Hernandez, 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, TestingForce returns to action at Phoenix test and immediately runs low
John Force is back! He will continue testing at Firebird Raceway through Wednesday.
From NHRA's Rob Geiger:
Climbing into a Funny Car for the first time since his devastating accident Sept. 23 in Dallas, 14-time champion John Force needed just one warm-up pass before blasting his way to the forefront of the National Time Trials with the quickest and fastest pass of the four-day test session. Force's 4.782 at 327.51 mph was so good he ended up out in the Arizona desert past the final turn-off, but the most prolific Funny Car driver of all time was still smiling when he emerged unscathed from his dusty Castrol GTX Ford Mustang.
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New Funny Car champion Tony Pedregon was the closest to Force but he was almost a tenth of a second back with a best of 4.869 at 278.98 mph in his Q Racing Monte Carlo R/T. Gary Scelzi was next with a 4.879 at 318.02 mph in his Mopar/Oakley Charger R/T, while Cruz Pedregon (4.959) and Jerry Toliver (4.992) also dipped below five seconds on the day.
Melanie Troxel Phoenix test 2008-01-25
CHANDLER, Ariz. (January 25, 2008) - Nitro Funny Car rookie Melanie Troxel took two short blasts Friday behind the wheel of the ProCare Rx Dodge Charger at the NHRA National Time Trials at Firebird International Raceway in Chandler, Ariz. On her first pass, she struggled with visibility and hit the 330-foot timing cone before coasting across the line; her second pass netted a solid launch into ...
Tags: Dodge, Funny Car, Melanie Troxel, NHRA, Nitro, race, TestingNHRA ready to test repaved Firebird
NHRA drivers - including John Force - will begin to test the limits of a new 700-foot concrete launch pad during the National Time Trials today through Sunday at Firebird International Raceway.
Force, a 14-time Funny Car champion, plans to be back in his Castrol Ford Mustang for the first time since suffering multiple foot, knee, hand and wrist injuries in a September accident. Force first must show NHRA officials that he can get out of his car quickly in the event of another incident.
Five-time Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher calls the fresh starting line surface "a gift."
"A Top Fuel car leaves with so much power early on that the clutch system will try to lock up around 600...
Read Michael Knight's full story in the Arizona Republic
Dixon, Head are quickest of cautious first day pack at National Time Trials
Two-time NHRA POWERade Top Fuel champion Larry Dixon made it the furthest down Firebird International Raceway Friday during the first of three days of preseason testing at the National Time Trials in Phoenix. Using the knowledge he gained a week ago in his first test session, Dixon did the best of taming a green FIR with his 1,000-foot squirt of 4.715 at 263.51 mph in his U.S. Smokeless Tobacco dragster.
John Force's youngest daughter Courtney also looked sharp in her first full pass in Darien & Meadows Top Alcohol Dragster, running a 5.907 at 237.30 mph. The quickest Funny Car on the property was Jim Head's 6.269 at 144.12 mph in his Toyota Solara. Most of the 14 Top Fuel racers and 12 Funny Car pros couldn't get past halftrack under power as they got their first chance at running under the new 90-percent nitro rule...
Tags: Force, Funny Car, Jim Head, John Force, NHRA, Nitro, Powerade, race, Testing, Top Fuel, Toyota