NHRA (FRESNO) – SCELZI INSPIRED BY SON’S SUCCESS (The Auto Channel)

Four-time NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series champion Gary Scelzi reaped some inspiration from his 10-year-old son Dominic’s Mini-Sprint racing success in California last weekend, as well as his USAC driver’s performance, as he approaches this weekend’s Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals driving the Mopar/Oakley Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car. Read full story

NHRA schedule (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

NHRA schedule The schedule for the second annual Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals, held at Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie County: FRIDAY 7 a.m. – Spectator gates open 8:15 – Sportsman qualifying 2:45 p.m. – Nitro Harley qualifying 3 – Pro Mod qualifying 3:30 – Pro Stock qualifying Read full story

Hal Pilger: The original drag queen spends weekend in Springfield (The State Journal-Register)

The realized she had a passion for cars when she was about 15 years old, growing up in Schenectady, N.Y. Today, at 67 and despite decades of rugged competition, serious racing fires and a horrendous 1984 Montreal crash that resulted in several surgeries and many months of painful rehabilitation to walk again, that passion still … Read more