VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 8 - AUGUST, 2019
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RACE REPORTS
Top Fuel racer Palmer pushed ...
Scott Palmer’s Top Fuel team that, thanks to sponsorship from Tommy ...
[09/06/19]
Bode fireballs it too
The pair before Justin Schriefer had his big boomer that we told you about ...
[09/05/19]
Diagnosed later, Schriefer suffers ...
Justin Schriefer, independent Nitro Funny Car team owner and driver, suffered ...
[09/04/19]
Sportsman racers get on track at ...
Chris Haverly reports that between the wet conditions and new people doing ...
[08/29/19]
Rainy Tuesday in Indianapolis as ...
Many of the sportsman racers have been there since Sunday as some ran Bowling ...
[08/28/19]
Burk’s Blasting again
With the U.S. Nationals coming up, DRO editor Jeff Burk has been thinking about the ...
[08/27/19]
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Many of the sportsman racers have been there since Sunday as some ran Bowling Green and came up, while others have been here since last week, photographer Chris Haverly reports from Indianapolis. Two days of rain has made the sportsman pits a little muddy in certain spots. Almost everyone has big rigs now, taking up a lot of space and having a hard time on the soft ground.
Keep an eye on the DRO Facebook page to see Haverly’s photos each day. Ron Lewis will be adding his photos starting Friday. And make your prayers to the sun gods to keep the rain away through Monday. [08/28/19]
If champion J.R. Todd can make it through the grind of the U.S. Nationals to get to the winner’s circle, he would become the first Funny Car driver in NHRA history to win the race three straight years.
“I never expected to win this event in Funny Car, and to do it back-to-back is pretty awesome. To try to do it three times and be the only one in the class ever to do would be something.” Todd added, “But I’m not going to try to put a bunch of pressure on myself.”
Todd has one win and three final-round appearances in 2019, and currently is eighth in points going into the final event before the Countdown to the Championship begins. Todd will reveal a special wrap on his car for this weekend’s event before Friday qualifying. [08/28/19]
Applied Imaging will be featured on the head shield of Doug Kalitta’s Mac Tools dragster and the rear wing of Richie Crampton’s DHL Top Fuel dragster. They will be branded on the spill plates of both J.R. Todd and Shawn Langdon’s Toyota Camry Funny Cars during the race. [08/28/19]
He is a 1987 graduate of General Motors Institute (now Kettering Institute), where he earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He completed additional training at Bradley University as well as the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. [08/28/19]
Paul Lee, Funny Car driver and president of McLeod Racing, has acquired FTI Performance Converters, manufacturer of manual torque converters and automatic transmission drivetrain components. To celebrate the new acquisition, both FTI Performance and McLeod Racing will be on Lee’s nitro funny car this week at the U.S. nationals.
FTI was founded in 1992 by husband and wife, Greg and Phaedra Samuel. Greg will continue at FTI as Chief Technology Officer and FTI will continue to operate out of its Deland, FL, offices and warehouse. [08/28/19]
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