DSR Adds Rockstar and Jerry Toliver to Nhra Funny Car Team Roster in 2008

Jerry Toliver will drive the Rockstar Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car for Don Schumacher Racing in the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, beginning at the Winternationals in Pomona, Calif., Feb. 7-10, 2008, it was confirmed today by team owner Don Schumacher. A native of California, Toliver returns to his first full year of NHRA … Read more

S&W Race Cars Returns as IHRA Major Sponsor

S&W President and the 2000 IHRA Funny Car World Champion, Scott Weney announced today the return of S&W Race Cars as a contingency sponsor in the IHRA Nitro Jam Series. S&W Race Cars has been building complete, championship quality race cars since 1959 and S&W’s line of chassis kits & components are used by do-it-yourselfers … Read more

Ashley’s tribute car fetches $130,000 at Barrett-Jackson

The emotional journey that began in Indianapolis when Mike Ashley won the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals in a charity tribute car ended Saturday in Scottsdale, Ariz., at the Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction when Phoenix-area construction mogul and car collector Ron Pratte paid $130,000 for the car, with all proceeds going to the Eric Blake Faulkner … Read more

Ban of leaded fuels killer blow to drag racing in Canada

The Government of Canada is going to kill drag racing in this country, industry experts predict. The pending decision to implement a total and permanent ban on the use of leaded fuels for competition purposes, effective Jan. 1, 2009, will force tracks such as Grand Bend Motorplex and St. Thomas Dragway to close, say their … Read more

Bob Tasca III zooms into Nitro Funny Car

Bob Tasca III zooms into Nitro Funny CarProvidence Journal, RI – 20 hours agoIn a deal announced yesterday, Ford Customer Service Distribution’s Motorcraft brand will be sponsoring Tasca’s Shelby Mustang Nitro Funny Car for the 2008 … Read the full story in the Providence Journal