Duels in the Desert
October 27, 2007
Schumacher, Hight, Connolly and Ellis hold low qualifier positions at The Strip in Las Vegas, “Hot Rod” Fuller wins $100,000 Technicoat Shootout.
Chase is on at The Strip
October 26, 2007
Schumacher, Hight, Humphreys and Ellis are provisional low qualifiers at the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals.
NHRA Drivers Go To Germany With the USO
October 26, 2007
(From media reports)
For the third consecutive year, five ambassadors from the National Hot Rod Association will take part in a USO-sponsored goodwill trip to visit wounded American troops and Air Force/Army personnel stationed at the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) in Germany.
Just days following the completion of the 43rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif., on Nov. 4, six-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Warren Johnson, two-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Jim Yates, Top Fuel drivers Melanie Troxel and Cory McClenathan, and Funny Car driver Tommy Johnson Jr. will depart the United States for a post-season support mission to the KMC that will include a visit to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC.)
Let’s Do the Concord Flip-Flop
October 11, 2007
No, that is not the newest dance craze to hit capture the nation. It’s the latest moves by the Concord City Council after their bluff was called. Only after Bruton Smith threatened to abandon Lowe’s Motor Speedway and open up another racing facility in a different city has the Concord, N.C. politicians softened on their anti-drag strip stance. Knowing full well that Bruton Smith has the vast resources to abandon a mutli-million dollar racing facility to prove his point, they recently flip-flopped their decision. This just proves that the old saying, money talks and BS walks, is alive and well in 2007.
Countdown Field is Set
October 7, 2007
Kalitta, Scelzi and Connolly take Virginia wins at the Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals near Richmond.
Countdown to One Battle Set in Richmond
October 6, 2007
Schumacher, TJ and Coughlin are low qualifiers for the Countdown to One rumble on Sunday in Richmond.
City Officials Need to Pull Their Heads Out
October 6, 2007
As many of you have been doing, I have been following with close attention the progress of where the mystery 24th race for next year will finally land. My gut feeling says that the NHRA is holding that date for Bruton Smith and SMI to open a drag strip in Concord, N.C. on the property of Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Now comes a report that the city officials there are in the process of drafting changes to an ordinance that would shut down work on the drag strip.
Rookie of the Year Easy to Predict in 2007
October 6, 2007
For the past three or four years I have been writing for Fastmachines.com I have been making predictions as to who will win the coveted Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future award. The award is the NHRA’s equivalent to the rookie of the year award in other sports. Not to sound too full of myself but I have been spot on when predicting who will win the award for the past three or four years. This year I will do the same but predicting the 2007 winner just seems too easy.
John Force Stays in Texas; Will Miss Richmond
October 3, 2007
John Force got a reality check Tuesday and the 14-time NHRA Funny Car Champion found he didn’t have a leg to stand on. Faced with the knowledge that he can’t put weight on a badly broken left ankle for at least 60 days and the realization that his severely damaged right knee and foot simply won’t hold him up, Force finally acquiesced to the wishes of orthopedic surgeons treating him at Baylor University Medical Center.
Book review: Fuel & Guts by Tom Madigan
October 2, 2007
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Tom Madigan’s latest book, Fuel & Guts: The Birth of Top Fuel Drag Racing, gives the reader an authentic and historic account of how the quest for speed and glory beget the competitive racing we know today. With a foreword by legendary NHRA announcer Dave McClelland, Fuel & Guts recounts the development of the front engine dragster from their infancy in the 1950’s to their ultimate demise in the 1970’s. The author went to great lengths to include personal accounts from those that were on the forefront of developing this racing vehicle to the 8,000 horsepower monster we know today.