McDonald Farms Racing steps up at Northeast Dragway

All’s fair in love and racing

By Wendy Curling

Warren McDonald of McDonald Farms Racing in Chesapeake has been racing cars most of his life. He is highly competitive and knows how to win. His six car team consisting of family and friends travels to races in two rigs in order to handle all the  gear and equipment.    The team fields 4.90 Index, Top Eliminator, Modified and three junior dragsters. They race points and they race to win.

So what...
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Roger Curtis Memorial Footbrake Nationals

Sumerduck Dragway hosted The  Roger Curtis Memorial Footbrake Nationals on Saturday July 20-July 21. Many thought Saturday's race would be canceled due to thunderstorms throughout the area. Satisfying racers needs the rain went away and the sunshine came out!

The best footbrakers from the area came out to support the $5,000 to win races for both days. There were 65 cars total for Saturday's race as quite a few stayed home assuming the race would get rained out. It was stated...
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Northeast Dragway hosts 4.90 Index

Alexander wins third straight

By Wendy Curling

The 4.90 Index racers returned to Northeast Dragway Saturday night providing side by side, pro-tree racing at it’s best.

The 4.90 Index class leaves on a four tenths pro tree and must run as close to 4.90 seconds in the eighth mile as possible without running under, or going to fast. An elapsed time of 4.89 or faster would cause a break out foul and an automatic loss.

Mike Alexander of Mechanicsville,...
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Northeast Dragway dodges storms - gets the job done

Maine keeps pace in borrowed car

By Wendy Curling

As torrential rains and high winds hammered the area on Saturday, Northeast Dragway dodged the bullet and completed the fifth points race of the season. A few light showers moved through early, just enough to settle the dust, and were all but a memory by the start of time runs as racers set their sights on winning rounds and collecting points.

With the points chase nearing the halfway mark, it’s no time for...
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Northeast Dragway makes up points race

Juniors travel to Sumerduck, Harden captures first win

By Wendy Curling

After a soggy start to the race weekend, which forced the cancellation of Friday Night Test and Tune, track officials and racers were relieved to complete the first of three make-up points races.

Non-points racers rose to the top of the Top Eliminator field taking first and second place. Lee Brown of Chesapeake and Chris Skiles of Plymouth, N.C. faced off in the final round. Brown had the better...
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Junior racers find perfection at Northeast Dragway

Hicks wins first place in Modified  

By Wendy Curling

One of the most important drag racing skills to learn is knowing exactly when to mash the gas and go. Racers refer to this as reaction time or cutting a good light. A perfect light for bracket racers is .500 and a perfect light for pro-tree racers is .400. Anything under that number results in a red light foul and an automatic loss.

For reasons yet to be explained, .499 and .501 lights are much more...
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Watson Siblings make Memorial Day at Colonial Beach Dragway Memorable

Ethan and Jessy from Fredericksburg, VA made their parents Tammy and Bob very proud on Memorial Day at Colonial Beach Dragway (AKA“THE BEACH”) Thirteen year old Jessy got her first win this year in jr. dragster.  Older brother Ethan (age 18) got a win in his “SR” dragster.  Ethan’s win actually came in the super pro high roller race.  Ethan got the win light against Sumerduck Dragway owner Mike Anderson.  

There was a whole...
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Video Coverage from the $10,000 Footbrake Explosion

Jones Claims Win at Motor Mile's 3rd Annual Footbrake Explosion

By Angela Macy

Footbraker’s from near and far traveled to Radford Virginia’s Motor Mile Dragway over Memorial Day weekend to battle for the $10,000 grand prize in the 3rd Annual Footbrake Explosion. Mother Natures forecast for the main event was bleak which caused many racers to make last minute change of plans to stay home.  The minimum 100 car count was not met, but Motor Mile stuck by their promise to pay $8,000 despite only having roughly 60 entries. ...
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Logan Sweeps Double Race Day: Takes Commanding Lead In Standings

VMP held its first Double Race Day of the 2009 season and Junior Dragster Chad Logan made the most of it, sweeping both races and snagging a comfortable 94 point lead over second place Ken Dabney Jr.  In Race One, Logan defeated Malik Poindexter with an 8.919, 74 MPH pass.  He would follow up that performance in Race Two by beating Dabney Jr with an 8.948, 74 MPH pass.  In Super Pro, Bitty Freeman used a 4.703, 143 MPH pass to turn back Steve Shattuck and claim top honors in...
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