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500th Career Start = Win!
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Worsham had a very busy weekend in Brainerd with the opportunity to earn two wins and a special milestone.
The special milestone, his 500th career race-day start, was clinched with a stellar 3.856 second pass in the first session of qualifying. That was part of Worsham's Friday that included earning five of six bonus points possible.
The rematch of the Seattle final ...
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Third Year Running
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California-based Jason Rupert has claimed the IHRA’s top season prize for it’s Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car class for the third season in a row.
Racing his Littlefield & Rupert-U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds-themed Chevy Camaro Rupert successfully defended his IHRA AMSOIL Nitro Funny Car World Championship and earned and his second win of 2016 during the season-ending IHRA Northern Nationals event held ...
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Crazy Fast at Abbreviated Seattle!
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NHRA’s fuel Funny Car division was certainly on a record pace during the Protect the Harvest Northwest Nationals near Seattle before some untimely rain storms ended the event prematurely.
After enduring multiple rain delays NHRA officials announced the Funny Car final round between Del Worsham and Ron Capps will be completed during the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, MN.
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Force Victorious @ Western Swing Round Two
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John Force is the only Funny Car driver who has won the historic NHRA Western Swing races of Denver, Sonoma and Seattle consecutively. He scored his 8th Funny Car win at the 29th annual Toyota Sonoma Nationals Force is in position to become the only driver to ever sweep the Western Swing twice. In a final round for the ages ...
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Historic Mile-High Victory
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John Force, the winningest driver in NHRA history, continued to add to his legendary body of work winning for the 7th time at the Mopar Mile High NHRA Nationals in ten final round appearances and for the unprecedented 144th time. This is the 29th season Force has won at least one Funny Car national event, an accomplishment unequaled in all ...
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Left Coast Score for Boychuk!
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The Edmonton-based Happy Hour/NitroMoose Camaro Funny Car team owned by Tim Boychuk found it's mid-season swagger during the 24th Annual Lucas Oil B.C. Summer Classic at Mission Raceway Park.
That event had, as its feature class once again, Nostalgia Funny Cars. This year's entry was much improved over the past couple of years, with some 28 floppers on the grounds, covering three ...
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A Dampened Affair!
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The IHRA's Mopar Rocky Mountain Nationals event held at Castrol Raceway was dogged with weather issues which both abbreviated the schedule and delayed the event conclusion.
A 5 1/2 hour delay to start of Sunday's eliminations due to a wet surface -- did put a damper on the overall event's championship activities.
In the end it was Michigan's Shawn Bowen who raced ...
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Beckman Over Quickest Field Ever!
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[caption id="attachment_2127" align="aligncenter" width="500"] (Fast Jack Beckman scored his first win of the season at Chicago last Sunday - winning over a record quick field of fuel FC racers)[/caption]
It had been about 10 months since the 2012 NHRA Funny Car world champion - Jack Beckman - visited any winner's circle or media center for a post-race celebration and interview after ...
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A Successful Canadian Title Defence!
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Washington-state based racer Mark Sanders certainly loves racing in Eastern Canada!
Sanders, affectionally known as "Mr. Explosive" who also won the 2015 Mopar Canadian Nationals at Grand Bend Ontario, once again prevailed for the 2016 Mopar Canadian Nationals AMSOIL Nitro Funny Car title.
[caption id="attachment_2120" align="aligncenter" width="500"] (Mark Sanders completed a successful event title defence at IHRA Grand Bend last weekend)[/caption]
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One Win Away from Major Milestone!
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Ron Capps moved his career NHRA event winning total to 49 - after another convincing victory during the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals at Norwalk Ohio.
Capps raced his NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger R/T to a winning pass of 3.956 seconds at 317.49 mph to the losing run of Courtney Force at 4.010 at 314.17. This is his third win in ...
