31
May
Rumors of a nitro shortage appear to be true - NHRA cancelling post event testing, including August testing session at Indianapolis, recommends teams use methanol for pit warmups.
From the article:
National Hot Rod Association officials met with POWERade Series teams Friday afternoon to announce measures to conserve the use of nitromethane — used in the Top [...]
23
Apr
Nationally known hot rod driver Melanie Troxel made a pit stop Tuesday in Snellville at a charity for medically fragile children.
Troxel, head of the Gotham City Racing Team, showed off her white Dodge Charger Nitro funny car to some of the kids at the corporate headquarters of Dream House for Medically Fragile Children, Inc., a [...]
11
Mar
BEECHER, Ill (March 8, 2008) - Beaver Shredding, a long-time associate sponsor of the Creasy Family Motorsports’, Torco Race Fuels Nitro Funny Car will expand its partnership with the two-time…
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Tags: Creasy, Dale Creasy, Funny Car, IHRA, motorsports, Nitro, race, Torco
7
Mar
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 [...]
26
Feb
Since its inception in 1951, the National Hot Rod Association has worked hand in hand with race teams, manufacturers, the SFI Foundation, and other outside parties with the shared goal of enhancing race car safety. The most recent such effort, which produced a new SFI 10.5 chassis specification for nitro Funny Car construction, is the [...]
21
Feb
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,…
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Tags: IHRA, King, Nitro, NitroJam
17
Feb
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 [...]
17
Feb
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 [...]
9
Feb
Hoosier Thunder Motorsports announced today that the Amalie Oil / Torco Nitro Top Fuel dragster, driven by team owner Terry McMillen, will be outfitted with Mahle Clevite bearings and Perfect Circle piston rings for the 2008 racing season. Clevite and Perfect Circle will be major associate product sponsors….
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7
Feb
NHRA POWERade Series Season Begins This Weekend on ESPN2
As the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season rolls to the starting line this weekend, ESPN drag racing analyst Mike Dunn feels that drag racing fans will see history made this year with the first victory by a woman in the Funny Car class.
ESPN2 will have [...]