TJ Zizzo, driver of the Rust-Oleum Rocket Top Fuel dragster, will make his 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series debut at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd Int’l Raceway.
In NHRA's long-awaited return to Topeka, Steve Torrence, Robert Hight, and Greg Anderson land the favorites roles for this weekend's Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor.
SPEAKING OF WARNER As a longtime Road & Track photographer and writer, Warner was present at hundreds of noteworthy races. The Other Side of the Fence: Six Decades of Motorsports Photography, Warner’s new book, debuted at the Concours, and it contains some never-before-seen images from F1, NASCAR, IndyCar, IMSA, Le Mans and other sanctioning bodies taken from 1959 to the present day. It will be available on Amazon.com June 1.
SEMINARS A SUCCESS
As usual, there were a pair of well-attended seminars on racing topics: Friday was on “Chevy Thunder,” the history of Chevrolet’s small-block V-8 engine, introduced in 1955, with the basic architecture still in use today. Panelists included moderator Ray Evernham, racer Dale Earnhardt, Jr., former GM racing head Herb Fishel, NASCAR’s Dr. Eric Warren, and racers David Hobbs, Brian Redman and George Follmer.
NHRA and Auto Club Raceway have announced July 30 – Aug. 1 as the rescheduled date of the 61st annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com.
The Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals, which traditionally kicks off the NHRA season, was postponed due to state health guidelines in California. NHRA and the track have worked very closely with state and local officials to find a new date for the event and are confident that the new date will allow more fans to attend the famed race.
“We are very excited to have the Winternationals back on our schedule,” said Kasey Coler, NHRA vice president of Track Management and Operations. “The Winternationals is a historic event, and we’re thrilled to be returning to Pomona.”