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Steve Fossett World Land Speed Racing (LSR) Team has announced that NHRA Top Fuel & Funny Car driver Melanie Troxel, Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Peggy Llewellyn, and newly licensed Top Fuel racer Jessie Harris have made their short list of possible drivers for their newest land speed record attempt. The organization’s newest car is a … Read more
Hillary Will has updated her blog at NHRA while she is on the road, this time from Doha, Qatar. Hillary was at Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar as the first stop on a 10-day goodwill tour for our soldiers, arranged by Pro Sports MVP. She is visiting the troops accompanied by three NASCAR drivers, Ricky … Read more
Larry Dixon, sporting a new NHRA Top Fuel team, new colors and a new sponsor, muscled his way into victory circle Sunday at the Checker Schuck’s Kragen NHRA Nationals, putting to rest an old statistic. It’s only Dixon’s second win at Firebird International Raceway near Chandler, the first coming in his rookie 1995 season, and … Read more
Two-time NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series world champ Larry Dixon scored in Top Fuel at the 24th annual Checker Schuck’s Kragen NHRA Nationals presented by Castrol at Firebird International Raceway outside of Phoenix to collect his 42nd win, tying him with Tony Schumacher for second place in career class victories, 10 behind retired class-leading legend … Read more
Tim Wilkerson, who surprised the Funny Car field by qualifying No. 1 at the season-opening event in Pomona, repeated those heroics Saturday at the 24th annual Checker Schuck’s Kragen NHRA Nationals at Firebird Int’l Raceway outside of Phoenix after an abbreviated two sessions of qualifying following Friday’s rainout. It is the 12th No. 1 spot … Read more
The national media spotlight was burning bright for Funny Car champion Tony Pedregon after the NHRA season opener in Pomona, Calif, on Feb. 10. Pedregon’s Impala SS exploded in the first round of eliminations, prompting appearances for the reigning Powerade Series champ on NBC’s Today show, CNN and Inside Edition. Pedregon, who suffered only minor … Read more
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
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
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