There is no cure for drag racing. That’s what eight-time NHRA Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher, 51, discovered after stepping out of his dragster at the final 2018 race in Pomona, following the departure of long-time sponsor the U.S. Army.
Keegan Leahy battled the Championship 4 field of drivers at virtual Texas Motor Speedway on Tuesday night, clinching his first eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series championship in a griping close to the 2021 season.
On a wild final day at this weekend’s Texas NHRA FallNationals at Ennis, TX’s own Texas Motorplex, one driver who was recently inducted into the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame, would carve his place into Pro Stock history.
In March of 2020, the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) had a dilemma. It intended to hold induction ceremonies for the 2020 class at its Daytona Beach home.
The opening NHRA Texas Stampede of Speed Shootout finished with John Baker, driving Jim Whiteley’s ’63 Corvette Pro Mod, taking top honors and $25,000 for winning the Pro Mod Shootout.
Every track works to promote events in order to generate the best crowds and the most publicity. As you might imagine, everything is bigger in Texas, which is holding an eight-day Stampede of Speed in support of the 36th annual Texas NHRA Fall Nationals, held at Texas Motorplex in Ennis, near Dallas and Ft Worth.
The Detroit Grand Prix began as a Formula One race in 1982 and remained at the downtown circuit through 1988, after which time it was held as a CART event for three years.