Jessi Combs lost her life while driving the North American Eagle, a machine I first saw during a June 2006 event at Autobooks Aerobooks in Burbank, Calif. At the time the former Lockheed F-104A Starfighter jet (56-0762) had yet to turn a wheel as a land speed record attempter, but it was mighty intriguing standing still.
This weekend during the 65th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals on the Lucas Oil Raceway dragstrip, 2018 NHRA Funny Car champion J.R. Todd has destiny to guide him in a quest to win a third consecutive Wally winner’s trophy on Labor Day Monday.
There are many events that wrap around the 65th Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, both at Lucas Oil Raceway outside Indianapolis or in the general area.
Long Beach, Calif. is very particular about the racing it permits within city limits. While this year’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach is the city’s – and the country’s – longest tenured road race for cars, there’s another contest that’s been around far longer than the Grand Prix’s 45 events.
Racer, builder, fabricator and television host Jessi Combs dead at 36 after land-speed racing jet car crash.
Last months CCF of the month is still for sale!
Today’s CCF pick is this mid eighties fox body with a small block Ford under the hood.
The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series had the weekend off while the NASCAR Xfinity Series went to Road America where Christopher Bell got his sixth win of the season on Saturday.
The NTT IndyCar Series’ oval races the past two weeks have been extremely exciting, in times for the best reasons of competition as well as the not-so-right reasons of crashes.
Flames are the focus of this week’s gallery of show photos, taken at the Goodguys 33rd West Coast Nationals!
