Author: Mike Haag

Courtesy of Werner Communications DALLAS – Season 2 of Talkin’ Funny Cars with Buddy Hull rolls on tomorrow with a powerful new episode featuring Alexis DeJoria, Funny Car driver for JCM Racing and the only current full-time female competitor in the category. The fifth episode of season two premieres Wednesday, October 8, at 8 p.m. ET and 8 p.m. PT on the NHRA FAST Channel. In this episode, host Buddy Hull sits down with DeJoria for an inspiring and high-energy conversation about her journey to the top of the sport. A first-generation racer who carved her own path, DeJoria…

By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio ENNIS, Texas — Doug Kalitta’s pursuit for another NHRA Top Fuel championship is heating up at just the right time. The 2023 NHRA Top Fuel world champion rolls into the Texas NHRA Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex this week with momentum and the points lead after a commanding performance in St. Louis last Sunday that earned him his third victory of the season. Kalitta powered his Mac Tools Toyota Top Fuel dragster to victory at World Wide Technology Raceway, running 3.796 seconds at 327.98 mph to defeat first-time finalist Ida Zetterström in…

By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio ENNIS, Texas — NHRA Pro Stock legend Greg Anderson is heading into the Texas NHRA Fall Nationals with momentum on his side, setting the stage for a dramatic title fight with KB Titan Racing teammate Dallas Glenn. Anderson, the winningest driver in Pro Stock history, scored his sixth victory of the season at the NHRA Midwest Nationals in St. Louis on Sunday, slicing Glenn’s championship lead from 79 points down to just 25. With only three Countdown to the Championship races left — Dallas, Las Vegas, and Pomona — every round at the…

By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio ENNIS – A Texas-size showdown of speed and horsepower is expected at the Texas Motorplex when the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series rolls into town for the Stampede of Speed. The 10-day extravaganza will feature the NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs as the track celebrates the 40th annual Texas NHRA Fall Nationals on October 3-12. The Texas NHRA Fall Nationals marks the 18th of 20 events and the fourth of six playoff races in 2025. Drivers in the NHRA Mission Food Drag Racing Series Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and…

By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio ENNIS, Texas – NHRA drag racing fans will have an opportunity to meet their favorite racer and get their autograph on Thursday, October 9, at the Stampede of Speed and Texas Fall Nationals Prestage Fan Fest. More than 50 of the biggest names in NHRA drag racing from the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle classes will attend the event, which will be held at Railyard Park just south of the historic town square in Waxahachie, Texas. The autograph session is scheduled from…

By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio The six-race NHRA Countdown to the Championship kicks off this weekend at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pa. with the Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle titles on the line. For the first time since the playoffs began in 2007, the NHRA has crowned regular-season champions in all four pro categories — Top Fuel (Tony Stewart), Funny Car (Austin Prock), Pro Stock (Dallas Glenn), and Pro Stock Motorcycle (Gaige Herrera) — following the U.S. Nationals. These drivers now face a critical question: can they convert that momentum into world…

By Mike Haag, Raceday San Antonio NASCAR and NHRA race fans will soon have a rare opportunity to go bowling with NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart. Stewart, a three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, along with PBA Hall of Famer Sean Rash, will host a bowling tournament at Bowlero in Euless on Wednesday, October 8. The event will benefit Texas Motor Speedway’s Speedway Children’s Charities, which since 1997 has distributed more than $12.4 million to North Texas non-profit organizations supporting children in need in Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant counties. The event will consist of four-person teams. The $3,000 package…

By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – Ryan Blaney claimed his second Busch Light Pole Award of the season Saturday afternoon at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International – his second of the season, 15th of his career and second ever on a road course. For the first time in his NASCAR Cup Series championship career, he’ll lead the field to green in Sunday’s Go Bowling at The Glen (2 p.m. ET, USA Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). It was a dramatic effort for the driver of the No. 12 Team Penske Ford Mustang knocking the reigning road course…

By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service PLAYOFF-BOUND SVG SIGNS EXTENSION WITH TRACKHOUSE RACING WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. –Shane Van Gisbergen and Trackhouse Racing team owner Justin Marks met with the media Saturday morning to address the team’s contract extension with the former Australian Supercars champion and current NASCAR Cup Series Playoff-bound driver. Van Gisbergen, who has three road course wins this season, is an easy “favorite” for both the weekend’s NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Mission 200 at The Glen and Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series’ Go Bowling at The Glen. The New Zealander is one win away from tying Australian Marcos Ambrose’s mark…

By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service Layne Riggs capped one of the best race weekends of his young career, claiming his first ever pole position then leading the final 20 laps of Friday’s MillerTech Battery 200 to take his first NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series victory of the season in the opening race of a NASCAR tripleheader weekend at Pocono Raceway. Riggs’ No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford beat TRICON Garage driver Tanner Gray to the checkered flag by a healthy 3.64-seconds delivering the young star his third career series win. Riggs had been fast all day and was running…