For a brief but consequential stretch of American motorsports history, some of NASCAR’s biggest names spent their off-days drag racing, not as a novelty but as a practical way to
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NHRA has named Antron Brown, Ron Capps, Greg Anderson, Matt Smith, and Dan Fletcher as the second group of inductees into the Top 75 Drivers list as part of the
CompetitionPlusTV hits a milestone with the 250th episode of the CompetitionPlus POWER HOUR, presented by Weldon Performance — your weekly dose of drag racing news, opinion, and must-hear guests from
There’s coming close, and then there’s how Lyle Barnett nearly stepped into Top Fuel at a moment when professional opportunity collided with personal timing. The opening was real, advanced, and
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DEADHEAD UNDER THE HELMET: JEG COUGHLIN JR.’S OTHER LIFE
Drag racers often live two lives, one defined by the starting line and another shaped far from the strip. Those lives usually stay separate, divided by helmets, schedules, and expectation.