Funny Car Chaos, the unique Funny Car-only format created by Chris Graves, has announced its 2024 schedule of events. The grassroots Funny Car series, which features diverse combinations ranging from supercharged engines on nitromethane to turbocharged on methanol, has emerged as a top drag racing entertainment venue. The bottom line is if the body lifts up and the car passes safety protocols, there’s a place for it to race. This season, Spell Paving Funny Car Chaos will present nine events, eight of which are championship points-earning events. 

The season opens in April with the fourth annual Funny Car Classic at the Texas Motorplex, located outside of Dallas. This event, which has attracted as many as 64 entries in the past, will be partnered with sister series DMP Awnings Nitro Chaos on April 4-6, 2024, to bring more than enough nitro entertainment, including a 32-car feature field. 

In a clash of blue-collar nitro racers, Funny Car racer Terry Haddock got the best of Top Fuel racer Mitch King at the inaugural Texas Invitational match race. The battle of flame-throwers kicked off the 3rd annual Stampede of Speed week at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas. 

Haddock's path to triumph began on Saturday when he outpaced fellow Funny Car contender Jeff Diehl in the opening round, setting the stage for his monumental face-off with King for the Texas Invitational championship belt. Securing his spot in the final, King left a trail of tire smoke behind as he outperformed Buddy Hull during Saturday's heart-pounding race.

David Nickens wanted to see how well he could do. Sportsman drag racing Jeff icon Jeff Taylor was all too willing to give it a shot. They wanted to give a Factory Stock Showdown a shot.

Well, maybe not the class or the car. 

Starting next season, Competition Eliminator’s dynamic duo will get a chance to have their cake and eat it, too. Next year they will hit the track with a destroked, 360-inch. Magnuson supercharged LS platform engine in a Dodge Stratus. 

CompetitionPlus.com, drag racing's longest-running online magazine, is preparing for its 25th year in the industry with a series committed to preserving drag racing history.

CompetitionPlus.com, founded in 1999 and launched in September of that same year, has published tens of thousands of articles chronicling both current news and drag racing history. In the months leading up to its 25th anniversary, the online pioneer will feature the top stories of each year. 

​If there’s one lesson Arianna Brown, the 21-year-old daughter of past Top Fuel champion Antron Brown, learned by watching her famous father’s career, it’s the importance of forging her own path. Recently, she started heading in that direction by completing the Super Comp course at Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School.

The second-generation drag racer got her start while racing in the NHRA’s Junior Dragster program. Despite taking a break during her late teens to focus on school and pursue a competitive dance career, her passion for drag racing never waned.

Brown joins her brother, Anson, as the second of Brown’s children to complete Hawley’s Super Comp curriculum. 

A family that races together stays together, And in the case of the Franklin family, a family that races together sometimes wins together. Saturday evening at Galot Motorsports Park, during the PDRA DragWarz event, the father and daughter duo of Tommy (Pro Nitrous) and Amber Franklin (Pro 632) delivered their second family double-up in as many seasons. 

Also scoring wins were Scott Lang (Pro Boost) and Tony Gillig (Extreme Pro Stock).

Two-time Switzer Dynamics Pro Nitrous world champion Tommy Franklin showcased his dominance on Friday night, securing the first No. 1 qualifier award of the season at the PDRA ProFabrication DragWars held at GALOT Motorsports Park. Piloting his Musi-powered "Jungle Rat" '69 Camaro, Franklin blazed through the track, clocking a stunning 3.644-second pass at 205.63 MPH, securing his spot atop the leaderboard as he aims for his third consecutive season title.

It’s no secret that Richard Freeman, the man credited with revitalizing Pro Stock into a viable professional division, wanted to one day be involved in some way in the fuel ranks. Today, that wish has become a reality.

Freeman’s brand Elite Motorsports will adorn the side of a Top Fuel dragster owned by Todd and Tony Paton at the season-ending In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals and driven by fellow Canadian Spencer Hyde.

Hyde made a name for himself earlier this season when he drove his Pro Modified to victory at the Drag Illustrated World Series Of Pro Mod presented by J&A Service earlier this year. This triumph at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Fla., has catapulted his career and set the stage for his debut in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series. 

Veteran Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Angie Smith crashed during the NHRA Midwest Nationals on Saturday, September 30, 2023. She was transported to a local hospital, where doctors determined she had broken both feet and suffered severe road rash. 

NHRA officials impounded Angie Smith’s bike at the scene for inspection. Tuesday afternoon marked three full days the bike has been in NHRA’s possession, and team owner Matt Smith wants answers.

Answers, Smith declares, the NHRA isn't providing. 

Tommy Frankin knew if he was going to have a place to race for the long-term in eighth-mile Pro Modified style racing, he knew he would have to give back to the sport that had richly blessed him. And ten years later, the richly blessed Franklin keeps getting richly blessed. 

Ten years ago, the major league eighth-mile drag racing scene was in a conundrum. The well-established American Drag Racing League [ADRL] was crashing in a ball of flames, and the silence of uncertainty was deafening. 

Franklin, fellow doorslammer racers Jason and Mitchell Scruggs, Gene Hector, and Roger Henson formed the Professional Drag Racers Association [PDRA].