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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 ...
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Return of Mooneyes!
Jim Dunn Racing will debut another eye-catching MOON Equipped Nitro Funny Car at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona November 13th – 15th. The iconic MOONEYES logo has become synonymous with Jim Dunn Racing since the 60’s. This will be the 10th different MOONEYES design for the team going back to the early 90’s. One of the most famous ...
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Nostalgia Tribute for Dallas Event
The theme for Jim Dunn Racing at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals is Nostalgia.
Before driver John Hale jumped behind-the-wheel of the Jim Dunn Racing Mopar Funny Car, he was a Nostalgia Funny Car Champion, and still races in this class when not competing in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. At Hale’s hometown race in Dallas, the Jim Dunn ...
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John Force Fans to see TRAXXAS Red
John Force fans will be seeing red during the 30th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals this weekend at the famed Texas Motorplex. They won’t be mad at the 16-time Funny Car champion who is only 150 points away from his 17th NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car championship but rather they will see Force behind the wheel of a newly designed ...
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Arend in FC International Effort
A cool and truly international collaboration is in the works for NHRA's closing two national events for 2015.
Confirmation has come that Canadian born driver Jeff Arend and wily veteran tuner Paul Smith (from Florida) will help to guide a scheduled comeback for the Australian Funny Car racing team owned by Peter and Helen Russo (from Victoria).
Together the team is targeting ...
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“U.S. Male” to Ride Again!
The "U.S. Male" scheme will see nitro again as the Worsham Racing Charger will be wrapped in the iconic colors to honor the passing or ‘Nitro Nick’ Boninfante Sr., who lost his battle with heart disease earlier this year. With his McLeod brand, Paul Lee will support the effort and return to the driver’s seat for the first time since ...
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Force to Run Jeff Gordon Tribute Car at Charlotte
John Force’s memories of Jeff Gordon go back to the early 1990s when the two drivers were just getting started on their impressive championship runs. As Jeff Gordon wraps up a legendary career at the end of this season Force wanted to say thank you to Gordon in a way that only the 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion could with ...
