Funny Car Chaos, the specialty series built around arguably the most popular race vehicles in the world - the Funny Car, returned to action recently. Ace videographer Jake Simmons was there to capture the action for CompetitionPlusTV.
The highly anticipated season opener of the 2020 Red Line Shirt Club Funny Car Chaos Championship Series presented by Entech Oil was held March 13th and 14th at Pine Valley Raceway in Lufkin, Texas. Tucked deep into far East Texas, this event marked the first major event of the new decade at Pine Valley and despite an unfavorable forecast, over 2,000 spectators and racers made it through the gates for two days of funny car filled fun and entertainment. Thankfully, not a single drop of rain landed on the property and the Funny Car Chaos racers put on one heck of a show for the fans in Lufkin!
For the first time publicly Stevie breaks the lock up torque converter from the worlds fastest NHRA Pro-Mod legal nitrous run in history (Bahrain 1 Racing’s Barker Max’s Camaro named “Moby Dick”). In this video Stevie tears down inspects, how to set, explains the do’s and do nots and assembly of his Neal chance lockup torque converter.
There was one thing you could always count on when it came to racing at National Trail Raceway located outside of Columbus, Ohio. More times than not it would rain on your high horsepower parade.
The NHRA recognized the true meaning of sideways rain during the 1981 event which was rained out and returned the following weekend where it rained more through severe thunderstorms. While today's drag racing coverage is accustomed to video at night. Back then, producer Diamond P, did the best they could with the resources available.
This rare video gem was broadcast on Speedvision and features coverage of the 1975 IHRA Pro Am Nationals, the traditional spring race hosted by Rockingham Dragway. Back in the day the IHRA provided an alternative to the larger NHRA and to be honest, the racing wasn't that bad. You'll see in this two-part video rewind footage of Don Garlits, Shirl Greer, Raymond Beadle, Bob Glidden, General Lee Edwards and more. It's just the perfect video for a holiday.
by Bobby Bennett; Camera by Linda Swanson Fri, 2020-03-20 14:07
The best way to describe Byron Dragway's World PowerWheelstanding Championships is the event carries the same logic as Red Bull's FlugTag competition. If you're not familiar, the FlugTag is where contestant after contestant construct improbable flight machines which they fly off of a cliff and crash into the water below.
Special thanks to Aaron Siembieda for the GoPro footge of this proof that Fuel Altereds by their very nature are volatile. On Thursday before qualifying for the 2017 Good Vibrations Bakersfield March Meet, Sean Belt's nitro-burner proved keeping these nitro-burners in your own lane is much easier than keeping sn engine from detonating. Watch these unique angles of this massive engine explosion.
Videos by Bobby Bennett, CPTV Wed, 2020-03-18 12:34
When it comes to the Nitro at the Bakersfield March Meet at Auto Club - Famoso Raceway, there are few if anything nitro talkes a backseat two. Our hard working video team has put together recaps of the top three categories for your enjoyment. It's Bakersfield, it's nitro; nothing else seems to matter.
Jake Simmons, CompetitionPlusTV's talented lead videographer, understands the importance of getting just the right shot to complement the angle for the many videos produced by the site. However, after the demand of fulfilling the deadlines, and left to his own artistic interpretation, he's free to edit and produce oil in his own vision.
Simmons' latest work of art, Nitro Ascension, captures all of his new tricks he's learned along the way. This footage captured at the Professional Racers organization annual preseason test session delivers the pure excitement of nitro racing. He's nailed it here.
After spending a year promoting the NHRA Top Alcohol classes on social media, InsideTopAlcohol’s Will Hanna has launched a new project – Top Alkahaulin’. The show features the stars of the Top Alcohol categories by following two teams through a race weekend.
“I have always thought the Top Alcohol classes have some great personalities,” said Hanna. “What I’ve seen this year promoting the classes on InsideTopAlcohol’s social media pages is fans love these cars and teams. There are real people racing real fast cars on a real big stage.
“With the Top Alcohol classes, you can see the results, watch the results on the Fox Sports coverage, but you don’t really get to see or know the backstory,” Hanna continued. “We introduce the teams and follow them round by round as the weekend goes on. We not only talk to the drivers but the tuners and crew to get multiple perspectives. The 2019 Top Alcohol World Championship battles were some of the best we’ve seen in years. We were able to follow the contenders as it happened.”
Hanna looks forward to producing an episode for each of the 16 NHRA National events the Top Alcohol classes are competing at, plus a few more events.
Funny Car Chaos, the specialty series built around arguably the most popular race vehicles in the world - the Funny Car, returned to action recently. Ace videographer Jake Simmons was there to capture the action for CompetitionPlusTV.
The first episode of the interview series "lovethislife" produced by Warren Evans. The premiere episode features A/Fuel Dragster pioneer Dave Hirata.
This rare video gem was broadcast on Speedvision and features coverage of the 1975 IHRA Pro Am Nationals, the traditional spring race hosted by Rockingham Dragway. Back in the day the IHRA provided an alternative to the larger NHRA and to be honest, the racing wasn't that bad. You'll see in this two-part video rewind footage of Don Garlits, Shirl Greer, Raymond Beadle, Bob Glidden, General Lee Edwards and more. It's just the perfect video for a holiday.
The best way to describe Byron Dragway's World PowerWheelstanding Championships is the event carries the same logic as Red Bull's FlugTag competition. If you're not familiar, the FlugTag is where contestant after contestant construct improbable flight machines which they fly off of a cliff and crash into the water below.
When it comes to the Nitro at the Bakersfield March Meet at Auto Club - Famoso Raceway, there are few if anything nitro talkes a backseat two. Our hard working video team has put together recaps of the top three categories for your enjoyment. It's Bakersfield, it's nitro; nothing else seems to matter.
Jake Simmons, CompetitionPlusTV's talented lead videographer, understands the importance of getting just the right shot to complement the angle for the many videos produced by the site. However, after the demand of fulfilling the deadlines, and left to his own artistic interpretation, he's free to edit and produce oil in his own vision.
After spending a year promoting the NHRA Top Alcohol classes on social media, InsideTopAlcohol’s Will Hanna has launched a new project – Top Alkahaulin’. The show features the stars of the Top Alcohol categories by following two teams through a race weekend. 
