Todd Lesenko
It was announced today that California-based Tap It Brewing Co. has joined Jim Dunn Racing as the primary sponsor of the team’s Funny Car for the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle season. Tap It Brewing Co. produces fine handcrafted ales in a variety of flavors from bold and intense to cool and refreshing.
“We’re proud to have Tap It Brewing team up with us for the 2012 season,” said Dunn. “We have been in NHRA…
Despite the many major “street legal” and “street car” drag racing series and standalone events that are out there, the whole concept of actual street-able vehicles that could make a seven or eight second pass just as easily as they could drive to the grocery has been largely lost. But if there’s a single defining event in the world of street legal drag racing – and perhaps in the entire grand scheme of the sport – it’s Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week.
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OFALLON, Mo. – In the midst of one of the greatest eras of high-performance passenger cars, the American Drag Racing League on Friday unveiled a completely new category of drag racing which will feature the world’s most powerful production automobiles in head-to-head competition.
The new division, named the SuperCar Showdown, will present an arena for the latest factory-produced, dealership-available models to meet in a true drag racing contest. With no handicap starts or performance restrictions, the quickest and fastest current offerings from every major auto manufacturer will…
John Force Racing will be a four-car entity this year as Force’s daughter Courtney joins John, brother-in-law Robert Hight and Mike Neff as Funny Car drivers in NHRA’s Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.
Courtney Force had been testing a Ford-powered BrandSource Funny Car throughout the 2011 season in preparation for her leap to the professional ranks.
Force, 23, enters the pro ranks with sponsorship from Traxxas, the leader in ready-to-run Radio Controlled vehicles, some of which can top 100-mph, according to Traxxas president Mike Jenkins. This…
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NHRA Top Fuel racer Doug Herbert will be inducted into the North Carolina Drag Racing Hall of Fame in Greensboro, N.C., Jan. 13, joining other legendary racers, including Ronnie Sox, Rickie Smith, and Roy Hill.
“It’s an honor to be inducted in the Hall of Fame,” Herbert said. “To join some of my racing heroes is quite an honor, and I am really looking forward to it. When I initially heard of my induction, my…
O’FALLON, Mo. — In a landmark move for the highly-competitive Extreme Pro Stock (XPS) class, the American Drag Racing League (ADRL) announced on Saturday that it will allow electronic fuel injection (EFI) on all XPS cars starting in the 2012 season.
The 2012 ADRL Tour starts on March 30-31 with Dragpalooza VIII at Royal Purple Raceway in Houston, the first of 10 events on the 2012 ADRL schedule.
With the ruling, the ADRL becomes the first…
The team is owned by Sheikh Khalid Al Thani, a member of the ruling family of Qatar, and alBalooshi is a native of Dubai who has been racing Al-Anabi dragsters in the NHRA’s second-tier series and internationally.
AlBalooshi, 32, won the championship this year in the NHRA’s Get…
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Chevrolet Performance LSX Challenge Series is back for 2012 – and more competitive than ever. It is the premier racing series for street-based vehicles powered by Chevrolet’s LS and LSX engines.
Along with supporting the LSX Shootout series, Chevrolet Performance enables racers to compete and win with a growing range of LSX maximum-performance crate engines and engine parts, including the LSX454R racing engine (part number 19257880). Chevrolet Performance also offers LSX Bowtie blocks – with the tall-deck version for building large-displacement engines of up to 500 cubic inches…
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