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 »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: Quarterly Report
Here we are, seven races down, 17 to go. That’s just over one-quarter of the way through the 2018 season. Teams hit on good combinations at any point in the year, and typically, because of the Countdown, the ones that do it in the final quarter end up with a …
Read More »Nitro Shots: Up And Down For the Force Family
Two races in and John Force Racing has already both enjoyed good fortune and suffered the worst of racing luck as well. At the season-opener in Pomona, Top Fuel driver Brittany Force lost control or her dragster and made hard contact with the wall, destroying the car and sending Force …
Read More »Pace Laps: Brad Keselowski Advances to Homestead, William Byron Scores Another Victory
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Brad Keselowski Sneaks into Championship 4 – When they bumped, banged, passed and wrecked in the distance, the view became clear for Brad Keselowski: milk it home and you’re going to Homestead-Miami Speedway. From the drop of the green flag in the Can-Am 500, a …
Read More »Nitro Shots: Leah Pritchett Chasing History
By Pete McCole PRITCHETT CHASING HISTORY Leah Pritchett is on pace to do something no one in the history of the Top Fuel division has been able to accomplish: win three straight races to start off a season. After besting Doug Kalitta at the season-opener in Pomona and Brittany Force …
Read More »Pace Laps: Tony Stewart’s Solid Return, Four-Wide and Fast for Brittany Force and Ford Looking for XFINITY Series Magic
Sprint Cup: Tony Stewart Solid in Sprint Cup Return – Though there was literal smoke for the driver nicknamed “Smoke” at one point during Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway. Starting 18th after Sprint Cup qualifying was rained out on Friday, Tony Stewart was a consistent character inside the top 25 …
Read More »Nitro Shots: Something Is Afoot at the Circle K
Fans often complain about dominant teams “stinking up the show.” NASCAR fans levy that charge at big money operations like Hendrick Motorsports or Joe Gibbs Racing. It happens in drag racing too, with the same complaint many times directed at Don Schumacher Racing or John Force Racing. JFR has gotten …
Read More »Pace Laps: Johnson’s Major Win, NHRA Girl Power and Late Model Season Underway
Sprint Cup: Delightful Dale – You would think the most happy and ecstatic driver in the state of Georgia would be Atlanta winner Jimmie Johnson. No sir, as Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was delighted after the 2016 debut of the low-downforce package – a race he finished second to his Hendrick …
Read More »Off the Wall With: Brittany Force
In the hot seat this week: NHRA Top Fuel driver Brittany Force What’s fun besides racing? Brittany Force: When I’m not racing, I love to travel, love to go to the beach and I’m a big movie fan so I love to go to the movies. What’s the top item …
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