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Watch Marcus Birt Take Flight In His Radial vs The World Nitrous Corvette – Hang Time Supreme!
Feb 17, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Marcus Birt Take Flight In His Radial vs The World Nitrous Corvette – Hang Time Supreme!
South Georgia Motorsports Park has been known as the “Home of the Flying Cars” for years and frankly it had been a few since we have see a car do what Marcus Birt’s did during...
2020 NHRA Winternationals Photo Bonanza: Sportsman Cars, Alcohol Cars, Nostalgia Pro Stockers And More!
Feb 13, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on 2020 NHRA Winternationals Photo Bonanza: Sportsman Cars, Alcohol Cars, Nostalgia Pro Stockers And More!
(Photos by Wes Allison) – Variety is the spice of life and that is just one of the reasons that we love drag racing so much around here. There’s a class for every imagination and budget...
Drag Racing Debate Show! Watch The First Episode Of NHRA Deep Stage With Lohnes and Lewis Bloom
Feb 12, 2020Brian Lohnes8
It’s always fun to try something new, right? Well that’s what Lewis Bloom and I did while I was out in Southern California preparing for the 2020 NHRA Winternationals in Pomona. We jumped...
NHRA Top Fuel Champion Torrence To Return At Phoenix: Team Releases Statement Explaining Pomona Absence, Return To Series
Feb 11, 2020Brian Lohnes30
There were many questions surrounding the decision made by the Torrence family to park their Capco Racing team for the NHRA season opening Winternationals in Pomona, California that lead to rampant...
Watch Dan Horan Jr’s High Speed Trip Into The Catch Net At The 2020 NHRA Winternationals – 262mph And No Parachute!
Feb 11, 2020Brian Lohnes3
There are certain things that one just kind of intrinsically knows about drag racing. The cars are loud, the cars are fast, and Pomona is short. It has been short for a very long time and...
Watch Doug Kalitta Make Top Fuel History By Winning The 2020 NHRA Winternationals – He Is A Machine!
Feb 10, 2020Brian Lohnes3
For the third straight year, Doug Kalitta has won the opening race of the NHRA drag racing season. No one in the history of the NHRA top fuel category has won three straight Winternationals titles...
2020 NHRA Winternationals Photo Coverage: Mickey Thompson Top Fuel Harley-Davidson Action!
Feb 10, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on 2020 NHRA Winternationals Photo Coverage: Mickey Thompson Top Fuel Harley-Davidson Action!
(Photos by Wes Allison) – Things that burn nitromethane fuel are always among the most awesome vehicles to watch at the drag strip, right? Things that burn nitromethane, only have two wheels,...
The 60th Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals Friday Qualifying Results!
Feb 08, 2020Darr HawthorneComments Off on The 60th Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals Friday Qualifying Results!
(Photos by Wes Allison and Sandra Alberti) – Shawn Langdon kicked off the 2020 season opener in style, grabbing the Top Fuel provisional No. 1 qualifier spot on presented...
Devastation: Massive Blaze Claims Funny Car Racer John Lawson’s Race Shop – Multiple Race Cars and Vehicles Lost
Feb 04, 2020Brian Lohnes3
(Lead photo: John Lawson Racing FB) – Awful news from the state of Illinois as overnight a massive fire destroyed the race shop and racing operation of funny car campaigner John Lawson. The...
Watch The 1990 NHRA Winternationals In Their Glory Here – KC Spurlock’s Big Debut, Bernstein Goes To Top Fuel, More
Feb 04, 2020Brian Lohnes1
This year, I’ll be looking back at the 1990 NHRA drag racing season as the 2020 NHRA drag racing season winds its way around the country. The 1990 NHRA Winternationals was an interesting affair...
Some NHRA Pro Teams Opt For Arizona Pre-Season Testing!
Feb 03, 2020Darr HawthorneComments Off on Some NHRA Pro Teams Opt For Arizona Pre-Season Testing!
(Photos by Big Bob Snyder) – While most of the NHRA Mello Yello professional teams chose the Strip at Las Vegas for their pre-season testing, a handful of teams split off – heading for Wild Horse...
Watch 24-Year Old Craig Epperly Win Nitro Funny Car In His First Career Start At Columbus 1981
Feb 01, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch 24-Year Old Craig Epperly Win Nitro Funny Car In His First Career Start At Columbus 1981
There will be many rookie debuts in the professional ranks of NHRA drag racing this year and it will be fun to watch people both young and old achieving the dream of running a pro level class....
Fire Is Bad: NAPA NHRA Nitro Funny Car Team Experiences Trailer Fire, To Miss Pre-Season Testing
Jan 31, 2020Brian Lohnes13
There are tough ways to start a racing season and TOUGH ways to start a racing season. This would be more the latter than the former. Ron Capps, Rahn Tobler, and the entire NAPA nitro funny car team...
Strip For Sale: North Star Dragway In Denton, Texas Is Up For Grabs – Premier Eighth-Mile Track Does Not Come Cheap
Jan 30, 2020Brian Lohnes34
Well, I’ll apologize right off the bat to the person who tipped me off to this news recently because I lost the message but I did remember the content. North Star Dragway in Denton, Texas is...