Kris Thorne's hopes for the Pro Mod championship got wrecked in Las Vegas
The 2023 NHRA season was a wild one in many ways, including several spectacular on-track incidents. Here’s a look back at 12 of the biggies. Day 12: Pro Mod championship leader Kris Throrne stacks 'er up in Las Vegas.
The race for the 2023 FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by Type A Motorsports world championship took an unexpected turn — right into the guardwall — at the NHRA Nevada Nationals when points leader Kris Thorne crashed heavily in…
Dale Creasy Jr., Dave Richards, and a Texas two-step they'd both like to forget
The 2023 NHRA season was a wild one in many ways, including several spectacular on-track incidents. Here’s a look back at 12 of the biggies. Day 11: Dale Creasy Jr. and Dave Richards get tangled up at the Texas NHRA FallNationals.
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During the first round of qualifying of the Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex, Dale Creasy Jr.’s Funny Car crossed the centerline and made contact with Dave Richards’ vehicle, resulting in Richards hitting the wall. Both drivers exited…
Christine Foster went up, up, and away in Dallas body-tossing adventure
The 2023 NHRA season was a wild one in many ways, including several spectacular on-track incidents. Here’s a look back at 12 of the biggies. Day 10: Christine Foster's body-tossing wheelstand at the Texas NHRA FallNationals.
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A reported broken wheelie bar led to this high-flying adventure for Top Alcohol Funny Car racer Christine Foster during the semifinals at the Texas NHRA FallNationals.
Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Chase Van Sant's close scrape at the FallNationals
The 2023 NHRA season was a wild one in many ways, including several spectacular on-track incidents. Here’s a look back at 12 of the biggies. Day 9: Eventual NHRA Rookie of the Year Chase Van Sant's wide ride at the Texas NHRA FallNationals.
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2023 NHRA Rookie of the Year winner Chase Van Sant's ride to the prestigious title did not come easy as the first-year Pro Stock Motorcycle Pro injured his knee during qualifying at the Texas NHRA FallNationals and had to sit out the remainder of…
Pro Stock Motorcycle title hopeful Angie Smith's top-end tumble in St. Louis
The 2023 NHRA season was a wild one in many ways, including several spectacular on-track incidents. Here’s a look back at 12 of the biggies. Day 8: Angie Smith comes off of her Pro Stock Motorcycle in St. Louis.
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During the second round of Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying at the NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway, Angie Smith was separated from the bike after crossing the finish line before coming to a rest.
In true gutsy fashion, she…
The blown tire that may have changed Doug Kalitta's championship course
The 2023 NHRA season was a wild one in many ways, including several spectacular on-track incidents. Here’s a look back at 12 of the biggies. Day 7: Doug Kalitta's season-changing tire explosion in Reading.
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When Doug Kalitta's Mac Tools Top Fueler blew a rear tire during qualifying at the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals, the opening event of the 2023 NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs, it looked like another hard knock for a guy still trying to win…
Kelly Clontz crashes Pro Stock Motorcycle at NHRA In-N-Out Burger Finals
The 2023 NHRA season was a wild one in many ways, including several spectacular on-track incidents. Here’s a look back at 12 of the biggies. Day 6: Kelly Clontz's Pro Stock Motorcycle crash at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals.
Matt Hagan takes a trip into the catch net at the Charlotte Four-Wide Nationals
The 2023 NHRA season was a wild one in many ways, including several spectacular on-track incidents. Here’s a look back at 12 of the biggies. Day 5: Eventual world champ Matt Hagan's trip into the safety net at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte.
Eventual Funny Car world champion and Tony Stewart Racing wheeled out a special Operation Healing Forces wrap for the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte, but it lasted just one run as the parachutes failed to deploy at the end of his…
Pro Mod driver Mason Wright goes for a wild, roof-sliding ride in Chicago
The 2023 NHRA season was a wild one in many ways, including several spectacular on-track incidents. Here’s a look back at 12 of the biggies. Day 4: Mason Wright's wild ride during qualifying in Chicago.
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Mason Wright’s Pro Mod crossed the centerline and made contact with the wall during the first round of qualifying in Pro Mod at the Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by Peak Performance at Route 66 Raceway. Wright exited…
Pro Mod racer Paul Daigrepont collects both guardwalls at Bristol Dragway
The 2023 NHRA season was a wild one in many ways, including several spectacular on-track incidents. Here’s a look back at 12 of the biggies. Day 3: Paul Daigrepont's encounter with both guardwalls at Bristol Dragway.
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During the first round of eliminations of the NHRA New England Nationals at Bristol Dragway, Paul Daigrepont crossed the centerline and hit both guardwalls before coming to a rest. Daigrepont was alert, examined onsite by the NHRA medical team, and…
Top Alcohol Funny Car racer John Headley noses into Gainesville guardwall
The 2023 NHRA season was a wild one in many ways, including several spectacular on-track incidents. Here’s a look back at 12 of the biggies. Day 2: John Headley's Top Alcohol Funny Car wreck at the NHRA Gatornationals.
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Top Alcohol Funny Car racer John Headley won his opening-round race against Bob McCosh Jr., but things went wrong at the finish line when his car crossed the centerline and made contact with the retaining wall. Headley walked away from the incident…
Winternationals wowzer: John Force and J.R. Todd tangle in Pomona qualifying
The 2023 NHRA season was a wild one in many ways, including several spectacular on-track incidents. Here’s a look back at 12 of the biggies, starting with the two-car tangle between John Force and J.R. Todd at the NHRA Winternationals.
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Sixteen-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force and fellow former world champion J.R. Todd were involved in a two-car accident in the shutdown area in the second qualifying session at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals.
Force’s Peak Chevy got…