Top Fuel veteran Mike Smith to make NHRA Funny Car debut
Former NHRA Top Fuel driver Mike Smith will experience a true father-son weekend when he makes his NHRA Funny Car debut during the upcoming ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals March 13-16 at famed Gainesville Raceway. Smith, son of legendary fuel tuner Paul Smith, will be driving the Tire Kingdom/Diamond Freight Distribution 2006 Monte Carlo. As an added bonus, Mike Smith's younger brother, Top Fuel driver John “Bodie” Smith, will join the crew as co-crew chief for the ...
Tags: Funny Car, Gainesville, Gatornationals, King, Mike Smith, NHRA, race, Top FuelLil John Buttera, Funny Car Legend, Dead At 67
March 4, 2008 by Robert
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Sad news for the car world:
Lil John Buttera, famous for making some of the most visually and technologically unique dragsters and funny cars, died yesterday after a long battle with ...
Tags: Funny Car, KingNHRA Drivers Do’n It In the Dirt at Tri-City Speedway on Thursday, May 1st
February 29, 2008 by Robert
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Pontoon Beach, IL - February 18, 2008 - Some of the top NHRA drivers in the country will be trying to figure out how to go in circles instead of just heading straight down the drag strip when they come to Tri-City Speedway and race U.M.P. DIRTcar Pro Late Models around the 3/8 mile dirt oval. Scheduled for Thursday, May 1st, this event already features nine NHRA stars that have agreed to race in this event and Tri-City Speedway is currently working to add additional NHRA drivers....
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Tags: Gary Scelzi, King, NHRA, raceJack Beckman Wins in Phoenix
Jack Beckman beat Robert Hight to win his fourth Wally in Phoenix at the 24th annual Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals at Firebird International Raceway. Beckman qualified his Don Schumacher Racing, Valvoline,Mail Terminal Series Dodge 15th on Saturday. Jack Beckman out ran Mike Neff, then Gary Scelzi, and Jim Head (in that order). To get to the final round, Robert Hight had to beat Gary Densham, independent Bob Bode, and Tommy Johnson, Jr.
Bob Bode deserves special mention, because his self-sponsored AR-BEE Transparent Products Monte Carlo has qualified and competed in both Pomona and Phoenix. He came back from a huge engine explosion on Saturday, that also destroyed the body of his car, to compete against Jack Beckman in second-round eliminations. His performance this season has been better than many big name racers so far. Bob is still looking for sponsors for the 2008 season. If you are interested in having your company's name, or even your own name, on the side of a competitive NHRA Funny Car, please go to Bob Bode's site to learn more about sponsoring his car for a race, or even a season.
Tags: Beckman, Bob Bode, Dodge, Funny Car, Gary Scelzi, Hight, Jack Beckman, Jim Head, Johnson, King, Mike Neff, NHRA, Phoenix, Pomona, race, racing, Robert Hight, Scelzi, Tommy Johnson37 New IHRA Nitro Jam YouTube Videos On NitroJam.com
IHRA has just posted 37 new videos to their YouTube Channel. These include the latest San Antonio Nitro Jam commercial and all Pro Final round runs from San Antonio, Rockingham (spring), Tulsa,...
Tags: IHRA, King, Nitro, NitroJamJohn 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, racingDSR Adds Rockstar and Jerry Toliver to Nhra Funny Car Team Roster in 2008
Jerry Toliver will drive the Rockstar Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car for Don Schumacher Racing in the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, beginning at the Winternationals in Pomona, Calif., Feb. 7-10, 2008, it was confirmed today by team owner Don Schumacher.
A native of California, Toliver returns to his first full year of NHRA Funny Car competition since 2004. The popular, articulate and outgoing racer skipped the 2005 and 2006 seasons and ran all but four national events in 2007 under his own banner with Rockstar backing.
Tags: Dodge, drag racing, Funny Car, King, NHRA, Pomona, Powerade, race, racingDixon and S. Kalitta close out Nitro Blast-off with weeeknd’s best
By Rob Geiger Sr., NHRA.com senior editor
1/20/2008
The final day of the Nitro Blast-off ended with Larry Dixon and Scott Kalitta posting the best Top Fuel and Funny Car runs of the three-day test session at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Dixon zoomed to a 4.664 despite shutting his U.S. Smokeless Tobacco dragster off early, while Kalitta coaxed a 5.095 out of his DHL Solara after some huge half-track numbers.
With everyone working on 90-percent nitro for the first time under the current rules, Dixon and tuner Donnie Bender finally posted a four-second pass in Sunday's first session when they went 4.921 at 215.41 mph in a planned shutoff run that reached 1,000 until Dixon lifted...
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