Old bridge turns back clock with popular Funny Car Reunion

National Dragster;  October 17, 2003 ;     431 words ...OLD BRIDGE TOWNSHIP RACEWAY PARK, Englishtown (July 25-27...racetrack of Old Bridge Township Raceway Park were transformed into the...Boninfante Racing Clutches Funny Car Reunion. Quickly becoming...of as the golden days of Funny Car racing. The 1960s and 1970s represent a ...

Investigations launched in death of Funny Car driver

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  June 24, 2008 ;     415 words ......the accident that killed Funny Car driver Scott Kalitta at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park over the weekend. Kalitta...in Top Fuel, three in Funny Car and two in Pro Stock...in St. Louis in 2004. Funny Car driver Eric Medlen died...

Foster Named Grand Marshal Of Englishtown Funny Car Reunion

National Dragster;  July 16, 2004 ;     230 words ......marshal of the third annual Funny Car Reunion at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown July 24-25...Ongais and revolutionized Funny Car engineering with locked suspension...drove Barry Setzer's Vega Funny Car, which enjoyed dominating...drag racing machinery. ...

Kalitta moving to Funny Car

National Dragster;  November 18, 2005 ;     187 words ...Kalitta moving to Funny Car: Two-time Top Fuel champion Scott...confirmed his intention to return to the Funny Car class in 2006. Kalitta, one of a handful...scored wins at those venues. "The Funny Car deal is exciting to me because Top...

Ashley Force Makes Big Jump to Funny Car

AP Online;  January 17, 2007 ;     422 words ...Ashley Force, the daughter of 14-time Funny Car champion John Force, will join her father in the NHRA's premier Funny Car drag racing division this season...10th woman licensed to drive a fuel Funny Car, the 24-year-old Force hopes to become...

Funny Car pioneer Lew Arrington dies

National Dragster;  March 14, 2008 ;     196 words ......one of the early stars of the fledgling Funny Car class in the late 1960s and a match race...a car that also helped launch famed Funny Car pilot "Jungle Jim" Liberman to stardom...fuel class. After ending a great nitro Funny Car career, Arrington became the driver of...

MAKING TRACKS POWELL THRILLED TO TAKE THE WHEEL OF COSTANZA'S FUNNY CAR,...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  August 6, 1999 ;     638 words ......N.J., was signed last week to drive a Funny Car for John Costanza's Englewood-based JCIT...Cristen to step into the seat of the JCIT Funny Car for the remainder of the season and next...had never been behind the wheel of a Funny Car. And, until last week, she was very frustrated...

Arnie Karp will field third Worsham Funny Car

National Dragster;  March 21, 2003 ;     463 words ...Successful Funny Car driver Arnie Karp, who won four NHRA national event titles driving a Top Alcohol Funny Car known as The Boston Strangler in the...return to the sport driving a third nitro Funny Car campaigned by Chuck and Del Worsham...

ON THE ROAD | JOLIET'S LAWSON MAKING PROGRESS IN TALENT-PACKED FUNNY CAR...

Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  June 2, 2000 ;     700+ words ...JOLIET -- In his first NHRA Funny Car race, Joliet's John Lawson felt, well...a.m., with qualifying in Top Fuel and Funny Car at 1:45 p.m. and 8, qualifying in three...qualifying in Federal-Mogul Dragster and Funny Car at 5:30. And you can expect Lawson, moving...

ON THE RIGHT ROAD | JOLIET'S LAWSON MAKING PROGRESS IN TALENT-PACKED FUNNY...

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  June 2, 2000 ;     700+ words ...JOLIET -- In his first NHRA Funny Car race, Joliet's John Lawson felt, well...a.m., with qualifying in Top Fuel and Funny Car at 1:45 p.m. and 8, qualifying in three...qualifying in Federal-Mogul Dragster and Funny Car at 5:30. And you can expect Lawson, moving...

SCELZI'S SWITCH; It's not Funny ... yet Scelzi strives to duplicate his...

The Topeka Capital-Journal;  May 24, 2003 ;     603 words ......strange to think of Gary Scelzi as a Funny Car driver and not the monster he was in...Scelzi, who is in his first full season in Funny Car, is convinced that he can be a champion...class. "Am I capable of winning in a Funny Car? I think absolutely, without question...

On the run with Jay Payne-driver of the Valvoline Chevrolet Camaro Top...

National Dragster;  September 26, 2003 ;     547 words ......different. My team and I moved to Top Alcohol Funny Car and have really enjoyed the switch. A...love to go to the racetrack. The Alcohol Funny Car is more work, but you get to drive more with a Funny Car than you do with a dragster. It's fun...

Funny car-Scelzi scores first class win, makes history

National Dragster;  August 15, 2003 ;     508 words ......Scelzi, driver of the Oakley Dodge Stratus Funny Car, one afternoon at Infineon Raceway changed...claim his first national event win in Funny Car. The victory made Scelzi the first driver...NHRA history to win titles in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Top Alcohol Dragster, and Top Alcohol...

Bazemore still No. 1 in Funny Car division

The Topeka Capital-Journal;  May 30, 2004 ;     431 words ......Bazemore figures that his Matco Tools Funny Car team has done all it can do this weekend...who earned the No. 1 qualifying spot in Funny Car with Friday night's run of 4.792 seconds...Topeka with a 16-point lead over 12-time Funny Car champion John Force, and Force is still...

QUICK BURKART GETS FUNNY CAR RIDE.(Sports)(Column)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  October 25, 2007 ;     477 words ......HILL CONTRIBUTING WRITER Injured NHRA Funny Car champion John Force has selected Phil...testing the defending and 14-time NHRA Funny Car champion's Mustang with Force co-drivers...Burkart's quickness during final-round Funny Car eliminations. Last year, during the NHRA...