Nowadays, professional drag racing is all about top-fuel dragsters and Funny Cars, but back in the classic era, it was production vehicles launching off the line. The cars were souped up for the ...

In 1974, Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins took the body shell of a Chevrolet Vega and built a race car inside of it. It changed the world of drag racing. And after that NHRA Pro Stock drag race Vega appeared, ...

Tasca wasn’t being funny during ... He’s a drag racing and Ford Motor Company evangelist who is certified in four NHRA classes, has earned a commercial pilot’s license, owns car dealerships ...

Beckman won Funny Car race No. 299 for John Force Racing at Pomona in the NHRA Auto Club Finals in November. He beat teammate Austin Prock in the final round. Either way, John Force Racing was ...

a Top Alcohol Funny Car champion turned Funny Car racer turned crew chief. Lee likened him to drag-racing legend Don Garlits. Curiously, Lee’s only three final rounds in Funny Car competition ...

POMONA — The next time a John Force Racing driver wins an NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Funny Car race, it will be the 300th for the team. John Force has 157 career Funny Car wins.