News, Notes And Pomona Starts Next Week

In less than a week, the NHRA will be firing engines, initiating the start of the 2012 Full Throttle season. It’s the 61st year in drag racing history and the 23-race season should live up to all expectations as...

Schumacher, Hight And Johnson... Who's quickest?

The aroma of fresh nitro burning and the first roar of 2012 tell me that in 17 days from now, Pomona will be up and running and the Full Throttle season will be back full-bore. For the fuel divisions, the PRO Winter...

Courtney Force, Traxxas Team Up For 2012 Rookie Funny Car Run

 In one of the most anticipated drag racing press announcements for the upcoming 2012 NHRA Full Throttle season, Courtney Force, who for the last four seasons learned how to deal with all of the off-track...

Three Drivers Who Must, And Will, Be Considered Contenders

As a season approaches for any professional sport, when it comes to the quest for a championship there are, among others, three classifications of contenders: The team that won it last season and wants to win it...

The Familiar Yellow Jeg’s Colors Flying High In 2012

You’ve heard it numerous times on the track’s PA system…”You want performance parts…J-E-G-S!” In 2012, the familiar yellow of Jeg’s Mail Order and four-time Full Throttle Pro Stock championship driver...

New Faces And New Races Lead The NHRA Into 2012

With a blink of an eye and a flick of the calendar, it’s 2012. Most NHRA fans may wonder how anything can top its 60th anniversary season with three of the four top divisions being separated by mere points going...

Fresh Faces In 2012 For Al-Anabi Racing

In one of the biggest moves in recent NHRA history, the Al-Anabi Racing team led by team manager and 14-time NHRA national champion Alan Johnson, will be feature two new faces, which will bring with them an...

A Happy Holiday And Then, A Blue Christmas…

It was a warm, Happy Holiday of a reunion last week for three old-time NASCAR racers.   And then, in a bittersweet way, a Blue Christmas.   On Dec. 7 hall-of-fame engine-builder and crew chief Waddell...

The 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Season Was Hard Charging All The Way

With the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing season now on the shelf, looking back, what a great year it was. It’s going to be hard in 2012 not to see Kenny Bernstein’s team on the dragstrip and now, with Del...

Antron Brown: It’s Down To The Wire

Hello again to all of you Motorsports Unplugged readers. You know what this weekend is….it’s it! The last one, the one that decides it all. Can you believe it? It’s the last race of the year already. I...

Two Races To Go…Yeah, It’s All About The Points

The turn of events at last week’s Arizona Nationals would have been the last thing anyone would have predicted when Top Fuel points leader Spencer Massey, in his Don Schumacher Racing’s Fram ride, was unable to...

Hello From Top Fuel Points Leader Antron Brown

Hello again Motorsports Unplugged friends. Coming to you from cold, rainy Indy which is a big change from the sizzling weather we had in Phoenix. Today is one of those days where you don’t want to go outside. We...

Three NHRA Races To Go To Crown Champions

Spencer Massey, Antron Brown,Mike Neff,Robert HightJason Line and Eddie Krawiek are all NHRA names that are going for Championships in their respective categories. It's a tight battle with the points system and...