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PJ1 TrackBite (formerly known as VHT TrackBite or simply VHT) is a custom formulated synthetic resin, typically black in color, used in drag racing to either increase the traction of a car's tires or as a sealer for newly ground and/or resurfaced race tracks. [1] It stays sticky for weeks, has fire-retardant properties, and is hydrophobic. It ...
Throughout the 1970s, the raceway primarily held regional drag racing events. However, entering the early 1980s, the interest of adding a road racing circuit to the grounds began to mount, and in 1985 a road course was constructed by then-owner Jody Trover, featuring 2.600 mi (4.184 km) and 1.010 mi (1.625 km) configurations. [ 2 ]
NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series: Atmore Dragway: Atmore: Alabama: 1975: Concrete: 1/8 mile: Bandimere Speedway: Morrison: Colorado: 1958: Concrete: 1/4 mile: NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series
The track was replaced by the Las Vegas Speedrome, which opened in 1972 as a drag strip and road course. It was subsequently expanded in 1985 with a 3/8 mile paved oval, in 1996 with a 1.5 mile oval, when the circuits current name, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, was used, and in 2000 with the current drag strip location.
Drag Strip NHRA Pro Stock ET: Allen Johnson: Dodge Stratus R/T: September 2008: 6.591: Drag Strip NHRA Pro Stock MPH: Greg Anderson: Pontiac GXP: September 2007: 209.17 miles per hour (336.63 km/h) Drag Strip NHRA Pro Stock Bike ET: Chip Ellis: Suzuki Pro Stock Bike: September 2007: 6.892: Drag Strip NHRA Pro Stock Bike MPH: Chip Ellis: Suzuki ...
Despite being collected in a lap 7 wreck, [8] Dugger claimed the race's fast lap with a time of 48.283 seconds at 186.401 mph. In April 2010, Dugger made his second ARCA start in the Rattlesnake 150 at Texas Motor Speedway. [9] He would again pilot the No. 12 Accell Construction Chevrolet, fielded by DGM Racing but with George Church as crew-chief.
Houston Raceway Park, formerly known as Royal Purple Raceway, was a quarter-mile dragstrip in Baytown, Texas, just outside Houston. Built in 1988, the Park is situated on 500 acres on the eastern edge of the greater Houston metropolitan area and is Houston's only major multi-purpose motorsports venue.
The National Hot Rod Association first sanctioned a Winter Nationals in 1960 at Bunnell-Flagler Field (now the Flagler County Airport), the former NOLF Bunnell. The event was co-sanctioned with NASCAR (which was a member of the Automobile Competition Committee for the United States when the NHRA was not at the time) in order to gain national sanction as at the time, NASCAR, USAC, and SCCA were ...