Elmer Trett – An American Motorcycle Racing Icon

An American Motorcycle Racing Icon

Dragbike.com is proud to announce that Senior Editor Tom McCarthy, who has been documenting motorcycle drag racing through stories and photography since 1981, will begin releasing select chapters from his 2012 biography, Elmer Trett and the Gods of Thunder, exclusively on Dragbike.com starting February 01, 2026. The series will continue over the next nine months.

This project exists to help preserve the memory and legacy of one of America’s greatest racing heroes.