NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Top Fuel racer Shawn Reed’s brutal accident during the third qualifying session at his home race, the Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals in Kent, Wash.
The two-night celebration of straight-line racing, held August 1-2 and sponsored by Cornwell Tools, brought some of the NHRA’s finest and biggest stars to Ohio for the opportunity to perform without the onus of having to think about standings, points – just winning.
Stewart out in round one as Hart tears down the track at Sonoma.
Racing is dangerous. We see those words written time and again when crashes occur, when people die behind the wheel. Even when racing the clock – often when racing the clock as primary competition – stuff happens; machinery fails; people die.
Roger Penske’s ownership of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Indianapolis 500, NTT INDYCAR SERIES and all of their ancillary operations has been diluted today, with one-third of Penske Entertainment sold to the Murdoch Family’s Fox Corporation.
The 37th annual Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals saw new and returning winners, the end of two rather long droughts – both at this track and in class – resulting in a Winners Circle that stressed family.
Car counts are down and nobody’s happy.
It’s tough to get full participation when the NHRA’s Mission Foods Drag Racing Series includes two West Coast races side by side.
What do racers do when their seasons are complete? Some go on vacation, others start planning for an upcoming season and, if they’re Pro Mod competitors, they start making plans to take part in Drag Illustrated’s Winter Series at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida.
This weekend’s race at Seattle marks the start of the second half of a 20-race season and a different approach for the pair of nitro classes: Top Fuel and Funny Car.
