Dragster attracts Dickies Girl

For the third consecutive year, Dickies Girl Apparel is supporting Leah Pruett-LeDuc, 19, of Redlands and her competitive drag racing. For the 2008 season, Dickies Girl has become the primary sponsor backing the Nitro Nostalgia Funny Car owned by Ron Pruett, crew-chiefed by Les Leggitt, and driven by Leah Pruett-LeDuc. Pruett-LeDuc’s 2008 season began with … Read more

Hagan Continues Preseason Testing

Matt Hagan and crew departed for Rockingham Dragway, “The Rock” today for a weekend of testing with the Shelor.com/TORCO Monte Carlo Nitro Funny Car. This will be the third test outing for Matt Hagan Racing for the 2008, with prior sessions taking place at Rockingham and Valdosta. Read full story

pr: John and Ashley Force Wow Fans at Brandsource Summit

The torrential rainstorms that blew through Dallas did not dampen the excitement level of participants at 2008 BrandSource Summit who were thrilled to spend a few minutes with 14-time POWERade Funny Car Champion John Force and 2007 Rookie of the Year and Funny Car rising star Ashley Force. The BrandSource Summit brought together thousands of … Read more

Pedregon, Bazemore, Nothstein in Toyota Pro/Celebrity event

NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car world champ Tony Pedregon and fellow NHRA racers Whit Bazemore and Marty Nothstein will join an eclectic roster of stars of film, television, and sports when they strap into brand-new, race-ready Scion tCs to vie for the checkered flag in the world’s longest-running, most successful celebrity racing event: … Read more

Drag racer realizes dream

Paul Noakes may have to pinch himself right up until his first pass down the quarter-mile in San Antonio, Tex., on April 4. “You always have a dream and just when you think you’ve got to let that dream go, someone stands up in front of you and says. ‘Here, grab ahold,’ ” the 39-year-old … Read more

Wilkerson climbs into seventh place in NHRA Funny Car

Springfield drag racer Tim Wilkerson is off to a pretty good start after the first three races of the National Hot Road Association season. Wilkerson has climbed into seventh place in the NHRA Funny Car point standings — five points in front of John Force — following his third-place finish in Sunday’s ACDelco Gatornationals… Read … Read more