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From NHRA: Because Saturday’s night qualifying show from the Checker Schuck’s Kragen NHRA Nationals airs at 2 a.m. Eastern Sunday/11 p.m. Pacific Saturday night, ESPN2 will also offer an encore airing of the qualifying show Sunday morning at 11 a.m. Eastern. Sunday’s three-hour final eliminations show will air in prime time, beginning at 7 p.m. … Read more
Local Top Fuel pilot Gene “Rocketman” Davis will get a little help from his longtime friend Don “Mr. Magoo” Sosenka at the Checker Schuck’s Kragen NHRA Nationals presented by Castrol in Phoenix, where Sosenka will assume the duties as crew chief of Davis’ Top Fuel dragster, which is based out of Tempe, Ariz… (Editor’s note … Read more
IHRA has just posted 37 new videos to their YouTube Channel. These include the latest San Antonio Nitro Jam commercial and all Pro Final round runs from San Antonio, Rockingham (spring), Tulsa,… Read full story
Tim McAmis Race Cars opens the 2008 racing season with a new trackside support and display program. Expanding on recent success with its racer support program, TMRC has added a 56’… Read full story
Michael Baker has been promoted to IHRA Senior Director of Racing Operations. Baker, who has spent the last decade as Director of Competition and Technical Services, will have expanded duties that… Read full story
Top Fuel E.T. 4.430 sec. by Tony Schumacher Feb. 2007 MPH 333.74 mph by Brandon Bernstein, Feb. 2005. Funny Car E.T. 4.636 sec. by Robert Hight, Feb. 2007 MPH 330.88 mph by Tommy Johnson Jr., Feb. 2007. Read full story at Motorsport.com
On his Top Fuel performance chart with only two previous starts, Firebird International Raceway hasn’t been one of J.R. Todd’s favorite racetracks with humble beginnings of an DNQ and a first round loss. Read full story at The Auto Channel
Herb McCandless and Sonny Shipmon reached speeds and heights so rarified in drag racing that their distinguished accomplishments are set to become stamped into immortalization today. The Burlington legends are among the five members who comprise the second class of inductees for the North Carolina Drag Racing Hall of Fame. … Read the full story … Read more
Reigning IHRA Pro Stock World Champion Robert Patrick of Fredericksburg, Va., and reigning NHRA Pro Modified Champion Josh Hernandez of Conroe, Texas, are among more than 40 drivers committed to… Read the full story over at IHRA
While there’s certainly no such thing as a bad time for a victory, there’s also no getting around the fact that some moments in time, and some confluences of circumstance, create an environment in which good results are apt to deliver much more than the standard amount of good cheer. This weekend’s 24th annual Checker, … Read more