Before there were specific drag-racing tires, drivers and engineers had to make do with what they had, leading to some pretty creative - but flawed - solutions.

In the world of professional drag racing, low tire pressures are often considered to be good for performance. Does that logic translate to road cars and their tires? Driven Media decided to find out ...

Now, as best as I understand there are no plans for any sanctioning body to release a “Steam Outlaw” class in the near or distant future, but I did recently have an interesting experience watching ...

You can make all the horse-power you want and all the suspension upgrades you can, but none of that matters if you can't get the tires to stick to the ground ...

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 ...

STOW, Ohio — Mickey Thompson Tires & Wheels is offering rebates on sets of qualifying off-road and drag-racing tires of $100 and $50, respectively. The company's Summer Rewards Program offers ...

BUFFALO, N.Y.— Dunlop Motorcycle Tires — a business unit of Sumitomo Rubber North America — has added a line of radial DOT street-certified tires for drag racing to its motorsports tire portfolio. The ...

The Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals is historically known for legendary exhibitions of Ford drag racing. Adding the Holley Intergalactic Ford Festival to the mix brought even more action to the ...

Atturo Tires said in November 2021 that it would soon add its first drag radial to the AZ850 line of tires. Considering the AZ850 line already made a name for itself by outperforming original ...

This year’s Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge is taking M1 Concourse on August 10 with street-legal drag racing as one of the biggest highlights. Once again, MotorTrend has organized two heads-up ...

Dunlop has never really tried to create a motorcycle drag racing tire, until now. Meet the Dragmax. It comes in 190/50ZR17 size, which is the most popular size for serious drag-racing competitors on ...

Despite what the Fast and Furious franchise would teach you, you can't just drag race properly (or safely), on any street in the county. And turning a street, be it a piece asphalt or concrete, into a ...