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Thunder Valley Rebound
3X NHRA Funny Car world champion Ron Capps has become the all-time wins leader for fabled Bristol Dragway.
During last weekends 24th annual Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, the popular California based driver snapped a 33-race winless streak by defeating Paul Lee in the final round.
Capps made the best run of his weekend in that final -- going 3.957-seconds at ...
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Back to Victory Lane!
J.R. Todd returned to the NHRA winner’s circle for the first time since the season-opener in 2024, when he defeated Canadian rookie class sensation Spencer Hyde in the final round to win the NHRA's New England Nationals (June 1st). JR was up to the task delivering a standout run of 3.888 at 332.43 in his DHL Toyota GR Supra. It’s ...
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Another First for “Fast Jack”
At NHRA's Gerber Glass Route 66 Nationals -- Funny Car’s Jack Beckman needed his own impressive performance on the starting line for his final round confrontation. An he delivered that exactly, winning on a holeshot in the final round against John Force Racing teammate and reigning world champion Austin Prock with a run of 3.935 at 325.77 in his PEAK ...
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Back to Back 4-Wide Prowess!
NHRA Funny Car’s Austin Prock continued to dominate the nitro Funny Car four-wide format ranks, after sweeping both event in April - at Las Vegas and now last weekend at zMax Dragway Concord NC.
In the final round he delivered a massive run of 3.870 secs at 332.92 in the final round in the JFR Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS to defeat ...
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A Return to Championship Form
NHRA's defending Funny Car world champ Austin Prock returned to championship form in Las Vegas, picking up his first win of the season with a run of 4.009 at 316.01 in his Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS to hold off a quad that featured runner-up Paul Lee, Matt Hagan and Dave Richards.
Prock dominated at Las Vegas in the fall of 2024 ...
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Top Echelon Team Milestone
During NHRA's Lucas Oil Winternationals -- Jack Beckman handed John Force Racing its 300th Funny Car win after he went 4.015 at 302.88 in his PEAK Chevrolet Camaro SS to knock off Daniel Wilkerson in a historic championship round at the legendary facility – and the home track for JFR.
It is the 38th career win for Beckman, who replaced Force ...
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First Time NHRA Winner!
In Funny Car eliminator for the NHRA Arizona Nationals, Paul Lee became the 96th different Funny Car winner in NHRA history with his first career victory, defeating reigning world champion Austin Prock with a run of 4.030 at 313.22 in his McLeod/FTI Performance Dodge Charger SRT.
It was a remarkable performance from Lee, who defeated a slew of standouts to earn ...
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First Season Go — goes to Green
Chad Green opened the NHRA's 2025 Funny Car season in standout fashion, going 3.921 at 329.18 in his Bond-Coat Ford Mustang to roll past Ron Capps and earn his first career Gatornationals win. This will be one Green surely remembers, as Green went 3.922 and 3.921 in back-to-back rounds to claim his second career victory. He defeated Paul Lee, Buddy Hull ...
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“Last Dance” to “Fast Jack”
Jack Beckman closed out the 2024 season NHRA season with a thrilling Funny Car victory at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip.
Beckman outran John Force Racing teammate and world champion Austin Prock in the final round to close out the 59th annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals.
In the teammate versus teammate final round, Beckman went a career-best 3.812-secs at 327.35 mph in his ...
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To The Championship Cusp!
For NHRA fuel Funny Car, the 2024 championship is a mere formality now for standout Austin Prock.
Prock moved ever closer to his first career world title by defeating Paul Lee in the championship round for the Ford Performace Nationals at Las Vegas -- with a run of 3.830 secs in Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Camaro SS.
That gave Prock his eighth victory ...
