Drag-racing dynasties are a bit like fireworks, which amaze us with a burst of vivid color and delight us over and over with the same bold power and bright sparkle — only to fizzle into the night sky and vaporize, as though we never really witnessed them at all.
Alex Miladinovich's souvenirs from the season-opening Winternationals were sore muscles, a crumpled Funny Car and a plan B to execute following a wild crash that likely ended his season in February.
Not that long ago, Tony Schumacher, Doug Kalitta and Larry Dixon were the main faces of the NHRA Top Fuel class. The landscape is changing dramatically.
NHRA Top Fuel team owner/driver Antron Brown has taken a pragmatic view about how to deal with the escalating cost of racing: stop worrying about how to cut costs and instead bring in more money.
Drag racing felt stimulated and fresh during the off-season after Ron Capps followed Top Fuel’s Antron Brown into independent team ownership and the sport welcomed Tony Stewart Racing’s two-car operation into each nitro class.
The 53rd Gatornationals at Florida’s Gainesville Raceway will be run March 11-13. With that, one name naturally comes to mind — “Big Daddy” Don Garlits.
SNOHOMISH, Wash. — Drag-racing dynasties are a bit like fireworks, which amaze us with a burst of vivid color and delight us over and over with the same bold power and bright sparkle — only to fizzle into the night sky and vaporize, as though we never really witnessed them…
SNOHOMISH, Wash. — Drag-racing dynasties are a bit like fireworks, which amaze us with a burst of vivid color and delight us over and over with the same bold power and bright sparkle — only to fizzle into the night sky and vaporize, as though we never really witnessed them…
