2018 Tucson Dragway by Les Mayhew

2018 UNFC Tucson Dragway by Les Mayhew

Les Mayhew of NitroAmerica is Back!  It's been a year since we could sit behind a screen and feel that you're down on the track!  Les takes us out to Tucson Dragway and films the 2018 UNFC. (United Nitro Funny Cars)

From Tucson Dragway:  Tucson Dragway is committed to making sure that the community has a place to race and enjoy great shows like the Tucson Dragway Reunion, Fall Fuel Extravaganza, The Super Chevy Show and Roadkill Zip-Tie Drags!  They are happy to host great Drag Racing Schools like Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School and The Pure Speed Drag Racing Experience.  The track has been trying to get a wide variety of races for 2018 and are happy to welcome Street Outlaw Boddie's 1/8th Mile No Time Racing Association, Mike Murrilo's Big Bracket Race and The DigNight Street Style Race! (end Tucson)

Wow, that's some lineup with hands on experience!  All right let's kick this off and as usual burp that Jerrycan of 101octane (unless you have Nitro?) in the room and burn a cut piece of radiator-hose in the ashtray because now your standing next to Les on the track!

 

2015 Famoso Raceway March Meet

NitroAmerica 2015 March Meet The Movie

This is all about to kick off again, Good Vibrations Motorsports March Meet March 3-6, 2016.  In the mean time the best producer of putting us down on the track, Les Mayhew of Nitro America.  Les has put together a movie of the March Meet from last year of just the most extraordinary filming known in racing.  We get to go in the field and meet the teams talk to the builders and tuners, drivers and witness the power of the launch shredding clutch dust, tire buckle, wheel shake, Nitro spit out of the pipes and the pounding sound that makes this event one of the most fierce competition events of the year!  If you are ever in the area around McFarland CA. in the beginning of March I envy you, Mate, for this event is getting bigger all the time and teams are gunning for a win like the Indy 500 or Daytona.

Before the movie, I would like you to meet someone.

Thanks for putting us down on the track Les, you Sir are the best in your field.

Ok Mate, here we go, burn a piece of radiator hose in the ashtray and burp that Jerry Can of high octane in the room for that's the only element missing from Les's films! 

Auto Club Famoso Raceway

NitroAmerica 

North Star Dragway

NitroAmerica North Star Dragway

Ya know I was going through the clips for the NHRA and man I'll tell ya, I want to see and hear the cars run! (too commercial)   Not listen to someone telling me how hard they work and letting me know of all their sponsors.  When NHRA introduced the Pro Mods two years ago they did a fantastic job of the promo and races, now I see the winner circle girl smiling and some driver babbling.  For real man, NHRA should take a look at what NitroAmerica is doing for drag racing, ya think?  Let's go down to Texas and once again Les gives you more, your on the track!

North Star Dragway is so proud to bring back old school heads up racing, Pro Mods vs Fuel Altered and other such venues.  NSD takes great pride in providing fun, family-friendly events that entertain the entire family and will keep them talking long after they leave. From the quickest outlaw door slammers to the wildest fire breathing fuel altereds in the country, NSD brings you the best choices of drag racing entertainment in North Texas.  These events on average bring in more than 150 racers and over 1,000 fans to the track each weekend. 

The 2013 Pro Mod vs. Fuel Altered Showdown, North Star Dragway, Denton, TX, July 5th & 6th, 2013.  Click on time to skip ahead, now how cool is that NitroAmerica gives ya the time on this vid to advance through the film.  Bottom line, Les Mayhew is thinking about you and the man is all American as you'll see in the credits of this film.  Thanks, Les, for it is more.

