by Susan Wade Mon, 2022-10-31 22:42
Three years ago, John Medlen was leaving home for another drag race, happily ready to tune a Funny Car for Don Schumacher Racing.
His wife, Martha, made a pivotal observation: “We’ve been dragging that suitcase around for 35 years. How much longer do you want to do that?”
The longtime NHRA drag-racing tuner for the sport’s top teams and elite, champion drivers said, “Well, I've been gone from you, half the days of the year for 35 years. So when you say enough is enough, I'll park that suitcase. I'll move anywhere you want to move. I'll do anything you want to do, because you deserve to spend part of our lives together doing what you want to do. So when you say enough is enough . . .”
And time – and racing – went on.
by Susan Wade Mon, 2022-10-31 21:44
It’s a Catch-22 situation. And the politest thing NHRA Funny Car racer and two-car nitro team owner Terry Haddock can say about it is it’s absurd.
He made the cut Saturday for the Nevada Nationals at Las Vegas in his fourth and final qualifying opportunity. But after the day’s activity was finished, he learned the NHRA disqualified his decisive pass, consequently bumping him from Sunday’s eliminations. Jeff Arend replaced him as the No. 16 starter.
“We got screwed. I don't know what you can and can't say. There's no grownups left in the room. So when you say the facts of what the truth is, it doesn't seem to matter,” Haddock said Sunday morning at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
by Susan Wade, photos by Rhonda McCole, Burghardt Photos Mon, 2022-10-31 19:55
Brittany Force turned a bleak beginning to her Countdown into a promising prospect for her second NHRA Top Fuel championship Sunday with her victory at the Nevada Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
After four straight second-round defeats, the Flav-R-Pac / Monster Energy Dragster driver rebounded to regain the points lead.
by Tracy Renck, photos by Rhonda McCole, Burghardt Photos Mon, 2022-10-31 19:50
Matt Hagan’s quest for a fourth NHRA nitro Funny Car world championship is alive and well.
Hagan kept his hopes alive by winning the Nevada Nationals Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
by Tracy Renck, photos by Rhonda McCole Mon, 2022-10-31 19:45
Mission accomplished.
Erica Enders’ drive for a fifth NHRA Pro Stock world championship was complete when she won the Nevada Nationals on Sunday, the second to last race in the 2022 season.
NHRA, photos by NHRA, Burghardt Photos Sun, 2022-10-30 19:00
Erica Enders clinched her fifth Pro Stock world championship on Sunday, racing to her 10th victory of the season at the 22nd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals to cap off a dream weekend at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Brittany Force (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan (Funny Car) and Hector Arana Jr. (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won at the 21st event in the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season and the fifth of six races in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.
Photos by Burghardt Photos Sun, 2022-10-30 14:00
Sunday's final results from the 22nd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The race is the 21st of 22 in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series:
Sun, 2022-10-30 14:00
Final round-by-round results from the 22nd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the 21st of 22 events in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series:
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