http://www.racintoday.com Go With The Pros Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:33:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32902 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32902#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:15:00 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32902
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com The Summit Racing operation looked very little like the Summit Racing operation during Thursday’s opening round of qualifying at the 2012 NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals. But during Friday’s second round at Pomona, Ken Black’s Pro Stock teams ignited. Defending class champion Jason Line moved from 12th to fourth in Round [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32902/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32897 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32897#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:29:30 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32897
Bob Tasca raced to the provisional No. 1 qualifying position in Funny Car action Friday at the 52nd annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals presented by Super Start Batteries at Auto Club Speedway. Morgan Lucas (Top Fuel) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) also raced to the provisional top qualifying spot in their respective categories at the [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32897/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32883 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32883#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:45:36 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32883
On her first day as a real-gosh-darn NHRA Funny Car driver, Courtney Force showed speed. And, she showed savvy. Her 4.21 second/303.16 mph pass in the first round of qualifying for the NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals in Pomona was sixth fastest on the day. And it was just a blink slower than the one laid [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32883/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32869 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32869#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:11:06 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32869
The first round of qualifying in the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series was held on Thursday and making the fastest passes were Morgan Lucas in Top Fuel, Jack Beckman in Funny Car and Mike Edwards in Pro Stock. The first event of the season is the 52nd O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals in Pomona, Calif. Lucas’ [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32869/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32865 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32865#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:14:18 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32865
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com The 2012 NHRA Full Thottle Drag Racing Series season gets under way today with the start of the 52nd annual O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals in Pomona, Calif. New faces have arrived, old faces have disappeared and other old faces have re-appeared. The most diverse series in all of auto racing will [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32865/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32844 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32844#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:37:41 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32844
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com Three years ago, when it was first suggested to Khalid alBalooshi that he should be sitting in a Top Fuel dragster in the NHRA by good friend and team-owner His Highness Sheik Khalid al Thani, it all ended with a laugh. The second time that suggestion was made, it ended [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32844/feed 1 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32781 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32781#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:45:37 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32781
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com The Top Fuel-car canopy being developed by Don Schumacher Racing will be at this weekend’s Winternationals in Pomona, Calif., but it will not be on the DSR cars. That’s unfortunate, driver Tony Schumacher said Wednesday. “I want (it) to be in that car right away,” Schumacher said. The canopy, designed to protect [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32781/feed 3 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32778 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32778#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:03:17 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32778
RacinToday.com Mark Lyle, long-time starter in NHRA’s Division 6 and a certified team member of the NHRA Safety Safari presented by AAA, has been named official NHRA Chief Starter, one of drag racing’s most storied positions. There have only been two chief starters in the sport’s 60-plus year history, Buster Couch (1955-1996) and Rick Stewart (1996-2011). Beginning [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32778/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32772 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32772#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:42:38 +0000 John Sturbin http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32772
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com John Force Racing will chase the NHRA Funny Car world championship with a four-car Ford Mustang lineup in 2012, a season featuring Courtney Force’s highly anticipated nitro debut. But team-owner John Force, a 15-time Funny Car world champion, says as many as two Top Fuel cars – driven by daughters Brittany [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32772/feed 1 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32764 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32764#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:25:38 +0000 Info Manager http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32764
RacinToday.com Former John Force Racing crew chief John Medlen said Tuesday that he will return to JFR in the new capacity of Director of Technology and Safety. “I found out John Medlen became available over the weekend and I offered him a job to come back to work with us on safety,” team owner John Force said. [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32764/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32354 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32354#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:12:01 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32354
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com John Force sounded exactly like a father when he was asked if he thought his 23-year-old daughter, Courtney, has what it takes to be competitive as a nitro-powered Funny Car driver. “It’s important to her,” the 15-time NHRA champion said during a telephone conversation on Tuesday. “It’s all she thinks about. [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32354/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32338 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32338#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:31:37 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32338
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com John Force Racing announced Tuesday that Courtney Force, youngest daughter of team owner John Force, will drive a fuel Funny Car for the team during the upcoming NHRA season. She will drive a Ford Mustang tuned by veteran Ron Douglas. It will be sponsored by Traxxas, a Texas company which got [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32338/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32269 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32269#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:30:12 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32269
RacinToday.com Brandon Bernstein will drive the MavTV/Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster for Morgan Lucas Racing beginning in 2012. He takes the seat of Shawn Langdon, who had driven the car the last three years. “Brandon Bernstein is the total package,” Lucas said. “He brings an amazing presence, a professional attitude and a tremendous fan following to this [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32269/feed 0 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32210 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32210#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:12:37 +0000 Jim Pedley http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32210
By Jim Pedley | Managing Editor RacinToday.com It wasn’t so much that Tony Stewart won the 2011 Sprint Cup championship which made his season so remarkable. It was how he did it – with a walk-off victory over second-place Carl Edwards in the final race of the year. Dramatic much? For both what and how he won his third [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32210/feed 1 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32207 http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32207#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:28:20 +0000 John Sturbin http://www.racintoday.com/?p=32207
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com Completely sober when the ball in New York City’s Times Square dropped – and failed to land anywhere close to Lady Gaga – I admit to immediately clicking over to ESPN to watch extreme sports dudes Robbie Maddison and Levi LaVallee ring-in 2012 via record-setting ramp-to-ramp jumps on a motorcycle [...]]]> http://www.racintoday.com/archives/32207/feed 1