Raikkonen Credits NASCAR for Formula One Lotus Return

Kimi Raikkonen gave credit to NASCAR as his reason for looking at a Formula One return and with Lotus. Raikkonen said he enjoyed his NASCAR experience and realized how much he wanted to race against someone again....

O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals Start This Weekend

The anticipated start of the 2012 NHRA Full Throttle season cannot come quickly enough. The long winter off-season is over and the racers and teams are ready to go this weekend at Pomona for the 52nd annual...

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...

Sponsorship News And Palm Beach’s PRO Winter Warm-Up Testing Acce

The 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing season is picking up momentum and with testing coming up this week at Palm Beach International Raceway, the news is abundant and here’s some of the recent key...

Allen Johnson’s Blog: It’s Almost Time

While it’s pretty chilly back home in Tennessee right now and in a lot of the country, we are down here in sunny Florida at Bradenton doing some more testing as we prepare our Mopar Dodge Avenger for the 2012 Pro...

Anderson And Line Couple With Chevrolet Camaro’s Bow Tie Brigade

 In the space of nine short years, Las Vegas businessman Ken Black’s KB Racing team has gone from a fledging one-car entry in the NHRA’s highly competitive Pro Stock division to one of the most successful...

Leffler to Busch, Courtney to Force, Hinchcliffe to Andretti, Sen

Jason Leffler, Courtney Force, James Hinchcliffe and Bruno Senna are all on the move. Leffler goes to Kyle Busch’s truck team while Courtney Force debuts for Father John Force. Not to be outdone James Hinchcliffe...

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...

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...

What A Year 2011 Gave To NHRA Fans

The 2011 NHRA Full Throttle season was not only its 60th, but also one of its best. Let’s start this off by saying it was ultra competitive and we didn’t know how the Countdown was going to play out until it...

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...

Kurt Busch Might Have to “Occupy” Anything He Can Get

Kurt Busch’s problems wont just go away with a new ride for another team. There aren’t any competitive seats to “Occupy”. James Finch is willing to talk, but won’t pay someone to insult him. Formula One...