Jasmine Shaw displayed front-running speed in the Fiesta Junior Championship at Silverstone, scoring an excellent season's best of eighth overall. Her qualifying performance was particularly impressive, showing both speed and consistency that Shaw will aim to continue...

After qualifying seventh overall for race one and a phenomenal third for race two, car racing rookie Flame Airikkala displayed fantastic speed in the Fiesta Junior Championship as she achieved her best overall finish with a sixth place result among a record grid of...

Ashton Harrison continued her impressive form in the GT World Challenge America Pro class at Road America, scoring her sixth podium of the season. Harrison and teammate Mario Farnbacher secured vital championship points as the team remain second in the championship...

After a spectacular effort in Q1, Hannah Grisham claimed class pole position and fourth overall at Road America - but a series of unfortunate accidents then marred the weekend of the all-female team in GT4 America, preventing them from fully showcasing their...

Leah Pruett, driver of the Dodge Direct Connection Top Fuel Dragster, celebrated a major milestone at Brainerd International Raceway during the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals. Pruett made her 200th start in Top Fuel competition. Pruett earned the No. 4 provisional...

For the first time in her young career 2022 NHRA Rookie of the Year Camrie Caruso took on Brainerd International Raceway. After two days of qualifying the Tequila Comisario Chevrolet Camaro powered by KB Titan Racing made four quality runs. On Friday her quickest...

Isabell Rustad claimed her fourth podium of the season in the Porsche Sprint Challenge Scandinavia, after a third place in Race 1 at Gelleråsen Arena. The 17 year old Norwegian is in the battle for the runner-up spot in the standings at her rookie season in GT3...

Jessica Hawkins secured her first victory of the season in the Zeo Prototype Series with a fantastic display at Brands Hatch, where she claimed class honours, her second podium finish of the season and the fastest lap in race 2. Jessica Hawkins secured her first...

Samantha Tan took her first GT World Challenge America class victory at the end of a spectacular weekend at Road America, where Tan and her ST Racing teammate Neil Verhagen were the star of two races that resulted in a streak of four consecutive ProAm podiums....

20 year old Croatian driver Stefani Mogorovic will make her EuroNASCAR debut at Most, teaming up with Michaela Dorcikova in EuroNASCAR's first all-female team since 2013. The EuroNASCAR grid will feature one more fast female driver at the next round in Most, Czech...

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BRAINERD, Minn. (Aug. 18, 2023) – Brittany Force and the Monster Energy / Flav-R-Pac Chevrolet dragster sit in the No. 3 spot after day one of qualifying at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway (BIR) was cut short for the Top Fuel dragsters...

The new all-electric NXT Gen Cup joined the DTM paddock at the Nürburgring, as the growing series continues to show good potential - just like the three female drivers on the grid, Siri Hökfelt, Louise Larsson and Katie Turner, joined by Bente Boer at the Nürburgring....

This decade of motorcycle racing is for the ladies. It’s been much more common to watch most pro series races with at least one or two female riders amid the sea of bikes. Most inspiring is a young 15-year-old rider whose resumé reads like a well-seasoned pro rider...

Two-time W Series runner up Beitske Visser is set to return to sports car racing with BHK Motorsport, in a LMP3 program in Prototype Cup Germany. Two time W Series race winner and runner-up Beitske Visser is set to return to prototype racing as she joins BHK...

As teams roll into Brainerd International Raceway, a significant milestone is on the horizon for the driver of the Dodge Direct Connection Top Fuel Dragster. Leah Pruett is gearing up for her landmark 200th start at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals. The significance of...

Lizzy Musi drove her brand-new Robert Hayes Race Cars-built 1969 Camaro straight to victory at the Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings invitational at Tulsa Raceway Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma, clinching her first win of the season early Sunday morning. Lizzy’s win in “Bonnie...

F1 Academy front runner Abbi Pulling has been nominated among the 10 finalists for the 2023 Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award, a prestigious accolade assigned to the most promising young British racer and that will award a £200,000 prize as...

On the occasion of trailblazer for women in motorsport Pippa Mann's birthday, Shift Up Now is running the '40 for 40' campaign, which has now hit the $25,000 donations. Funds raised from donations are used to award opportunities to female racers believed to have the...

