Scelzi brimming with confidence heading to Phoenix
FRESNO, Calif. (Feb. 19, 2008) - Four-time NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series world champion Gary Scelzi is brimming with confidence heading into the second round of 24 events in the 2008 NHRA season, the NHRA Nationals at Firebird Raceway, just outside of Phoenix, this weekend.
The driver of the Mopar/Oakley Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car for Don Schumacher Racing is ready to settle into a long season battling for a second Funny Car crown, now that the opening event of the year in Pomona, Calif., is over...
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Tags: Dodge, drag racing, DSR, Funny Car, Gary Scelzi, Mopar, NHRA, Pomona, Powerade, race, racing, ScelziBeckman poised for accelerated performance in Phoenix
With the first of 24 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series national events of 2008 in the books, "Fast" Jack Beckman is poised for an improved performance of the Valvoline/Mail Terminal Services Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car he drives for Don Schumacher Racing in this weekend's second national event of the year.
Beckman advanced to the quarterfinals at the season-opener in Pomona, Calif., and left tied in fifth place in the point standings with...(snipped)
From the Don Schumacher Racing site:
Mail Terminal Services will continue its "Mail from Home" program in 2008. Fans at each NHRA national event will have the opportunity to sign special cards at the DSR hospitality area and at the U.S. Army Racing Zone in the midway area, which MTS will then ship, free of charge, to the troops in war zones overseas.
Tags: Beckman, Dodge, drag racing, DSR, Funny Car, Jack Beckman, NHRA, Pomona, Powerade, racingDrag racing couple finds love in fast lane
I now pronounce you ... adversaries.
This year, driving for opposing Funny Car teams, husband and wife NHRA racers Tommy Johnson Jr. and Melanie Troxel will test their 4-year-old marriage on the quarter-mile, with their second outing of the year this weekend at Firebird International Raceway near Chandler...
Read full story by Richard Gray in the East Valley Tribune
Tags: drag racing, Funny Car, Johnson, Melanie Troxel, NHRA, race, racing, Tommy Johnson, Tommy Johnson JrPedregon out to rise from ashes near Phoenix
After literally getting hot in California earlier this month, NHRA Funny Car champion Tony Pedregon gladly will settle for the figurative side. Healed and rested, Pedregon aims to defend his event title at Firebird International Raceway in Chandler, Ariz., at this weekend's Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals.
Tags: Funny Car, NHRA, Pedregon, Phoenix, race, Tony PedregonPrivacy Policy
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Tags: Funny Car, Top Fuel, Top Fuel Funny CarThis 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, racingHernandez, Patrick, Gahm, Gilbertson Confirmed For Fourth Nitrojam.com Spring Blast at The Rock
Reigning IHRA Pro Stock World Champion Robert Patrick of Fredericksburg, Va., and reigning NHRA Pro Modified Champion Josh Hernandez of Conroe, Texas, are among more than 40 drivers committed to...
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One of the major pre-season tests for pros from both the NHRA and IHRA, the NitroJam.com Spring Blast also will feature the national record-holding Dodge Funny Car of Charlotte’s Bob Gilbertson as well as those of Andy Kelly of Piedmont, S.C., and former Pro Mod standout Matt Hagan of Christiansburg, Va...
Tags: Andy Kelly, Bob Gilbertson, Dodge, Funny Car, Gilbertson, IHRA, Kelly, NHRA, Nitro, NitroJam, TestingHawley 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, racing