In just his fifth start in relief of drag racing icon John Force, “Fast Jack” Beckman drove the 16-time champion’s PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet Camaro SS past the Toyota of three-time world champion Ron Capps Sunday to win the 28th NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway. Trying to secure a 17th championship…
NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle’s Chris Bostick is riding out a challenging Countdown experience thus far with his signature optimism and forward-thinking perspective. The rider of The Surf Signature RV Resorts Suzuki was bested by his White Alligator Racing teammate, Chase Van Sant, in the opening session of eliminations today at the NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide…
After persistent rain showers washed out day one of qualifying for the NHRA Midwest Nationals near St. Louis, Alexis DeJoria and the DC Motorsports team entered Sunday’s elimination rounds at the third event of the NHRA Countdown starting from the No. 12 seed. DeJoria opened race day by powering to her best run of the…
Three-time NHRA Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown entered this weekend’s Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway with the points lead for the first time since 2017. Powered by back-to-back victories to start the six-race NHRA Countdown to the Championship, Brown ran into a slight bump in the road to a fourth world title…
For the third consecutive year, Funny Car driver and team owner Ron Capps raced to the final round Sunday afternoon at the NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway outside St. Louis. Capps, already the winningest Funny Car driver at St. Louis, came up one win-light short of a fifth Midwest Nationals triumph in…
The Rust-Oleum Top Fuel dragster team and Zizzo Racing once again turned heads and impressed the field by scoring their second No. 1 qualifier of the season and racing to the quarterfinals at the NHRA Midwest Nationals today at World Wide Technology Raceway. TJ Zizzo was confident coming into race day knowing how well his…
NHRA Rookie of the Year contender Ida Zetterström, who started her NHRA Top Fuel career with a first-round holeshot win over Steve Torrence, came up short in another first-round battle with Torrence at the NHRA Midwest Nationals Sunday morning at World Wide Technology Raceway. But between rain-shortened qualifying and eliminations, she made three consistent passes…
Eight-time NHRA Top Fuel world champion Tony Schumacher picked up his second win of the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season on Sunday afternoon at the Midwest Nationals, giving him a much-needed boost in his hunt for a ninth series title. Aboard the Leatherwood Distillery/Waltrip Brewing Co. Top Fuel dragster, Schumacher, the winningest…
It’s been just over one month since the last stop on the Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series tour, so the professional, sportsman, and Jr. Dragster racers of the PDRA are eager to get back on track this weekend at the ProFabrication DragWars presented by PST Driveshafts, Oct. 3-5, at GALOT Motorsports Park. It’s…
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