 0:00 Intro
 0:41 Intro Pt. II 
2:04 Driver Profiles 
6:44 Qualifying Session 1 
18:32 Qualifying Session 2 
26:20 Round 1 
36:30 Round 2 
42:26 Final Round 
45:29 Winner's Circle 
46:04 Credits 

North Star Dragway

NitroAmerica

 

FireBird Raceway- Ignitor Super Stock

NitroAmerica FireBird Raceway Ignitor Super Stock

FIREBIRD RACEWAY- NAPA AUTO PARTS IGNITOR OPENER presented by Dan Wiebold Ford-NHRA Division 6 Lucas Oil Drag Race Series (April 26-28)

 The longest running professional drag race in the northwest is the NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor presented by Dan Wiebold Ford. Dating back to `71, Firebird has hosted the first NHRA Division 6 Lucas Oil Drag Race Series event of the season, which features national and divisional points and records. Over 400 competitors are anticipated for a purse of better than $160,000, including cash and contingency. In addition, the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series will make a key point’s stop for AA/Nitro Funny Cars on Saturday and Sunday.

In this vid from NitroAmerica, your gonna watch and hear the Super Stocks, Sweet!  The track is located in Eagle, Idaho off Hwy 16. 

FireBird Raceway

NitroAmerica

 

Hot Wheels- Snake & Mongoose

HOT ROD REUNION

In Bakersfield California, each HOT ROD REUNION event features a wide variety of activities, including NHRA vintage drag racing, featuring some the sport's most famous and historic cars and drivers racing in such classes at Nostalgia Top Fuel, Funny Car, Fuel Altereds, Supercharged Gassers, Classic Super Stock, Hot Rods and others. 

snakeandmongoosemovie

 
Snake & Mongoose the Movie (memory lane) 

This all started with Lesney Products in 1953, Matchbox toys were sold in boxes similar in style and size to those in which matches were sold.  

Then boom 1968 Hot Wheels is born from Mattel, Hot Wheels were conceived to be more like "tricked out" cars as compared to Matchbox cars. "Torsion Bar" the axles followed a "C"-like shape that was connected to the chassis. When pushed down, the axles would bend like real shocks.  The metallic Spectra-flame paintwork also marked out these models from the drab enamel of Matchbox cars. The Redline Era as until 1977 the wheels had a red line etched around the tire rim, popular on muscle cars at the time. 

In 1970 Mongoose & Snake Drag Race Set, which reached values as high as $500 during the 1990s, but has since been produced in modified replica form. It featured yellow Plymouth Barracuda and red Plymouth Duster funny cars, loops, jumps, and even an apparatus that would deploy drag chutes after they crossed the finish line, all in a box showing Don Prudhomme and Tom McEwen.

   Snake & Mongoose, depicts one of the greatest rivalries in National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) history, and the groundbreaking accomplishments of Don 'the Snake' Prudhomme (Jesse Williams) and Tom 'the Mongoose' McEwen (Richard Blake) in all of drag racing, sports marketing, and sponsorship such as Hot Wheels. Watch the trailer and other clips about the movie. 

Snake & Mongoose

snakeandmongoosemovie

 

Auto Club Famoso Raceway

Auto Club Famoso Raceway NitroAmerica

I don't know is it just me or does NitroAmerica put you on the track, in your face rubber.  But there was something missing, so I went out to the garage brought in a Jerrycan of Can-Am, burped it.  Filled part of a bowl with old spent oil and cut a piece of radiator hose and burned it in the ash tray.  Ah, now I smell the track!  Bakersfield, CA. at Famoso also the fabled March Meet, which helped put Bakersfield on the map. “Everything changed in 1959 after the first March Meet. The whole image of drag racing changed. There were so many people at Famoso, people and cars for days.”

Now if you can't get out to CA. we can thank NitroAmerica for bringing the show to your monitor so sit back, burn some hose in the ash tray turn up the volume and ride the 1/4 mile at Famoso Raceway!

NitroAmerica

 

2013 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series from Englishtown, NJ

The Pro Mod is always interesting, found this clip and at the end is Mike Janis 2x Modified World Champion setting standards and delivering results.  Mike's just not a driver he's the CEO of  Mike Janis Racing, ah that's his supercharger their running!  6.035 @ over 240 mph in the 1/4.  This Valvoline machine is a monster!

