Visit the NHRA World Finals held at the former Dallas Motor Speedway. Take a ride with the veterans as this film presents the Top Fuel, Top Gas and newly christened NHRA classes Funny Car and Pro Stock.

Laura Black-Wines has a gift for pouring her heart into her work as a songwriter, and it’s paying dividends.

Black-Wines’ song “A Legend Will Live On: A Tribute to Darrell Russell” was written specifically for a CompetitionPlus.com video piece on the late Top Fuel racer. It is among the tunes chosen for consideration as Song of the Year (Modern Country) for a Josie Award. The list of award nominees was released Thursday morning, and the winners will be announced as part of a live show in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., on Saturday, Sept. 5.

The Josies, now in their sixth year, are given to independent musicians, writers, and producers. Black-Wines’ song “Driver’s Seat” about her drag racing father, Bo, earned three nominations last year and won for Best Video.

“Last night I just happened to see them post that they had the list almost done,” Black-Wines said Tuesday morning from her home in Park Hills, Mo. “This morning when I woke up I checked and the list was up and was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, you’ve got to be kidding me!’ 

Veteran crew chief Doug Kuch has signed on to tune Doug Foley’s Top Fuel dragster through the 2021 NHRA season, Foley Lewis Racing announced today. Kuch previously worked with Foley Lewis Racing during the team’s last major stint in NHRA Top Fuel over 10 years ago. 
 
“We’re really excited to have Doug Kuch working with us again,” said Doug Foley, who made his return to Top Fuel in February after a nine-year hiatus. “We initially planned to use our first few races of the season to get back up to speed, then really get competitive in the later half of the year. Now that our season will be shortened, we need to accelerate our learning curve. We feel like Doug will help us accomplish that goal.”
 
Kuch first tuned Foley’s Top Fuel car in IHRA competition during the mid-2000s. He helped Foley win the 2004 IHRA Pro Rookie of the Year award, the same year he was named the Crew Chief of the Year. Foley won three IHRA national events that year with Kuch calling the shots. The duo then experienced success in the NHRA side of the world in the late 2000s, regularly qualifying well and winning rounds in part-time competition. 

Here's the latest hot rod rolling out of the Jerry Bickel Race Cars shop. The car is destined for NHRA Pro Modified and just left Bickel's shop en route to Manzo's New Jersey's shop. 

If they complete the necessary detail work in time, it will appear at the NHRA's second Indianapolis event, where the Pro Modified series will kick off. 

The NHRA's original kick off in Pro Modified back in March was postponed due to the pandemic.

Everything was set on March 12.

The 2017 Camaro was out of the trailer and his pit was set up.

Veteran Pro Stock racer John Gaydosh Jr. was ready to go racing at the Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla. 

Then, that day – March 12 – when in consideration of the ever-evolving COVID-19 pandemic and in accordance with the recommendation of the Florida governor, NHRA officials postponed a portion of the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals and Gaydosh Jr.’s NHRA debut with the Beaver Motorsports Team was scratched.

Two-time Pro Nitrous world champion Tommy Franklin backed up his season-opening victory by securing another event win at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Carolina Showdown presented by ProCharger at Darlington Dragway Saturday night. He took out defending world champion Jim Halsey in a marquee Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous final round at the second race on the seven-race revised 2020 PDRA tour. 

Second-generation racer Mario Polito will make his Pro Stock debut at the 2020 Gulf Western Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway, September 17-20.

The son of Pro Stock legend Joe Polito will race a Jerry Bickel-built 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt previously campaigned by NHRA star Rickie Smith. 

 
A pair of past Pro Nitrous world champions highlighted Friday qualifying at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Carolina Showdown presented by ProCharger at Darlington Dragway. Two-time world champion Jason Harris qualified No. 1 in just his second race in Penske/PRS Pro Boost presented by WS Construction, while defending world champion Jim Halsey topped the Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous field. 
 
JR Carr (Liberty’s Gears Extreme Pro Stock), Chris Garner-Jones (Drag 965 Pro Nitrous Motorcycle) and Wes Distefano ($hameless Racing Pro Outlaw 632) also qualified No. 1 in the other professional classes.