Some call it an incomplete season. Others call it an embarrassment. Either way, four IHRA professional point leaders were left with a championship question nobody expected to be asking when
Richard Freeman said when he boarded a plane for Ohio to visit with IHRA owner Darryl Cuttell, buying the sanctioning body wasn’t on his list of objectives. It wasn’t even
Thirty years ago, John Force put together a Funny Car season so dominant the numbers still look almost unreasonable. At the NHRA U.S. Nationals, Jack Beckman will help bring a
As the late Paul Harvey would say, “Here is the rest of the story.” NHRA announced weeks ago that it is putting Pomona back where longtime drag racing fans remember
Anyone who says relationships aren’t important in drag racing hasn’t been paying attention. Alexis DeJoria and Ida Zetterström spent the 2025 NHRA season as teammates at JCM Racing, but the
Paul Lee has always honored his longtime friend and mentor Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen with signage on his NHRA Funny Car. At the upcoming NHRA U.S. Nationals, the successful businessman-turned-Funny
The last time Hector Arana Jr. had a one-race deal, he made the most of the opportunity. Now, on drag racing’s largest stage, the second-generation drag racer hopes lightning can
Just when the drag racing community, and sometimes those covering it, start looking elsewhere in the Funny Car championship conversation, Matt Hagan has a habit of forcing his way back
Some places just click for certain drivers. For Doug Kalitta, Brainerd International Raceway might as well be Kalittaville. At a track where his uncle Connie Kalitta and late cousin Scott
It is becoming the same old story in Pro Stock, especially over the last three seasons. Greg Anderson is the aging gunfighter surrounded by younger gunslingers who, by his own
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