While it certainly should come as no surprise based on his history, Mark Micke dropped the hammer and absolutely demolished the score boards during the Mid-West Drag Racing Series (MWDRS) at 131 in Martin, MI over the weekend. It left some scratching their heads in utter disbelief.

While I know that there are a lot of you that come by E3xtreme for your drag racing fix, if you have been around a while you’d know that we also cover car shows, car audio events, and other forms of motorsports and car culture.

For years I have discussed the importance of bringing back the entertainment value when it comes to drag racing and for some it falls on deaf ears, but for others like the Bader Family and their track, Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio it is all about the entertainment and putting on one hell of a show for the fans.

A week before Kentucky’s most famous horse race takes place, the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) is bringing a different level of horsepower to the Bluegrass State for the second annual Vortech Superchargers Doorslammer Derby presented by Stroud Safety.

In a time where we have become quite complacent with most things that happen at the dragstrip, the season opener racing for PDRA at Galot Motorsports Park was one that will not soon be forgotten.

Another Lights Out at South Georgia Motorsports Park is in the book, so let’s take a look back at the week.

Two-time Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous world champion Tommy Franklin earned his first No. 1 qualifying award in over a year when he took his “Jungle Rat” ’69 Camaro to the top spot at the PDRA P2 Contracting Northern Nationals presented by P2 Racing Friday night at Maple Grove Raceway.

One week after advancing to the final round in Sonoma, Pruett followed up her strong NorCal performance by securing the second seed at the venue where she first got her NHRA start while competing in Jr. Dragsters 25 years prior.

Defending Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) world champions Jim Halsey, Johnny Pluchino and Wes Distefano reigned supreme at the inaugural Summit Racing Equipment PDRA ProStars race Saturday night at Virginia Motorsports Park’s Night of Fire.

We all know that 2020 was a rough year for motorsports and the custom car industry. Whether it was losing races that were scheduled, racing in front of no fans, the cancellation of car shows and audio soundoffs, it just wasn’t pleasant. It appears that 2021 is the year of the comeback for us all, and the car audio world is no different.

They say that there is no place like home, and after a hiatus is 2020 that took the YellowBullet Nationals away from us, last weekend felt like a true homecoming.

Another one for the record books folks. Donald Long and the team pulled off a great event that featured record-setting performances, as well as major upsets, and peddle jobs for the win.

Last weekend the time had come for the Mid-West Drag Racing Series to kick off its 2021 season at Xtreme Raceway Park in Ferris, TX and they did not disappoint.

That’s a wrap folks. The 12th annual Lights Out even held at South Georgia Motorsports Park over the weekend is in the books. As usual, it certainly lived up to the hype.

For more than a decade now there have been two races that really kick off the drag racing season. The first of which is USSN, and the second is Lights Out. In just days from now, we will roll into SGMP for the 12 annual Lights Out, presented by Donald Long and Duck X Productions.

When we roll into a new season of racing, especially after the year that we all experienced in 2020, the expectations are extraordinary. Over the weekend we kicked off the 2021 season with a triumphant return to heads-up drag racing, but amid overwhelming tragedy as well.

Just days from now at this point, we are set to kick off the 2021 heads-up drag racing season in Bradenton Florida. A staple of the drag racing world for years, USSN is the event that launches us into a new season of heads-up drag racing.

It isn’t often that we at E3xtreme get the opportunity to cover events outside of our norm, and obviously with all the Covid BS, that has become even more difficult. This last weekend though, E3xtreme contributor and one of our lead photographers, David Hilner, made his way to Syracuse in an effort to bring all of you some great action.

So, this is not going to be your typical write up regarding an event that I covered. It won’t be a write up that lists winners, or even runner ups. This is an article on how a small track, a great promoter, and amazing people renewed my love for drag racing.

This year has been an absolute nightmare when it comes to drag racing and being able to hold events. The “Pandemic” has hit NMRA & NMCA just as hard as well, as evident from the fact that for the first time in the history of the joint series Superbowl event it was not held in Joliet at Route 66.

Hard work and dozens of test passes between events paid off for Jay Cox as he took down defending world champion Jim Halsey in the Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous final round at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Proline Racing Mid-Atlantic Showdown presented by Frederick Line-X Saturday night.

Waking up on a cold snowy day in Western NY in April the last thing I thought I would be doing was going to cover a drag race, but here I am.

Blistering track temps, the sun hot enough to fry an egg on the pavement in the pits, and a crowd as excited as I have seen in a while. Oh, and let’s not forget about the insane drag racing action as well. All of this made for one hell of a good time in Ferris, TX over the weekend with the Mid-West Drag Racing Series.

This weekend the newly renamed Mid West Drag Racing Series enters the heart of Texas with a stop in Ferris, TX at Xtreme Raceway Park (XRP). MWDRS is set to be chalked full of Pro Mods, Top Dragsters, Top Sportsman, X275, Junior Dragsters, and for the first time…Alcohol Funny Cars.