Mike Janis Racing Engines, Superchargers and Injectors

CEO / Driver

 Mike has over 30 years of business experience within automotive aftermarket retail and distribution industry segments.  Mike is a highly recognizable brand in motorsports and is known worldwide for building best-in-class performance products. He is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the competition department.  Not only has Mike built engines for some of the most well-known teams in the United States, he has also expanded operations to include an international client base of teams in Canada, Europe, and Australia.   Mike is the 2nd overall with the most wins of any driver in Pro Mod history and has 2 World Championships to his name, along with over a 12 year run of finishing in the top 10 in the point standings, something no other driver has been able to do.

Mike Janis Racing

nhra

 

NitroAmerica

NitroAmerica On Tour Spring 2013

Yet another great vid by Les Mayhew aka NitroAmerica and who better to explain his own vid then the man himself. This is Les touring around at some tracks! From landing and off the plane to the gates at Firebird International Raceway and others, wait for it, a classic in drag racing film.  (Damn this good)

"WARNING: DO NOT TURN VOLUME UP DURING THE BEGINNING OF VIDEO. DON'T WATCH IF YOU ARE OPPOSED TO MUSIC IN MY CLIPS". 

Races included: IHRA NitroJam - Southwest International Raceway, Tucson, AZ 

Last Drag Race - Firebird International Raceway, Chandler, AZ 

DragRacingOnline.com AA/FC Challenge Race #1 - Texas Raceway, Kennedale, 

TX Saturday Nite Nitro - Sacramento Raceway, Sacramento, CA NAPA Auto 

Parts Night of Fire & Thunder - Bandimere Speedway, Morrison, CA 

NitroAmerica

Outlaw Fuel Altered Association's

NitroAmerica Outlaw Fuel Altered Assoc.

From Outlaw Fuel Altered:

 Celebrating their 17th season! 

 The Painless Performance Outlaw Fuel Altered Association is a group of blown alcohol and nitro burning fuel altereds leading the nostalgia movement in the southwest. The association has members from across the nation and includes many former AA/FA and AA/FC drivers from the defining years of drag racing. They put on the best show of heads-up, Chicago style nostalgia drag racing anywhere in the country! 

April 6th, 2013, North Star Dragway.
The long awaited first event of the nine race season brought some new looks to the pits and the return of some old faces. John Broussard and Raymond Dawson showed off their new look machines while Doyle Smith debuted his "Chemical Reaction" nitro burner with Clint Brown behind the wheel and Joe Farris' entered his first OFAA event in the "Grease Monkey" entry from Arkansas. 

As the two top performers of the night fired their engines for the final time, a favorite was hard to pick. Jones, two-time defending series Champion was up against the most consistently quick car of the night in Trussell. In fine fashion, the cars thundered off the line with Jones taking a slight advantage. Trussell's car was belching flames to the tip of the rear wing and they were side by side as they went down the track. At the stripe, Jones took the win light with a 3.87 at 185 mph to Trussell's 3.99 at 181 mph and the Kelley & Jones "Texas Tremor" team clinched the victory at the season opener. 

 Outlaw Fuel Altered Assoc.

 NitroAmerica

Pro Slammers Door Car Association

About Pro Slammers:

The Pro Slammer 7 Second Door Car Association was created by Mike Doushgounian and Dana Wardell. The PSDCA is an association that provides an alternative class for racers stuck in the middle of pre-existing classes which prevent them from being competitive with their current racing combination. The Pro Slammer 7 Second Door Car Association is the working man’s association and was designed with the working man in mind. With any domestic body style and any engine combination allowed, the Pro Slammer 7 Second Door Car Association provides one of the most affordable and exciting classes for spectator's, media groups, and racers.

