Jason Rupert, a multi-time champion behind the wheel of a nostalgia fuel Funny Car has been in drag racing long enough to understand when it's time to close one chapter and open another.

Rupert believes the time is right to be done racing an AA/FC, and set his sights on racing the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. As a result, Rupert plans to be in an advisory role as a new driver takes over as the driver of his nitro-burning 1969 Camaro flopper.

There’s very little Ron Capps hasn’t done in his decorated drag racing career.

The 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Series nitro Funny Car world champion will check a new box this weekend.

Capps, for the first time, will be racing AA Fuel Altered and he will be competing at the prestigious March Meet at Auto Club Famosa Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif.

The result of Thursday’s testing run for Nostalgia Funny Car racer Matt Bynum wasn’t the start to his NHRA Heritage Series campaign he’d envisioned. 

Bynum, who was scheduled to compete in this weekend’s Bakersfield March Meet at Auto Club Famoso, will instead be a spectator following a crash on his first run of the season behind the wheel of the Matthews Motorsports “Nitro Nick” Camaro AA/FC.

Check out the new 2019 Chevy Camaro completed at RJ Race Cars & Quarter-Max Chassis & Racing Components for Jeg Coughlin Jr. and the JEGS/Elite Motorsports NHRA Pro Stock team.

The RJ Race Cars full tube 4130 chromoly chassis features a newly re-designed pro stock chassis for 2019. The exterior of the car features an all carbon fiber body from Five-Star, with the signature JEGS yellow paint by SD Enterprises. This highly sophisticated modern day Pro Stock car is optioned out with the latest technology and high quality Quarter-Max products from tip to tail.

Steve Matusek had a vision for how he wanted his Pro Mod Mustang to look for the 2019 NHRA Pro Mod season. When the veteran standout got the chance to look at the finished product, it was like his vision had come to life.
 
With a perfect mixture of a throwback to the start of Matusek’s racing career with the Mustang to the forward-thinking approach heading into 2019, the wrap and car are equal parts old-school and new-school. Adding a nod to Aeromotive’s 25th anniversary and a distinctive color scheme, and Matusek believes the car has the ideal look heading into a year with big expectations.

After months of planning and great anticipation, the Texas Motorplex received their first delivery of new track equipment just in time for the 2019 season, the Texas Motorplex FireAde Safety Response Vehicle. The custom built vehicle, provided by Bruce Lowrie Chevrolet and sponsored by FireAde- the trusted product of choice for Race Safety Teams in all motorsports from NHRA, NASCAR and beyond, is completely furnished with all new equipment, including a battery operated hydraulic cutter and spreader, better known as the ‘jaws-of-life,’ saws, tools, and all rescue equipment needed in case of an on track incident.

NHRA fans have spoken and the first-round pairings for the much-anticipated “Unfinished Business” competition have been selected. Hoards of fans voted online to select which NHRA Legends will face each other on the track at the 50th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.