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POMONA, Calif. — Mike Ashley, the fastest Funny Car driver in history, will open the 2008 NHRA POWERade season in Pomona, Calif. this weekend at the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals behind the wheel of the ProCare Rx Dodge Charger R/T nitro Funny Car. After previously announcing he would not be racing Funny Car this … Read more
In an indication of how competitive the 2008 NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series is expected to be, three-time defending Top Fuel dragster champion Tony Schumacher and Brandon Bernstein tied in a national preseason poll predicting class winners. However, Rod Fuller – the driver with the most first-place votes in Top Fuel – finished just two … Read more
Calling it the “Bellagio of drag strips,” Speedway Motorsports, Inc. Chairman and CEO O. Bruton Smith unveiled plans for a quarter-mile dragway at Lowe’s Motor Speedway Thursday during the NASCAR Sprint Media Tour. … Read more of the story by Sheena Baker at National Speed Sport News
Bob Tasca III and the Tasca Racing team completed the final step needed for entrance into NHRA’s Funny Car class with a 4.96-second, 317-mph run Thursday during testing at Firebird International Raceway in Chandler, Ariz. The run qualified Tasca’s NHRA license to be upgraded from Top Alcohol Funny Car to Funny Car status… Read full … Read more
Funny Car racer James Day, the son-in-law of mega-team owner Don Schumacher, has landed a major sponsorship deal with rock-n-roll legend Stephen Pearcy and Top Fuel Records. Day and his DLS Motorsports race team will compete at all 24 races with Dave Fletcher and Chris Nance sharing tuning duties. Pearcy is the front man for … Read more
Drag racing’s roller coaster ride took another dip, its second of the month, on Thursday when the proposed sale of NHRA to HD Partners Acquisition Corporation was denied by shareholders. Read full story
The cackling of engines and the smell of tire smoke, mixed with the aroma of Gee’s Barbeque, will let everyone know the 2008 IHRA racing season has begun at Immokalee Regional Raceway. The… Read full story