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• Capps Wins One For ‘The Snake’ at U.S. Nationals
Inspired by the presence of his mentor, reigning NHRA Funny Car world champion Ron Capps spent Labor Day weekend adding to the nostalgia and magic of “The Big Go.” Fifty years after drag racing legend Don ......2023
• High Win Callout at U.S. Nationals
RacinToday.com Robert Hight claimed his first specialty event win at Indianapolis Raceway Park, defeating Matt Hagan in Sunday’s pairing of three-time world champions in the final of the Pep Boys NHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout during ......2023
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• Capps Drives To Funny Car Points Lead
A milestone career victory at Brainerd International Raceway has positioned team-owner/driver Ron Capps for a run at a fourth NHRA Funny Car world championship _ and third in a row. Capps hoisted his 75th career Wally ......2023
• Capps, NHRA Embark On 2023 Season At GatorNats
Ron Capps will launch defense of his back-to-back NHRA Funny Car world championships in Florida Friday with some sage _ and sanitary _ advice courtesy of drag racing legend Don “The Snake” Prudhomme. Don’t drink your ......2023
• Hight Points Out Problems With NHRA’s Countdown
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacnToday.com ENNIS, Texas – NHRA Funny Car point-leader Robert Hight is in the midst of a self-proclaimed “career year” that doesn’t add up whenever he sits down and does the math. On ......2022
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• Capps Caps Emotional Weekend With Win
CONCORD, N.C. – On Friday night, two-time NHRA Funny Car champion Ron Capps received a telephone call he never expected. A handicapped young man with whom he had become a close friend had died. Brett Hewson, ......2022

• Hight Engineers Own Comeback
CONCORD, N.C. – Two events ago Robert Hight experienced joy and pain when he took a 30-point lead in the NHRA Funny Car standings and broke his collarbone simultaneously, but he admitted Friday it was his own ingenuity that allowed him to remain in title contention. “After surgery, I had a lot of time to lay [...]...2018
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"Ron Capps will launch defense of his back-to-back NHRA Funny Car world championships in Florida Friday with some sage _ and sanitary _ advice courtesy of drag racing legend Don “The Snake” Prudhomme."

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"Hagan has fastest NHRA Funny Car run in 4 years"

2021
"Toyota to switch to GR Supra in NHRA Funny Car"

2020
"com The numbers that define Billy Meyer’s drag racing career include one IHRA Funny Car World Championship, 12 NHRA Funny Car national event victories…and 176 restrooms."

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"Hight tops NHRA Funny Car qualifying in Arizona"

2018
"com Two-time/reigning NHRA Funny Car world champion Robert Hight proudly added the Number 1 decal to his race car between test runs during Thursday’s opening session of NHRA Spring Training at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Chandler, Ariz."

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"Hagan breaks NHRA Funny Car track records"

2016
"Capps wins 1st NHRA Funny Car season title"

2015
"The 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion will honor the 4-time NASCAR champion at the NHRA Carolina Nationals with a special paint scheme on his Chevrolet Camaro SS."

2014
"Raymond Beadle, a three-time NHRA Funny Car world champion and a championship NASCAR team owner, has died."

• Kurt Busch doesn't mind the NHRA straightaways
Kurt Busch might race in circles, but he's certainly no stranger to the straightaway.In the days leading up to the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway, Busch dropped by zMax Dragway for a day at the drag strip with Top Fuel superstar Brittany Force.Force, daughter of 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force was in Concord, NC., promoting the NHRA Carolina Nationals, Septem...2016
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• Hagan beats Hight in NHRA Funny Car final

Funny Car points leader Matt Hagan raced to his third victory of the season Sunday, beating Robert Hight in the final round of the NHRA New England Nationals....2022
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• Tasca beats rain, takes top NHRA Funny Car spot

Funny Car points leader Bob Tasca III had a 3.908-second run at 331.53 mph in a Ford Mustang to take the No. 1 qualifying position in the Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals....2021
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• Hall Of Famer Billy Meyer Is Flushed With Pride
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com The numbers that define Billy Meyer’s drag racing career include one IHRA Funny Car World Championship, 12 NHRA Funny Car national event victories…and 176 restrooms. The first two stats cover Meyer’s ......2020
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• Hight Engineers Own Comeback
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• Capps Determined To Stay No. 1
Fifteen points separate Ron Capps from the “coolest part” of a last-chance bid to extend his reign as NHRA Funny Car world champion. “Winning a championship has been bigger than I could have ever imagined for a lot of different reasons,” said Capps, previewing this weekend’s season-ending 53rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals. “The coolest part [...]...2017

