The shine of Brittany Force’s 2022 NHRA season shows no signs of wearing off. 

Force, who arrived first in the points standings on the strength of three wins, kept flexing her muscles at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Friday through Sunday in Norwalk, Ohio.

This transition to team owner/driver is working very well for Ron Capps.

Capps arrived at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Friday in Norwalk, Ohio, third in the points standings and he’s charging toward the No. 1 spot.

 
Longtime doorslammer wheelman Buddy Perkinson ended Friday qualifying as the No. 1 qualifier in two different classes at the Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) North vs. South Shootout presented by Line-X and Iron Man Quick Connect Push Bar at Maryland International Raceway. Perkinson earned his first No. 1 qualifier award in Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous as the fill-in driver for two-time world champion Tommy Franklin, and he’s the provisional low qualifier in MagnaFuel Elite Top Sportsman presented by US Rail. 

Getting out of a speeding ticket with a warning can require a good driving record and a good excuse. Following Friday's qualifying at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, Top Fuel driver Mike Salinas pulled out of Bristol Dragway, headed to his hotel in Johnson City, Tenn., and got a bit lead-footed. 

Salinas was admittedly moseying along when he looked in the rear-view mirror to see blue lights. 

"I was just talking and carrying on when I got pulled over," Salinas said. "The police officer came up to the car, and he's like, 'You're 18 miles over the speed limit."

Here's the first look at Chris Holbrook's forthcoming Factory X Mustang on the jig at Jerry Bickel Race Cars.

Krista Baldwin has announced that IT consulting company, IGTG, will be providing primary sponsorship for this weekend’s NHRA Norwalk Nationals. 

Baldwin and her team have been making big improvements to their Top Fuel program since Charlotte, and the addition of IGTG was perfect timing for the new team owner as she is striving to continue to go faster.

Before he became a championship challenger in the Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown Series, Mark Pawuk enjoyed a long and successful NHRA career in the Pro Stock category. He competed in the doorslammer class from 1985 through 2006, banking six national event wins in the process.
 
Pawuk received support from Summit Racing Equipment for 15 years as both a primary and associate partner in Pro Stock, and today it was announced that Summit Racing joined Pawuk’s Empaco Equipment Dodge Challenger Mopar Drag Pak operation as an associate partner.

Motorsports visionary Bruton Smith has passed.

Smith was 95 and died of natural causes. 

Smith’s road to stardom through his Speedway Motorsports brand, the first motorsports company traded publicly on the New York Stock Exchange, was in 1959 when he and Curtis Turner broke ground on Charlotte Motor Speedway. 

Recognized as one of the most colorful race cars of the 2022 NHRA season, Blaze Technical Services will be flying its popular nostalgia flame pattern on the Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car at this year’s NHRA national event in Norwalk. The black background, highlighted by purple, blue, and green scalloped flames is a retro look befitting Jim Dunn’s legendary role in drag racing for the past 60 years.

Blaze of nearby Stow, Ohio has been producing temperature sensors since 1996. In 2002, they entered the NHRA market with their first team sponsorship. Since that time, Blaze has continued to improve its exhaust probes with faster response times, rugged durability and better pricing. Additionally, Blaze has offered new products such as a clutch probe, and more recently, its black series which eliminates electrical interference. Blaze is committed to its relationship with NHRA and its teams.