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Hight Piling Up Funny Car Points As Countdown Drags On
Sunday, 30 Oct, 2022 – 9:42 | Comments Off on Hight Piling Up Funny Car Points As Countdown Drags On
Hight Piling Up Funny Car Points As Countdown Drags On

By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
Funny Car championship-leader Robert Hight continued “point-racing” without apology Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where qualifying concluded for today’s 22nd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals.
Hight held onto …

Stewart Off and Running In Drag Racing Portion Of Career
Saturday, 29 Oct, 2022 – 8:55 | Comments Off on Stewart Off and Running In Drag Racing Portion Of Career
Stewart Off and Running In Drag Racing Portion Of Career

His first season as an NHRA team-owner has driven home this fast fact about Anthony Wayne Stewart. 
“If you follow my career, I don’t have a history of being a very good spectator,” Tony Stewart said …

Enders Downs Anderson Again; Moves In On No. 5
Monday, 17 Oct, 2022 – 10:48 | Comments Off on Enders Downs Anderson Again; Moves In On No. 5
Enders Downs Anderson Again; Moves In On No. 5

By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
RacnToday.com
ENNIS, Texas – When Greg Anderson and Erica Enders stage opposite one another in an NHRA Pro Stock final, drag racing history typically morphs into “herstory.”
That’s been the case since …

Force, at 73, Is Still With The NHRA
Sunday, 16 Oct, 2022 – 8:42 | Comments Off on Force, at 73, Is Still With The NHRA
Force, at 73, Is Still With The NHRA

ENNIS, Texas _ Drag racing icon John Force says his “happy place” _ at age 73 _ is strapped into the cockpit of his nitromethane-burning Funny Car.
“But I ain’t going to last forever,” Force said …

It’s Full Speed Ahead To Future For Meyer’s Texas Motorplex
Sunday, 16 Oct, 2022 – 8:35 | Comments Off on It’s Full Speed Ahead To Future For Meyer’s Texas Motorplex
It’s Full Speed Ahead To Future For Meyer’s Texas Motorplex

By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
ENNIS, Texas – Billy Meyer’s Texas Motorplex is stampeding into the future with guidance from its “generation next.”
Meyer and Motorplex co-owner/daughter Christie Meyer Johnson will mark the end of the …

Hight Points Out Problems With NHRA’s Countdown
Saturday, 15 Oct, 2022 – 8:30 | Comments Off on Hight Points Out Problems With NHRA’s Countdown
Hight Points Out Problems With NHRA’s Countdown

ENNIS, Texas – NHRA Funny Car point-leader Robert Hight is in the midst of a self-proclaimed “career year” that doesn’t add up whenever he sits down and does the math.
On cue, High sat down and …

Texas Motorplex Fetes Fall Champs at Annual Stampede
Thursday, 13 Oct, 2022 – 7:55 | Comments Off on Texas Motorplex Fetes Fall Champs at Annual Stampede
Texas Motorplex Fetes Fall Champs at Annual Stampede

By John Sturbin | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
ENNIS, Texas _ Day 6 of the second annual Stampede of Speed at Texas Motorplex featured launch of an event envisioned to become a champions tradition, and one champion’s untraditional …

Familiar Names Dot Countdown Charts
Tuesday, 4 Oct, 2022 – 8:22 | Comments Off on Familiar Names Dot Countdown Charts
Familiar Names Dot Countdown Charts

NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship has reached its halfway mark with the usual Professional suspects poised for repeat title runs.
That group is led by Steve Torrence and his bid for a fifth consecutive Top Fuel …

Countdown Hits The Midwest
Sunday, 2 Oct, 2022 – 8:26 | Comments Off on Countdown Hits The Midwest
Countdown Hits The Midwest

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MADISON, Ill. – On the strength of the fastest Funny Car run since 2019, point-leader Robert Hight held onto the No. 1 qualifying position Saturday at World Wide Technology Raceway during the 11th annual NHRA …

Capps Caps Emotional Weekend With Win
Sunday, 25 Sep, 2022 – 19:41 | Comments Off on Capps Caps Emotional Weekend With Win
Capps Caps Emotional Weekend With Win

CONCORD, N.C. – On Friday night, two-time NHRA Funny Car champion Ron Capps received a telephone call he never expected. A handicapped young man with whom he had become a close friend had died.
Brett Hewson, …