• Capps Snakes His Way To Funny Car Win At Bristol
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com On the day his mentor officially joined the Legends of Thunder Valley, two-time/reigning NHRA Funny Car world champion Ron Capps marked his own moment of Bristol Dragway history. Capps tied eight-time ......2022
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• Langdon Gets A Heartening Win In Concord
Shawn Langdon’s talked about his emotional Funny Car victory with nephew Caden Casner at his side. (Photo by John Davison) By Deb Williams | Senior WriterRacinToday.com CONCORD, N.C. – Five-year-old Caden Casner told his mother he knew his uncle Shawn Langdon would grab his first NHRA Funny Car victory Sunday in the NGK Spark Plugs 4-Wide Nationals [...]...2019
• Season Has Been ‘Scary’ For Force Racing
By Deb Williams | Senior Writer RacinToday.com CONCORD, N.C. – Having grown up in drag racing, sisters Brittany and Courtney Force are well aware of the sport’s dangers, but this season’s beginning has been gut wrenching for their family’s NHRA organization – John Force Racing. In the 2018 season’s first five events, 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion John [...]...2018
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• HBO To Profile The Forces
RacinToday.com Drag racing’s “first family” will be profiled on HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel Tuesday night. John Force Racing spent four days with the award-winning HBO sports journalism series over the course of two weeks. Led by 16-time NHRA Funny Car world champion John Force, the organization will be featured on the Emmy Award-winning program today at [...]...2018
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• Capps Gives Mentor Props To Cup’s Elliott
By Deb Williams | Senior Writer RacinToday.com CONCORD, N.C. – NHRA Funny Car champion Ron Capps begins defense of his crown the same weekend that Chase Elliott opens his NASCAR title hopes in his playoffs, but the bond between the two goes beyond sharing the same sponsor – NAPA Auto Parts. Capps looked up to Chase’s father, Bill, [...]...2017
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• NSCS/NHRA: Force to thank Gordon with special Chevy Camaro in Charlotte
John Force’s memories of Jeff Gordon go back to the early 1990s, when the two drivers were just getting started on their impressive championship runs. As Gordon wraps up a legendary career at the end of this season, Force wanted to say thank you to Gordon in a way that only the 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion could, with a fully flamed Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car. Force will run the Funny Car fo...2015
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• NHRA legend John Force's special paint scheme honors Jeff Gordon
NHRA legend John Force is saying thanks to Jeff Gordon. The 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion will honor the 4-time NASCAR champion at the NHRA Carolina Nationals with a special paint scheme on his Chevrolet Camaro SS....2015
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• Hagan has fastest NHRA Funny Car run in 4 years

Matt Hagan made the quickest Funny Car run in four years Saturday, giving the new Tony Stewart Racing NHRA team its first No. 1 qualifier at the NHRA Arizona Nationals....2022
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• Beadle, ex-NHRA champ, NASCAR owner, dies
Raymond Beadle, a three-time NHRA Funny Car world champion and a championship NASCAR team owner, has died. He was 70....2014
• Hagan breaks NHRA Funny Car track records
2017
• Capps wins 1st NHRA Funny Car season title
2016
• Hagan leads at NHRA Funny Car qualifying in Las Vegas
Hagan leads at NHRA Funny Car qualifying in Las Vegas...2016
• NHRA Funny Car championship down to wire
NHRA Funny Car championship down to wire...2015
• J. Force beats daughter in NHRA Funny Car final
J. Force beats daughter in NHRA Funny Car final...2016
• Todd gets first NHRA Funny Car win at Sonoma
Todd gets first NHRA Funny Car win at Sonoma...2017
• Hagan beats Hight in NHRA Funny Car final
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• Toyota to switch to GR Supra in NHRA Funny Car

Toyota on Sunday unveiled the GR Supra it will use in the 2022 NHRA season, ending a 10-year run with the Camry in Funny Car competition....2021
• Capps Wins One For ‘The Snake’ at U.S. Nationals
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• High Win Callout at U.S. Nationals
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• Capps Drives To Funny Car Points Lead
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• Hagan beats Hight in NHRA Funny Car final
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• Hight Goes Back To Back in Funny Car
Robert Hight’s bid for a fourth NHRA Funny Car world championship is off to a perfect start. Hight rolled to his second consecutive victory Sunday, trailering Matt Hagan in a marquee final-round matchup at the 37th ......2022
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• Langdon races to first NHRA Funny Car victory
Shawn Langdon won the Funny Car title in the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals on Sunday to become the second driver to win in both the Top Fuel and Funny Car categories at zMAX Dragway and the 17th in NHRA history with wins in both categories....2019
• Funny Car’s Robert Hight Becomes The One
By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com Two-time/reigning NHRA Funny Car world champion Robert Hight proudly added the No. 1 decal to his race car between test runs during Thursday’s opening session of NHRA Spring Training at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Chandler, Ariz., as preparations began for the 2018 season-opener. Hight, who won his first title [...]...2018
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• Capps Wins The Grove; Back On Top In Funny Cars
Reigning world champion Ron Capps reclaimed the NHRA Funny Car point-lead Sunday with a playoff victory at Maple Grove Raceway that neatly fit his definition of that’s amore! Capps powered past Courtney Force in the final of the 33rd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals to claim his first win at the facility in Reading, Pa., retaking the [...]...2017
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• Capps Gives Mentor Props To Cup’s Elliott
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• Force Wants To Field A Second Top Fuel Car
By Deb Williams | Senior Writer RacinToday.com CONCORD, N.C. – Sixteen-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force said Friday he plans to field a second Top Fuel dragster team, but he can’t say when it will join daughter Brittany Force at the starting line. “I just can’t get the money to get there, but I’ve got a deal [...]...2017
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• Circle K to Sponsor Kenseth in Select Races
Joe Gibbs Racing and Matt Kenseth announced this afternoon that Circle K Convenience Stores are jumping on board the No. 20 Toyota Camry for six races in 2017 beginning with Richmond International Raceway next weekend. Circle K Convenience stores will sponsor the No. 20 Toyota Camry beginning at Richmond then again the following weekend at the Talladega Superspeedway. They will return at Charlotte...2017
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• Kurt Busch doesn't mind the NHRA straightaways
2016

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• Rick Hendrick to pay John Force Racing back as NHRA heads to Charlotte
Last year, John Force paid tribute to Jeff Gordon’s final season with a special Gordon-themed paint scheme on his NHRA Funny Car. Now it’s Rick Hendrick returning the favor.John Force Racing and Rick Hendrick City Chevrolet have put together a unique marketing package for this week’s Lowes Foods Four-Wide NHRA Nationals at zMax Dragway in Concord, North Carolina.Force and his team members will dri...2016
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