“Wow. What an exciting season. We have really enjoyed it.”
 
Top Dragster driver Tony Positano joined the ranks of the newly-formed Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts in 2009 after competing locally in Top Dragster competition for the past two seasons.
 
The driver and team owner of the Mike Bos Slip Joint Dragster said the series was the right program at the right time for competitors such as him.
 
“This is a fantastic series,” noted Positano. “I’m proud to be a part of the Quick 32 Sportsman Series. It’s what we needed in Ontario.”

According to noted drag racing historian Bret Kepner, this documentary is one of many repackaged Chrysler Corporation-produced drag racing films shot from 1963 - 1973 for rent through their dealerships. ESPN included these films in their Glory Days series, hosted by Dave Despain, which aired in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Lee Beard will be live in the Bud Lite Studio on The Sammy and Bob Show on Houston's ESPN Radio 97-5 fm at 10am till 12pm.

Tune in or go online to sammyandbob.com and checkout their webcam.

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Cameron Stuart believes Santa Claus has to be a hot rodder to encompass the entire earth as he delivers presents to children all around the world.
Stuart, of Chatham, Ontario, has produced a rendition of the high horsepower sleigh that the jolly man in the red suit uses in his yearly one night delivery schedule.

Larry Morgan is firm on his intentions, if he gets off the beaten path with his upcoming Ford engine program, he won’t hesitate to use his lifeline of experience.

For Morgan, on the other end of that lifeline is none other than ten-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Bob Glidden.

Nine of Glidden’s 10 championships were won in a Ford. Sandwiched in the middle of three consecutive title runs from 1978 until 1980; was one year behind the wheel of a factory-backed Mopar effort.

If anyone knows the challenges of switching brands and remaining competitive, it’s Glidden.

This video features nitro action from Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove, WI. There are some classic rides in here including the Funny Cars of Gene Snow, Fred Mandoline and Kelly Chadwick. The dragsters include Ma and Pa Hoover and other Midwestern regulars.

Since 1961, the legendary NHRA Winternationals has been thrilling NHRA race fans with the unveiling of innovative race cars, incredible rookie debuts, unprecedented firsts, and dramatic finishes that have provided a supercharged launch to NHRA seasons for five decades.

To help salute the milestone 50th anniversary Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals, coming to Auto Club Raceway at Pomona Feb. 11-14, NHRA fans will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite Winternationals moment of the past 49 years in a special month-long poll on NHRA.com.

Sometimes the best laid plans on paper just don’t jibe with politics.

Buddy Ingersoll of Ziegler, Ill., knows that to be an accurate statement.

A little over 22-years ago, with the blessings of the IHRA’s tech department, Ingersoll began entering Pro Stock events with his turbocharged, 260-inch Buick Regal. This was fine until he leaned on the locals and started running quick in qualifying and even worse, started winning rounds.

Ingersoll reached the final round of the 1986 IHRA Fall Nationals in Bristol, Tenn., and afterwards found himself banished back to NHRA’s Competition eliminator. If it hadn’t been for a burned up clutch in the final round against Pro Stock icon Bob Glidden, he might have been tarred and feathered in the pits.

This classic YouTube video features the ESPN coverage of this event.

Don Schumacher Racing scored 14 national-event wins in 27 final rounds among its seven teams in the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, ending the season with one world championship. DSR drivers also earned 11 No. 1 qualifiers during 2009.

In all, since DSR was formed in 1998, DSR teams have scored a total of 136 national-event victories in 260 final rounds, 125 pole positions, and claimed eight world championships.

A group of NHRA drivers are poised to travel overseas and spread some nitro-flavored holiday cheer to U.S. soldiers, airmen, sailors, and Marines serving our country.

Top Fuel professionals Morgan Lucas, Shawn Langdon, and Spencer Massey, along with Pro Stock favorite Erica Enders and Pro Stock Motorcycle rising star Doug Horne are set to depart on a week-long USO Tour of Germany where they greet servicemen and women at various locations around the country.