In an all-Texas Top Fuel showdown between the Nos. 1 and 2 qualifiers and former Division 4 sportsman rivals, Steve Torrence won the Ford Thunder Valley Nationals Sunday for his first $50,000 victory
A special surprise Father’s Day presentation was made to the father and son team of Roy and Allen Johnson during the driver introduction ceremonies in front of their hometown crowd at the 13th annual
The efforts by John Force and his Castrol GTX Ford Mustang team this weekend brought a well-deserved event win to the John Force Racing stable. With that, came the delight of putting a 55” flat screen
The 10th Annual McLeod Racing NMRA Ford Nationals marked the fourth stop on the NMRA’s 15th anniversary tour, and the first visit to the Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio The event was jam-pack
John Force ended a 31-event winless drought by racing to a special Father’s Day victory Sunday at the Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Tri-Cities Area Ford Dealers. Steve Torrence
Rickie Smith made it back-to-back wins at Bristol Dragway, beating Troy Coughlin on a holeshot on Sunday in the finals of the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series at the 13th annual Ford NHRA Thunder Valle
There isn't a day that passes when I don't think about my father. I miss him that much. My dad inspired me into being what I am today, even though he never drag raced. I was the only son of three ch
Harry Chapin once sang, “As I hung up the phone it occurred to me my boy had grown up just like me, my boy was just like me.”There’s no doubt Chad Head is a younger version of the same Jim Head, which
Final round-by-round results from the 13th annual Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Tri-Cities Area Ford Dealers at Bristol Dragway, the 10th of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Ra
Point standings (top 10) following the 13th annual Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Tri-Cities Area Ford Dealers at Bristol Dragway, the 10th of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag R
Sunday's final results from the 13th annual Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Tri-Cities Area Ford Dealers at Bristol Dragway. The race is the 10th of 24 in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Rac
And to think, Del Worsham thought the competition was tough in Top Fuel during his 2011 title run. The past Top Fuel champion held onto the Bristol track record during the Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nat
Spencer Massey and the rest of the Top Fuel class battled the problems that a 127-degree racetrack can cause Saturday during the final day of qualifying for the Ford Thunder Valley Nationals. But his
Tony Schumacher has won more NHRA national-event drag races at Bristol than any other pro driver with five Top Fuel victories. But the seven-time champion has not yet been honored as one of the Legen
Bob Rahaim was scheduled to race Billy Glidden before the X-DRL event at Bristol Dragway was rained out in April and he was all set to determine the X-DRL X-treme Gateway Showdown winner against Glidd
In 2012, Todd Hoerner won his career-first Extreme Pro Stock (XPS) race during the ADRL event at Gateway Motorsports Park and went on to be named that series' Rookie of the Year. This year, he's strug
For the first time in his race-driving career, Wallace, NC's Kevin Rivenbark scored both the number-one start and the event win for Pro Mod June 15, at the X-DRL X-treme Gateway Challenge. Rivenbark r
After winning the inaugural X-DRL event at Tulsa Raceway Park in March, Top Sportsman racer Bob Gulitti again drove his NTG-backed 2011 Camaro to the event win June 15, at Gateway Motorsports Park, ne
Keith Haney and Ron Muenks had more in common than just being first-round Pro Mod competitors in the X-DRL X-treme Gateway Showdown--both were racing two cars in two classes at the same event for the
Kalitta Motorsports is honoring one of their own family members, Tammy “O” Oberhofer, beginning Saturday in Bristol, Tenn. with a special edition “777” wristband as the team competes at Bristol Dragwa
NO. 50 - NHRA Pro Stock points leader Mike Edwards will go for his fifth consecutive victory at the Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Tri-Cities Area Ford Dealers Sunday at Bristol Dragw
NHRA Pro Stock points leader Mike Edwards will go for his fifth consecutive victory at the Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Tri-Cities Area Ford Dealers Sunday at Bristol Dragway from t
No. 1 qualifier Danny Rowe won his first-round matchup during the opening round of eliminations on Saturday in the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series at the 13th annual Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals
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Del Worsham delivered in his DHL Funny Car Friday evening during first day qualifying at the Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, Tenn.Worsham, the 2011 NHRA Top Fuel champion, was the king
JR Todd was serious and sincere, but he knew it sounded devious. And he laughed as he awaited Friday's opening qualifying sessions for the Ford Thunder Valley Nationals at Tennessee's Bristol Dragway.
