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Hagan made the 104-mile drive to Bristol Dragway on May 21 to promote the June 6-8 Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals ...
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.
National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) funny car driver Ron Capps was involved in a scary crash during the Arizona Nationals on Sunday. Capps’ vehicle came off the starting line fast and in the ...
In fact, an engine in today's Funny Cars must be wholly rebuilt (or replaced) after — are you ready for this? — just four seconds of open-throttle use. The origin of the name "funny car" isn't ...
Funny Car driver Austin Prock said he’s trying to treat this weekend’s NHRA Nationals at Las Vegas Motor Speedway like any other race weekend. But it’s anything but a normal race weekend for ...
The main reason has nothing to do with her racing on the track. Her father, John, a 16-time Funny Car champion, suffered a traumatic brain injury after a crash during the NHRA Virginia Nationals ...
(Werner Communications) In a year of constant transition for Dallas-based NHRA Funny Car driver Buddy Hull, “concentrate” is the word from his legendary boss, Jim Dunn, that has resonated the ...
She was the first woman to 100 NHRA Funny Car starts in 2016, and she'll make her 200th this coming weekend at the Route 66 event in Illinois. But DeJoria isn't content. She's ready to become the ...
On some silent command the car is rolled just outside of the pit and the rear is set on a stand. The crew hustles around the Skoal Bandit Trans Am Funny Car. Snake climbs in the cockpit and ...
One-piece, 18-foot-long composite vehicle bodies. Funny Car drag racing vehicles compete at speeds of more than 300 miles per hour over a short, 1,000-foot distance, meaning aerodynamic design and ...
Think Mark McElwee’s hot rod looks cool? The Michigan native said his Buzzy’s Nitro Bomber Funny Car is even cooler to race. “It is an exciting car to drive because they never do the same ...
Unveiled at Auto Club Speedway in Pomona, Calif., one of the spiritual homes of postwar hot rodding, the funny car previews what fans can expect to see at drag strips for the 2022 NHRA season.