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Jim Dunn’s Lemonade Car!
Jim Dunn Racing Rolls Out a New Funny Car with another Major Brand
Traditionally, when Jim Dunn Racing rolls out a yellow Funny Car it’s promoting the popular Mooneyes brand. At the upcoming Norwalk, Ohio and Joliet, Illinois NHRA national events however, Jim Dunn will be bringing out a yellow Funny Car with a brand who’s namesake founder is older than ...
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Capps Assumes NHRA Points Podium
Don Schumacher's Mopar-bodied fuel FC team continued their mastery of NHRA racing with a fourth consecutive event all DSR team final round.
California's Ron Capps picked up his second consecutive victory and third of the season with a 3.954 at 316.90 in his NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger R/T by defeating Jack Beckman’s 7.894 at 85.05 in his Infinite Hero Dodge ...
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Finally! New 6th Generation Camaro Funny Car!
Chevrolet and 16-time NHRA champion John Force introduced the all-new 2016 Camaro SS Funny Car that he’ll race this weekend at the NHRA Kansas Nationals, in Topeka, Kan.
The new Funny Car body is the first based on the sixth-generation Camaro SS. Force’s teammates Courtney Force and Robert Hight will introduce new Camaro SS Funny Cars later this season.
“I started my ...
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Exercise your Right!
To vote that is!….
As part of NHRA’s 50th Anniversary of Funny Car celebration, fans will have the opportunity to vote for the cars they believe are the most important in the class’ history.
After hundreds of suggestions from fans, an expert panel of drag racing historians and journalists narrowed the final list to 20, based on the cars’ influence and success ...
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Tasca’s Track Forward
New England-based Tasca Racing is excited to announce they will be competing in four NHRA events starting with the Charlotte Four-Wide Nationals in April and then Topeka, Epping, and Chicago.
With regard to the upcoming races, Bob Tasca III says, “I’m thrilled to have NewAutoParts.com back as the primary sponsor for the Four-Wide Event. We also have three other primary sponsors ...
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“Wilk” is a Winner!
Tim Wilkerson earned his 19th career victory and first in Phoenix at the 2016 CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals in the Levi, Ray & Shoup Ford Shelby Mustang. This is Wilkerson’s first win since the Summit Racing NHRA Southern Nationals in May of 2015. It is also the earliest in the season Wilkerson has ever won a race.
“For my crew ...
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Jim Dunn Racing Names New Primary Sponsor
OBERTO BEEF JERKY PRIMARY SPONSOR FOR JIM DUNN RACING IN 2016
Oberto Beef Jerky will be the primary sponsor of the Jim Dunn Racing Nitro Funny Car for the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Series. Oberto will be displayed as the title sponsor on the Dodge Charger at 10 NHRA races starting at the 2016 NHRA Spring Nationals and will be a ...
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Funny Car’s 50th Anniversary Season Kickoff Preview
NHRA will officially kick off its 50th anniversary Funny Car celebration at the tradition-rich Circle K NHRA Winternationals at historic Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, Feb. 11-14.
A wide variety of classic nostalgia Funny Cars will be on display in the Hot Rod Junction, while others will perform burnout demonstrations and make exhibition runs on the legendary dragstrip at the season-opening ...
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Back to Iconic Look for Alexis
Alexis DeJoria Racing is going back to its roots for the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing season. Operating out of the Kalitta Motorsports camp, The Patrón Spirits Company-backed Toyota Camry Funny Car team will once again sport the iconic ‘Patrón green,’ as they return to the distiller’s signature Patrón Silver label in 2016.
Pilot of the 10,000-horsepower Tequila Patrón Toyota ...
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50 Years of Funny Car Racing Celebration
NHRA TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF FUNNY CAR IN 2016
In 1966, a brand new class of competition emerged in NHRA when hot rodding enthusiasts of the era were trying to squeeze more performance out of their gassers, super stocks and muscle cars. With a larger motor, stretched frame and bigger rear tires, these powerful machines took the drag racing world ...