On the eve of announcing significant new series sponsorship support from Blue04 bottled water and fire suppression company FireAde 2000, X-treme Drag Racing League (X-DRL) President Jeff Mitchel
Not even a racing surface with triple-digit temperatures could stop Mike Edwards from continuing his Pro Stock dominance in the I Am Second/Interstate/K&N Chevy Camaro -- and his dominance on the
Since debuting a brand-new Jerry Haas-built 2013 Camaro last month at the X-DRL event in Belle Rose, LA, veteran Extreme Pro Stock (XPS) driver Dean Goforth won that race, qualified last week in the n
Driving the roots-blown GALOT '02 Firebird, Kevin Rivenbark earned the provisional number-one spot in Pro Mod at the X-DRL X-treme Gateway Showdown June 14, with a 3.935-seconds pass at 188.52 mph."It
Veteran Top Dragster driver Dan Phelps went for a wild ride in round three of qualifying for the X-DRL X-treme Gateway Showdown, as his brand-new Race Tech dragster climbed into a huge wheelstand almo
Matt Bertsch lined up on the Gateway Motorsports Park starting line, not a hundred-percent sure how his RJ Race Cars-built'07 Mustang would perform in its first pass since going to the semis of the AD
U.S. Army Dragster driver Tony Schumacher is skilled at a variety of tasks. He proved Friday evening to be a pretty accurate forecaster of drag-racing results.Last year's Ford Thunder Valley Nationals
With the quickest run of his career and the quickest Funny Car run in 2013, Funny Car driver Del Worsham led a parade of track records en route to the qualifying lead on Friday at the Ford NHRA Thunde
Danny Rowe continued his strong run during qualifying in the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series, as he raced to the qualifying lead on Friday at the 13th annual Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals present
The reports of the X-DRL's demise have been greatly exaggerated. This according to series president Jeff Mitchell amid news of new sponsorships and cash infusion.Sources have revealed to CompetitionPl
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Robert Patrick is just happy to be back.Last summer, the veteran mountain motor Pro Stock racer, who made the successful switch to Pro Modified-style racing, suffered extensive injuries in a crash whe
Some scheduling conflicts are causing Keith Haney Racing to shuffle the deck a little for this weekend's X-DRL X-treme Gateway Showdown, but the team's namesake is confident in the hand he'll be dealt
Courtney Force has teased her dad, been chagrined by his . . . um . . . unique style throughout the years, and acknowledged that he has taught her and her sisters everything they know about drag
Todd Lesenko and Worsham Racing return to NHRA action in Chicago, bringing in CN, (Canadian National Railway Company), as their new primary sponsor for the 2013 NHRA Route 66 Nationals on June 28th.“I
Alex’s Lemonade Stand will reopen next month at the NHRA Mile Hight Nationals at Bandimere Speedway, thanks to the generosity of Funny Car driver Johnny Gray and wife Terry along with his sister Terry
With the Pro Extreme (PX) finalists in the staging lanes and previous class winners already having their trophies awarded and pictures taken, heavy rain put an abrupt end to the X-DRL's X-treme Gate
Despite crashing his new Top Doorslammer Camaro at Sydney Dragway in testing last month, iconic alcohol drag racer Gary Phillips admits he’s having a pretty good season.At the rain-cancelled ANDRA Win
Alexis DeJoria, driver of the Kalitta Motorsports-operated Tequila Patrón Toyota Camry, is 12th in the Funny Car standings. But the second-year nitro-class driver is adamant on the eve of the season's
Chris Demke knows how to win NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster races.The veteran, however, has been the hard-luck loser so far this season, going to four final rounds and losing each time.Demke lost in the fi
