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Kalitta's Death Reminds Us of the Realism

Scott Kalitta sat in his NHRA Funny Car Saturday afternoon as the team started the engine, waiting to make another run down the track. He didn't know, his team didn't know, and we didn't know that it would be the last time we would ever see Scott Kalitta. That's just the way, though, that this racing business is.When it...

Hottest In Owner Paints

Funny Car driver Mike Ashley recorded the fastest pass in drag racing history Friday night when he reached 334.32 mph in his Dodge Charger to lead qualifying for the eighth annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals. A mortgage banker by weekday, Ashley admits to a struggle of juggling two careers and this weekend decided to...

The IMPAXX of Safety

This week saw tragic accidents in both the NHRA and IRL leagues.John Force Racing's funny car driver Eric Medlen, 33, who had emerged as one of the most popular young drivers in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, succumbed Friday afternoon to injuries suffered when his race car crashed into a guardwall during a Monday...

FunnyCar News From the Web

11/10/11 Tony Schumacher serves notice at NHRA Finals qualifying Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA Through most of the last decade, Tony Schumacher ruled the world of top-fuel drag racing.
02/23/11 NHRA drag-racing season opens with Winternationals in... Source: The Fabulous Forum - Los Angeles Times Big-league drag racing kicks off its season with the Winternationals this weekend in Pomona as the National Hot Rod Assn. celebrates its 60 th anniversary.