Robert Hight continued John Force Racing’s domination of the Funny Car category by racing to victory Sunday at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Antron Brown (Top Fuel) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) also were winners at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event.
Hight’s victory, his second of the season, was the fifth in a row for the team, which included … Details
The Stig unmasked, Ben Collins, talks fame and fortune.
Top Gear’s former driver The Stig was unmasked last year as stunt man and ex-motor racer Ben Collins, 36. He lives with his wife and three children in Bristol.
How did your childhood influence your work ethic and attitude towards money?
I was an only child, born in Bristol, but I grew up in the United States until  … Details
When Ashley Force Hood became pregnant this year and took a one-year sabbatical from driving her Funny Car, her father, John Force, had to restructure his three-car drag racing operation.
Force decided he would be the easiest domino to move while leaving the other parts of John Force Racing in place.
So he … Details
Alexander Rossi, a 19-year-old from Nevada City, Calif., on Saturday was one of seven drivers appointed as part of the Team Lotus driver development program. This takes Rossi a step closer to a possible Formula One drive, and with the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin scheduled for next year, he may have a better chance than one might think.
Not that Rossi would not otherwise be a potential candidate. On Saturday he drove the Team Lotus Formula One car in Malaysia, along with the regular team drivers, Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen. This was … Details