Newer fans of drag racing have probably never heard of Jeb Allen, who won Top Fuel championships with three different sanctioning bodies – AHRA in 1977, IHRA in 1980, and NHRA in 1981. Today, Allen remains the NHRA’s youngest competitor at 17 years and 5 months old when he broke…
It has been 13 years since the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle class saw 20-year-old rookie phenom L.E. Tonglet blast his way into the class record book with a dominant performance. Tonglet became the category’s youngest champion with a late-season surge, topping the Labor Day U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park…
Tony Schumacher is aware of the talk. He’s read the internet posts that suggest he won’t add to his record 86 NHRA Top Fuel victories. The eight-time Top Fuel champ, who’s still celebrated for his knack for pulling off the seemingly impossible, knows some believe he has lost the magic.
MESA, Ariz. — The NHRA fined Top Alcohol dragster drivers Matt Cummings and Taylor Vetter $5,000 each July 6 for a series of physical skirmishes in the pit area during the late-June Summit Racing Equipment Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio. Their crew chiefs and crew members repeatedly roughed up each other…
MESA, Ariz. — Oftentimes, dedicated NHRA observers have rolled their eyes or scratched their heads at the sanctioning body’s policies and decisions. The Countdown to the Championship, still roundly disliked 16 years after it was instituted in 2007, is a prime example of NHRA fans claiming that drag racing has…
MESA, Ariz. — NHRA Top Fuel owner/driver Antron Brown uses the phrase “plain and simple” a lot in conversation. And for him, problem-solving — even on a congressional level — is a matter of common sense and cooperation. Brown understands why drag strips and other race tracks have fallen victim…
John Force, who celebrated his 74th birthday on May 4, admittedly has had multiple “Should I stay, or should I go?” moments during the past decade or so.
Johnny Ahten, a captain with the Los Angeles County Fire Dept. and an NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series team owner and driver, describes his Top Alcohol Dragster as sometimes “angry and ornery,” but always “unpredictable” and “bad-ass.” And, of course, it’s irresistible. The experience, he says, is “sensory overload,…
Ultimately, winning the April 16 NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway wasn’t about adding an NHRA “Wally” trophy to Tony Stewart’s extensive collection of auto-racing hardware. It wasn’t about proving Stewart can excel at drag racing or even in the sometimes-chaotic spectacle of four cars…
