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First BIR Experience
In drag racing, you can win or lose a race on the starting line, and the Canadian driver for Head Racing and Hyde Construction, Spencer Hyde, proved that this weekend at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway.
As the current leader in the 2025 NHRA Rookie of the Year contest, Hyde has been putting a lot of emphasis ...
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Renaissance Roars to Reality!
One of the proudest names within North American drag racing history - the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) — has finally launched itself back into reality and relevance.
Now under new ownership and after a multitude of preceding developments over a long period of time, during the month of July, the IHRA finally kicked off their 2025 national event level product ...
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Hyde Hunt Comes Close Again!
It was a quick and consistent weekend for Spencer Hyde, the Canadian driver for Head Racing.
He added a second final round and highest ever qualifying position to his already stacked NHRA Rookie of the Year resume at the Denso Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway. In addition to the final round and No. 2 qualifier, Hyde also set a new personal ...
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Semis @ Seattle!
Canada's Spencer Hyde, the talented young driver for Head Racing, continued to prove why he is the lead contender for NHRA Rookie of the Year during the Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals this weekend, when he advanced to his third semifinal round of competition.
Hyde bested tricky opponents Paul Lee and points leader Austin Prock to cement himself in the ...
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North Western Objectives!
Chad Green has an difficult job of mentoring his son, Hunter, in one of the toughest motorsports classes to drive -- a nitro-burning, 12,000-horsepower Funny Car -- as the popular father-son duo compete in the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series this year.
Chad Green, the 2025 NHRA Gatornationals champion from Midland, Tex., brought his son into the Funny Car fray this ...
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Returning Star Power!
American drag racing legend Tommy Johnson Jnr has officially thrown his hat in the ring for the upcoming Nitro Nationals, which will host what is expected to be an explosive NDRC final for the fire-breathing Top Fuel and XPRO Nitro Funny Cars at Sydney Dragway -- August 23.
Johnson Jnr is no stranger to the Australian drag racing scene, having made ...
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Progressive Ohio Outing!
Young Hunter Green, only in his fifth NHRA Funny Car event, recorded another impressive qualifying run at the NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Nationals with the Chad Green Motorsports Schaeffler Dodge//SRT Hellcat with a seventh place position in the 16-car field at Summit Motorsports Park.
The Midland, Tex., Funny Car “rookie” took his bright green Schaeffler nitro-burning machine to asolid 3.972 ...
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Positives Taken!
The results may not have veteran driver Joe Morrison sitting at the top of the qualifying sheet or rolling his Paul Smith-tuned Right2Breathe Funny Car into the winner's circle but his weekend racing at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals was a huge win for the team.
Morrison's Right2Breathe® Project once again teamed up with the highly acclaimed Cleveland Clinic as ...
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Sweet Weekend Summary!
Some race weekends are about more than just wins.
For standout rookie Spencer Hyde, the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals was all about honoring Jack Hyde, the family member who got him into drag racing as a child. His special Jack and the Green Stock livery was a replica of the stock car that Jack, now 83 years old, drove in ...
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Very Special Edition!
Spencer Hyde to Race Specialty Themed Funny Car at NHRA Norwalk….
Funny Car rookie Spencer Hyde started his drag racing career in his hometown of Stratford, Ontario, racing junior dragsters at his local track. As a young boy he was influenced by his grandfather's cousin Jack Hyde who took on a grandfatherly role in his life. The elder Hyde was also ...
