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  • John Force, 74, gets record 156th NHRA victory
    • John Force, 74, gets record 156th NHRA victory
    John Force raced to his record 156th NHRA victory and first in two years, with the 74-year-old Funny Car great powering past Matt Hagan on Saturday at Firebird Motorsports Park in the completion of the postponed Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals....2024
  • Paula Murphy, Hall of Fame drag racer, dies at 95
    • Paula Murphy, Hall of Fame drag racer, dies at 95
    Hall of Fame drag racer Paula Murphy, the first woman licensed to drive a Funny Car, died Thursday at the age of 95....2023
  • Tony Stewart to drive wife Leah's NHRA Top Fuel dragster in 2024
    • Tony Stewart to drive wife Leah's NHRA Top Fuel dragster in 2024
    Stewart, a three-time champion of the NASCAR Cup Series, competed in the Top Alcohol dragster division for McPhillips Racing over the past year. He ended 2023 as the championship runner-up, losing out to Julie Nataas.The 52-year-old is a busy man, fielding a Top Fuel dragster for his wife Leah Pruett and Funny Car driver Matt Hagan. He also runs a Sprint Car team and is the co-owner of ...Keep rea...2023
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  • • It’s Championship Sunday For NHRA Drag Racers
    By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com Robert Hight moved one position closer to Funny Car point-leader Matt Hagan during qualifying Saturday for the 58th annual NHRA Finals, previewing what looms as an epic battle of three-time ......2023
  • • NHRA Season Finale Sets Up To Be A Beauty in FC
    By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com Delivering on a self-imposed “must-win” edict, Robert Hight pulled to within one round of the Funny Car point lead with a victory against controversy-plagued Bob Tasca III in the final ......2023
  • • Tasca DQ Slides Hight Into P1 in Las Vegas
    By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com Funny Car qualifying for the 23rd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals ended in controversy Saturday night after the record-setting, pole-winning pass of championship contender Bob Tasca III was disqualified. Title contender Robert ......2023

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Funny Car injury and suspension

  • John Force transported to hospital after scary NHRA crash
    • John Force transported to hospital after scary NHRA crash
    Just weeks after his daughter suffered a terrifying crash, Funny Car veteran driver John Force was at the wrong end of his own....2018
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  • • Funny Car driver Courtney Force escapes serious injury in hard crash
    2016

Timeline

  • 2024
    "John Force raced to his record 156th NHRA victory and first in two years, with the 74-year-old Funny Car great powering past Matt Hagan on Saturday at Firebird Motorsports Park in the completion of the postponed Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals."

  • 2023
    "Matt Hagan carried owner Tony Stewart to the winner's circle after winning the Funny Car finale at the Gatornationals on Sunday."

  • 2022
    "Matt Hagan made the quickest Funny Car run in four years Saturday, giving the new Tony Stewart Racing NHRA team its first Number 1 qualifier at the NHRA Arizona Nationals."

  • 2021
    "Tim Wilkerson raced to his second Funny Car victory in three weeks Sunday, beating Cruz Pedregon in the DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway."

  • 2020
    "raced to his 18th Funny Car victory Sunday at the NHRA Arizona Nationals."

  • 2019
    "Courtney Force, the winningest female Funny Car driver in NHRA history, is stepping away from driving."

  • 2018
    "Just weeks after his daughter suffered a terrifying crash, Funny Car veteran driver John Force was at the wrong end of his own."

  • 2017
    "NHRA star Courtney Force named honorary pace car driver for Clash at Daytona"

  • 2016
    "Spurs' Boban Marjanovic Cranks Up the Tunes in Funny Car Commercial"

  • 2015
    "The 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion will honor the 4-time NASCAR champion at the NHRA Carolina Nationals with a special paint scheme on his Chevrolet Camaro SS."

  • 2014
    "Raymond Beadle, a three-time NHRA Funny Car world champion and a championship NASCAR team owner, has died."

