In the high-octane world of drag racing, Funny Cars and dragsters reign supreme, captivating audiences with their speed and power. While both vehicles are built for the quarter-mile sprint, they ...

Known as the biggest funny car race in the world, the Funny Car Chaos Classic was founded by Chris Graves, who as a kid loved funny cars. He later created one of the coolest drag racing series on the ...

Race cars develop in fits and spurts. Only rarely can an innovation be traced back to one specific person, although often it's whoever first won with a new idea that gets credit for it. The modern ...

Normally, an explosion like this would destroy a funny car body, preventing it from being used again, but this car's design ...

We hate to admit this, but the reason for the "win on Sunday sell on Monday" saying is that race cars usually have nothing in common with their road-going cousins. It's happened everywhere, from the ...

Del Worsham is the new king of the funny car category, having set a new record in his Toyota Camry-lookalike dragster. Del smashed the record three times in a row at Funny Car Chaos at Texas Motorplex ...

Q: Greg I‘ve always loved those few but fast Jeep funny cars that raced in the mid-1960s. I remember the names “Destroyer” and “Secret Weapon,” but would love to hear your memories of these Jeeps that ...

The Hot Rodfather made her an offer she couldn’t refuse. Alexis DeJoria, a six-time NHRA Funny Car winner and driver of the Bandero Premium Tequila Chevy Camaro, will join John Force Racing as it ...

Ted Black tblack@somdnews.com Aug 30, 2023 Aug 30, 2023 Competitors and onlookers who ventured to Maryland International Raceway for the Funny Car Chaos qualifiers on Aug. 25 and the eliminations and ...

A catastrophic engine explosion in a National Hot Rod Association Funny Car is a serious matter. We’ve seen two such explosions in the last month. John Force, the greatest driver in NHRA history and a ...