Listen to a special RacedaySA podcast featuring the NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 Crew Chiefs and Team Competition Directors: Crew chief Paul Wolfe (No. 22 Team Penske Ford); Crew chief Jeremy Bullins (No. 2 Team Penske Ford) and Team Penske competition director Travis Geisler; Crew chief Alan Gustafson (No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) and Hendrick Motorsports competition director Jeff Andrews; and Crew chief Chris Gabehart (No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) and Joe Gibbs Racing competition director Wally Brown. All audio provided courtesy of NASCAR.
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.
Listen to a special RacedaySA podcast featuring the results of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series 20th annual Dodge NHRA Finals presented by Pennzoil held Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Hear the reactions of the newly crowned champions Steve Torrence, Matt Hagan, Erica Enders and Matt Smith plus race winners Antron Brown and Angie Smith.
Listen to a special RacedaySA podcast featuring the post-race interviews with Martin Truex Jr., Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick, Alex Bowman, Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, crew chief Alan Gustafson and race winner Chase Elliott. All audio provided courtesy of NASCAR.
ENNIS, Texas – Steve Torrence outraced his father, Billy, on Sunday at Texas Motorplex to win the 35th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals. For the second time in three years at the all-concrete dragstrip near Dallas, Steve drove his 11,000-horsepower Capco Contractors dragster to a winning run clocked at 3.716 seconds at 328.78 mph in the finals to beat Billy’s 3.810 at 323.43 mph pass. Steve, who has won back-to-back NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Top Fuel championships, scored his fourth victory this season and 40th of his racing career. “Going into the final, you’re racing your dad and…
ENNIS – News, notes and quotes from Sunday’s AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals at the Texas Motorplex. Finally does it: After trying for many years, Jack Beckman finally scored a Funny Car win at the Texas Motorplex on Sunday. “I’ve won Indy, I’ve won Pomona and a lot of the major races, but Dallas, since I came here in 1986 to spectate at the very first national event here, was one I would have loved to win,” Beckman said. “I had 14 shots at it before I finally closed the deal. To have your name listed as the first (to win…
ENNIS – Texas’ Steve Torrence lit up the scoreboard during the second Top Fuel qualifying session when he laid down a blistering pass clocked at 3.662 at 327.51 mph in his 11,000-horsepower Capco Contractors dragster. He narrowly missed the track ET record which is 3.651 seconds and set by Brittany Force in October 2019. Torrence, the defending series champion and current points leader, scored his second No. 1 qualifier in 2020 and 26th of his career. The Torrence family will try for its third straight Dallas win, and Steve will face Cameron Ferre in the opening round of eliminations on…
ENNIS – The battle for the Camping World NHRA Drag Racing Series Nitro Funny Car class is going down to the wire between Don Schumacher Racing drivers Matt Hagan, Jack Beckman, Tommy Johnson Jr. and Ron Capps. The quartet of drivers will square off against each other on Sunday during the opening rounds at the AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex near Dallas. The elimination rounds begin at 10 a.m. TV coverage begins at 1 p.m. CT on FS1. With three races remaining on the season schedule Hagan enters the race with a 16-point lead over Beckman.…
ENNIS – With three races remaining on the schedule for the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Top Fuel drivers the battle for the championship is expected to intensify this weekend at the Texas Motorplex between Steve Torrence and Doug Kalitta. Torrence, who drives the Capco Contractors dragster, is aiming for his third straight NHRA Top Fuel championship. The 37-year old resident from nearby Kilgore, Texas has a two-point lead over Kalitta, driver of the Mac Tools Top Fuel dragster. Leah Pruett is 80 points back in third and Torrence’s father, Billy Torrence is fourth and trails Pruett by 56…
ENNIS – The action kicked off at 9:30 a.m. on Friday with full day of racing that included several drag racing classes competing in time trials, qualifying and elimination rounds – Super Street, Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas, Top Dragster, Competition Eliminator and Grudge. The weather was also ideal for racing, sunshine with a high of 72 degrees and winds were ENE at 10 to 15 mph. The evening portion of the race card was billed as Friday Night Live and featured Grudge, Top Alcohol Funny Car, Top Alcohol Dragster, Gassers, Factory Stock Showdown, Top Fuel Harley, Pro Mod and…
ENNIS – The Texas Motorplex will celebrate the 35th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals this week with five days of action-packed racing at one of Texas’ premier drag racing facilities. “We wanted to do something no other NHRA national event has done before,” said Andy Carter, General Manager Texas Motorplex. “This year has been a challenge for so many people and we wanted to celebrate the resiliency and high passion level of our fans. We will be hosting a two day National Open for sportsman racers on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday Night Live will be full sensory overload when it…