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Funny Car trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Beckman tops 4-Wide Nationals Funny Car quals
    Jack Beckman topped Funny Car qualifying Friday night, Mike Salinas led in Top Fuel and Karen Stoffer topped the Pro Stock Motorcycle class at zMAX Dragway....2019
  • • Kurt Busch doesn't mind the NHRA straightaways
    Kurt Busch might race in circles, but he's certainly no stranger to the straightaway.In the days leading up to the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway, Busch dropped by zMax Dragway for a day at the drag strip with Top Fuel superstar Brittany Force.Force, daughter of 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force was in Concord, NC., promoting the NHRA Carolina Nationals, Septem...2016

Funny Car stats and results

  • Hagan beats Hight in NHRA Funny Car final
    • Hagan beats Hight in NHRA Funny Car final
    Funny Car points leader Matt Hagan raced to his third victory of the season Sunday, beating Robert Hight in the final round of the NHRA New England Nationals....2022
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  • Hagan tops Funny Car qualifying in N. Hampshire
    • Hagan tops Funny Car qualifying in N. Hampshire
    Funny Car points leader Matt Hagan took the No. 1 qualifying position Saturday for Tony Stewart Racing at the NHRA New England Nationals....2022
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  • Pedregon races to first Funny Car win since 2018
    • Pedregon races to first Funny Car win since 2018
    Cruz Pedregon raced to his first Funny Car victory in more than three years Sunday, beating points leader Bob Tasca III in the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals....2021
  • Tasca beats rain, takes top NHRA Funny Car spot
    • Tasca beats rain, takes top NHRA Funny Car spot
    Funny Car points leader Bob Tasca III had a 3.908-second run at 331.53 mph in a Ford Mustang to take the No. 1 qualifying position in the Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals....2021
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  • • Hall Of Famer Billy Meyer Is Flushed With Pride
    By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com The numbers that define Billy Meyer’s drag racing career include one IHRA Funny Car World Championship, 12 NHRA Funny Car national event victories…and 176 restrooms. The first two stats cover Meyer’s ......2020
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  • • Reshuffled JFR On Top In Gainesville
    Like magic, John Force Racing is up-and-humming at Gainesville Raceway after “Brute” Force and son-in-law Robert Hight earned the provisional 1-2 positions after two rounds of Funny Car time trials for the 48th annual AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. Friday’s results at the historic Florida facility were an immediate return on the complete crew changes Force [...]...2017
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  • • Tony Stewart to drive wife Leah's NHRA Top Fuel dragster in 2024
    2023
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  • • Capps Snakes His Way To Funny Car Win At Bristol
    By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com On the day his mentor officially joined the Legends of Thunder Valley, two-time/reigning NHRA Funny Car world champion Ron Capps marked his own moment of Bristol Dragway history. Capps tied eight-time ......2022
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  • • Stewart Gets First Win Since Going Straight
    By John Sturbin | Senior Writer RacinToday.com Three-time Funny Car world champion Matt Hagan handed rookie NHRA team-owner Tony Stewart his first “bad-ass” drag racing moment and Wally trophy Sunday, racing to victory at the 53rd annual ......2022
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  • Tony Stewart to join NHRA as team owner in 2022
    • Tony Stewart to join NHRA as team owner in 2022
    Tony Stewart Racing will field two fulltime entries in 2022 – one in Top Fuel for nine-time event winner Leah Pruett and one in Funny Car for 39-time event winner Matt Hagan.Stewart, 50, has been a regular at NHRA events since last year when he and Pruett began dating. The couple are now engaged and set to be married in November after the NHRA season finale in Pomona, Calif.“When I ...Keep reading...2021
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  • Forces wrap dad-daughter NHRA qualifying sweep
    • Forces wrap dad-daughter NHRA qualifying sweep
    John Force topped Funny Car qualifying for the 163rd time in his career Saturday in the DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway....2021
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  • Forces lead way in Carolina Nationals qualifying
    • Forces lead way in Carolina Nationals qualifying
    Brittany Force matched her Top Fuel track record with a run of 3.662-seconds at 331.85 mph, while father John Force led in Funny Car on Friday night in the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway....2021
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  • • Langdon Gets A Heartening Win In Concord
    Shawn Langdon’s talked about his emotional Funny Car victory with nephew Caden Casner at his side. (Photo by John Davison) By Deb Williams | Senior WriterRacinToday.com CONCORD, N.C. – Five-year-old Caden Casner told his mother he knew his uncle Shawn Langdon would grab his first NHRA Funny Car victory Sunday in the NGK Spark Plugs 4-Wide Nationals [...]...2019
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  • • Season Has Been ‘Scary’ For Force Racing
    By Deb Williams | Senior Writer RacinToday.com CONCORD, N.C. – Having grown up in drag racing, sisters Brittany and Courtney Force are well aware of the sport’s dangers, but this season’s beginning has been gut wrenching for their family’s NHRA organization – John Force Racing. In the 2018 season’s first five events, 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion John [...]...2018
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  • • HBO To Profile The Forces
    RacinToday.com Drag racing’s “first family” will be profiled on HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel Tuesday night. John Force Racing spent four days with the award-winning HBO sports journalism series over the course of two weeks. Led by 16-time NHRA Funny Car world champion John Force, the organization will be featured on the Emmy Award-winning program today at [...]...2018
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  • • Force Survives Explosion; Daughter Wins At Wild Wild Horse Event
    A weekend filled with raw emotion ended with tears of victory and relief Sunday for John Force Racing at the 34th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals. Courtney Force headed back to Yorba Linda, Calif., with the Funny Car Wally trophy while father/16-time world champion John Force exited another hospital after a violent accident. “Brute” Force’s day at [...]...2018
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Top Funny Car news

