“Any Driver Wants to be the Best:” An Interview with Hillary Will
September 23, 2006
Hillary Will and her KB Racing LLC Top Fuel team still need to qualify here at the NHRA O’Reilly Fall Nationals in Texas, and the rain is starting to threaten, but you’d never know that from her demeanor.
Hot and Windy Action in Texas
September 22, 2006
Doug Kalitta, Mike Ashley and Greg Anderson are provisional low qualifiers at the NHRA O’Reilly Fall Nationals.
It’s a pleasure to report for Fast Machines directly from the Texas Motorplex here in Ennis, just south of Dallas. Looming over Highway 287, the track is a first-class venue with the only all-concrete strip on the POWERade circuit.
Speedy Dan Lives Up To His Name
September 22, 2006
Dan Clarke is a rookie who has made a lot of mistakes this year while also showing sheer speed. Friday afternoon in Elkhart Lake, WI, he and his team used some great strategy to take the provisional pole.
Dover Post Qualifying Notes & Quotes
September 22, 2006
Jeff Gordon won his 55th career pole Friday at Dover International Speedway. The Chevy pilot beat out earlier qualifier Scott Riggs by just fifteen thousandths of a second and Matt Kenseth by an additional eleven thousandths. J.J. Yeley crashed on his qualifying lap and will start next to last in the field, thanks to a provisional starting position. The entire field of qualifying times was separated by only 0.712 second. Kenny Wallace, Chad Blount, Morgan Shepherd and Donnie Neuenberger all failed to qualify and had to return home for the weekend.
Dover 400 Qualifying Report
September 22, 2006
Qualifying for Dover International Speedway’s Dover 400 showed why qualifying here is as important as at any track. The pit road here is as crowded as any, with the slowest qualifiers having to share a pit stall on race day until some cars drop out of the race. This makes a top grid spot and pit choice here potentially vital to success on race day.
Jeff Gordon, going out late in the session, grabbed his 55th career pole, edging out Scott Riggs for the inside front row slot by only .015 second and .102 mph.
Q&A: Billy Meyer - Funny Car Driver & Track Owner
September 21, 2006
Back when there were just a handful of races each NHRA national event season, Billy Meyer battled other Funny Car drivers for each and every round win. He now owns the Texas Motorplex, the site of this weekend’s 21st annual O’Reilly Fall NHRA Nationals. Meyer was named the NHRA’s No. 47 driver of all time during the NHRA’s 50th anniversary celebration in 2001. Not only sucessful in racing, Meyer has experienced success away from the track. In this Q&A session Meyer talks about what his dad contributed to his life, what his weakness is as a track owner and what he considers to be his best racing statistic.
Fall AutoFair Top Prize to Buick GSX
September 17, 2006
After four days of perfect weather, Lowe’s Motor Speedway’s AutoFair ended with local car owner Tom Baker taking home the Best of Show trophy presented by track impresario Humpy Wheeler.
Sylvania 300 Notes & Quotes
September 17, 2006
Thanks to the various teams and manufacturers, here are collected notes and quotes from Sunday’s Sylvania 300 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup race. Kevin Harvick dominated the race, leading 196 of the 300 laps, moving to the lead after the first race in NASCAR’s “Chase” series to determine the season champion.
Sweet Day for Harvick at New Hampshire
September 17, 2006
Harvick has candy-sweet dominant victory at Loudon, vaults to point lead and clinches Chevy’s 30th manufacturer championship. Harvick’s car bore the colors of his sponsor Reese’s candies.
Graham Rahal Tests With Newman/Haas
September 15, 2006
The 17 year old sensation took his first laps in a Champ Car Lola. Meanwhile in other Champ Car news, Dario Franchitti is not going to run for RuSport at Road America, but the new Panoz DP01 will!