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Nitro Nostalgia – GBM Highlights
Nitro Nostalgia funny cars were a featured part of the 20th annual Mopar Canadian Nationals held at Grand Bend Motorplex.
[caption id="attachment_3926" align="aligncenter" width="500"] (Gary Kraus was the nitro Nostalgia FC winner at the 2019 Mopar Canadian Nationals)[/caption]
The 4-car booked in field included US-based drivers Gary Kraus, Greg Jacobsmeyer, Eric Stevens and Brian Cunningham but also did include an appearance by ...
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All Time Historic Marker!
John Harold Force, who as a kid battled polio and poverty while dreaming of a career in professional sports, applied an exclamation point to one of motor racing’s most unlikely success stories when he drove his PEAK Coolant and Motor Oil / Lighting Chevrolet Camaro SS to a final round victory over Ron Capps to win the 32nd annual Magic ...
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Lucas Oil/Paul Lee Racing Partnership for Lucas Oil Nationals
Paul Lee returns to the Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd with Lucas Oil as a major partner. The Nitro Funny Car will have a special scheme to showcase the Lucas Oil Slick Mist Car Care line. Lee and the McLeod Racing team hope to continue their phenomenal performance on track for 2019.
As growing partners both on and off the track, ...
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Major Milestone Marker!
Racing on a Sonoma Raceway track that as a youngster nurtured his passion for drag racing, Robert Hight became just the 13th driver to win 50 times on the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series pro tour.
Hight repeated as the event Funny Car Champion by driving his Automobile Club of Southern California Chevrolet Camaro SS past Matt Hagan in the final ...
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High Altitude Quest Realized
Tommy Johnson Jr. ended his 35-year quest for a victory in Denver, driving his Mopar-powered Make-A-Wish Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car to the win at the Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil on July 21, 2019, at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Colorado.
Johnson’s win, his 19th career NHRA victory (17th in FC) and second of 2019, was also the ...
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Canadian Cage Match Continues!
Seemingly just like clockwork -- the Nitro Nostalgia Funny Car final for Edmonton's Mopar Rocky Mountain Nationals event -- once again features area prominence.
As has been pretty much the case for many versions of the NHRA Mopar Rocky Mountain Nationals — the event's Nitro Nostalgia FC title round boiled down to include the top two Canadian talents in that category. ...
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Three-peat in the Heat!
Matt Hagan continued his dominance at the NHRA New England Nationals, driving the Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) Mopar Express Lane Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat to his third consecutive Funny Car triumph at New England Dragway in Epping, New Hampshire.
While Hagan became the third driver to score multiple wins this season in the Funny Car class, his DSR teammates Tommy Johnson, Jr., ...
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Tasca III is Two for Two!
Bob Tasca III and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Mustang Funny Car team won their second NHRA Mello Yello Series race in a row – this time in Ford’s backyard.
The NHRA race in Norwalk, Ohio is just two hours away from Ford Motor Company World Headquarters in Dearborn, Mich. It was the perfect time for Tasca to go to back-to-back final ...
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The Tasca at Hand!
Bob Tasca III and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Funny Car team defeated John Force in the final round of the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway in Bristol, Tenn. to earn his fifth career Funny Car win and first for the new Ford Performance Mustang.
[caption id="attachment_3746" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Bob Tasca III celebrates a very relieving fuel FC victory![/caption]
Tasca qualified third ...
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25 Years Later!
Robert Hight and the Automobile Club of Southern California Chevrolet Camaro SS team put together an ideal Sunday to race their way to their fourth win of the season at the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties. The victory, which was his third at the Heartland Motorsports Park where he earned his Funny Car license, ties him with Don ...