Courtney Force, the youngest daughter of team owner and 16-time NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car champion John Force, entered the series’ six-race Countdown to the Championship playoffs seeded No. 1. Since then, it’s been goose eggs for NHRA’s most successful female driver.
This year’s NHRA Countdown to the Championship bears little resemblance to LE Tonglet’s first season of Pro Stock Motorcycle competition.
For the 40th year, the Los Angeles Sportswalk Hall of Fame celebrated LA-based athletes who have made their marks in various amateur and professional sports. This year, three members of the motorsports community received due recognition.
Woe to anyone who underestimates Steve Torrence and Robert Hight. These two guys are turning NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship six-race playoffs into their personal playgrounds.
The second NHRA Countdown to the Championship race outside St Louis at Gateway Motorsports Park two weeks ago boasted a compelling and fiery finish.
If Alexander Rossi shows the temperament that guided him and engineers Jeremy Milless and Brian Page to P2 in 2018, they’ve got to be favorites to succeed next year.
After a week off to breathe and prepare for another two rounds of NHRA Countdown to the Championship races in consecutive weeks, it’s time to revive competition in NHRA’s four top Mello Yello categories, as well as finish out the Factory Stock Showroom competition for the year.
A new motorsports safety organization has launched with the initial intent of focusing on track safety. Racing Safety United (RSU) is a new alliance of motorsports industry reps with the common mission of making the sport safer for all participants.
Tanner Gray, the 19-year-old leading NHRA’s Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship Pro Stock standings, is going back to his racing roots.
Nothing like getting hot when it counts, right?
