Posted in NHRA on Apr 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Drag racing could not exist without John Force. Well, at least not with its current popularity. There are other teams that are more dominating. The Schumacher juggernaut is larger and encompasses all the major classes. Guys like Scelzi might be more entertaining; or Bazemore more moody. But John Force rises above them all.
His team has […]
Posted in NHRA on Apr 6th, 2007 No Comments »
This is everyman’s motorsport in the US. The first thing an American teen boy aspires to is a driver’s license and the next thing is a fast car. Now each of the four top classes has a solid mix of ethnic diversity and top woman drivers! In the last two years the champion for the […]
Posted in American Le Mans Series, NHRA on Apr 4th, 2007 No Comments »
Once round the clock races at Spa, Monza and especially LeMans were the proving grounds and advertising fodder for companies like Jaguar, Mercedes and Ferrari, and later upstarts Porsche and Ford made their bones in 24 hour events. There always has been two class breakdowns: one for modified production cars (GT) and the other for […]
Posted in NHRA on Apr 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
John Force was made for drag racing. And more than any other competitor, he has prospered in this high-pressure environment. He grew up in a trailer park, yet through the dint of persistence and personality, is the most visible star in the sport. His greatest successes have been achieved by growing his team internally, putting […]
Posted in NHRA on Mar 25th, 2007 No Comments »
It’s tragic that Force team Funny Car driver Eric Medlen died of injuries sustained during testing one of those 8000 hp behemoths. They are amazingly entertaining with their abundance of speed, noise, and flame, but they are probably the most unstable cars to drive in any form of racing. Yet the cars are cocoons of […]