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Beckman “Bracket Car” Scores
Every year, the race at Norwalk, Ohio, showcases a fireworks display on Friday night but on Sunday afternoon, Terry Chandler's Infinite Hero Foundation Funny Car team with Jack Beckman set off its own pyrotechnics moments after winning the title in the 11th annual NHRA Nationals at Norwalk, Ohio.
[caption id="attachment_2580" align="aligncenter" width="500"] (Jack Beckman used consistency to win at NHRA Norwalk ...
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Capps Climbs Back on Winning Horse
After having a 4-race winning streak snapped two events ago — Ron Capps and the NAPA AUTO PARTS Dodge Charger R/T led by crew chief Rahn Tobler - reaffirmed their winning ways during NHRA’s Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol TN.
[caption id="attachment_2566" align="aligncenter" width="499"] Ron Capps celebrates for the 5X this season![/caption]
It is the team's fifth NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing ...
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DSR Hot Streak Continues Near NYC
Jack Beckman got on the board in 2017 during the NHRA Summernationals at historic Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, becoming the sixth Mopar HEMI®-powered Nitro driver from Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) to win an event this year. The 2012 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car champion put his Infinite Hero Dodge Charger R/T in the winner's circle for ...
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New England FC Excellence
Mopar HEMI® power just keeps winning Funny Car races on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series in 2017. Matt Hagan put his Mopar Express Lane Dodge Charger R/T in the winner's circle for the third time this year at the New England Nationals on Sunday, besting Courtney Force in the Funny Car final round at New England Dragway.
Hagan made ...
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Stupendous Speeds at Topeka!
NHRA Funny Car drivers obliterated national speed records at NHRA's Menard's Heartland Nationals event in Kansas.
During the absolute flurry of terminal speeds - Funny Car racers continued to exceed even the speed records for Top Fuel class dragsters by a wide margin -- while inching even closer to an unimaginable 340 mph barrier!
The super fast event also included the continuation ...
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Jim Dunn Racing “Funny Car Summer”
Hubert’s Lemonade Ready For a Funny Car Summer with Jim Dunn Racing
The bright yellow corporate color of Hubert’s Lemonade will once again be a part of multiple summer promotions with Jim Dunn Racing. The team won the “Best Appearing Award” at an NHRA national event last year with Hubert’s Lemonade graphics on the Funny Car, and hopes that this year’s ...
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DRO AA/FC Challenge Series Ready for Opener
The DragRacingOnline.com AA Funny Car Challenge will make its first appearance at San Antonio Raceway on May 19-20.
After a one-year hiatus, the drag racing series for nitro Funny Cars returns for its eighth season.
“With the IHRA walking away from their nostalgia Funny Car program this year, we didn’t want these racers to be without a place to complete,” said DRO ...
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Natural (Funny Car) Hat Trick!
Ron Capps' hot streak continued at Atlanta Dragway this weekend, as the Mopar driver put his HEMI®-powered Dodge Charger R/T NHRA Funny Car in the winner's circle for the third consecutive Sunday.
Capps, the reigning Funny Car champion, won his 52nd Funny Car event and second at the Atlanta track by defeating Tim Wilkerson on a holeshot with a pass of ...
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Capps Finds Four-Wide Fortune
[caption id="attachment_2481" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Ron Capps scored in fuel FC for the 2nd time in a week[/caption]
Ron Capps and the NAPA Brakes Dodge Charger R/T team won the first two stops of last year's "eastern swing" on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series tour, and Funny Car points leader will get a shot to sweep the three-race "southern swing" ...
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World Champ Clocks Milestone FC Win
Ron Capps and his world championship NAPA AUTO PARTS Funny Car earned a milestone 50th career NHRA national event Funny Car class title following the conclusion of racing for NHRA’s Spring Nationals held at Royal Purple Raceway - near Houston.
[caption id="attachment_2469" align="aligncenter" width="500"] At NHRA Houston Ron Capps won for the 50th time in a fuel FC![/caption]
Capps and his NAPA ...