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BRISTOL — Two semifinal runs in seven races and seventh-place in the NHRA Powerade points wouldn’t have most drag racers concerned. If you are Brandon Bernstein coming off a career-best season in 2007 with five wins and a third-place finish in the Top Fuel points, there is some angst. But, he’s not ready to hit … Read more
CMT’s hit television series Trick My Truck will partner with Hoosier Thunder Motorsports to offer fans a unique opportunity with a new sweepstakes called “Trick My Crew”. One lucky winner will become part of the Amalie Oil Top Fuel Dragster crew. The winner will also travel via the team motorhome/transporter, live, eat, sleep and be … Read more
MADISON – Hot Rod’s his name and racing is his game. They go together like fast and furious. He’s actually Rod Fuller, driving in the Top Fuel Category of the NHRA competition. But drag racing fans will cheer him as Hot Rod this weekend in the 12th annual O’Reilly Midwest Nationals at Gateway International Raceway. … Read more
When Antron Brown was named to drive a Top Fuel dragster last November, there were plenty of tongues wagging. And most of the questions dealt with how one of the top Pro Stock Motorcycle riders on the National Hot Rod Association circuit could… Read the full article by Ken Roberts in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Doug Herbert, owner and driver of the SnaponFranchise.com Top Fuel dragster, will be speaking at a second “Choices and Consequences” seminar to help promote safe driving. After losing his sons, Jon, 17, and James, 12, in an automobile accident just a few months ago, Herbert has made it his mission to help prevent other parents, … Read more
Cory McClenathan claimed his first Top Fuel win in more than a year, and Tim Wilkerson ended a winless drought that extended back to the 2004 Sonoma event during the final rounds of the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. McClenathan, in his first full season as a member of … Read more
The Interstate Equipment Top Fuel Dragster competed in the Texas Nationals last weekend in San Antonio. Despite Mother Nature hampering off-season testing, the Sipple Motorsports team advanced to the semi-finals. It was a weekend of hard work for the crew even though the… Read full story at IHRA
Great news for Urs Erbacher! From NHRA.com: Reigning FIA Top Fuel champion Urs Erbacher of Switzerland will banner the company of Las Vegas builder and former Pro Stock racer George Marnell — Marnell Masonry — as the primary sponsor of his dragster at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals this weekend at The Strip at Las Vegas … Read more
…Brown had not advanced past the quarterfinals this season, but that changed Sunday in the O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown. Brown earned his first Top Fuel title, edging Larry Dixon by a nose with a quarter-mile pass of 4.605 seconds at 320.28 mph to Dixon’s 4.621 and 309.06… Read full … Read more
Tragedy struck Saturday at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield when nostalgia Top Fuel racer John Shoemaker of Sacramento was killed in a high-speed crash. Shoemaker, 65, had just finished a qualifying run at 6.11 seconds and 249.93 mph when his dragster failed to slow after powering past the finish line… Read full story at … Read more