On what would have been the 50th running of the biggest four-wheel drive happening in the United States of America, Gravelrama 50, Gravel-Rona has taken its place just for this year due to said event being postponed to August 2021. Instead of the usual 5 day, all heads up class […]
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Drivers Meeting in the Afterlife
Today we celebrate Bucky Ray who recently passed away at the end of August. He is pictured here at the 2019 United Sand Association Reunion with his wife Sheila. Bucky ran the USA sand drags in Glen Helen, CA from 1984-1997 and hosted some of the best sand drag racing […]
New World Records Set At Cleves, OH
Two new world records were set at what would have been a truly historic race at the Gravelrama facility. Covid-19 cancelled the 50th running of Gravelrama which would have been one of the largest events in recent years. Instead what has been dubbed Gravel-Rona gave way to a few newly […]
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A bunch of old diggers.Ontario SpeedwayCarey Stanley, Al Westphalt, Hank Eckardt, and Howard Tounget
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Frank O at Gravelrama early 90s.Photo: Darryl Trafford
Jared Azevedo Prooves He’s a Hot Jockey With a No Bar World Record
This past weekend at the Albany Sand Drag’s Pacific Northwest Shootout, Jared Azevedo pulled some monstrous numbers out of Arlo Cully’s triple cylinder banshee. Azevedo lowered the (NB/PB) No Bar Pro Bike record to a blistering 3.467 early in the event (previous record was 3.519 set by Jared McCan), but […]
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Sabu Watanabe Jr. with a patented high RPM launch.
Jon Sorg: 2020 Shake & Bake Champ
We caught up to the 2020 West Michigan Sand Dragway Shake & Bake Champion Jon Sorg after the event to talk about his big win. WSDN: How does it feel being the 2020 Shake and Bake champion? Sorg: Being the 2020 Shake and Bake Champion is just awesome! To battle […]
Street Driven, Track Proven: Daniel Stenger’s Record Holding Dodge
Daniel Stenger takes the top spot in (PS/G) Pure Street Gas with a 4.996/ 69.09MPH lap set this past weekend at the Franklin County 4 Wheelers race in Brookville, IN. Daniel drove his ’89 Dodge Ram to the track and straight into the record books. It’s powered by a 526 […]
2020 Shake & Bake – Day 2
The second day of Shake & Bake started bright and early with the next generation hitting the track via the Mighty Midgets (9 & Under) and Juniors (10-15) categories. The big winners to come out of those classes were Cooper Sullivan in Mighty Midgets and Keaton Hendricks in the Juniors. […]