Hawley renews Funny Car license, plans to compete at Gatornationals
It's been 18 years since two-time Funny Car world champion and multiple national event winner Frank Hawley has driven a nitro Funny Car, but this week he proved that driving a Funny Car is like riding a bike - you don't forget how. On Wednesday, the legendary drag racing school instructor completed two stellar runs and, under the watchful eyes and with the approval of another former champ -- Mark Oswald -- renewed his NHRA nitro Funny Car license.
"What an amazing feeling," Hawley said.
"I think that remaining actively involved in the sport made...
Read full story about Frank Hawley's return at NHRA.com
Tags: drag racing, Frank Hawley, Funny Car, Gatornationals, NHRA, Nitro, racingPINKS ALL OUT Gainesville Event Information
February 15, 2008 by Robert
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PINKS ALL OUT
EVENT INFORMATION for APRIL 18-19, 2008
The information you've been waiting for all year is finally here! The SPEED’s PINKs All Out show will be taping at Gainesville Raceway on April 18-19, 2008.
This event is grass-roots drag racing at its best! Who wouldn't want to [...]
Fans Can Race Against Top NHRA Drivers on Infineon Raceway’s Kart Track for Charity
NHRA POWERade Drag Racing stars Gary Scelzi, Rod Fuller, Matt Guidera and Cory McClenathan will battle for supremacy on Infineon Raceway’s lightning-quick kart track on Saturday, March 8, and 50 lucky race fans are invited to join them.
Infineon Raceway will host the 6th annual NHRA Tour de Charity on its 16-turn, three-quarter mile kart track on Saturday, March 8, from 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. (Pacific). The first 50 fans who register will have a reserved seat in the action-packed day. ...
Tags: Charity, drag racing, Gary Scelzi, motorsports, NHRA, Powerade, race, racing, Scelzi2008 Countdown to the Championship website launched
With the first race of the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series in the books, NHRA.com has relaunched its Countdown to the Championship Web site. Throughout the season, the site will feature updated points and standings, post-event wrap-ups, a dedicated newsletter, and Countdown-related news and feature stories...
Click here to visit the NHRA 2008 Countdon to the Championship website
Tags: countdown, drag racing, NHRA, points, Powerade, race, racingBlack History Month Spotlight: Sonny Shipmon
Herb McCandless and Sonny Shipmon reached speeds and heights so rarified in drag racing that their distinguished accomplishments are set to become stamped into immortalization today.
The Burlington legends are among the five members who comprise the second class of inductees for the North Carolina Drag Racing Hall of Fame.
“For people to recognize the stuff that we did and to remember it,” the 64-year-old McCandless said, “it’s very special because that will always be there. They can’t take that away from you once they put you in it.”...
Read full story by Adam Smith of Times-News
Tags: drag racing, Hall of Fame, IHRA, racingForce, happy to be back to racing, is already counting many victories
Fourteen-time Funny Car champion John Force didn't lose his flair for the dramatic or his passion for NHRA POWERade drag racing in last September's dramatic accident that sidelined him for four months. He thrilled the faithful at the season-opening CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals by waiting until the last qualifying session to make the field and then racing through to the semifinals in typical Force fashion.
The winner of a record 125 NHRA national events also touted the numerous safety changes in the Funny Car class that his team, along with NHRA, is spearheading and addressed the concerns of the naysayers who are resistant to change. It's obvious Force is more concerned about building a better car than he is with...
Read Rob Geiger's full interview with John Force at NHRA.com
Tags: drag racing, Force, Funny Car, John Force, NHRA, Powerade, racing, safetyJohn Force to be inducted into Motorsports Hall of Fame
Perennial drag racing king John Force, open-wheel racing champion Michael Andretti, and NASCAR legend Buddy Baker will lead a class of seven racing greats into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America when the organization stages its annual induction ceremony Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, at the Fillmore Detroit.
These three, along with sports-car ace Richie Ginther, motorcycle hero Wayne Rainey, versatile competitor Paul Goldsmith, and pioneering aerobatic pilot Betty Skelton will join 167 racers already enshrined...
Tags: drag racing, Force, Hall of Fame, John Force, King, motorsports, NHRA, race, racingFunny Car driver also in cash race
Perhaps the most competitive battleground in the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series is in its Funny Car class, and miles per hour aren't the defining standard.
The real competition involves sponsorships and the cubic dollars racers spend in an effort to not only go fast, but win a championship. The cars, capable of covering the Pomona Raceway quarter-mile drag strip at the Winternationals in a few ticks over four seconds and reaching speeds of 330 mph, are the focal point in sponsor...
Read full story at the Daily Breeze
Tags: drag racing, Funny Car, NHRA, Pomona, Powerade, race, racing