ASHLEY FORCE HOOD HOSTS STAMP OUT HUNGERT REPS AT AAA MISSOURI MIDWEST NATS

ST LOUIS, MO (April 30, 2010) --- NHRA Funny Car driver Ashley Force Hood hosted three representatives from the Stamp Out Hunger™ food drive at Gateway International Raceway today. Joining Force Hood at the track was postal carrier Barry Linan representing the National Association of Letter … [Read more...]

2010 Gatornationals Personal Bests

Personal Bests: 2010 Gatornationals Personal Bests by Steve Klemetti. Steve Klemetti provides tons of new personal best elapsed times and speeds from the 2010 NHRA Gatornationals and 2010 NHRA Phoenix. … [Read more...]

427 Day

Well it’s that time of the year again!  Time when we celebrate 427-day April 27, 2010.  There is something magical about that combination of numbers as it congers up thoughts of a high performance automobile engine and the special cars that provided it with a home.  Close your eyes and image a '63 ½ … [Read more...]

AAA INSURANCE NHRA MIDWEST NATIONALS PREVIEW

DIXON GOES FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE VICTORY OF SEASON AT TRACK WHERE TWO-TIME WORLD CHAMP HAS STRUGGLEDhMADISON, Ill. – For the last 13 seasons Gateway International Raceway has been Larry Dixon’s own personal Bermuda Triangle on the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series circuit.His racing history at … [Read more...]

ADRL Statement on Pit Accident at South Georgia Motorsports Park

CECIL, GA (Apr. 24, 2010) — Mike Walker, a co-owner of Blake Housley’s Pro Nitrous team, was critically injured this morning in the pit area of the ADRL Georgia Drags at South Georgia Motorsports Park. Walker was pronounced dead shortly afterward at Memorial Hospital of Adel in nearby Adel, … [Read more...]

BECKMAN TO BE AT SPEEDZONE ON SATURDAY IN CITY OF INDUSTRY, CALIF., FOR LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY

NORCO, Calif. (Aprl 23, 2010) - California native and driver of the Valvoline/Mail Terminal Services Dodge Funny Car in the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Jack Beckman will appear at the SpeedZone in the City of Industry, Calif., on Saturday, April 24.A cancer survivor himself, … [Read more...]

AHRA COMMITTED TO QUARTER-MILE NITRO DRAG RACING

Announcement scheduled regarding new speed-limiting rulesSPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. (April 22, 2010) - The American Hot Rod Association announced today that all nitro classes competing at 2010 Reunion Tour events will be contested at the traditional standard 1320- foot quarter-mile distance. It was also … [Read more...]

ASHLEY FORCE HOOD ASKS FANS TO HELP STAMP OUT HUNGER MAY 8TH

YORBA LINDA, CA (April 22, 2010) --- For the second year in a row Castrol GTX Ford Mustang Funny Car driver and Orange County resident Ashley Force Hood is asking her fans and fans of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series to help her Stamp Out Hunger. This year Force Hood has ramped up her … [Read more...]

WOOTTON’S LEARNING CURVE HEATS UP IN DALLAS

 Ennis, Texas – Learning to do anything takes time and patience. However, when you’re name is Kristen Wootton and you’re driving a Joe Monden tuned 3,500 horsepower Injected Nitro-Methane powered A/Fuel dragster protected by METTLE ARMOR 70 wt Racing Oil, you simply just want to get out there and … [Read more...]

Woodburn Tulip Festival Drag Photos

Photos from the Woodburn Tulip Festival Drags. … [Read more...]