Dom Lagana will be working this week in the pits of Scott Palmer and Steve Torrence during Nitro Spring Training at Chandler, Ariz.’s Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park.
 
But he’ll show up as the world’s most recent drag racing Top Fuel winner.

The day Jimmy Prock left John Force Racing back in December 2014 he figured his days of working with the 16-time champion were behind him forever.

Let the record reflect that Prock was wrong.

Top Fuel Pritchett will start her first full season at DSR after with Papa John's Pizza supporting her team for 20 of 24 events.
 
In addition to Papa John's Pizza, FireAde 2000 Personal Fire Suppression Systems will be a co-primary at four events (tentatively Gainesville, Charlotte 1, Atlanta and Bristol). Mopar will return to join Papa John's on her car at Denver, Mopar/Pennzoil will be her sponsor at Reading and Pennzoil will be her lone sponsor at Las Vegas 2.

NHRA and FOX announced 12 races in the 2017 NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series season will air on FOX Sports 1 (FS1) and FOX Sports 2 (FS2). FS2 will televise each half-hour program in primetime on Thursday’s during the course of the busy racing season. FS1 will broadcast multiple re-airs of the shows during the year, please check your local listing.
 
The 2017 television schedule on FS2 will allow the series to build upon last season which saw increased viewership for the series. The highest rated show during the season was the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio, which featured Bill Glidden defeating Bob Rahaim in the final.  

Track rentals are now being scheduled for mid-April through October, 2017 at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio.

Track manager Sam Lance and the committed track crew will provide custom track preparation for sportsman and professional drivers in street-tired, slick-tired and drag radial-tired vehicles of all horsepower levels.

Do you think your manually shifted Ford-powered street machine is one of the quickest in the country? Well, you won’t want to miss this. Long-time NMRA supporter, TREMEC, has announced that they will host the 5th annual Stick Shift Shootout as part of this year’s Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout—March 2-5, 2017, in Bradenton, Florida.

The rules are simple:  Street-type manual transmissions only.  May include race-oriented modifications such as ‘face-plated’ or ‘pro-shifted’ gears.  Must be hand operated via a single shift handle.  Transmissions with multiple levers or air/electronic/hydraulic actuation not permitted.

The "Iceman" returneth. Drag racing's winningest Pro Modified driver Shannon "Iceman" Jenkins has a new look, and while we've watched him run Chevrolets and a Mopar, this is the first time we've seen him in a Ford. Thanks to up and coming artist Ian Hawkins rendering of his 2017 ride. 

NHRA and Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park announced today that the Oklahoma facility will host a round of the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series event in 2017 for both the Top Fuel and A/Fuel classes.
 
The event will be held Sept. 22-23 in conjunction with Tulsa Raceway Park’s annual Nitro Nationals event and will the fourth of five events in the series for Top Fuel, and the fifth of six events for the A/Fuel competitors. Both classes will earn NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series points at the event.
 

Before last month, veteran NHRA Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson had never been to an NHL hockey game.

Now, he has been to a couple and he thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

Johnson’s most recent NHL adventure came Jan. 24 when he attended a Nashville Predators home game against the Buffalo Sabres at Bridgestone Arena.

Johnson was in attendance as part of a promotion giveaway from Marathon Petroleum Corporation – the primary sponsor on his Dodge.

Fan-favorite NHRA Top Fuel driver/owner Terry McMillen is optimistic 2017 will be his best year yet on the national circuit.

“We are starting out the year with a new front half/back half DSR chassis,” McMillen said. “It’s a good car and everything is right about it. We just had to put some new tubing underneath it and I think it’s going to be great. Looking forward, with the items that we changed the last four races of the year (in 2016), the car started picking up. Even though that car didn’t want to 60-foot at all, the first car prior to Houston was a good car and that thing would 60-foot, but didn’t have what this car has. I think now we have the combination. We started running a few more 70s and we just need to get the thing to run 72, 73 down the track all the time and put ourselves with an opportunity to go win.”