Morgan Lucas defeated Shawn Langdon in a matchup of former high school classmates in the Top Fuel final Sunday at the season-opening NHRA Winternationals.
Robert Hight won the Funny Car final while Jason Line won in Pro Stock.
Lucas powered to a run of 3.835 seconds at 316.38 mph, while Langdon lost traction for a moment and slowed to a 4.047 at 313.73. The two Lucas Oil Racing teammates graduated in 2001 from Jurupa Valley High School in nearby Mira Loma, Calif … More
Southern California native Larry Dixon closed out a blistering day of qualifying with a national-record pass of 3.770 at 324.98 to claim the No. 1 qualifying position in Top Fuel on Saturday at the season-opening Kragen O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals.
The other No. 1 qualifiers at the first of 22 races in NHRA’s 60th anniversary season were  … Details
Just before 5:30 p.m. on March 8, 1970, Don Garlits edged his top-fuel dragster to the starting line at the old Lions Drag Strip in Wilmington, the car’s 2,000-horsepower engine belching directly in front of the drag-racing legend from Florida everyone called “Big Daddy.”
When the green light flashed and Garlits stepped on the throttle pedal with his right foot, the dragster’s transmission, which sat between Garlits’ legs, exploded from the enormous power unleashed from the engine. The blast ripped the car in two, instantly severed … More
Even with subzero temperatures- not everyone is disheartened by a long winter. Jennifer Thorgramson finds one way to make the most out of the recent cold snap.
Snowmobile drag racing
There are clubs nation wide that hold snowmobile drag races, but the 660 Ice Racers Club is one of a kind in North Dakota.
(Blair Lesy/Roblin, Manitoba) “The competition. The comradery. This is … More