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Jun
There were many, including this corner, who thought John Force had reached the end of the line last September when he crashed in Ennis, Tex., and suffered serious injuries.
We were amazed when the 59-year-old Force climbed back into his Castrol Ford Mustang Funny Car at the Winternationals and started competing once again in the [...]
1
Jun
NHRA Funny Car rookie Bob Tasca III is fired up for today’s eliminations in the NHRA Summer Nationals after a career-best No. 2 qualifying effort.
“We had one of the, if not the most consistent, qualifying car of the weekend,” Tasca said in a team release. “I’m just thrilled with Chris (Cunningham, crew chief) and the [...]
1
Jun
First round pairings / qualifying results for the O’Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals in Topeka, Kansas, June 1st, 2008.
1 Tony Bartone R.T. (.089) E.T. 6.648 MPH 135.43
16 Gary Densham R.T. (.111) E.T. 4.962 MPH 304.32
2 Bob Tasca III R.T. (.017) E.T. 4.939 MPH 309.06
15 Tony [...]
31
May
TOPEKA, Kan. - It must have felt a bit like proving themselves all over again.
In 2006, Melanie Troxel reached a stunning nine final rounds with two wins in her first year of fulltime competition in Top Fuel, good enough for a fourth-place finish on the year. Then she followed that with another two-win season in [...]
31
May
With air temperatures teetering near 90 all day and track temperatures bumped up near 120 degrees, competitors got their first taste of summer conditions during the opening day of action at the O’Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX, and Larry Dixon, Tony Bartone, and Dave Connolly adapted best to the hot, muggy conditions, [...]
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 [...]