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Tasca to Top at NHRA Finals
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Bob Tasca III and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Funny Car Team were winners at the Auto Club NHRA Finals (Nov. 14) - the 2021 season concluding event for NHRA’s Camping World Drag Racing Series.
As a result, Tasca vaulted into third place in the final 2021 NHRA Nitro Funny Car standings, setting a personal best. Today’s win was also Tasca’s third race ...
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First Look – New Toyota FC
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Toyota Unveils the New GR Supra Funny Car in NHRA Today at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, Toyota unveiled its new race car for the 2022 NHRA season in Funny Car competition. For the first time, Toyota will campaign the GR Supra beginning with the season kickoff event in Pomona in February. Toyota has competed with the Camry in Funny Car competition dating ...
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Hellcat Final Face Off!
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The Dodge//SRT NHRA Nationals featured an all-Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat final elimination round at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway where Cruz Pedregon earned his second Wally trophy of the year with a victory over Funny Car championship points leader Ron Capps.
Cruz Pedregon had his 3rd win of the season driving the Snap-On Tools Dodge Hellcat
The win moved ...
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Star Role @ Thunder Valley
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Racing at one of her favorite tracks on the NHRA circuit veteran driver Alexis DeJoria won for the sixth time in her career and first time with her new Bandero Premium Tequila ROKiT Toyota Camry team at Bristol Dragway, home of the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals.
Almost a decade ago in 2012 during her rookie season DeJoria raced to the final ...
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Next Step Taken
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Second-generation drag racer Travis Shumake, 37, took another major step forward in pursuing his dream of becoming a professional National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Funny Car driver while speeding into the record books as the fastest LGTBQ+ driver across all professional motorsports.
Under the direction of two-time NHRA world champion driver and crew chief Del Worsham, Shumake made several passes to ...
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Cowboy Up!
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An all-Dodge final round showdown at Texas Motorplex saw Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) veteran driver Ron Capps defeat his teammate and current National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Funny Car championship points leader Matt Hagan to earn the coveted champions’ black cowboy hat given to winners of the Texas FallNationals — the fourth of seven “Countdown to the Championship” playoff events.
Capps’ ...
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DSR Dominating Trend!
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Defending National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Funny Car world champion Matt Hagan powered his Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) New Holland Mopar Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat from the No. 1 qualifier position to the winner’s circle at the Midwest Nationals near St. Louis in dominant fashion to take over the lead in the “Countdown to the Championship”.
Hagan kicked off the third ...
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“Wilk” is a Winner (Again!)
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In in epic display of determination and teamwork Tim Wilkerson and the Levi, Ray & Shoup Summit Racing Ford Mustang Funny Car won the DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals today at zMax Dragway. The independent, one-car team which is owned, tuned, and driven by Wilkerson, outlasted four Countdown competitors including three former world champions with a short-handed team during a live ...
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A Far Eastern First!
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Maritime Canada drag racing fans received something very special recently - courtesy of avid Canadian drag racer Daniel Mercier.
Mercier, from Quebec, made some drag racing history at New Brunswick's thriving Miramichi Dragway, when he thrilled a large crowd with some runs in his Nitro Nostalgia '70 Camaro Funny Car. Daniel was a featured component for Miramichi's "Fall Brawl" event - ...
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Marquee Mopar Win!
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A Mopar machine roared its way to the winner’s circle at the Mopar Express Lane Nationals Presented by Pennzoil as the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) kicked off the “Countdown to the Championship” seven-event playoff series at Maple Grove Raceway near Reading, Pennsylvania.
Funny Car driver Tommy Johnson Jr. powered the Mopar Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat to victory as a reserve ...
