The history of funny cars dates back to the 1960s, and while it's not possible to pinpoint exactly who coined the phrase and why, many experts in the drag racing field agree the name originates from ...

For a decade now, Toyota’s NHRA Funny Car has been based on the Camry. Even with a TRD edition, though, it just isn’t the sportiest car out there. Apparently, Toyota Motorsports North America has ...

Concord, North Carolina’s Bradley Gray grew up in the '80s Pro Street era and jumped headfirst into the trend with his very first car, a ’70 Chevy Nova that he fitted with a big-block. A local speed ...

According to The Shop magazine, racing historian Leo Levine investigated who came up with the nickname that stuck. Credit, he determined, went to Fran Hernandez, the head of Mercury’s racing program, ...

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Funny car racer John Force loses traction off the starting line against Bob Tasca III during the third elimination round of the ...

Toyota is changing its NHRA Funny Car entries from Camry to GR Supra bodies in 2022. Kalitta Motorsports driver and 2018 series champion J.R. Todd assisted in the development of the new car and will ...

Sunday morning, Toyota unveiled a new car for competition in 2022 NHRA Funny Car competition as they switch from Camry to the GR Supra. The GR Supra will debut on track in February with the ...

The C3 Corvette certainly looked fast in Funny Car form, but along with its sexy silhouette came a reputation for treacherous high-speed handling. One of the most famous of these allegedly cursed C3 ...

Shawn Langdon has excelled in every NHRA class in which he has competed. He has won series championships in Jr. Dragster, Super Comp, and Top Fuel and has won races in Super Gas. So everyone figured ...