Everyone in the crew room is riveted to the NASCAR race at Talladega, and talking about how big and bad the drivers are for running over 200mph ( Read more... )

The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) today announced that Top Fuel and Fuel Funny Car races will be shortened from the traditional 1,320 feet -- or quarter-mile -- to 1000 feet. The change in race distance is in response to the tragic death of Funny Car driver Scott Kalitta two weeks ago. The change goes into effect at the Mopar Mile-High ( Read more... )

So Robert Hight was supposed to have faced Scott Kalitta in the first round of eliminations at the NHRA competition in Englishtown, NJ. But because of the tragic accident that claimed Kalitta's life, Hight ran the race alone ( Read more... )

The 'Net is back up at work.

I almost wish it weren't.

I wanted to look at the qualifying ladder for the NHRA competition at Englishtown, NJ for this weekend. But who qualified where isn't important right now.

Funny car driver Scott Kalitta died during 4th-round qualifying. At top speed -- over 300 mph -- his engine exploded, and the resulting ( Read more... )

NHRA founder Wally Parks dies at age 94Without Wally, drag racing would never have become the safe and organized motor sport it is today ( Read more... )

I found a better video that shows more of what happened, in real-time...since it's fairly large and lengthy I'll put it behind a cut to spare the low-bandwidth folks.

( 8:59 of YouTube video )

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Well-spoken, gorgeous, and can still outdrive just about anyone on the planet...at least, in the quarter-mile!

If I were 20 years younger...and unattached...and a racer...but alas, earwax, I'm none of those.

*poof*