Time has a way of flying by when you are having a good time. Sometimes it flies by even faster when you are bumping up against a deadline with work left to do. This week marks the start of the annual Western Swing in NHRA. It’s also an indication that the regular season is drawing …
I’m going to throw my staffmates under the bus today, but it’s necessary to prove my points. I apologize in advance, and I’ll even throw myself under there too just to show there’s no hard feelings. There are one or two other staff members here at Frontstretch who understand how awesome drag racing is. There …
Racing is made of moments; bits and pieces of our consciousness. We don’t remember every lap of every race, but rather the snippets of the sport that make us sit up and take notice. It might be a few minutes from a race weekend, a video clip, a number that catches our eye and grabs …
Sad news came from the world of NHRA on Tuesday, as word was given that Terry Chandler, sister of retired driver Johnny Gray and benefactor of the Don Schumacher Racing Funny Car teams of Tommy Johnson, Jr. and Jack Beckman, passed away from brain cancer. Drag racing really is a family sport and many in …
Racing costs money. Lots of money. The more races one runs, the more money it costs to cover personnel, transportation, disposable assets like fuel, tires, and other high-wear parts, and overall wear and tear on the vehicle. In pretty much no form of high level racing does the potential income from winnings – and that’s …
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Happy Days for Stewart-Haas Racing in Sonoma – Car owner Tony Stewart called it a “perfect race” for driver Kevin Harvick, who broke a 20-race winless drought Sunday at Sonoma Raceway. Expanding to his three other teams under the Stewart-Haas Racing umbrella, he called it “awesome.” Starting from the top, …
Last Sunday was Father’s Day, which carries significant meaning in a sport as heavily family oriented as drag racing. Clay Millican was a six-time champion in IHRA’s Top Fuel division, winning 51 national events in his time there. In NHRA, however, he was still waiting on his first win to come. That win finally came last weekend at …
The NHRA announced the 2018 schedule last week, and other than a few dates jostling around at the beginning of the summer stretch, it’s pretty much unchanged from what it has been. The Route 66 Nationals from Chicago move to an earlier date the first weekend of June, while the New England Nationals from Epping …
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Pocono, 2017 Deliver Another First-Time Winner – What a popular streak for both the sport and a racetrack to be on in 2017. After Chris Buescher’s fog-shortened victory at Pocono Raceway last August, many thought a win like that would never come again. In part, they were wrong, as Ryan Blaney …
If you could be NHRA President for a day, what would you do? On the surface, that seems like an easy question and lots of people would jump on a chance to answer it, but I’m going to extend the challenge and ask not just WHAT you would do but HOW you would do it. …
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