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COMMERCE, Ga. – Ashley Force beat father John on Sunday in the NHRA Southern Nationals to become the first female driver to win national Funny Car event. Ashley had a winning run of 4.837 seconds at 320.36 mph in her Castrol GTX Ford Mustang to take a 59-point lead over Tim Wilkerson in the season … Read more
Ashley Force etched her name into the annals of drag racing history when she defeated her father, John, in the final round at the 28th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals to become the first woman to win an NHRA Funny Car title. The final was somewhat anticlimactic when John, who was seeking his … Read more
ROCKINGHAM — Two races into the 2008 season, the International Hot Rod Association has turned into a playground for the new kids on the block. Spencer Massey, who earned his Top Fuel license three weeks ago today, picked up his second victory with Sunday’s win over 2007 IHRA champ Bruce Litton. Matt Hagan, making only … Read more
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
Spencer Massey, who has never lost a top fuel race in International Hot Rod Association competition, and two first-time national event winners were the stories Sunday at the Spring Nationals at Rockingham Dragway. Matt Hagan got his first victory in nitro funny cars and Kenny Lang was also a first-time winner in pro modified. Laurie … Read more
Reigning Nitro Funny Car World Champion seeks first Ironman of the 2008 season ROCKINGHAM, NC (April 17, 2008) – Two-time defending IHRA Nitro Funny Car World Champion Dale Creasy Jr. is ready to go. Two weeks after a mechanical glitch cost his team a potential trip to the Winner’s Circle in San Antonio, Creasy is … Read more
Nitro funny car driver Cory Lee is heading back to fabled Rockingham Dragway for the IHRA Spring Nationals on April 18 – 20. Jeff and Bonnie McGaffic re-enlisted Lee to pilot their Metalwood Bat-sponsored Monte Carlo Nitro Funny Car for this weekend, but there’s some unfinished business for the team. After their final round… Read … Read more
After a successful season opening race that found the Amalie Oil Top Fuel dragster in the final round, Terry McMillen and his crew roll into Rockingham with high expectations when qualifying begins this Friday, April 18th, for the second stop on the Nitro Jam Drag Racing series. Like a heavy weight fight, this is just … Read more
The 2008 SPEED television broadcast schedule has been released, and with it come a number of changes to the way this year’s shows are shot, produced, and presented. IHRA President… Read full story
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