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Officially, Robert “Top Gun” Hight lost the NHRA POWERade Funny Car Championship last year by 19 points, roughly the equivalent of one racing round. Unofficially, he lost it by .001 of a second, the margin by which he fell short of the one per cent backup run that would have certified a season-opening… Read full … Read more
Although he came within an eyelash of winning the 2007 NHRA POWERade world championship, Rod Fuller is not looking back on what could have been but rather to what lies ahead for 2008. To say the rising Top Fuel star is hungry to win would be a severe understatement. The 2007 season was a banner … Read more
A memorial service for Jon and James Herbert, the sons of National Hot Rod Association Top Fuel driver Doug Hebert who died in an automobile crash in Cornelius Saturday morning, has been set for Wednesday at the school the boys attended. The service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at SouthLake Christian Academy at 13901 … Read more
CHANDLER, Ariz. (Jan. 26, 2008) — Antron Brown made the necessary runs in his Matco Tools dragster to earn his crossover Top Fuel license Saturday afternoon at Firebird International Raceway near Phoenix. Read full story
Our condolences to Doug Herbert and his family for the loss of their two young sons, Jon and James Herbert. Our prayers are with you as you endure this harsh tragedy, as there is nothing that can be said to make his loss more tolerable. From Doug Herbert’s website: Condolences can be sent to Raymer … Read more
NHRA drivers – including John Force – will begin to test the limits of a new 700-foot concrete launch pad during the National Time Trials today through Sunday at Firebird International Raceway. Force, a 14-time Funny Car champion, plans to be back in his Castrol Ford Mustang for the first time since suffering multiple foot, … Read more
Doug Foley knows his drag racing team should be in California preparing for the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series season opener Feb. 7-10 in Pomona. The 43-year-old driver from Washington Township has everything in place — the equipment, the team and sponsor — to make a run for the championship in the NHRA’s premier division, … Read more
LINCOLNTON, N.C. (January 24, 2008) Doug Herbert, owner and driver of the SnaponFranchise.com dragster, has waited long enough. After almost three months since last being in his 8,000 horsepower Top Fuel dragster, the time to climb back into the cockpit has finally arrived. Read full story
DETROIT, (Jan. 22, 2008) — For the second consecutive year, Hillary Will, driver of the 8,000-horsepower, 330-mph KB Racing, LLC Top Fuel dragster in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, will attend Auto Education Day during the North American International Auto Show, Wednesday, Jan. 23, in downtown Detroit at the COBO Center. Read full story
What does 7,000 horsepower feel like? Doug Herbert, who drives a top fuel dragster in the National Hot Rod Association’s PowerAde Series, has a way to describe what it’s like to go from zero to 100 mph in eight-tenths of a second and reach a speed of well over 300 mph after just a quarter … Read more