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Momentum Building Mopar
Matt Hagan just shook his head when he jumped from his 11,000-horsepower, nitro-burning Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Direct Connection Dodge//SRT Hellcat Funny Car Sunday in the NHRA Gerber Collison & Glass Route 66 Nationals drag races near Chicago. Hagan was sitting in victory lane, never thinking he would be there after battling tough racing conditions during the weekend.
Hagan, the four-time ...
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A Sweet Ride Coming!
Getting the summer races of the NHRA Mission Food Drag Racing Series started with a tasty new ride, Jim Dunn Racing and rookie Funny Car driver Buddy Hull will debut the new-look Sweet Classics nitro Funny Car at the Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals, May 17-19 at Route 66 Raceway outside of Chicago.
The sweeping marketing initiative ...
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Matt’s Major Milestone!
Reigning NHRA Mission Funny Car Champion Matt Hagan crossed a significant career path - notching his 50th NHRA career victory at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in the Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Direct Connection Dodge//SRT Hellcat Funny Car. The four-time NHRA Funny Car titleholder passed the legendary Don “The Snake” Prudhomme in NHRA career victories with an impressive “holeshot” ...
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High Anticipation for Australian FC Show!
XPRO Nitro Funny Car co-points leader Justin Walshe is torn heading into the upcoming Gulf Western Oil Nitro Champs, stating he wishes he could be on the hill watching at what he expects to be “the best show the sport has ever had” at Sydney Dragway.
For the first time this NDRC season, Nitro Funny Car and Top Fuel will join ...
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A Triple Holeshot Rarity!
Tasca Takes Home First Wally of the 2024 Season at NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
When you’re rolling the dice in Las Vegas, every move requires a little strategy and a little luck, especially when playing the odds side-by-side with other high-rollers. On Sunday afternoon, and on a different kind of Las Vegas Strip, Bob Tasca III was all in and won big, ...
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Pomona/Phoenix – Nitro Nostalgia
Drag racing’s very popular Legends Nostalgia Funny Car (presented by Modern Warriors) circuit was a welcome addition to the event schedules for both the recent NHRA Lucas Oil Winternationals & the NHRA Arizona Nationals.
At Pomona, the event did experience weather issues which both reduced qualifying opportunities and which forced eliminations to be deferred to the Arizona Nationals two weeks later.
The ...
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Quick Winning Transition
In what was only his 3rd career NHRA nationals event start racing fuel Funny Cars, Austin Prock powered to his first career Funny Car win at Firebird Motorsports Park. Driving for John Force Racing, topped Alexis DeJoria in the final round in front of a sellout crowd at the 39th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals. Prock, who was also the No. 1 ...
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“Living Legend” Ends Drought
Funny Car legend John Force picked up his first victory in two years, powering past Matt Hagan of Tony Stewart Racing to win the p Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals, which was postponed by rain and then completed on Saturday in front of a sellout crowd at Firebird Motorsports Park in Phoenix.
Force, the winningest driver in NHRA history, went 4.033-seconds at ...
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JR Todd — Team Historic Equation
For the first time in team history, Kalitta Motorsports doubled-up in the nitro categories while winning at Gainesville Raceway's Amalie Motor Oil Gatornationals as teammates Shawn Langdon and J.R. Todd picked up wins in Top Fuel and Funny Car, respectively.
The victories kicked off the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season at the 55th edition Amalie Motor Oil NHRA ...
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March Meet Marvel
The NHRA's highly popular 8-race season Hot Rod Heritage Series kicked of it's 2024 campaign (Mar 1-3) when legendary Bakersfield facility Famoso Dragstrip hosted the equality famous "March Meet" (Presented by Good Vibrations Motorsports) event -- for the 63rd time.
Nitro Nostalgia Funny Car racing was again the event's signature marquee attraction as 24 cars were entered for the 16-car eliminator ...