The little girl who grew up in Schenectady, N.Y., and whose first driving experience was on her uncle’s John Deere tractor upstate, near Plattsburgh, on the shores of Lake Champlain, and the young Indiana boy who napped up in the luggage rack of the bus in the early-morning hours as he and his dad made their first excursion together to the Indianapolis 500 grew up to drive race cars and make their marks in motorsports.

And this Monday, the two – Shirley Muldowney and Tony Stewart – will be among the honorees at New York City’s Marriott Marquis at Times Square at the 37th annual Great Sports Legends Dinner. The charity gala will benefit the Buoniconti Fund To Cure Paralysis, a fundraising arm of The Miami Project that includes the Darrell Gwynn Quality of Life Chapter.

Football’s Edgerrin James, baseball’s Vladimir Guerrero, basketball’s Tim Hardaway, and skiing’s Lindsey Vonn and Sarah Will are among the athletes who will share the spotlight at the event the Tudor Group and the Mack Family present each year.

After nine rounds of drag-racing competition, one lucky driver will be crowned winner of the 27th annual Million Dollar Drag Race sponsored by Mickey Thompson Tires & Wheels.

Running this weekend at Capital City Motorsports Park in Montgomery, Alabama,, the 1/8-mile bracket racing challenge will feature cash prizes each day, including the Mickey Thompson Tires & Wheels Million that will pay up to a total of $1 million depending on the number of eligible racers who enter.

Red Line Synthetic Oil has partnered with Legends Nitro Funny Cars as the Official Title Sponsor to present the 12-car invitational event to be held during the NHRA Nevada Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Oct. 27-30.

Bringing the captivating breed of nitro-burning Funny Cars with 1979-or-older body styles and 21-gpm fuel pumps to the audience of the penultimate 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing event has been the result of collaboration between the partners of the Legends Nitro Funny Cars group, the sanctioning body, the racers, Red Line Synthetic Oil, and 17 associate sponsors.

It was such a juicy idea, and Rob Wendland just knew it would help Johnny Gray win Funny Car trophies and championships for Don Schumacher Racing. 

His colleagues thought he was crazy, he said, but he kept telling himself, “This is going to be as cool as hell.” 

The crew chief knew that just the right kind of shoe, an appropriate one with just the right kind of sole, helps “read” the racetrack. And reading the racetrack correctly then tuning the car accordingly is at least one secret to success in drag racing. So, he figured, “Why go with ‘appropriate’ when you could have perfect?” 

Rodger Brogdon was back at the dragstrip at the Texas Motorplex for the first time since he crashed his B/Altered Automatic ’66 Chevy II station wagon in late July at the divisional race at Topeka. 

“I thought I broke my back. It hurt so bad,” the former Pro Stock driver said when reliving the accident that threw him against the guard wall in his lane, then shot him across the track into the opposite wall and caught on fire. 

“I just really irritated an old back injury I had from moving concrete back in the day,” he said. 

Brogdon said, “When it was burning, I couldn’t move. When I moved, I thought I was going to pass out. Then the fire got so bad I just gritted my teeth as hard as I could and managed to crawl out of there. That’s one thing I have a fear of, burning up.” 

Motorsports icon, championship-winning driver, and team owner Tony Stewart will help kick off the three biggest business days in racing as the headline guest at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show’s annual Grand Opening Breakfast, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Indianapolis.   

The Breakfast is an annual tradition for thousands of motorsports professionals from all over the world. Taking place the morning of the first day of the PRI Show, it symbolizes the official opening of the three-day event. 

The family of Brian and Lisa Losness in partnership with the Idaho National Guard’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation Fund, Mission 43, Operation Grateful Hearts, and the Army’s Service Member & Family Services is looking to provide one thousand care packages for recently deployed troops from the Idaho National Guard’s 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team serving in the Middle East.

“Our son was recently deployed to the Middle East and we wanted to send him a care package.  But, why just one for our son?  Why not one to each service member recently deployed,” said Lisa Losness.   With that question in mind Lisa and Brian Losness along with community partners, have embarked on Operation Fill-the-Box with the goal of a filling one care package to everyone.”

Hollywood couldn't have written a better script. 

Competition Eliminator racer Adam Hickey needed a miracle in the worst way. Hickey came into the Texas NHRA FallNationals as third in points behind Greg Kamplain and  Chase Williams in the Rooftec D4 Competition Eliminator Bonus Fund. 

The 2022 Comp Eliminator Bonus Fund rewards Competition Eliminator racers from NHRA's Division 4 who finish in the top ten on the divisional level. The fund, which pays out a total fund of $225,000, delivered a winner's prize of $100,000. The runner-up still pocketed $20,000. The remaining funds were dispersed to the top ten CEBF point earners.  

 
The stars of the Summit Racing Equipment Mid-West Drag Racing Series (MWDRS) presented by J&A Service will hit the track one last time in 2022 this weekend to decide the series champions at the Xtreme Texas World Finals, Oct. 21-22, at Xtreme Raceway Park in Ferris, Texas. 
 
“We're excited about going back to Texas for the World Finals,” said Keith Haney, founder and owner, MWDRS. “Gaylen and Celeste Smith and Clyde and Amanda Scott and their whole staff there are just absolutely awesome to work with. The racetrack is always on point. Gaylen does a great job with track prep. Everybody goes fast there. We’re excited about bringing the year to a close and getting prepared for 2023.”
 
In the headlining Stroud Safety Pro Mod class, season-long points leader Dustin Nesloney secured the championship in his Texas-based, ProCharger-boosted ‘17 Camaro. Nesloney, who also has experience in drag boat racing, won the season-opening Xtreme Texas Nationals at XRP and added back-to-back wins at the recent double event held at the fall Throwdown in T-Town.