Pedregon rewards crew with Funny Car victory
JOLIET — Maybe Tony Pedregon should smash up his car more often.
He put his crew to work on an all-nighter that resulted in an unlikely run to the Funny Car crown on Sunday at the Torco Fuels Route 66 NHRA Nationals.
Pedregon beat Scott Kalitta to the finish line in the final after surviving a qualifying crash on Saturday night. Pedregon banged into...
Read Ron Kremer's full article and interview with Tony Pedregon in The Herald News
From Indy to Charlotte, NHRA racers work to spread the message
It may be the busiest non-NHRA-racing weekend of the year, but many teams of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series are from sitting out around the backyard barbecuing steaks. From Indianapolis to Charlotte, many of NHRA's top drivers and teams are taking advantage of the intense focus on the weekend's Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 to help bring more awareness to NHRA drag racing.
From shop tours to facility visits, from the media centers down to pit road, some of NHRA's best and brightest will show the circle-track crowd what makes the NHRA world go around.
In Indianapolis, where the 92nd annual Indy 500 will take the green flag at 1 p.m. Sunday, but there's plenty going on the day before. Melanie Troxel, recent...
Tags: Cruz Pedregon, John Force, Melanie Troxel, Tony PedregonPedregon to unveil special Palms Hotel and Casino paint scheme
Punctuating a relationship that dates back five years, two-time POWERade Funny Car champion Tony Pedregon has unveiled a Palms Hotel and Casino design on his Q Horsepower Chevrolet Impala SS for the upcoming ninth annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas.
The car will make its official debut Thursday night at the Palms Hotel and Casino during the...
Read the full story and preview the paint scheme at NRHA.com
Tags: Tony PedregonPedregon, Bazemore, Nothstein in Toyota Pro/Celebrity event
NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car world champ Tony Pedregon and fellow NHRA racers Whit Bazemore and Marty Nothstein will join an eclectic roster of stars of film, television, and sports when they strap into brand-new, race-ready Scion tCs to vie for the checkered flag in the world's longest-running, most successful celebrity racing event: the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race Saturday, April 19, part of the 34th annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach...
Tags: Tony PedregonHeat ratchets up as NHRA rolls into Arizona
Heat shows up in a variety of ways. For some, heat means pressure – a mental game. For Tony Pedregon, heat was something he could feel.
Pedregon’s Q Horsepower Chevy Impala SS exploded in the first round at the season-opener in Pomona, Calif., instantly propelling the reigning POWERade Series Funny Car champ back to the center of attention in a category already ripe with story lines. Since the accident there’s been no rest for Pedregon...
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Tags: Chevy, Funny Car, NHRA, Pedregon, Phoenix, Pomona, Powerade, Tony PedregonPedregon out to rise from ashes near Phoenix
After literally getting hot in California earlier this month, NHRA Funny Car champion Tony Pedregon gladly will settle for the figurative side. Healed and rested, Pedregon aims to defend his event title at Firebird International Raceway in Chandler, Ariz., at this weekend's Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals.
Tags: Funny Car, NHRA, Pedregon, Phoenix, race, Tony PedregonPedregon sent for evaluation after first-round incident
Defending NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car champ Tony Pedregon was transported to Pomona Valley Medical Center Hospital for evaluation after his Q Horsepower Chevy Impala suffered an engine explosion ...
Tags: Chevy, drag racing, Funny Car, NHRA, Pedregon, Pomona, Powerade, racing, Tony PedregonForce 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.