Two-time F1 Academy race winner Bianca Bustamante will join Exclusive Autosport for the final round of the USF Juniors Championship at COTA, in preparation for the F1 Academy season finale in October. Two-time F1 Academy race winner Bianca Bustamante is set to make an...

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As Pro Stock standout Camrie Caruso closes the book on her second regular season competing in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series she will be making her first appearance at Brainerd International Raceway this weekend. The 2022 NHRA Rookie of the Year will be...

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After back-to-back victories at the past two Pro Stock events in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, Elite Motorsports, the largest professional team in drag racing, is ready to ride that wave of winning momentum into Minnesota this week for the Lucas Oil NHRA...

BRAINERD, Minn. (Aug. 16, 2023) – Brittany Force and the Monster Energy / Flav-R-Pac Chevrolet dragster team are having their patience put to the test as they head into this weekend’s Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway looking for their first...

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Madeline Stewart continued her progress in the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America with a pair of top-5 finishes in the 992 Pro/Am class at Road America, displaying excellent one-lap pace and scoring a healthy haul of points for the championship. Madeline Stewart...

After technical issues in qualifying, Ashley Freiberg fought back from adversity to claim a podium finish at Road America in the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America, showing excellent racecraft and maintaining the championship lead in the 991 class. Ashley Freiberg...

Australian teenager Alice Buckley enjoyed a breakthrough weekend in the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Scholarship Series, sweeping the weekend at Queensland Raceway with a pole position, three race wins and lap record. Australian teenager Alice Buckley enjoyed a...

Leah Pruett, driving the Rayce Rudeen Foundation Top Fuel Dragster, showcased determination at the Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor, despite enduring the hottest track conditions of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season at the Heartland...

At her first season in single-seaters, 15-year-old Ava Dobson made her debut in the USF Juniors championship, battling for the top-10 in all three races at Road America and recording the fifth fastest time in Race 3, as the Jay Howard Driver Development racer showed...

Qualifying for the Menards NHRA Nationals Presented by PetArmor was anything but routine for Alexis DeJoria and the Bandero Premium Tequila Toyota GR Supra Funny Car team. Despite not taking the Tree during two of the three sessions, the three-time finalists in 2023...

Lizzy drove her new "Bonnie 2.0" Camaro to the win over Robin Roberts at the Tulsa Raceway Park. The victory propelled her team into third place in the team standings.

Elite Motorsports Pro Stock star Erica Enders landed her Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage / Melling Performance / SCAG Power Equipment Camaro in the winners circle today, earning the final Wally at Heartland Motorsports Park. Enders defeated Greg Anderson in the final...

In challenging conditions at Knockhill, Lydia Walmsley faced an uphill battle following her first DNF of the season, but fought back admirably charging up the field and ending the weekend on a high with a superb eighth place finish in the Mini Challenge JCW class....

Justin Ashley, Bob Tasca, and Erica Enders outlasted Mother Nature to claim victories on Sunday at the Menards NHRA Nationals. The final event at Heartland Motorsports Park was completed late Sunday evening.

TOPEKA, Kans. (Aug. 13, 2023) – Brittany Force and the Flav-R-Pac / Monster Energy Chevrolet dragster team raced to their first final round of the season Sunday at the Menards NHRA Nationals at Heartland Motorsports Park. Robert Hight and the Cornwell Tools / AAA...

"I’m happy with where we ended up, but I also think there's a lot more potential there" – Jamie Chadwick raced to another top ten in IndyNXT – her fourth consecutive so far – at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, moving up two positions in the championship standings. Just a...

The Spell Paving Services Funny Car Chaos series is gearing up for a big weekend on August 25th-26th as the wildly popular outlaw funny car tour makes its first appearance on the East Coast at Maryland International Raceway. The highly anticipated event has attracted...

Less than a year into the DH Davies Racing Developmental Driver program, 16-year-old Madi Turley secured her first win last Saturday Bristol Dragway at the Street Car Takeover, where she won the Women & Wheels class. Turley drove her Dodge Challenger R/T to...

The Brazilian F4 series held its third round last weekend and mechanical issues brought some difficulties for the only female racer on the track, Rafaela Ferreira. Last weekend, the Brazilian F4 returned to the track and concluded the first half of the 2023 season at...

