Eight legends and contributors in the sport of drag racing will be inducted into the inaugural World Series of Drag Racing Hall of Fame class, Saturday, August 25 at the Cordova (Ill.) International Raceway.

Each inductee will receive a plaque to commemorate their achievements located in the pavilion. Additionally, each inductee will also receive a lifetime pass to Cordova International Raceway.

NHRA's Pro Stock has been a prime example of parity this season with ten different winners, and it took until the seventh stop on the tour before there was the first two-time winner.

While point leader Greg Anderson sometimes wonders what else a class can do to be exciting with unpredictability in the winner's circle, he understands many believe its still not enough.

A rumor has been making the rounds first in Denver, and more prevalent at the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals suggesting NHRA plans to follow through on their plan to handicap mountain motor Pro Stock into their 500-inch arena.

There was a time when Top Fuel's Scott Palmer was on a Ramen noodle budget. These days he's clearly living in the world of the cheeseburger.

Successful businessman Tommy Thompson can be attributed for the culinary upgrade.  That and sponsorship from CatSpot Organic Litter has made all of the difference.
 
"When I was running part-time all those years I had to run defensively," Palmer said. "I liken it to the way my grandparents said it was here in America during the Great Depression because we had to save everything we could. We'd take parts and pieces others were throwing away and make them work. We really didn't have a choice if we wanted to race.

A memorial for public relations standout Joe Sherk is scheduled for Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 1pm.

The gathering will take place at:

Sunday's final results from the 31st annual Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway. The race is the 15th of 24 in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series:

John Force Racing has been tough to beat this season, and that has proven especially true during the famed Western Swing.

With Courtney Force winning both pole positions, John Force taking the Wally last weekend in Denver and Robert Hight now collecting the trophy in Sonoma, it has been absolute dominance for JFR in the Funny Car ranks during the first two legs of the three-race western stretch.

Top Fuel driver Blake Alexander is getting the maximum out of racing a limited schedule for Bob Vandergriff Jr. Racing.

Alexander, who is in his first year driving for Vandergriff, has made it to three final rounds – winning twice while just competing in six of the season’s 15 races so far.

When Jeg Coughlin crossed the stripe first last month at Route 66 Raceway, it marked the first time the hall of fame racer had won an NHRA national event in Pro Stock in more than four years.

Since then, the floodgates have opened and the five-time champion has found himself back at the top of his game.

Former NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champion L.E. Tonglet came out swinging for eliminations Sunday at the Sonoma (Calif.) Nationals.

Tonglet knocked out all comers, including Harley-Davidson teammates Eddie Krawiec and Andrew Hines in the semifinals and finals as he claimed the 18th win of his career and second this season.

John Force didn't mince words when he addressed his crew assembled in the team's hauler just moments before the start of the Dodge Mile High Nationals outside of Denver. 

Force was tired, but no more than is to be expected for a 69-year old man, who has made more trips down the drag strip than any fulltime fuel racer in drag racing. He'd crashed four cars already, been to the hospital three times, failed to qualify once and was already a million dollars in the hole from the aforementioned calamities. 

"It’s hard to motivate when you feel beat up and tired," Force admitted.

Force smiled when he remembers the words that did the trick.