John Force Racing, one of the top-caliber organizations in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, announced Thursday morning (Jan. 24) that Courtney Force will be stepping out of the driver’s seat of her Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car. “I will be stepping away from my driving duties, effective immediately,” …
Read More »Nitro Shots: Goodbye, Farewell, & See You At The Strip
The cars have fired up for the last time in 2018. TheyÊ»re now parked for the winter so they can be stripped down and prepared for 2019 over the next few months. The haulers are parked, the team members and drivers are back home with their families. The motorhomes can …
Read More »Nitro Shots: For Your Viewing Pleasure
Just one more race left in the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season, and that means that very soon, you will have no new NHRA drag racing to watch. Drivers and teams will begin testing in January and be back on the track to kick off 2019 in …
Read More »Nitro Shots: How Do You Make Championships Exciting?
There’s still one more race left in the 2018 Mello Yello Series season, but one championship has already been awarded and a second is really just a matter of the driver just showing up in Pomona. Steve Torrence collected his Top Fuel championship trophy in Las Vegas, while Tanner Gray …
Read More »Pace Laps: NASCAR’s Championship 4 a Little Clearer Following Martinsville
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Logano Deals NASCAR’s Big Three A Big Blow Seven races into the NASCAR playoffs, the sport’s three most successful drivers this season – Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. – have won just once in the postseason. Joey Logano added the latest nail in …
Read More »Nitro Shots: All Things Big & Small
Most of the time, the big teams, which tend to have the most corporate support and money, tend to rule the roost. The little teams, with less support and money and fewer resources, struggle to keep up. And yet, for the moment, it seems that this is not quite the …
Read More »Pace Laps: A Tame Talladega?
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Team Orders Lead To Tame Talladega The final restrictor plate race in NASCAR history at Talladega also proved to be its most, well, restrictive. There were just 15 lead changes in Sunday’s (Oct. 14) 1000Bulbs.com 500, the fewest in a 500-mile race here since the …
Read More »Carolina Nationals Qualifying Is In The Books
Qualifying is complete for the NHRA Carolina Nationals from zMAX Dragway outside Charlotte, North Carolina. After two rounds on Friday (Oct. 12) and two more on Saturday (Oct. 13), the field has been set for all four Mello Yello Series classes, as well as the E3 Spark Plugs Pro Mod …
Read More »Nitro Shots: The Tough Guy Award
How about your Funny Car points leader Robert Hight? He’s won two in a row and pulled away from hard-charging J.R. Todd to lead by 50 points. But wait, there’s more. The first of those two wins, a few weeks ago in St. Louis, came in spectacular (and perhaps a more …
Read More »Pace Laps: SHR’s Banner Day Goes Up in Flames
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Stewart-Haas Racing Shoots Itself In The Foot Stewart-Haas Racing put on a clinic for most of Sunday’s (Oct. 7) Gander Outdoors 400 at Dover International Speedway. Kevin Harvick led a race-high 286 laps while Aric Almirola, Clint Bowyer and Kurt Busch were poised to deliver …
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