by Bobby Bennett Jr. Tue, 2022-01-04 22:45
Sometimes the most valuable life lessons are taught in the humblest of settings. In the summer of 1971, a pair of young men, one several years old than the other, began working at a wheel & tire store in Houston, Texas. One was the son of the business owner, and the other was a teenager looking to earn some extra money.
Little did the two know this pairing would lead to a friendship that is still in place more than five decades later. The two became championship-winning tuners with a combined winning percentage which accounts for national event victories in 12-percent of all the NHRA national events contested.
Tue, 2022-01-04 14:00
Fire up your computers, call your friends. It's time for the third season of the Virtual Reality Hot Rod Association; the race series created out of a pandemic.
So, how does this work?
Each event features the top 20 finishers, plus a champion provisional if necessary, of the previous season in a ballot where your votes determine qualifying and race results, and inevitably series championships. Since we are fantasy drag races, we can stage the events at any facility we choose, regardless of whether the track exists or not.
by Tracy Renck Tue, 2022-01-04 13:50
After three years away from drag racing, world championship crew chief Tommy DeLago is back in the NHRA mix.
It was announced Jan. 4, DeLago is joining Davis Motorsports/Justin Ashley Racing and work with fellow world championship crew chief Mike Green.
“I feel that is a privilege to have someone open their doors to me and give me an opportunity to get back into something I spent over half my life doing,” DeLago told CompetitionPlus.com. “I feel blessed that I have this opportunity.”
by Bobby Bennett Mon, 2022-01-03 20:42
NHRA plans to bolster their Pro Modified car counts in 2022 by adjusting their rules package, making participation more inclusive.
Maintaining parity in a two power adder class was once considered a daunting task for Pro Modified rule-makers.
When the 21st season of NHRA Pro Modified kicks off at the NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla, it will do so with six power adder variations. The newest addition will be a variation to the current roots supercharged combination.
by Bobby Bennett Mon, 2022-01-03 11:19
Top Fuel racer Josh Hart is expanding his growing drag racing program to include a Factory Stock Showdown entry in 2022. Initial plans call for Hart's wife Brittanie to drive the DragPak Challenger in NHRA competition.
"We ordered it in early 2019, we were on the list for it, and everything was delayed because of COVID, and then my daughter was born," Hart explained. "That changed things drastically."
The Harts took delivery of the hot rod Mopar in the middle of the 2020 season and understood a car of this magnitude couldn't sit idle in the shop.
Sun, 2022-01-02 08:56
NHRA Pro Stock driver and 2022 NHRA Rookie of the Year candidate Camrie Caruso today launched a brand-new website (CamrieCaruso.com) and a unique Fan Club opportunity for her growing legion of fans. The Fan Club Founding Member program launched today and will run through January 31.
“We are so excited to get the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing season started we wanted to do something extra special for our fans,” said Caruso. “We love all our fans and wanted to give our Fan Club Founding Members a special offer that is more than just a t-shirt. The lifetime discount on merchandise is something no one else has offered and we are looking forward to hosting fans in our pits as crew members throughout the season. This is going to be an amazing year and we can’t wait to get to Pomona and get started.”
Sun, 2022-01-02 08:07
Ed Renck has established a trend of breaking world records at the Bonneville (Utah) Salt Flats.
That trend continued this past fall.
On Sept. 30, at the 2021 Bonneville World Finals, Renck set the world record again in the C Gas Roadster Class with a speed of 258.803. That bettered the mark of 258.257 mph he established on Oct. 1, 2020 in Bonneville.
“It’s really cool to set this record again,” said Renck, 79.
by Tracy Renck Sat, 2022-01-01 16:57
After winning three NHRA nitro Funny Car world championships – 2011, 2014 and 2020 – Matt Hagan is embarking on a new journey in 2022.
In mid-October, it was announced that Hagan, along with Top Fuel driver Leah Pruett, were leaving Don Schumacher Racing and joining newly-formed Tony Stewart Racing.
Stewart, a NASCAR star, world champion and team owner, married Pruett, a nine-time NHRA Top Fuel event winner Nov. 21.
by Tracy Renck Sat, 2022-01-01 07:46
Veteran Pro Stock racer Vincent Nobile is changing his drag racing career path in 2022.
Nobile confirmed to CompetitionPlus.com he will be competing in a dragster in the Super Comp ranks with a JA Performance Engine in the upcoming season.
“I’m actually working on my engine as we speak,” said Nobile, who lives in Long Island, N.Y. “As of right now I have a (Ray) Miller dragster in my garage and Billy Torrence is building me a car, which should be done shortly. Assuming everything gets finished in time and we get to test everything I will probably end up being in the new Torrence car, which is a dragster.”
Nobile, who has 13 national event wins in NHRA’s Pro Stock class, explained what took him down the Super Comp path. He last competed fulltime in Pro Stock in 2018.
by Bobby Bennett Sat, 2022-01-01 06:03
Stevie "Fast" Jackson finally pulled it off. And while holeshots are a key to winning on the drag strip, the two-time NHRA Pro Modified champion pulled a voting holeshot that the dominant Lyle Barnett couldn't overcome.
Joining Jackson as winners at the third annual VRHRA Thunder in the Dome fan-vote race at the fictional CompetitionPlus.com Thunderdome was Krista Baldwin (Top Fuel), Tim Wilkerson (Funny Car), Bruno Massel (Pro Stock), and Karen Stoffer (Pro Stock Motorcycle).
Jackson, who is sponsored by the country of Bahrain, became the first driver to defeat Barnett this season in a match where readers from 11 different countries cast votes.
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