Coming off back-to-back Top Fuel wins, points leader Shawn Langdon made the quickest run on Friday in NHRA’s debut at Maryland International Raceway, powering to the provisional No. 1 position at the ...

On Wednesday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the Consumer Price Index reached a 41-year high at 9.1 percent. You might think one-car NHRA teams—those owner/driver outfits—might be ...

In the high-octane world of NHRA drag racing, change is the only constant. Teams are always looking for that extra edge, that split-second advantage that separates the winner’s circle from going home ...

Many family racing dynasties begin with stories of encouragement. For Cruz and Tony Pedregon, however, that was far from the case as their father - Flamin’ Frank Pedregon - actually discouraged them ...

Like many of his fellow drag racers, two-time NHRA Funny Car champion Cruz Pedregon loves Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, California. It’s Pedregon’s home race track, having grown up in nearby Chino, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... MORRISON — After almost ten years as a professional drag racer, Cruz Pedregon wanted his career to be on his own terms. In 1999, he found his next boss ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NORWALK, Ohio (AP) — Cruz Pedregon raced to his first Funny Car victory in more than three years Sunday, beating points leader Bob ...

Few probably know that former heavyweight boxing champion Larry Holmes has had an interest in drag racing for many years. Allentown, Pennsylvania, reporter Andre Williams, wrote in a Dec. 12, 1999, ...