When one only has $300 to start a business with their wife and succeeds against the odds - nothing can overwhelm them, not even the best of the best in the Top Fuel division competing for the largest winner’s purse in the history of drag racing’s quickest and fastest eliminator.

“I know what real pressure is,” Hart added.

And coming from a driver who won in his Top Fuel debut back in 2021 [Gainesville, Fla.] and, earlier this year, won in his first-ever special race-within-a-race at the Pep Boys Allstar Callout event during the NHRA Gatornationals.

The team at CompetitionPlusTV has a series you are bound to love. Each episode delivers a top ten listing of certain topics, with honorable mentions. The Peanut Gallery, comprised of various drag racing figures, will react and comment on them.

This episode features the blowover phenomenon of primarily in the nitro ranks. While some might limit it to Top Fuel dragsters, the Funny Cars had their share of mayhem. Throw in a few Byron Power Wheelstand events and some drag radial action, you have a show chock full of wildness.

Dale Pulde just wanted to be unique.

In 1985, the world of professional Funny Car racing was in full swing with competition in the NHRA, IHRA (with only floppers and no Top Fuel) and to a lesser extent the ADRA (American Drag Racing Association, formerly AHRA) where mostly every other entry was a Firebird or a Mustang.

Pulde dared to be different.

The Pro Comp concept had all the makings of a great concept on paper, but in reality the classification is one that became antiquated the moment the 1974 season began.

Pro Comp was a star destined to shine, a bridge covering the colossal gap which existed between sportsman racing and the nitro-burning division.

The semi-professional division was actually a salve to ease the sting of losing Top Gas eliminator earlier in the season while elevating many of the “overqualified” Comp eliminator entries.

Pro Comp featured a mix of the “everything to everybody” nature of sportsman drag racing with the cutthroat nature of professional racing’s heads up pro-tree format. Maybe cutthroat didn’t describe the nature of its followers, but it described the level of competition to a tee.

Throughout the year, CompetitionPlus.com will celebrate its journey to 25 years of reporting drag racing news you can trust. The Road to 25 Series will present a story from each year that impacted the drag racing world. Today's installment focuses on Joe Amato stepping away from driving.

Drag racing pioneer Paula Murphy, the first woman licensed to drive a Funny Car died on December 21 at the age of 95. Murphy began her career in 1964 when she was offered an Olds 442 by the LA and Orange County Dealers Association. 

Murphy's career was one of many trailblazing accomplishments for female drag racers. Known primarily as Miss STP, Murphy regularly drove her Funny car over 200 miles per hour and was a sought-after match race booking. She also dipped into the seven-second zone as well. 

If David Sharp has his way, the drag strip he took over earlier this season will become the Chick-fil-A of drag strips. 

Now, if you are among others who might ask, "What does that mean?"

For Sharp, the director of Rocket City Dragway, formerly Huntsville Dragway, the philosophy has nothing to do with chicken and everything to do with how they operate as a race track and an entertainment center. He made the comment to a friend that he wanted the strip to be the Chick-fil-A of drag strips.

The drag racing world is mourning the loss of one of its greatest friends, innovators, and trendsetters.

Don Schumacher passed away in the evening hours of December 20, 2023, following complications related to a battle with lung cancer. He was 79. 

Though Schumacher had stepped back from his role as team owner in the last couple of seasons, his impact on drag racing remained largely in his contributions of decades prior involvement. 

Christmas time is about family, and for one storied drag racer, a metal toy log truck.

Sixteen-time NHRA champion John Force opens his heart about a five-year old's Christmas, and the challenges of growing up poor in the 1950s. This 20-minute video will tug at your heart, and if you are not careful, will have you shedding a tear or five.

A very emotional video where Force talks about his youthful lesson of learning the real meaning of Christmas. 

When Justin Ashley climbed behind the wheel of a Top Dragster in 2016 with his goals of Top Fuel racing, those around him knew he would be something special. Since graduating to Top Fuel in 2019, Ashley has reached at least the semi-finals 35 times in his first 75 races, winning 11. He has also finished no lower than fifth in NHRA’s championship point standings.