O M G!!!!!! Goodguys at Scottsdale was bigger this year than last year. I was there Friday and Saturday and I could not believe the number of pre-’72 cars and trucks there and the number of spectators (in the 10’s of thousands). What a great show and there were dozens of vendors inside the tent [...]

Former jet dragster pilot Jessie Harris plans to race Top Fuel in 2010, competing in at least five events in the new Dote Racing Top Fuel dragster.

“I’m ecstatic,” said Harris. “This is what I’ve been working night and day for the last three years. My dream, since I was 6, was to drive one of [...]

Of the many awards given annually at the SEMA Show, only one offers the winner the prize of video game immortality. The seventh annual Gran Turismo Awards, held at the 2009 SEMA Show, recognized Philip Koenen and his 1970 Ford Mustang “TransCammer” with Best Hot Rod and the coveted Best in Show awards. READ FULL [...]

WOW!!! Congratulations to Tibor Kadar for his big National Championship victory at Pomona (read next story). Also, don’t forget, Thursday night starting at  5:00PM at Drew’s Garage (480-921-2399) in Tempe is holding an Open House as part of the Good-Guys Kickoff tour around metro Phoenix.  Drew’s Garage is located at 410 S. Perry Lane. Turn north [...]

POMONA — James McNeal (Super Pro), Tibor Kadar (Pro), Tracy Crutcher (Sportsman), and Augustine Herrera (Super Pro Motorcycle) won the three-round eliminators in their respective categories to score top honors at the 2009 NHRA Summit Racing Series National Championship, held in conjunction with the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals. READ FULL STORY

Tony Schumacher (shown at left) clinched his sixth consecutive and seventh overall NHRA Full Throttle Top Fuel world championship, and Hector Arana earned his first in Pro Stock Motorcycle during a dramatic day of racing at the Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals. Both titles were decided during a stunning semifinal round. READ FULL [...]

Mike Edwards in Pro Stock and Robert Hight (shown at left) in Funny Car claimed their first NHRA Full Throttle world championships at the close of qualifying for the season-ending Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals. READ FULL STORY

Antron Brown, Mike Neff, Greg Anderson, and Eddie Krawiec took race wins, and Tony Schumacher and Hector Arana scored season championships at the year-end Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. READ FULL STORY

AVONDALE, Ariz. — From his fiasco in Fort Worth, Jimmie Johnson rose like a phoenix in — where else? — Phoenix.

A week after teasing his Chase for the Sprint Cup competitors with a 38th-place finish at Texas — his worst of the season — Johnson regained control of his championship run by winning Sunday’s Checker [...]

AVONDALE, Ariz. — Carl Edwards won Saturday’s Able Body Labor 200 to postpone Kyle Busch’s formal Nationwide Series championship clinching party for one week. READ FULL STORY