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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
POMONA, Calif. — Defending Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher raced to his 42nd career victory Sunday in the Carquest Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals, while Funny Car champion Tony Pedregon escaped serious injury in a spectacular explosion. Pedregon sustained burns to his right hand but was otherwise OK after the wild ride in a first-round loss … Read more
POMONA, Calif. – Defending Top Fuel world champion Tony Schumacher raced to his 42nd career victory Sunday at the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals. Robert Hight and Greg Anderson also were winners in their respective categories at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event, the first of 24 races in 2008. Schumacher, who with the … Read more
Five-time NHRA POWERade champion Tony Schumacher moved into second-place on the all-time NHRA Top Fuel wins list Sunday with a big victory at the season-opening 48th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals. Funny Car star Robert Hight and Pro Stock frontrunner Greg Anderson joined Schumacher in the winner’s circle of historic Auto Club Raceway atPomona … Read more
POMONA — So much for being a rookie. Making just his second run down the quarter-mile at a national event in a Top Fuel dragster, Antron Brown sped to the head of the sport’s quickest and fastest class on Friday during second-round qualifying for the NHRA season opener. The former Pro Stock Motorcycle rider, who … Read more
J.R. Todd and his John Stewart-led Torco/Lucas Oil team rebounded from ricocheting off the retaining wall yesterday in the NHRA Top Fuel qualifying at the Pomona Raceway at over 295 mph to manufacture a new car overnight that performed flawlessly in today’s time trials resulting with a time of 4.570 seconds at a speed of … Read more
She’s not satisfied, but it’s a heckuva start. Fortuna native and third-year NHRA Top Fuel veteran Hillary Will did not make the Countdown to the Championships last year, but if you heard her voice, you’d have been hard-pressed to say she wasn’t eager to do better this time around. Well, on Thursday she got a … Read more
With the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series campaign less than a month away, Army Top Fuel driver Tony ‘The Sarge’ Schumacher is already figuring on another edge-of-your-seat type of season. After securing two straight world championships at the last race and in the final round each time, Schumacher assumes the script will remain the … Read more
Mike Neff, who won his first NHRA Funny Car championship from outside the cockpit, hopes to win his next one from the inside as a member of John Force Racing’s Next Generation of professional drivers. A native of Hemet, Calif., where he grew up racing dirt bikes and off-road trucks, Neff will contest the 2008 … Read more