by Bobby Bennett Sat, 2015-09-26 14:01
There was no way Danny Rowe was going to give up without a fight.
Rowe, a frontrunning Pro Modified driver, crashed his new Corvette during the Q-2 session of the AAA NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park outside of St. Louis. Hours later, Rowe and his crew led by noted Top Alcohol specialist Jimmy Rector, deemed the two-race old Corvette unfit to continue in competition.
Video by Bobby Bennett; Footage courtesy of NHRA/ESPN Sat, 2015-09-26 12:07
Larry Dixon raced to the qualifying lead Friday at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park near St. Louis.
Jack Beckman (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Jerry Savoie (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also were qualifying leaders at the 20th of 24 events in the 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season and the second of six races in the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship.
Video by Bobby Bennett Mon, 2015-09-21 18:00
On Friday, September 18, 2015, JR Todd, Kalitta Motorsports and the Jimi Hendrix Foundation unveiled the Jimi Hendrix Music for Life Top Fuel dragster prior to qualifying at the NHRA Carolina Nationals. In this CompetitionPlus.tv video, JR Todd discusses the honor of representing the musical icon with the top of the food chain in race vehicles.
Video by Bobby Bennett Thu, 2015-09-17 18:00
In an excerpt from the recently Legends: The Series episode featuring Don Schumacher, we present the full interview from Chapter 9 where he discusses the battle for his life with cancer. Schumacher speaks candidly about what began as Stage 1 and quickly advanced to Stage 4, and successful radiation treatments.