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