Chris Graves had a vision of making Funny Cars the stars of his show. The former standout photographer turned promoter slowly and methodically crafted his program into a nationwide sensation.

It might have been a nationwide sensation, but the series was primarily limited to Texas and parts of the Midwest. 

Today comes word the series is heading to the east coast for at least one event. In an exclusive partnership with Maryland International Raceway,  Funny Car Chaos revealed an exclusive five-year partnership with the Budds Creek, Md.-based facility through 2027.

 Rapisarda International Autosport International star Damien Harris has become the first driver in the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel championship history to claim back-to-back wins.

The historic occasion played out as part of a double-header meeting at the Perth Motorplex, November 11-12.

His first win came after defeating two-time champ Phil Read in the final of the Red CentreNats, initially scheduled for September but postponed due to inclement weather.

Sometimes you just need to provide a reminder. 

That's exactly what jack-of-all-trades, and master of them all Todd Tutterow did. Nine years ago, the doorslammer racing icon scored the inaugural Professional Drag Racers Association [PDRA] Pro Boost title. Last month he added his second as a reminder that he can still win in the class that focuses on supercharged and turbocharged vehicles. 

Tutterow, who races a screw-blown 2020 Camaro, opened the season with back-to-back wins at the East Coast Nationals presented by FuelTech at GALOT Motorsports Park and the Vortech Doorslammer Derby presented by Stroud Safety at Beech Bend Raceway Park. Runner-up finishes at two of the last races of the year, plus a rainout at ProFab DragWars at GALOT, put Tutterow in the position to clinch the 2022 world championship with a first-round win at the Proline Racing Brian Olson Memorial World Finals presented by ProCharger at Virginia Motorsports Park. 

Ron Capps made the improbable possible on the final day – Nov. 13 – of the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season by winning his second world championship in a row – and first as a team owner.

Capps arrived in at the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, Calif., trailing points leader Robert Hight by 61 points.

Thanks to Capps advancing to the final round and Hight being upset by Bob Tasca III in the second round, Capps won the world title by a mere three points.

Twice is nice for Brittany Force.

The veteran Top Fuel driver added her second Top Fuel world championship to her resume, thanks to advancing to the semifinals of the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, Calif., on Nov. 13.

Force, who also won a world title in 2017, edged Antron Brown by 62 points for the coveted championship.

Force season included five race wins, 10 No. 1 qualifiers, and the fastest speed of all time.

A tuning powerhouse and the winningest Top Fuel drag racer in NHRA history will reunite in 2023.

In a statement released to the media on the day after the 2022 season concluded, Maynard Family Racing (JCM) confirmed the rumors that Mike “Zippy” Neff and Tony Schumacher will be together next season.

“Yes, it’s official. Zippy will be the crew chief on our SCAG Power Equipment Top Fuel dragster next season,” said Schumacher. “Truthfully, this is a huge deal, and I have no doubt we’re going to be a powerhouse team.”

​​Top Fuel’s Austin Prock won the first race of the 2022 NHRA Countdown to the Championship in September at Reading, Pa., and he won the last one of the Countdown Sunday evening at Pomona, Calif. 

But what happened before the Countdown and occasionally in between his playoff victories was gnawing at him, making him feel like he was “the weak link of John Force Racing.” 

Cruz Pedregon, by his standards, has had a bad year.

No, Pedregon has had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year, for anyone familiar with classic children’s literature. In that children’s tale of a similar name about Alexander and his bad day, the main character learns that bad things are going to happen, but when you’re surrounded by people that support you, you can still achieve your dreams.

It is rare to know that you are witnessing history in the moment. Oftentimes, we don’t fully comprehend what a season, a race, or a single run will mean in the grand scheme of the history of the sport until years later.

But Sunday’s showdown between Greg Anderson and Erica Enders had all of the classic markers of a matchup for the ages. Between them, 10 championships. 144 Pro Stock race wins. Four consecutive titles. So it was only fitting that two of the best to ever strap into a racecar closed out the 2022 season in style with another classic matchup in their rivalry at the Auto Club NHRA Finals.