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March Meet Beat!
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NHRA’s uber popular co-production Hot Rod Heritage Series opened for 2018 season business last weekend at fabled AAA Auto Club Famoso, just north of Bakersfield when the 60th anniversary “March Meet” went into the books.
The event was hampered by some inclement weather which washed out Saturday’s planned schedule and which limited qualifying runs for the AA/FC class competitors to two ...
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High Note Ending to Emotional JFR Weekend
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A weekend filled with a well of emotions ended on the ultimate high-note for John Force Racing at the 34th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Worse Pass Motorsports Park outside of Phoenix. Courtney Force will head back to Yorba Linda, Calif. with a Wally while her father, 16-time world champion John Force, will head home with another hospital visit.
The ...
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Winternationals Win Winds Up ’18 Season!
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Mopar-brand star racer Matt Hagan started the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series the same way he began his 2017 season — driving the Mopar and Dodge//SRT brands to victory at the NHRA Lucas Oil Winternationals (Presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com) in Pomona, California.
The two-time NHRA Funny Car champion wrapped up a dominant weekend in which he also claimed the pole ...
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Black & White Classic…
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Jim Dunn Racing and Mooneyes are a part of Southern California drag racing history. The two have been teamed by use of equipment or sponsorship for more than 50 years. The team will be bringing out a new version of the white and black Moon Equipped Funny Car during the NHRA Lucas Oil Winternationals presented by Protect the Harvest this ...
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JFR Spring Training Report
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John Force Racing wrapped their pre-season testing at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park just outside of Phoenix.
Brittany Force, the reigning Top Fuel world champion, ran her best time of the session Saturday evening with a 3.692-second pass in the Monster Energy dragster that bettered her time of 3.699 from Friday.
“We’re very happy with how testing went. We came out here ...
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More Mopar for Hagan!
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Mopar and Dodge//SRT are once again teaming up and taking aim at world titles in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, armed with an increased commitment to Top Fuel star Leah Pritchett and renewed support of two-time Funny Car champion Matt Hagan for the 2018 season, which commences at the NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, California, February 8-11.
The brands will ...
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Racepak FC Skunkworks….
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Tim Anderson, who is the President of industry leading California-based Racepak will step from his Rancho Santa Margarita boardroom into the confines of a nitro-burning Nostalgia Funny Car cockpit this coming season.
Tim has made plans to become a new rookie driver within the NHRA’s super popular co-production Hot Rod Heritage Drag Racing series’ Nostalgia Funny Car class. Working in close ...
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NHRA Post Season Q&A – Courtney Force!
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Courtney Force, driver of the Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car, finished 2017 a career best third in the NHRA points standings. Her season was highlighted by a new sponsorship in Advance Auto Parts as well as five finals appearances and seven No. 1 qualifiers. She took a couple minutes to talk about her season long consistency, her ...
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Post Season Q&A with John Force / Robert Hight!
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Robert Hight and John Force offer up their thoughts on their very successful NHRA Funny Car Championship winning racing season…
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Title Clinching Drama!
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Auto Club of Southern California driver Robert Hight ran the gamut of emotions during the Auto Club NHRA Finals this weekend at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.
In the end, it was pure elation, as Hight captured the 2017 Funny Car championship.
“It’s been an eventful weekend,” Hight said. “Twenty-four hours ago, I wasn’t even qualified for this event, and we were ...