 Just one of the Rules!
 ELECTRONICS

Electronic driving devices are strictly prohibited in this class. Items that constitute electronic driving devices include, but are not limited to, throttle stops, delay & cross-over boxes. All such devices must be removed before passing tech inspection. Rev-limiters are allowed, but three-step control is the maximum permitted. Stutter boxes, electronically controlled throttle stops, crossover boxes strictly prohibited. 

Pro Slammers

NitroAmerica


Door Slammer

 Naturally Aspirated 2100lbs min
 Supercharged (6-71 only) 2250lbs min
 Nitrous 2400lbs min
 Centrifugal/Roots (8-71 to 14-71) 2550lbs min 
Turbocharged SB/Modular 2500lbs min
Turbocharged S/B (twin 91mm) 2700lbs min
Turbocharged S/B (twin 94mm) 2800lbs min
Turbocharged BB (twin 88mm) 2700lbs min
Turbocharged BB (twin 91mm) 2800lbs min
Turbocharged BB (twin 94mm) 2900lbs min
(All NMCA legal cars are permitted to run in Pro Mod Slammers) 

RBarnard3

2013 O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals

Qualifying for the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series from the 2013 O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, CA. Guess whose running hot, ah and is Hot!

Wow! Antron Brown's Top Fuel explodes and lands upside down in the sand at the NHRA Winternationals.

nhra

I

It's On!

T.Pedregon blows the body off the car!

KMan2100


Pro Stock 

KMan2100



Top Fuel

KMan2100



Final Round Results:

Winner                    Class
Shawn Langdon        Top Fuel
Courtney Force         Funny Car
Vincent Nobile         Pro Stock
Jim Whiteley            Top Alcohol Dragster
John Lombardo Jr.    Top Alcohol Funny Car
Ross Wilson             Comp Eliminator
Jimmy DeFrank         Super Stock
Jimmy DeFrank         Stock
Phil Dion                   Super Comp 
Rick Beckstrom         Super Gas

West Coast Outlaw Pro Mods

In the fall of 2006, a group of West Coast racers embarked on a mission to create an "OUTLAW" Pro Modified association. This association would provide spectators with the type of fast, Pro Modified style racing that has become the standard in the United States and Canada. Pro Mod racing is what spectators have come to expect...fast, side-by-side, 6-second, "run what ya brung", door slammer racing.

West Coast Pro Modified racers have committed to put on one of the best shows in the country for spectators and track operators. With the support of the racers, fans, track operators, media and sponsors the West Coast Outlaw Pro Modified Association is one of the premier door car organizations on the West Coast. 

Rules:

The WCOPMA Association follows NHRA Advanced ET Rules - Refer to the NHRA rulebook.

All cars must follow NHRA safety guidelines. Supercharged cars are to have double wall or wrapped single wall headers.

All cars are to have a rear drive shaft loop off the 3rd member around the u-joint.

All drivers must have Head and Neck restraints as required by NHRA No minimum weight or maximum cubic inch limit.

Open to any make and model domestic or import left had steer coupe, sedan, hardtop and truck bodies. Convertibles, roadsters and one-piece funny car bodies are not permitted even if equipped with doors. Rear suspension is optional. 

Any type and size of supercharger allowed with no overdrive limitations.

Unlimited number of nitrous oxide stages allowed.

Turbochargers allowed with no restrictions on size of turbo or the number of turbochargers used.

No test passes allowed unless testing is available for all competitors.

If your car looses fire during the burnout you have to refire under your own power and continue with the current run. You cannot be pushed aside and run at a later time. Applies to both qualifying and elimination runs.

Qualifying typically consists of 2 passes, one in each lane, unless otherwise noted.

Driver courtesy suggests that both drivers stage together.

Driver burn downs are not permitted.

Deep staging is allowed.

A valid NHRA or IHRA competition license is required.

All ET and MPH records must be backed up by 1 percent during the same events qualifying or elimination rounds only.

Records cannot be set or backed up during testing.

 West Coast Outlaws

NitroAmerica (great job of filming)