Original Post: WhichCar By Povi Pullinen – Story & Photos, 22 Dec 2017 Drag Racing It’s rooster tails galore as Povi Pullinen checks out Southern California’s sand drag racing scene THERE’S an empty backlot attached to the Soboba Casino, about two hours into the desert from Los Angeles. Once a year it […]
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RACE EVENT: Bako Sand Drags
Original Post: Dirt Wheels Magazine As an ATV sand-drag track racer from Oregon, I keep the last weekend of February permanently marked on my calendar. That’s the weekend of the annual Bako Sand Drags in Bakersfield, California. It is the earliest opportunity of the new year for us drag racers […]
ATV SAND DRAG RACING: AN INSIDE LOOK
Original Post: Dirt Wheels Magazine Impromptu drag races between friends is one of the more enjoyable things to do on an ATV. You can do it on the trails, in the dunes and in the desert. While there is no wrong way to race your buddies, there are proper ATV […]
Watch this Top Fuel dragster race in the sand
Living life 300 feet at a time, flinging sand the whole way.BY JEFFREY N. ROSSFEB 11, 2014 Original Post: Road & Track When it comes to off-road racing, we’d generally prefer to pilot a Subaru WRX, a Ford Raptor, or whatever dirtbike we could find lying around, but after watching the antics going […]
Sand Drags Insanity: Big Horsepower And Nitro On The Dirt At Soboba! Gallery and Race Report
Original Post: BangShift.com (Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne) -After spending the last six weekends at one dragstrip or another and a week at the Vegas SEMA Show, for me it was a coin flip if I’d do it on one more weekend for the Southern California Sand Drag Association […]
SOBOBA: Sand drags race to support charities
Original Post: The Press-Enterprise Kathy Williams will be one of the ladies Racin for a Cure during the Southern California Sand Drag Association’s event Oct. 4 through 6, 2013 in San Jacinto.By DIANE A. RHODES | CorrespondentSeptember 26, 2013 at 12:42 pm Vehicles will be revving up their engines and “Racin’ For […]
SOBOBA RESERVATION: Start your engines for sand drags
Original Post: The Press-Enterprise By GAIL WESSON | gwesson@scng.com | The Press-EnterpriseApril 13, 2013 at 6:06 pm Sand drag racing continues through Sunday, April 14, at the third annual April Fuel’s Day event at the Soboba Casino/Motor Complex on the Soboba Indian Reservation near San Jacinto. There is a mandatory drivers meeting before racing […]
SOBOBA RESERVATION: Sand drags scheduled this weekend
Original Post: The Press-Enterprise By GAIL WESSON | gwesson@scng.com | The Press-EnterpriseMay 18, 2012 at 7:05 pm Soboba Sand Drags are back at the Soboba Casino Motor Complex through Sunday, May 20, on the Soboba Indian Reservation near San Jacinto. This month’s event, organized by the volunteer Southern California Sand Drag Association and presented […]
Merten Spring Nationals NSDA Sand Drags at Kingman, Arizona
Original Post: Drag Racing Online This “Sidewinder” blown small block Chevy powered front-motored car embodies the innovative engineering Sand Drag racers are famous for. Former T/F driver Frank Prock handles this dragster. Words by Tim Marshall (Special thanks for notes by Tom Bray)Photos by Tim Marshall and Eileen Staunton The […]
Where the Sand Is Hot, and the Rubber Is Burning
Original Post: NY Times By MICHAEL BRICKJUNE 8, 2009Continue reading the main storyShare This Page AVENAL, Calif. — When drag racing in sand, to wait for the green light is to lose. A light fixture separates two lanes of sand, each 100 yards long, clumped and stained with rubber and exhaust. […]