Courtesy of the NHRA GLENDORA – As part of NHRA’s 50th Anniversary of Funny Car celebration, fans will have the opportunity to vote for the cars they believe are the most important in the class’ history. After hundreds of suggestions from fans, an expert panel of drag racing historians and journalists narrowed the final list to 20, based on the cars’ influence and success within the class. NHRA legends such as John Force, Don “the Snake’ Prudhomme, Kenny Bernstein, and “Jungle Jim” Liberman all have cars on the list, which spans from 1966’s introduction of the class, as represented by…
Author: Mike Haag
Mike Haag
Mike Haag has covered motorsports in San Antonio and South Texas for more than 39 years. In addition to covering motorsports for the San Antonio Express-News for nearly 28 years, Mike also has co-hosted TrackSmack with Dawn Murphy for 19 race seasons. In addition to being a writer, Mike taught high school English and Journalism for 30 years before retiring in May, 2020.
Courtesy of the NHRA LAS VEGAS – The first three races in the new-look Pro Stock class haven’t brought the desired results for two-time defending world champion Erica Enders. But if she is looking for good vibes and a swift turnaround, her recent stellar track record shows there might not be a better spot for that to happen than The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is the site of this weekend’s 17th annual DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals and Enders has cashed out big time over the past two seasons in Las Vegas. Of everything that’s made up…
FORT WORTH – Texas Motor Speedway held their annual media day on Wednesday at Gilley’s Dallas. Below is a sideshow and collection of photos from the event from Texas Motor Speedway and Getty Images.
FORT WORTH – Texas Motor Speedway celebrates its 20th anniversary this year as the country’s most successful major-market motorsports venue by taking a look back at the 20 most significant moments since it opened in 1997. The moments focus on the annual NASCAR and INDYCAR events, but there also is a number of special events that have their place in speedway history including the unveiling of the world’s largest TV known as “Big Hoss”, the Rolling Stones and several other world-famous musical acts performing at the facility, the Red Bull Air Race World Championship and even a future United States…
Courtesy of the IHRA MARION – The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Drag Racing Series returns to action this weekend at San Antonio Raceway for the Good Vibrations Texas Nationals Fueled by Sunoco. The second event of the season features AMSOIL Nitro Funny Car, Pro Modified, Pro Stock, Nitro Motorcycle and the Summit Pro-Am Tour on April 1 – 2. The on-track action starts Friday, April 1 with Summit Pro-Am qualifying in the afternoon and the first round of professional qualifying at 7 p.m. CT. Saturday’s schedule includes the continuation of qualifying at 2 p.m. CT, Summit Pro-Am eliminations and.professional eliminations…
FORT WORTH, Texas – Texas Motor Speedway will become the state’s first professional sports industry entity and arguably the country’s first sporting venue to own its own beer with the unveiling of the No Limits Checkered Past craft beer during Wednesday’s annual media day at Gilley’s Dallas. The rapidly growing Audacity Brew House in nearby Denton created the No Limits Checkered Past session craft beer that will be sold at all major events at the world-renowned motorsports facility in Fort Worth as well as through retailers in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. No Limits Checkered Past officially will debut during the…
Courtesy of Ed Carpenter Racing (SPEEDWAY, Ind.) March 29, 2016 – Advance Notes After a successful promoter test at Phoenix International Raceway in late February, Ed Carpenter Racing is excited to return to the 1.022-mile oval in the desert outside of Phoenix. Team owner Ed Carpenter will join Josef Newgarden in the team’s first twocar effort of 2016. Saturday night’s race will mark the Verizon IndyCar Series’ return to Phoenix International Raceway (PIR). Carpenter is one of only four drivers in the field who competed in the last Indy car race at PIR, held in 2005. Though…
Courtesy of the NHRA LAS VEGAS – A strong early-season start has Top Fuel standout Doug Kalitta third in the points standings. While that gives Kalitta and his team confidence and momentum early in the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season, he knows it can be a fleeting thing in the loaded Top Fuel class. Things change quickly in the land of 330-mph dragsters, as evidenced by two first-time Top Fuel winners at the most recent events. But Kalitta has no plans of slowing down in his 10,000-horsepower Mac Tools dragster as the NHRA powers back to Las…
Courtesy of the NHRA LAS VEGAS – The K&N Horsepower Challenge field has been set, and Greg Anderson leads the star-studded field as the No. 1 seed in the lucrative special event, which will take center stage Saturday, April 2nd during the 17th annual DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The winner of the 32nd annual K&N Horsepower Challenge will earn $50,000, a custom K&N Horsepower trophy, and bragging rights as the best Pro Stock racer in the country. The runner-up will earn $10,000, the two semifinalists $3,000 each, and the four first-round…
Date: Saturday, April 2, 2016 Track: Phoenix International Raceway, a 1.022-mile oval Race distance: 250 laps / 255.5 miles Entry List: Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix (PDF) Firestone tire allotment: Nine sets primary with an additional set available to rookie drivers and those outside the top 10 in Verizon IndyCar Series points Twitter: @PhoenixRaceway, @IndyCar, #DDCPhoenixGrandPrix, #IndyCar Event website: www.phoenixraceway.com INDYCAR website: www.IndyCar.com 2005 race winner: Sam Hornish Jr. (No. 6 Marlboro Team Penske Dallara/Toyota) 2005 pole winner: Bryan Herta (No. 7 XM Satellite Radio Dallara/Honda), 20.3837 seconds (176.612 mph) Qualifying lap record: Arie Luyendyk (19.608 seconds; 183.599…