Author Archive: Darr Hawthorne
As It Was • “Dandy” Dick Landy’s A/FX Dodge Coronet 1965 Mopar Drag Team Photos!
(Photos by Robert Martin, words by Darr Hawthorne) Few drag racers in Mopar history are of the stature of “Dandy” Dick Landy. In addition to an endless line of Super Stocker, Pro Stockers and...
2018 Legends Of Nitro Calendars Are Yours – FREE – Just For The Asking!
Four years ago Kevin Stith wanted to create a calendar to promote the popularity of NHRA Heritage Series and IHRA nitro funny cars, jumping at the opportunity to publish it under his Legends of Nitro...
Craigslist Survivor; 1974 Two-Door Chevy Vega Wagon – Think Of The Possibilities!
My first car, after totaling Dad’s VW Westphalia Camper Bus, was a two-door wagon – a ’56 Chevy 210 and all through high school that Competition Orange pumpkin with a cheap, Tijuana...
NHRA Silly Season Begins With Force’s Mike “Zippy” Neff Moving To Schumacher Racing!
(Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt) Yeah, it is that time of the year, the Silly Season in all of motorsports, the time when crew chiefs and drivers consider better deals, better positions, more...
Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell Duke It Out At USAC Turkey Night Grand Prix!
(Photos by Steve Schnars – Video by Speed Shift TV – Words by Darr Hawthorne) Our Holiday traditions have a way of sustaining through the years, but my family was often been divided for the...
Brittany Force, Robert Hight & Bo Butner Clinch NHRA Championships At Pomona Finals!
(Photos by Jeff Burghardt, Wes Allison, Darr Hawthorne and Auto Imagery) It’s been thirty-five years since legendary drag racer Shirley Muldowney won her third NHRA Top Fuel Championship. This year...
Brittany Force, Jack Beckman, Greg Anderson & Chip Ellis Lead First Day Qualifying At Pomona World Finals!
(Photos by Will Lester and Wesley Allison) Top Fuel title contender Brittany Force piloted her Brian Husan/Alan Johnson-tuned Monster Energy dragster to the quickest pass in Auto Club Raceway at...
Trepanier’s ’29 Model-A Tudor Crowned 2017 SEMA Battle Of The Builders Winner!
Troy Trepanier was announced as the winner of the 2017 SEMA Battle of the Builders competition during SEMA Ignited, the official SEMA Show after-party held at the conclusion of the 2017 SEMA Show in...
Aeromotive And Waterman Dominate NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion Nitro!
Winning is tough in any form of motorsports, but when three top nitro racecars and teams sweep the better part of the top eliminator field, it’s worth yelling it from the rooftops. You all...
BANGshift’s Nitro Funny Car Gypsy Lays Out Odds For The 26th California Hot Rod Reunion!
As nitro funny car racing matures, the task of picking the final rounds and a top ten in the class is getting tougher and tougher with each event. The 26th California Hot Rod Reunion at Auto Club...
NHRA Top Fuel Champion Shawn Langdon Moves Into A Kalitta Funny Car In 2018!
(Photos by Mike Burghardt, Bob Wingfield and NHRA Media) It’s that time of the year called the Silly Season, where drivers in all forms of motorsport are rumored to be moving from team to team,...
NHRA Heritage Top Fuel Dragsters In Tight Points Battle Going Into Tulsa Nitro Nationals!
(Photos by Dyan Lover and Darr Hawthorne) The All American Fuel Dragster coalition is bringing a full field of front-engine Top Fuel dragsters to the Nitro Nationals at Tulsa Raceway Park for the...
NHRA Heritage Series Sportsman Winners Crowned At Nostalgia Fall Championships!
(Photos by Kleet Norris and Darr Hawthorne – Words by NHRA Field Marketing) The 2017 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series Championship season is over for Group 2 Sportsman competitors as they...
