It's no accident that all the really fast, small-tired cars (like those that run in NMCA's Super Street or NHRA's Stock Eliminator) yank the front tires 2 feet in the air on the starting line.

STOW, Ohio — Mickey Thompson Tires & Wheels has launched the ET Street Front tire, a lightweight front-axle tire designed to complement the company's ET Street R and ET Street S/S drag radial tires.

Drag racing captivates motorsport enthusiasts with its high-speed thrills, and one of the most intriguing elements is the way tires wrinkle during a launch. This phenomenon is more than just a ...

Two new "Free Rolling" tires feature extremely low rolling resistance with a weight as low as 10-lbs. each. The 25.0X4.5-15 and 26.0X4.5-15 sizes are perfect for "door slammers", have a 4.3-inch tread ...

Go small or go home. It sounds weird, but that’s the trend in the plethora of small-tire racing classes popping up all over the place. As horsepower levels continue to climb, sanctioning bodies are ...

Another week, another 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon teaser. We knew this thing was going to be built for the drag strip, but even we weren't expecting this: The Demon will wear 315-width drag ...

Although hardcore race parts are the true "stars" of the annual Performance Racing Industry trade show (PRI) in Indianapolis, competition-specific cars and trucks also have a significant amount of the ...

AKRON—Goodyear has moved production of one line of Mickey Thompson-brand drag racing tires to its Goodyear Innovation Center Manufacturing (ICM) race tire plant in Akron. The tire maker—which ...

AKRON — Goodyear has moved production of one line of Mickey Thompson-brand drag racing tires to its Goodyear Innovation Center Manufacturing (ICM) race tire plant in Akron. The tire maker — which ...