Author Archive: Darr Hawthorne
Saturday Night Nitro: Awesome Nitro Flames, Fast Funny Cars and Jets At Famoso Raceway In Bakersfield
(Words by Darr Hawthorne – Photos by Jeff & Mike Burghardt and Zak Hawthorne) Going into the third year, Saturday Night Nitro has evolved into an awesome event for west coast funny car...
Action Photos And Results From Cordova IHRA Nitro Jam- Full Five Second Field In Nostalgia Funny Car
When we heard that the IHRA Summer Nationals at Cordova Dragway Park is the most anticipated IHRA national event of the season, it was time to pay attention. There were a couple of us who watched...
New Photos Right Here! Horan Sets Record & Wins NFC Class At NHRA Heritage Race
Dan Horan Jr, from Sylmar, California claimed the Nitro Funny Car win at Rocky Mountain Raceways’ Summer Kick-Off Saturday, June 7 with a tough eight-car field. Horan bested Kris Krabill, from...
Awesome News For Northwest Drag Fans – Spokane County Raceway Joins IHRA
Ever since Orville Moe, the longtime owner and operator of Spokane Raceway Park was thrown out of his facility in 2008 by track investors and the courts, the County-owned facility has been in...
Nitro Cars Test For Famoso’s Saturday Night Nitro
In the third year, Saturday Night Nitro at Auto Club Famoso Raceway has become an awesome event for west coaster nitro racers and fans of the exotic racing fuel. Reminiscent of battles at Saturday...
First NASCAR Sonoma Road Course Win For Carl Edwards In A FORD
On the west coast, wild and crazy NASCAR races on road courses go way back to the now closed Riverside Raceway, kind of an off road race and a driving challenge for teams to use up their racecars in...
Larson Dominating In Sonoma K&N Series West Win
There’s a lot more to stock car racing than just the highly visible NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the super star drivers who race there. Many other local and regional racing series run on the same...
Great Lakes Nostalgia Funny Car Circuit Hits Ohio’s Quaker City Dragway – Classic Funny Car Action Photos!
(Photos by Bob & Ginger Snyder -Words by Dennis Salzwimmer and Bob Snyder) -This year the Great Lakes Nostalgia Funny Car Circuit brought their Funny Car Nationals to Quaker City Motorsports Park...
Fire And Thunder At Norwalk’s Cavalcade Of Stars – Race Report And Action Photos
(Photos by Bob Snyder -Words by Darr Hawthorne and NHRA Field Marketing) – The 8th Annual Mickey Mart Rewards Cavalcade of Stars, presented by Budweiser, was held at Summit Motorsports Park...
Leah Pritchett Returns To Topeka In Dote Racing Top Fueler
It’s always good to see more competitors in the NHRA Mello Yello Series and the tenacious dedication of racers like Leah Pritchett who grew up on the drag strip, with her first pass down a...
Rupert, Maroney and Waddle Win At IHRA’s Return To The Rock
(Photos and words by IHRA) – The new and improved International Hot Rod Association, after a Florida rainout came back to setting world records, stunning upset winners and a showdown for the...
FireAde Joins With Gray Motorsports Pro Stock Camaro Driver Shane Gray
We get a lot of Press Releases landing into the email In-box, but this rendering of Shane Gray’s sleek Jerry Haas-built Chevy Camaro caught our eye. The new FireAde Camaro will debut at the...
Amazing Photos Of Vintage Aircraft At Planes Of Fame Museum in SoCal
Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt If you are a gear head worth your aerosol brake cleaner there are a lot of opportunities out there to get your juices flowing. Whether it’s a muscle car, truck,...
