Funny car engines often have to be rebuilt after a single 4-second run, although some can last as long as five runs on ...

A gainst Cruz Pedregon in the first round of eliminations at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Denso Sonoma Nationals, Austin Prock set the Sonoma Raceway Funny Car speed record at 340.90 mph, ...

Autoweek asked Ron Capps' crew chief and long-time tuner Dean "Guido" Antonelli what makes an NHRA Funny Car explode. Turns out, the combination of gallons of nitromethane pumping through a ...

The 32-car Funny Car Chaos field was broken up into four eight-car fields (A, B, C, and D). Eliminations started at 5 p.m., and racing continued under the lights until it was time to crown the ...

The Funny Car is only about 125 inches long with the engine in front and a fiberglass body on top. It's very evil handling. With the short wheelbase, you don't know where it's going to go.

Funny Car points leader Matt Hagan said he has. The three-time champion has expressed a number of times that the experience of losing the chance for his first championship to John Force in 2010 ...

After FoMoCo returned its focus from fiberglass floppers (1966 SOHC Comets) to lower-class doorslammers that better represented showroom inventory, Hubert Platt (left) was among the few Funny Car ...

Check out the 32 funny cars that made it out to the 2010 March Meet which was held at the Auto Club Famoso Raceway. Only at www.hotrod.com, the official website for Hot Rod Magazine.

Funny cars have a shorter wheelbase as compared to Top Fuel dragsters, but are powered by the same supercharged and fuel-injected 500-inch engines. “It’s the hardest car in the world to drive.

NHRA funny car driver Ron Capps is shown during qualifying for the Arizona Nationals at Firebird Motorsports Park in Chandler, Ariz., on March 21. (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images) ...

We are excited about season two this year." Talkin' Funny Cars with Buddy Hull, the first television offering produced by Werner G+E LLC, debuted on the NHRA FAST Channel Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

Funny car driver John Force is battling back from a brain injury caused by a fiery 300-mph crash last week. The 75-year-old driver was unresponsive for 5 days.