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A Hell (Cat) of a Score!
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Ron Capps became the second driver to put a Mopar-powered Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car in the winner’s circle when he raced the Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) machine to victory in the 39th annual Arby’s NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia, on Sunday, May 5.
[caption id="attachment_3643" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Ron Capps put the DSR Napa-sponsored Dodge Hellcat into ...
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First Fuel Flopper Win!
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After accumulating 14 NHRA event victories while racing in Top Fuel - Shawn Langdon scores his first Funny Car class victory.
The driver of the Kalitta Racing/Global Electric Technology Toyota Camry prevailed at the 2nd and final 4-Wide format racing event of the NHRA season — the NGK Spark Plug Nationals held at zMax Dragway in Concord NC.
Every Funny Car ...
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500th Milestone Start
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This weekend's 39th annual Arby's NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway will include a milestone for Springfield, Illinois-based driver Tim Wilkerson -- it will be the 500th nitro Funny Car race of his career.
"I can't believe it's been 500 races. That's a long time," said Wilkerson, whose first start was in Gainesville in 1996. "We really need to thank [primary ...
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Paul Lee – Back in Saddle!
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Paul Lee will return to NHRA competition this weekend in the Nitro Funny Car category from a two year absence.
Lee suffered a widow-maker heart attack at the end of 2016 and now returns as a team owner and a partner with Straightline Strategy Group. The Jim Oberhofer tuned entry made successful test laps earlier this week and they are ...
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Hight “Hot at Houston”
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For the third time in John Force Racing history the team has swept the nitro categories at an NHRA national event. Brittany Force with Advance Auto Parts and Robert Hight with AAA Texas picked up victories at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals at Houston Raceway Park on Sunday.
[caption id="attachment_3595" align="aligncenter" width="500"] (Robert Hight's 48th career event win came alongside ...
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“Top of the Game” at Tuscon
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Canada’s premier Nitro Nostalgia Funny Car team earns a nice early season score down in Arizona.
The extremely formidable Hodgson/Papirnick Pacemaker Racing team, who were the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series champions for 2017, won the season opening race for the Good Vibrations UNFC Championship Series, held during Tuscon Dragway’s Reunion event on April 13th.
With driver Ryan Hodgson at the wheel ...
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Defending Las Vegas…
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For the second year in a row at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas -- JR Todd emerged the winner.
This is also the third consecutive time Todd has powered his DHL Toyota Camry Funny Car into the winner’s circle at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Todd made his strongest pass of race day, 3.970 seconds at 319.70 ...
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First Score for Independent Racer
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Allan Middendorf drove his American Outlaw Nitro Funny Car to his first win at Funny Car Chaos at North Star Dragway in Denton, Texas. This was only the second race Middendorf competed in since he started racing the car in the summer of 2018.
“It’s a blast being a team owner/driver and getting my first win. It’s unbelievable. This has been ...
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Hight’s Historical Hit!
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Robert Hight defeated a slew of veteran drag racers on his way to winning one of the most sought after titles available -- the 50th Anniversary Amalie Motor Oil 50th NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway.
The two-time world champion and his Auto Club of Southern California Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car team put together a series of four 3.8 passes to ...
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March Meet Score for Defending Champ
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The reigning series champion for the NHRA’s co-production Hot Rod Heritage Series has come out of the 2019 gate swinging.
Bobby Cottrell, driver of highly formidable Pacific NW based and Bardhal-presented Chevy Camaro owned and campaigned by Bucky Austin and Mike O’Brien started off his ’19 Championship season defence successfully by winning the 61st version March Meet held at Auto Club ...
