Video: Jeff Arend’s Chevy Impala SS Funny Car Sets the Pace at US
Once we made the last run, dropped cylinder and all, I knew this one dream had really come true and that I was actually the No. 1 qualifier for the first …Read full story
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NHRA: U.S. Nationals Qualifying Ends With Some Shocking Results – Force, WJ Miss Field
Two first-timers outshined two of the biggest names in the sport as qualifying for the 53rd annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals concluded Sunday evening in shocking style.Read full story
Brainerd: Mike Ashley preview
BRAINERD, Minn. (August 8, 2007) – Fresh off a win at last weekend’s IHRA race in Martin, Mich. and on the heels of two No. 1 qualifying performances two weeks in a row in two different sanctioning bodies, Mike Ashley, driver of the Torco Race Fuels Dodge Charger R/T nitro Funny Car is anxious to … Read more
Deal gets Scelzi to return
By Steve Ramirez Staff Writer It may not only be a woman’s prerogative to change her mind, but that adage may also be true for Funny Car drivers. …Read the full story in the Whittier Daily News
Cayuga feels like ‘home’ to IHRA
One of local interest is in alcohol funny car, where defending champion Mark Thomas of Louisville, Ohio, who has won seven titles, leads three-time former …Read full story in the London Free Press
Gary Scelzi to run 2008 season
FRESNO, Calif. (Sept. 6, 2007) – Gary Scelzi announced today that he will return to Don Schumacher Racing in 2008 to race the Todd Okuhara-tuned Mopar/Oakley Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series in all 24 national events. When the four-time NHRA world champion made…Read full story at Motorsport.com
Video: Jeff Arend Drives CSK Chevy to Provisional Funny Car Pole … – PaddockTalk
I was pretty surprised (my time held up) until we started seeing some of the big guys just ahead of us running in the high .70s and low .80s. …Read full story
Jeff Arend: “The only bad news about the whole thing was who we were racing in the first round”
Although it should never really be considered an upset when any car tuned by Paul Smith takes a win light, there is no escaping the fact Jeff Arend was the No. 1 qualifier in Indy, while his first-round opponent, Jon Capps, got into the field on the bump spot. Any way you sliced, diced, or … Read more