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.
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.
NHRA’s 65th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals is a virtual orgy of speed that lasts nearly a full week.
NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship lineup is looking a bit more secure for several nitro racers but is also tenuous for others, as it seems to be every year.
The first running of the Driven2SaveLives BC39 powered by NOS energy drink, a USAC National Midget Series contest held on The Dirt Track inside Turn 3 of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, was a roaring success.
Another Pocono NTT IndyCar Series race, another big accident.
This weekend “The Zoo” will be open at Brainerd International Raceway, site of the 38th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Minnesota. This is the 17th race on the calendar and marks the penultimate competition before NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship playoffs begin at Reading, Penn. in September.
USAC’s 2019 Hall of Fame class is sure to evoke emotions when formally inducted Wednesday, September 4.