  • • NHRA legend John Force's special paint scheme honors Jeff Gordon
    NHRA legend John Force is saying thanks to Jeff Gordon. The 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion will honor the 4-time NASCAR champion at the NHRA Carolina Nationals with a special paint scheme on his Chevrolet Camaro SS....2015
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  • • Spurs' Boban Marjanovic Cranks Up the Tunes in Funny Car Commercial
    2016
  • • John Force transported to hospital after scary NHRA crash
    2018
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  • • NHRA star Courtney Force named honorary pace car driver for Clash at Daytona
    Courtney Force is the winningest female funny car driver in NHRA history....2017
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  • • C. Force bests Funny Car track records in Ariz.
    Courtney Force broke both ends of the Funny Car track record Saturday in the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. She topped qualifying with a 3.826-second run at 335.98 mph during her second pass of the day....2018
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  • • Hagan has fastest NHRA Funny Car run in 4 years
    Matt Hagan made the quickest Funny Car run in four years Saturday, giving the new Tony Stewart Racing NHRA team its first No. 1 qualifier at the NHRA Arizona Nationals....2022
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  • Hagan snags 1st NHRA win for Tony Stewart team
    • Hagan snags 1st NHRA win for Tony Stewart team
    Three-time Funny Car season champion Matt Hagan gave Tony Stewart Racing its first NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series victory Sunday, racing to his first career win at the historic Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway in Florida....2022
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  • Hagan takes Stewart to NHRA winner's circle
    • Hagan takes Stewart to NHRA winner's circle
    2023
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Funny Car fantasy rankings and news

  • • Stewart Has Big Day In Vegas
    Tony Stewart Racing celebrated an historic NHRA double fantasy Sunday in _ where else, Las Vegas _ where fledgling Sportsman drag racer Tony Stewart and Funny Car point-leader Matt Hagan claimed victories during the 23rd ......2023
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Funny Car schedule, game

  • • John Force, 74, gets record 156th NHRA victory
    2024
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  • • Paula Murphy, Hall of Fame drag racer, dies at 95
    2023
  • • Tasca Facing Big Day Near St. Louis
    Bidding to move into the Funny Car playoffs point-lead for the first time in his career, Ford Racing loyalist Bob Tasca III clinched pole position Saturday as qualifying concluded for the 12th annual NHRA Midwest ......2023
  • • Capps On Pole in Norwalk
    Three-time/reigning Funny Car world champion Ron Capps raced past Robert Hight in the final of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge Saturday, winning the specialty event for the second time this season as part of the ......2023
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  • • Stewart Has Big Day In Vegas
    2023
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  • • ‘The Cruzer’ Cruises To Pole In Vegas
    Two-time Funny Car world champion Cruz Pedregon raced to his second straight No. 1 qualifier Saturday, hanging onto the top spot at the 23rd annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor ......2023
  • Anderson, Capps win at NHRA Nationals in Indy
    • Anderson, Capps win at NHRA Nationals in Indy
    Greg Anderson won his 100th career NHRA race, defeating Dallas Glenn in the Pro Stock finals of the U.S. Nationals on Monday. Ron Capps, the defending world champion in Funny Car, won for the 71st time in his career and first in 27 appearances at Indy....2022
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  • • Hagan beats Hight in NHRA Funny Car final
    2022
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  • • Hight Goes Back To Back in Funny Car
    Robert Hight’s bid for a fourth NHRA Funny Car world championship is off to a perfect start.   Hight rolled to his second consecutive victory Sunday, trailering Matt Hagan in a marquee final-round matchup at the 37th ......2022
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  • Hight races to second straight NHRA victory
    • Hight races to second straight NHRA victory
    Robert Hight raced to his second straight Funny Car to open the NHRA season on Sunday....2022
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