It was 1963, and I was a wide-eyed 15-year-old kid who had discovered the sport of drag racing at Northern California’s Fremont drag strip. The wonderful world of drag racing
Photos by Robert Richard
Back in March, when the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series was kicking off its 2026 season at Gainesville, Fla., about 1800 miles away, at Phoenix, the NTT IndyCar and
The inaugural Southeast Gassers Association Bama Brawl at Holiday Raceway delivered exactly what fans expected: wild rides, dramatic moments and championship-caliber racing. The historic Alabama dragstrip challenged racers from the
Matt Hagan didn’t arrive in Funny Car polished. He arrived intact. He had plans early on to climb the ladder like everyone else. But somewhere between broken parts, bad racetracks,
Photos courtesy of Krista Baldwin Racing In many aspects, Krista Baldwin could be considered the O.G. The term usually means Original Gangster. In Baldwin’s lane, it means something else entirely.
The venerable Gen 3 Hemi engine platform, introduced nearly a quarter century ago, is arguably only now coming into its own as an enthusiast engine platform to rival and perhaps
Ron Capps might not be Nostradamus, but the call he made on Maddi Gordon is starting to look less like a risk and more like memory. The sport has seen
by John Doig, Australian Correspondent Finally, after 23 years, Phil Lamattina has scored his first-ever win at Sydney Dragway when he defeated reigning champion Wayne Newby in the final round
Halfway through the process, Matt Latino realized he’d made a terrible mistake. Not a missed shift point or a tuning call. A procedural lapse that carried consequences he couldn’t outrun.
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