Austin Coil—drag racing crew chief extraordinaire and a friend for more than 50 years—is a lucid and spry 80 years of age.

Four-time Funny Car world champion Matt Hagan won the 1,000th Funny Car race in NHRA history on Sunday at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, defeating three-time world champion Ron Capps in the final ...

Tony Stewart beats Justin Ashley for his first Top Fuel victory of the season at Pomona. Matt Hagan captures the 1,000th ...

Funny Car made its first-ever appearance at the 1966 World Finals in Tulsa, with Eddie Schartman picking up the victory.

Funny Cars and dragsters became prominent in the 1960s, with dragsters focusing on achieving maximum speed and Funny Cars emphasizing showmanship and entertainment. The term “Funny Car” originated ...

Drag racer “Fast Eddie” Schartman knocked over the first domino 60 years ago at the 1966 Tulsa Finals in Roy Steffey’s S/XS ...

The Hot Rodfather made her an offer she couldn’t refuse. Alexis DeJoria, a six-time NHRA Funny Car winner and driver of the Bandero Premium Tequila Chevy Camaro, will join John Force Racing as it ...

Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...

Every season is different in the NHRA, especially in Funny Car where there’s been only one back-to-back champion — Ron Capps in 2021 and 2022 — since the legendary John Force won 10 straight between ...

Earlier this week we asked you to share with the class an unsuspecting car that turned out to be surprisingly fun to drive, and I'm relieved to report that the responses were more playful than I ...

Some cars are sleepers, hiding incredible performance behind pedestrian bodywork. Others are simple slow-car-fast fun, economy hatchbacks like the Honda Fit or original Mini that — through simple ...

Remember Volkswagen’s fun and catchy “Drivers wanted” marketing campaign from the 1990s and 2000s? Well, it’s back, meaning the Wolfsburg-based automaker could be returning to making fun cars again.