Author: Mike Haag

Courtesy of NASCAR at COTA AUSTIN, Texas – Speedway Children’s Charities (SCC), the official charity of Speedway Motorsports, has distributed $25,000 through three grants to Dell Children’s Foundation, Sleep in Heavenly Peace and Best Buddies in Texas. The $25,000 will serve 1,325 children in need in the Austin area. “We are thrilled to be able to help three different children’s organizations this year,” said Speedway Children’s Charities Texas Chapter Executive Director Marissa Chaney. “Race fans are incredibly generous, and we’re looking forward to raising even more money in just a couple months when NASCAR returns to Circuit of The Americas.” DELL CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION Funds will support Dell Children’s…

By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio Jack Beckham will drive the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet SS for John Force Racing and will pursue the Funny Car championship in the NHRA’s 2025 Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. Beckman, who won the NHRA Funny Car championship in 2012 and the NHRA Super Comp title in 2003, won twice last season while competing as a relief driver for John Force, who was injured in a high-speed crash at Richmond, Va., last June. Force continues to recover and receive treatment for a Traumatic Brain Injury. He has made significant progress in his…

By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio ENNIS, Texas – Gaige Herrera and Jeg Coughlin Jr. rode their iron horses off into the Texas sunset while carrying Wally trophies and wearing black cowboy hats after they posted big wins Sunday at the 39th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals. Matt Hagan (Funny Car) and Justin Ashley (Top Fuel) also won at the Stampede of Speed racing event that highlighted the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship playoff races. Herrera, aboard the RevZilla/Mission Foods/Vance & Hines Suzuki, dominated the racing action this weekend in Pro Stock Motorcycle. He won for…

Courtesy of John Force Racing and the NHRA DALLAS – Funny Car championship contender Jack Beckman, who has been driving the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet Camaro SS on behalf of drag racing legend John Force, will not compete today in the 39th NHRA Texas Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex after awakening this morning with vertigo-like symptoms. The 58-year-old two-time NHRA World Champion, currently second in the Mission Foods driver standings behind teammate Austin Prock, had qualified the PEAK Camaro in the No. 3 position and was to have raced Texas native Chad Green, the No. 14 qualifier, in…

By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio ENNIS – Five-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Greg Anderson recorded his 130th career No. 1 on Saturday at the Texas NHRA FallNationals at the Texas Motorplex. Anderson, who has won six times at the Texas Motorplex, heads into Sunday’s elimination rounds with his HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro, a hot rod that is running better than it has all season. On Friday night during the Stampede of Speed qualifying time trials, Anderson made a pass at 6.524 seconds at 208.99 mph to earn the top spot and stay in the hunt for the title. It was…

By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio ENNIS, Texas – The battle for the championship in the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series Pro Stock class could get a little interesting this weekend at the 39th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals at the Texas Motorplex. With three races left to go in the Countdown to the Championship, defending and six-time world champion Erica Enders is sitting third in the point standings and is 90 points behind leader Dallas Glenn and Aaron Stanfield. Enders, who won the last two races at the Texas Motorplex, could close the gap in the standings with a victory…

By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio ENNIS, Texas – Can any of the NHRA Funny Car drivers stop Austin Prock and the “Prock Rocket” on the dragstrip? That is the question everyone is asking heading into this weekend’s Stampede of Speed and 39th annual NHRA Texas Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex. Prock, who took over for John Force Racing’s Nitro Funny Car driver Robert Hight at the start of the season while Hight dealt with a medical issue, has been dominant in the Cornwell Tools/AAA Auto Club of Southern California Chevrolet Camaro SS this season while driving for his…

By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio ENNIS, Texas – All eyes will be on the NHRA Top Fuel class when the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series rolls into town for the Stampede of Speed Texas NHRA FallNationals this weekend at the Texas Motorplex. Competition in the NHRA’s premier Nitro class is expected to intensify as the second half of the six-race postseason begins Friday during qualifying time trials. The Countdown to the Championship in Top Fuel is going down to the wire for a second straight season. Last year, drag racing fans witness a winner-take-all final round with Doug Kalitta…

NHRA Top Fuel driver Josh Hart, along with his wife Brittanie, are helping with the relief efforts for many of the residents in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and the panhandle of Florida that continue to suffer the aftereffects of Hurricane Helene. The Harts are committed to raise donations for the affected communities of the panhandle of Florida from now until October 23rd, the day of their annual After Dark Car Show and Trunk or Treat event at Burnyzz Speed Shop in Ocala, Florida. “We wanted to do something for all the people affected by Hurricane Helene here in Florida…

ENNIS – The Stampede of Speed begins this weekend with the Stars of Texas Music Festival on October 4-6 at the Texas Motorplex. This year’s headliners for the country music concert series will include Wade Bowen, Tracy Lawrence, and Lady A, along with a long list of opening bands. “We have been building the Stars of Texas Music Festival every year and now we are thrilled with the three-day line-up of acts that we think is one of the best in the state of Texas,” said Christie Meyer Johnson, Texas Motorplex co-owner. “We announced Saturday night’s headliner Tracy Lawrence at the…