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Lucas Oil/Paul Lee Racing Partnership for Lucas Oil Nationals
Paul Lee returns to the Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd with Lucas Oil as a major partner. The Nitro Funny Car will have a special scheme to showcase the Lucas Oil Slick Mist Car Care line. Lee and the McLeod Racing team hope to continue their phenomenal performance on track for 2019.
As growing partners both on and off the track, ...
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Jeff Heads to Chicago
One of Canadian drag racing favourite transplants did a terrific job as a substitute driver last weekend during the NHRA Route 66 Nationals - near Chicago.
For Jeff Arend, who is a native of Toronto, but who now resides with his wife Windy & daughter Jenna in La Verne CA., his reputation precedes him. During last weekend’s event Jeff's very ...
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JFR Special Edition @ VMP
JOHN FORCE to show off HERCULINER COLORS with PEAK For VIRGINIA NHRA NATIONALS
Sitting third in the NHRA Mello Yello points standings, Funny Car legend John Force and the PEAK Coolant and Motor Oil Chevy Camaro SS Funny Car team are gearing up for the Virginia NHRA Nationals looking to build upon their progress.
Force and the Brian Corradi and Danny Hood ...
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Motorcraft/Quick Lane Strategic Move
Co-crew chiefs Eric Lane and Jon Schaffer will share tuning duties of Bob Tasca III’s Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Mustang Funny Car beginning at the Virginia NHRA Nationals May 17-19, 2019.
Schaffer moves from a rival Funny Car team in a trade for Mike Green, who joined Tasca Racing at the end of last year.
At 31, Schaffer, the youngest professional full-time Nitro ...
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500th Milestone Start
This weekend's 39th annual Arby's NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway will include a milestone for Springfield, Illinois-based driver Tim Wilkerson -- it will be the 500th nitro Funny Car race of his career.
"I can't believe it's been 500 races. That's a long time," said Wilkerson, whose first start was in Gainesville in 1996. "We really need to thank [primary ...
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Paul Lee – Back in Saddle!
Paul Lee will return to NHRA competition this weekend in the Nitro Funny Car category from a two year absence.
Lee suffered a widow-maker heart attack at the end of 2016 and now returns as a team owner and a partner with Straightline Strategy Group. The Jim Oberhofer tuned entry made successful test laps earlier this week and they are ...
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First Score for Independent Racer
Allan Middendorf drove his American Outlaw Nitro Funny Car to his first win at Funny Car Chaos at North Star Dragway in Denton, Texas. This was only the second race Middendorf competed in since he started racing the car in the summer of 2018.
“It’s a blast being a team owner/driver and getting my first win. It’s unbelievable. This has been ...
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Making of Mustang Funny Car Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0sYcmJxJ-o
Posted by David Baltazar
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’19 Ford FC – Breaks Cover!
2019 Ford Mustang NHRA Funny Car Seeks To Become Fastest Mustang Ever!
> First look at new Ford Mustang Funny Car body for NHRA competition
> 2019 Ford Mustang Funny Car makes debut this week in NHRA pre-season test
> First new Funny Car body for Ford since 2009 and first Ford race car developed without full-size prototypes
> New body will be run by ...
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JFR 2019 Reveal
Confirmation has come that John Force Racing will feature three full-time hot rods with a fourth team in contingency for the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Season.
President of John Force Racing and two-time world champion Robert Hight will continue to drive the Auto Club of Southern California Chevrolet Camaro SS with his tandem of Jimmy Prock as crew chief ...