World Rally Championship's popular and spectacular Finnish round was all about the story of Sami Pajari and Enni Malkönen, who claimed their first ever WRC2 victory, having joined the class at the beginning of this year. One of the most spectacular and eventful...

The fourth and final edition of the FIA Girls On Track will see its final stage getting underway at Franciacorta in September: here's the 16 shortlisted finalists in the Junior and Senior categories. The FIA Girls On Track programme will enter in its final stage for...

TOPEKA, Kans. (Aug. 10, 2023) – Coming off a regional victory at Heartland Motorsports Park just a week ago, Julie Nataas and her Randy Meyer racing (RMR) Oslo Tapet & Gulvelegg (OTG) Top Alcohol Dragster team return to the Topeka racetrack to take the national...

Alexis DeJoria, driver of the Bandero Premium Tequila Toyota GR Supra Funny Car, is ready to showcase her skill and determination at the 2022 Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor. Last year at Heartland Motorsports Park, DeJoria qualified seventh and then went...

After a tremendous performance in Denver, the Elite Motorsports Pro Stock team will roll into Heartland Motorsports Park prepared to continue their hot streak this weekend at the Menards NHRA Nationals Presented By PetArmor. This will be the last time that the NHRA...

Leah Pruett, driving for the Rayce Rudeen Foundation Top Fuel Dragster, is set to compete in the Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor at Heartland Motorsports Park. This marks the 13th event on the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series’ 21-race calendar....

TOPEKA, Kans. (Aug. 09, 2023) – Brittany Force and the Flav-R-Pac / Monster Energy Chevrolet dragster team sit third in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series points standings as they head to the Menards NHRA Nationals at Heartland Motorsports Park still looking...

Julie Nataas expands her points lead in the 2023 season driving Randy Meyer’s nitro-injected Top Alcohol Dragster after winning last weekend’s regional event held in Topeka, Kansas. This was Julie’s first win for the regional event; she won here for the first time...

Camrie Caruso and the Tequila Comisario Chevrolet Camaro Pro Stock entry and have been gearing up for the NHRA Topeka Nationals for over three weeks since they were last on track at the NHRA Mile High Nationals in Denver. The Pro Stock category didn’t compete in...

Having battled at the very top of the extraordinarily competitive Mazda MX-5 Cup field throughout the weekend at Road America, rookie Heather Hadley has made her second appearance in the top-10 with her best performance of the year to date. The recipient of the Mazda...

"We made a great strategy call, unfortunately we didn’t catch a yellow at the end" - Ashton Harrison and Mario Farnbacher ran in second position for the majority of the final hour of the Road America race thanks to a bold strategy, before a splash of fuel eventually...

Alice Huyler Ramsey wasn’t the kind of woman you’d expect to be a child of the early 20th century. She was well-educated, attending Vassar College, and married well. She could drive, and she even started to race. But on August 7, 1909, the 22-year-old housewife and...

"I felt connected with the car and made passes straight away. We could have been in the top five today." - After a brilliant qualifying and arguably her best GT3 race to date, Sheena Monk and teammate Katherine Legge were punted off with realistic chances of a top-5...

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"TCR has always been my top goal in motorsports career, so just being there was huge to me." - In her first ever TCR start as well as her first appearance in the IMSA Pilot Challenge, Sally McNulty enjoyed a clean and promising debut in the series, making great...

"I’ve had to do fuel saving before, but this was my first time to have to execute it as the finishing driver and to ensure we made it to the checkered" - Taylor Hagler drove through the field to recover from the early-race setback, displaying good race pace coupled...

In another drama-filled weekend in the HRacing Cup, the only woman on the grid - Bia Martins - resumed her charge up the field like in the previous rounds of the season. The new Brazilian touring car competition HRacing Cup - based on the Hyundai HB20 - returned to...

Maddi and Macie Gordon are no strangers to NHRA competition, having competed in over 100 Junior Drag Racing events. The 2023 NHRA Sonoma Nationals marked their first National Event, and it was only the second time they had raced at Sonoma Raceway despite it being...

A groundbreaking collaboration between the Professional Racers Owners Organization (PRO) and Drag Illustrated is set to ignite the world of drag racing with the announcement of the inaugural PRO Superstar Shootout.  Slated to take place at Bradenton Motorsports Park...