I am not normally one to talk about how something is a new norm or and old norm, but damn was it good to see the NMRA & NMCA back in action for the first time since early March. The action certainly did not disappoint either.

I said a week ago after the PDRA event that drag racing really is back. Well after covering the Mid West Pro Mod Series event in St. Louis, I am absolutely sure I can stand by that statement.

Back to normal is what we have all been hoping for, and lately, we are starting to see more and more of that. This weekend at World Wide Technologies Raceway (Gateway), Mid West Pro Mods is fixing to put on a show for the fans.

For the first time in almost a year, I had the opportunity to head out and cover a PDRA race, and it showed me that we are back in the swing of things.

The Memorial Day weekend is normally a time for remembrance as well as a weekend the usher in the summertime for most people. This Memorial Day weekend was also filled with some amazing drag racing action, as people left their homes and headed to the race tracks in droves.

After everything that we have seen happen to the industry over the previous two months, MWPMS is flying high after experiencing an amazing opening event of the season at Tulsa. This weekend stop two on the tour in Ennis, Texas, and has no intention of slowing down.

In the drag racing community, there is one time of year that everyone looks forward to, and that time is less than a week away. It’s the kickoff to the 2020 racing season.

Mod Nationals 2019 at South Georgia Motorsports Park got off to a damp start Thursday. They got a few cars down the track before the precipitation took over. Event creator, Justin Young, kept hope alive with constant communication to the racers and fans.

Rivenbark, Halsey, Montecalvo, Distefano and Gast Earn Victories at Record-Setting PDRA Fall Nationals presented by $hameless Racing

Now that we are a couple of days removed from the first ever Shakedown under the control of Tyler, and held at Virginia Motorsports Park, it is time to look back.

If you are a drag racing fan, this is really the weekend for you in Joliet, Illinois. What is arguably the biggest race ever for the combined series, always brings out new cars, hot racing, and an amazing car show.

Ferris, TX - (July 16, 2019) The Summit Racing Equipment Mid-West Pro Mod Series (MWPMS) came to show Texas how pro mod is done and gave them Jeff Jones taking his first MWPMS victory when he defeated Todd Martin in the finals.

In the drag racing world, there is never an event that goes off without a hitch as they say. You may not see it behind the scenes, or it may be right in front of your face with weather and explosions. This is what happened to PDRA at SGMP over the weekend. Difference is that they are absolute champions and got the race completed, along with some amazing racing.

This weekend PDRA (Professional Drag Racers Association) rolls into South Georgia Motorsports Park to put on a hell of a show for the people of the south.

Surprise, that’s right, we at E3xtreme do cover more than just drag racing. In fact, we have a lot of different interests, from drag racing, truck & tractor pulling, dirt track, and yes, even lowriders and lifted trucks.

The weather was threatening, but that never stops the Summit Racing Equipment Mid-West Pro Mod Series. Mid-West Pro Mods rolled into Tulsa Raceway Park on Thursday

The Summit Racing Equipment Mid-West Pro Mod Series (MWPMS) rolled into the Iconic Arch over the weekend during stop number three, and we saw Kevin Maddux, Frankie Taylor, Rob Moser, and Earl Folse take home wins.

Coming off a race cancelled event in Bowling Green Kentucky just a couple weeks ago, the Mid-West Pro Mod Series is on the historic ground of Worldwide Technology Raceway at Gateway. Better known to most as Gateway or the Arch.

As a lot of you have seen across the internet in the last couple of days, there has been a lot of controversy regarding all the happens at Bowling Green. What no one seems to be talking about though is all the time, effort, heart, and soul that went into even making this event.

For years now the NMCA and NMRA have been two of the gold standards when it comes to door slammer racing in a series. Last weekend at Atlanta for the 11th Annual Allstar Nationals they showed yet again why they deserve that recognition.

Outlaw Street Car Reunion VI set to be Tyler Crossnoe’s biggest OSCR ever. The pits are already filling up with Pro Mods, Radial Cars, and index cars. Everyone has come to Bowling Green Kentucky to prove who has the most badass hot rods in the world.

I never thought I would be saying that someone who holds a race with only two classes managed to have one of the best races in the history of door slammer racing, but that is exactly what Donald Long pulled off last weekend.

The 2019 Summit Racing Mid-West Pro Mod Series kicked off over the weekend that the Texas Motorplex in Ennis and we were there to cover the action.

When I ask you what an Outlaw 10.5 driver, a Canadian driving a Mini Cooper, a controversial No Time car, and a National Event Championship NHRA Pro Stock driver have in common, what would the right answer be? The correct answer is that they are all Lights Out X Champions!

It’s not often that you really go through every range of emotion possible in three days at that race track, but that is exactly what happened to Paolo Giust over the weekend at the U.S. Street Nationals.

Big announcement came out this afternoon in regard to Tyler Crossnoe’s Outlaw Street Car Reunion in Bowling Green, KY.