Bookends of drag racing on display at US 131
MARTIN -- For 51-year-old alcohol funny car driver Bobby Martin, drag racing as a kid was Hot Rod magazine and Saturday nights in the stands at the track.
For the man pitted four trailers over at the National City ThunderNationals Saturday at Knoll Gas Motorsports Park at US 131, drag racing as a kid was -- well, is -- drag racing.
``I guess my dad just got me started young,'' shrugged Jason Hamstra, who, at age 20, is hitting the top ranks of drag racing's premiere Pro Mod class. ``I started in this class three years ago but I've been racing with my dad since I was 8.''
Hamstra and Martin symbolized the bookends of ...
Read the full article by Doug Vanderlaan in The Kalamazoo Gazette
Tags: IHRA, NHRANHRA Team Shirts
I just noticed that quite a few NHRA crew shirts are for sale over on eBay. They're a unique collectible if you are in the market for your favorite driver's team gear.
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Ron Capps SIGNED Crew Shirt Medium NHRA 2011 NAPA Funny Car | $25.00 |
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NHRA JOHN Brute FORCE Crew Shirt NITRO Funny Car JERSEY Crew Shirt CASTROL RACIN | $199.95 |
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Race Used Pit Crew Shirt Drag Bike Pro Gas Champion Sudman Racing IDBA NHRA | $34.99 |
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Mitch Stott Radiac Abrasives NHRA pit crew shirt XL | $89.99 |
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MAC TOOLS NHRA RACING PIT CREW NASCAR SCREENED GOLF POLO SHIRT MEDIUM | $10.45 |
If you don't want to wait for an auction to close, shirts are available for immediate purchase in eBay Stores.
Tags: NHRAFunny Car veteran Hofmann, championship runner-up in 1995, dies
Former NHRA national-event-winning Funny Car driver Al Hofmann, a longtime fan favorite despite his take-no-prisoners exterior who gave John Force his most serious championship challenges in the mid-1990s, died March 20 of a heart attack at his home in Eustis, Fla. He was 60.
Hofmann, who won 15 times in 32 final-round appearances, was a regular in the NHRA top...
Read full story by Phil Burgess and John Jodauga at NHRA.com
Tags: Force, Funny Car, John Force, NHRA2000 Gators Champ Toliver to Debut New Car in Gainesville
Jerry Toliver will be behind the wheel of a new race car at this weekend's NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla., the third of 24 races on the 2008 POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule. The driver of the Rockstar Energy Drink Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car tested two days this week with a new chassis at South Georgia Motorsports Park in Valdosta, Ga., in advance of this prestigious event.
The 2000 Gatornationals Funny Car winner made several shakedown runs down Valdosta's quarter-mile in the new Murf McKinney chassis on Sunday and Monday. The Rockstar Energy Drink team then packed up and headed to Gainesville.
Read full story at motorsportsblog.com
Tags: Dodge, drag racing, Funny Car, Gainesville, Gatornationals, Jerry Toliver, motorsports, NHRA, Powerade, race, racingNHRA Gatornationals on ESPN2 Sunday
ESPN2 airs coverage of one of the biggest and most prestigious events on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series this weekend with action from the ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla.
Tags: drag racing, Gainesville, Gatornationals, NHRA, Powerade, racingHight Heads to Gainesville with respect and hope
GAINESVILLE, FLA (March 7, 2008) --- Robert “Top Gun” Hight has a high level of respect for the drivers that have won and competed at Gainesville Raceway for the past four decades. He knows it is a special place for a variety of reasons, some happy and some sad.
Gainesville and Gainesville Raceway are home to the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame and the first 300 mph run in drag racing history. This is one of the few tracks on the NHRA tour where Hight is the current track record holder for elapsed time and speed at 4.686 seconds, 331.94 mph. But Gainesville is most special since it was here that Hight shared the race track with his good friend and teammate Eric Medlen for the last time.
“This is honestly a race I want to win really badly. This is where the Hall of Fame is and this is where you get great crowds for the races. It is unbelievable how many people turn out plus all the sponsors and older racers; guys that have won championships and are Hall of Famers. That is one race I really want to win,” said Hight, the current Funny Car points leader.
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Tags: drag racing, Force, Funny Car, Gainesville, Hight, John Force, NHRA, points, race, racing, Robert HightWorld’s fastest drag racers speak out against bane of illegal street racing
They'd always start with a cruise toward Washington, D.C., to V Street. Cars lined both sides of the road. Then the bragging began. Stakes on the illegal street races were raised as high as $5,000 to $10,000. Justin Humphreys' '89 Mustang GT 5.0 could run a high 10 on the street, he said.
“It had nitrous and all that good stuff,” Humphreys said. “Back when I was young, I had 15 to 20 friends that all had
Tags: Del Worsham, NHRA, Nitro, race, racing, Robert HightTop 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 Fuel