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A significant part of drag racing history has taken place at Rockingham Dragway, Steve Earwood’s venerable quarter-mile strip nestled in between the pine trees near the North Carolina-South Carolina border. But while history and memories are part of what makes Rockingham so special, the old guard better look out. The young guns are coming. Spencer … 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
NHRA determined that Don Schumacher Racing committed a fuel violation prior to eliminations Sunday at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas. Schumacher Racing has been fined $100,000 for possessing nitromethane fuel in its Professional pit clearly in violation of the fuel regulations as detailed on… Read the rest at NHRA
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
(Marion, Texas; April 6, 2008) – Spencer Massey is not exactly new to this whole drag racing thing. The Fort Worth, Tex. resident has been driving in the A-Fuel ranks for the better part of four years, finishing as high as #3 in the world in NHRA competition. But when car owner Mitch King was… … Read more
Odessa native Alan Bradshaw raced to the provisional No. 1 qualifying position in Top Fuel during the first day of qualifying Friday for the O’Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals at Houston Raceway Park. Read full story at CBS Sportsline
BAYTOWN, Tx. (March 25) – Morgan Lucas Racing has made a shift in its team and the realignment now places the tuning duties of Lucas’ Top Fuel dragster and teammate, J.R. Todd’s car squarely on the shoulders of capable crew chief and general manager, John Stewart starting at this weekend’s O’Reilly Spring Nationals at Houston … Read more
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 26, 2008) — Jay Pennington, Managing Director of Extraodinario Brands, brand owner and importers of Tradicion Azul Tequila, announced that Tradicion Azul will join forces with Nitro Funny Car racer Bob Gilbertson for the 2008 racing season. This is an exciting venture for us into the sport of professional drag racing,” Pennington … Read more
The one thing in their marriage that Melanie Troxel and Tommy Johnson try not to discuss at the dinner table is their jobs. Both are drivers in the National Hot Rod Association and, for the first time this year, they are racing in the same series — Funny Car… Read full story at the Houston … Read more
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – February 26, 2008 – Okuma America Corporation, a world leader in the development of machine tool technology and Computer Numeric Controls (CNC), has entered into a manufacturing and technology partnership agreement with Don Prudhomme “The Snake” Racing for their NHRA top fuel drag racing team. The two-year associate sponsorship deal through … Read more