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The inaugural PRO Superstar Shootout was announced during a live press conference from the FloSports headquarters. Drag Illustrated Founder and Editorial Director Wes Buck hosted the superstar panel, including PRO President Alan Johnson, Vice President Chad Head,...

Ashley Gregory has enjoyed her best weekend in the Vertu Motors Mini Challenge Trophy at Croft: starting on pole position and leading laps in race two was a new experience and one Gregory dealt with like a veteran, converting her speed into two rookie class victories...

Mandy Chick and her small family-owned race team are trying to do big things with very little, and it’s getting Chick plenty of attention in the ARCA Menards Series. Chick joins The Racing Writer’s Podcast to discuss her season, having a volunteer crew, balancing...

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Jade Edwards has enjoyed a positive return to One Motorsport at Croft, missing out on her first points finish of the season by just half a second in race 3. After just one weekend back in the Honda Civic Type R, Edwards showed that a push towards the top-15 is a...

Drag Illustrated Senior Photographer Jason “Nubs” Dunn was on-location at the Funny Car Chaos series event as Albuquerque Dragway celebrated its 60th Anniversary. In honor of the milestone, the event also included a bonus of $6,000 dollars that was awarded to the...

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Only three rounds into her first Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe season, Abbie Eaton and her team Rebelleo Motorsport secured their first podium in the Pro class, finishing tenths away from an overall top three out of a hugely competitive 45-car field. Abbie Eaton has...

"It was just about putting everything together." – Chloe Chong returned to the point-scoring positions at Paul Ricard after a rollercoaster weekend that rewarded the perseverance and fighting spirit of the youngest driver on the F1 Academy grid. Chloe Chong, the...

At only her second time on the Silverstone GP circuit, Jodie Sloss continued her strong run in the Porsche Open Cup by shining in qualifying and claiming her third consecutive podium finish. Jodie Sloss continued her strong run of form in the Porsche Open Cup with a...

With a perfect podium record after the first three rounds, Jem Hepworth took her first class win in the brand-new McLaren Trophy Europe at the Nürburgring - now moving into second place in the 570S overall championship standings, just two points off the lead. Jem...

Charlie Martin charged through the field in the third round of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe at the Nürburgring, narrowly missing out on her second pole position in class and then storming from eighth to third in class in the second race. British racer Charlie...

A Spa-Francorchamps è stato scritto un pezzo di storia da Sophia Floersch, pilota parte dell'Alpine Academy, che è diventata la prima donna a conquistare dei punti in FIA Formula 3 in un weekend dove il meteo era così imprevedibile da far incappare chiunque in errori....

Road America marked Katherine Legge’s first start in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in five years. Despite a fuel pump issue on lap 9 which forced her into retirement, Legge will be aiming to build upon the speed shown in practice and qualifying to carry forward into the...

In a thrilling display of skill and determination, Ida Zetterström emerged victorious at Meguiar’s Drag Festival 2023 in the Top Fuel category. The event, held at Mantorp Park, witnessed Zetterström’s remarkable return to the track where she first raced junior...

Samantha Tan has achieved her second Pro-Am class podium result of the year in the GT World Challenge Europe, in a mixed-weather 3-hour contest at the Nürburgring that gained ST Racing another excellent result thanks to smart driving by all three racers. Samantha Tan...

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"We've had a pretty consistent weekend and the crew have worked hard to get us to this place." - Reema Juffali’s Theeba Motorsport team gained useful knowledge in mixed conditions, showing class-leading speed at Nürburgring. Driving a smart opening stint, Juffali laid...

The weekend did not end at the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals the way Leah Pruett hoped for as she represented the Rayce Rudeen Foundation Top Fuel Dragster. During Friday’s qualifying sessions, Pruett delivered a remarkable performance, securing the No. 3 provisional...

History was made at Spa-Francorchamps, as Sophia Floersch became the first woman to score points in FIA Formula 3 - on a weekend where weather was so unpredictable that the chances of making mistakes were higher than ever. Yet Sophia stormed through the field in both...

After an impressive qualifying performance that saw Alexis DeJoria clock the two best laps of the day on Friday, and another solid run on Saturday, the Bandero Premium Tequila Toyota GR Supra Funny Car team looked prime for a long day of going rounds on Sunday at the...