NHRA signs marketing partnership with Ford Customer Service Division
NHRA has signed a an onsite display deal with Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD) that will enhance the automotive division's return to professional drag racing. As part of the agreement, FCSD, through its Motorcraft parts brand and growing national network of Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center retailers, will have major presence at 10 NHRA POWERade Drag...
Tags: drag racing, Ford, NHRA, Powerade, racingThis Week in Ford Racing – NHRA: Interview with John Medlen
The Ford BOSS 500 engine made its competition debut two weeks ago at the NHRA POWERade season-opener at Pomona in Mike Neff’s Old Spice Funny Car Mustang. Crew chief John Medlen says he was very encouraged by what the new engine showed.
JOHN MEDLEN – Crew Chief, No. 7701 Old Spice Ford Mustang Funny Car – WERE YOU ENCOURAGED BY WHAT YOU SAW OUT OF THE NEW ENGINE IN ITS DEBUT AT POMONA?
Read the full interview with John Medlen at The Frontstretch
Tags: Ford, Funny Car, John Medlen, Mike Neff, NHRA, Pomona, Powerade, racingSchumacher, Hight, Anderson grab first 2008 POWERade glory in Pomona
...Like Schumacher, Hight continued his love affair with Pomona's pavement, winning his second straight race and third overall at his hometown facility. This time it was Pedregon on the losing end in the final as Hight's 4.861 at a blower-belt-tossing 284.39 mph in the Auto Club of Southern California Ford Mustang defeated Pedregon's 4.879 at 322.50 mph in his Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet Impala SS...
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Tags: Chevrolet, Ford, Hight, NHRA, Pedregon, Pomona, Powerade, race, Robert Hight, WinternationalsForce returns to action at Phoenix test and immediately runs low
John Force is back! He will continue testing at Firebird Raceway through Wednesday.
From NHRA's Rob Geiger:
Climbing into a Funny Car for the first time since his devastating accident Sept. 23 in Dallas, 14-time champion John Force needed just one warm-up pass before blasting his way to the forefront of the National Time Trials with the quickest and fastest pass of the four-day test session. Force's 4.782 at 327.51 mph was so good he ended up out in the Arizona desert past the final turn-off, but the most prolific Funny Car driver of all time was still smiling when he emerged unscathed from his dusty Castrol GTX Ford Mustang.
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New Funny Car champion Tony Pedregon was the closest to Force but he was almost a tenth of a second back with a best of 4.869 at 278.98 mph in his Q Racing Monte Carlo R/T. Gary Scelzi was next with a 4.879 at 318.02 mph in his Mopar/Oakley Charger R/T, while Cruz Pedregon (4.959) and Jerry Toliver (4.992) also dipped below five seconds on the day.
NHRA ready to test repaved Firebird
NHRA drivers - including John Force - will begin to test the limits of a new 700-foot concrete launch pad during the National Time Trials today through Sunday at Firebird International Raceway.
Force, a 14-time Funny Car champion, plans to be back in his Castrol Ford Mustang for the first time since suffering multiple foot, knee, hand and wrist injuries in a September accident. Force first must show NHRA officials that he can get out of his car quickly in the event of another incident.
Five-time Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher calls the fresh starting line surface "a gift."
"A Top Fuel car leaves with so much power early on that the clutch system will try to lock up around 600...
Read Michael Knight's full story in the Arizona Republic
Bob Tasca III zooms into Nitro Funny Car
Bob Tasca III zooms into Nitro Funny CarProvidence Journal, RI - 20 hours agoIn a deal announced yesterday, Ford Customer Service Distribution's Motorcraft brand will be sponsoring Tasca's Shelby Mustang Nitro Funny Car for the 2008 ...
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Tags: Ford, Funny Car, Nitro, TascaFirst Look: Matt Hagan’s 2008 Nitro Funny Car
RADFORD, VA--Matt Hagan Racing is proud to debut the Monte Carlo SS Nitro Funny Car that Matt Hagan will pilot in the IHRA Knoll Gas Motorsports Nitro Jam series this season.
"We're really looking forward to the IHRA Nitro series this year," said Matt Hagan. "As this sport continues to grow it's going to need...
Tags: Ford, Funny Car, IHRA, King, Knoll Gas, Matt Hagan, motorsports, Nitro, racingJohn Force says he will be ready
John Force is getting his health back after his horrific crash. His physical therapist says Force's goal of participating in the Phoenix pre-season testing January 27-30 is achievable.
The National Speed Sport News has this article:
YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Just over three months after suffering severe injuries to his feet, hands and legs in a 300 mile-per-hour crash, John Force climbed into and out of the cockpit of his Castrol Ford Mustang Funny Car last week in a special rehabilitation session at the John Force Racing complex supervised by physical therapy director Robert Ortmayer.
“It wasn’t easy,” Force said, “but I could do it. I said I’d be ready (for the NHRA’s 2008 season) and I will.” ...