Snake & Mongoose, depicts one of the greatest rivalries in National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) history, and the groundbreaking accomplishments of Don ‘the Snake’ Prudhomme (Jesse Williams) and Tom ‘the Mongoose’ McEwen (Richard Blake) in all of drag racing, sports marketing, and sponsorships such as Hot Wheels.
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NHRA legend John Force, an iconic, 15-time Funny Car champion, might end his career in a Top Fuel dragster because of sponsorship changes coming to his organization.
“With Ford leaving, if I don’t find a new manufacturer, John Force Racing will have to evolve,” Force said. “That could possibly mean moving another Funny Car to a dragster.”
John Force and John Force Racing always has competed in the Funny Car class, winning 17 championships over the last 21 NHRA seasons. But JFR added a dragster this season … More
Alexis DeJoria’s path to professional drag racing began in Arizona, at the wheel of a 1963 Corvette roadster.
By chance, she parked next to a group of drag racers who walked her through the basics of drag racing.
Then she got in the car.
When DeJoria hit the gas, she found the vintage car wouldn’t automatically shift. She had to shift herself — the first of many things she learned about drag racing … More
A new generation of women is making its impact on the NHRA, not that it necessarily ranks as ground-shaking news. Drag racing long ago served as the testing ground for women to break into mainstream American auto racing.
It’s a testament to how far the sport has come that today’s male drag racers hardly bat an eye when they see a female pull up to the starting line across from them.
“It’s funny when somebody asks us about … More