by Bobby Bennett Sun, 2017-04-16 18:01
There will only be one Warren Johnson, a man who epitomizes the philosophy of "don't ask the question if you don't want the brutal truth." However, in this instance, Johnson wasn't being brutally honest as much as he was attempting to be humorous. Well, this time Johnson caught 16-time champion John Force, while in his younger years, at a peculiar time.
Video by Les Mayhew Tue, 2017-03-28 12:20
Former NHRA starter Mark Lyle was a man's man, the kind of race official who envisioned the big picture of drag racing accordingly. The drag racing community endured a huge loss when on Sunday, March 27, 2016, Lyle died in what has been described as giving his life to save another.
In going through our archives, we happened across this Les Mayhew video feature from the 2015 NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Charlotte, NC. After a long and trying day of qualifying, Lyle took the time out from his personal time to explain the intracacies of the complex staging process. This was the kind of person Lyle was.
by Bobby Bennett Sun, 2017-03-26 10:45
In this latest episode of Storytellers at CompetitionPlus.tv, the Golden Voice of the NHRA Dave McClelland reveals if he hadn't picked up the microphone to earn a living he'd likely have been a professional drag racer. However, if you had asked the late Steve Evans about one particular day in Bakersfield, he would have likely said "Big Mac" wasn't ready for primetime.