Nowadays, professional drag racing is all about top-fuel dragsters and Funny Cars, but back in the classic era, it was production vehicles launching off the line. The cars were souped up for the ...

Southern California drag racing legend John Force ... LA's News Headlines newsletter. John Force Racing teammate Austin Prock won Sunday's Funny Car division, topping Bob Tasca III in the final ...

Drag racing legend John Force is thankfully ... finish line at 302.62 miles per hour when his funny car's engine exploded. Despite the 75-year-old beating Terry Hadcock for the first-round win ...

One states it was coined by an announcer who thought the drag-racing stock cars looked "funny." Another (backed by racing historian Leo Levine) gives credit to the head of Mercury's racing ...

Drag racing Hall of Famer John Force may contend for another Funny Car title, even though he won ... as a strong sub for the injured, 75-year-old Force. Beckman, 58, last raced in the NHRA four ...

After winning Sunday in Epping, snapping a 25-race winless streak in the process, Funny Car’s J.R. Todd would like to see the ...

The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) announced a schedule change for Friday’s Mission Foods Drag Racing Series qualifying ...

John Force Racing ... old Force was examined at the track by the NHRA Medical Team before being transported by medical helicopter to a facility for further evaluation. During the first round of ...

With a win this weekend at Bristol, Capps would earn his first victory of the season and become the new track record holder ...

The 75-year-old Force, who was born in Bell ... Corinne Force Hood also competed in the NHRA Funny Car series. Southern California drag racing legend John Force was alert and talking to safety ...

Drag racing legend John Force, 75, had a catastrophic malfunction in his Funny Car at full noise in the first round of the NHRA Virginia Nationals on Sunday. Force was taken to a hospital where he ...