level of protection Funny Car drivers can count on....

EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A day after a fatal highway drag racing crash, a pair of local television live trucks were caught on video in their own race at a local drag strip. The El Paso stations, KDBC-TV and KVIA-TV, were at the legal drag racing strip Friday night when a crowd of onlookers apparently convinced a pair of photographers and a part-time anchorman to race. Kevin Lovell, KVIA's general manager, said photographer Richie Zamora and part-time anchor Rick Cabrera were preparing a story about the legal drag racing site when they made an "impromptu decision" to race the...

Hey people, I am in the midst of a contest where the top vote getter will win 15K!!! The voting begins on October 15th on RacingJunk.Com and will go for one month...the racer with the most votes will win the 15k. My car is the GrabberBlue Ford Fairmont w/silver flames. My name is Gene and is listed above the pic of the car. The 'Vote For Me' button is below the picture. The link is: http://www.racingjunk.com/55k_winners/voting?from=rightbtn I would appreciate your vote and if you would spread the word via your 'ping-lists' I would appreciate that very much as well. Thanks...

Wally Parks, the driving force behind the National Hot Rod Association, died Sept. 28 at the age of 94."An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson in a collection of essays 166 years ago. He could have been talking about the NHRA. Emerson's quote was stitched on a quilt presented to Parks by Louise McClelland, wife of longtime NHRA announcer Dave McClelland, at Park’s 90th birthday party four years ago. Parks' shadow stretched much taller than his six-foot four-inch frame across drag racing, lakes racing, automotive publishing and the aftermarket speed parts industry. Parks was...

Drag racing's biggest star, 14-time champion John Force, was alert and conscious after suffering two broken legs and an injured arm in a nasty top-end collision Sunday with fellow straight-line legend Kenny Bernstein in the second round of eliminations at the O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals at Texas Motorplex outside of Dallas. Force has been airlifted to Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas for further treatment. Their Funny Cars got together just as they crossed the finish line after Bernstein clipped the final timing cone. The numbers, although unofficial, showed Force crossing with a 4.863 at 315.34 mph to Bernstein's 4.904...

Selmer, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in Selmer, Tennessee, now say six, not seven, people died after a drag-racing car went out of control and careened into a crowd of spectators. A Tennessee Highway Patrol spokesman says the fatalities include two 15-year-old girls and a 17 year-old girl. The accident injured 18 others, including a five-year-old boy. Authorities have identified the driver as pro drag racer Troy Warren Critchley, an Australian who is now based in Wylie, Texas. He suffered minor injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Excerpt - SELMER, Tenn. — A drag-racing vehicle lost control during a parade and spun into a crowd of bystanders on Saturday night, killing four adults and injuring up to 15 people, authorities said. Investigators were trying to determine what caused the vehicle to careen into the crowd at the Cars for Kids charity event in Selmer, located about 80 miles east of Memphis. Scott Henley, of Selmer, witnessed the accident around 6:30 p.m. CDT and said the vehicle started burning off its tires, then began to fishtail and slammed into a light pole before spinning around into the audience....

NHRA and ESPN “Force Feeds it’s Viewers All Weekend” Some people like John Force. But, like oil in an engine, you can have too much. Last weekend’s broadcast of the Winternationals in Pomona was wall to wall Force; if it wasn’t John, it was his daughter Ashley. But the good news was that Ashley didn’t subject us to the yabber-yabbers that has made her father famous. He’s the Dino Flintstone of Auto Sports; Ashley is a mild mannered young lady straining to reach the loquacious levels of her father. The coverage of the qualifying days featured John and Ashley. Then...