John Force to be inducted into Motorsports Hall of Fame

Perennial drag racing king John Force, open-wheel racing champion Michael Andretti, and NASCAR legend Buddy Baker will lead a class of seven racing greats into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America when the organization stages its annual induction ceremony Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, at the Fillmore Detroit. These three, along with sports-car ace Richie … Read more

NHRA: Winning Funny Car built for safety

John Force proved you don’t have to slow down to be safe in the NHRA. Driving a revolutionary Funny Car designed to help bring the class into the 21st century, Robert Hight defeated Cruz Pedregon by 7 feet in the Funny Car final to give John Force Racing its 18th victory at Auto Club Raceway. … Read more

Schumacher, Hight, Anderson grab first 2008 POWERade glory in Pomona

…Like Schumacher, Hight continued his love affair with Pomona’s pavement, winning his second straight race and third overall at his hometown facility. This time it was Pedregon on the losing end in the final as Hight’s 4.861 at a blower-belt-tossing 284.39 mph in the Auto Club of Southern California Ford Mustang defeated Pedregon’s 4.879 at … Read more

NHRA has questions to answer – San Diego Union Tribune

Auto Racing DailyNHRA has questions to answerSan Diego Union Tribune, United States – 8 hours ago”We matched or broke every attendance record last year, but to be honest I don’t know where the NHRA is going right now,” Carlsbad Funny Car driver Ron … Toliver qualifies No. 2 at Winternationals Autochannel (press release)A broken valve … Read more