After FoMoCo returned its focus from fiberglass floppers (1966 SOHC Comets) to lower-class doorslammers that better represented showroom inventory, Hubert Platt (left) was among the few Funny Car ...

A catastrophic engine explosion in a National Hot Rod Association Funny Car is a serious matter. We’ve seen two such explosions in the last month. John Force, the greatest driver in NHRA history ...

In fact, an engine in today's Funny Cars must be wholly rebuilt (or replaced) after — are you ready for this? — just four seconds of open-throttle use. The origin of the name "funny car" isn't ...

The low-slung open-wheel IndyCar machine uses an ... To that, NHRA Top Fuel and Funny Car pilots just smile. • A Formula 1 car is slightly more impressive, with a 62.9-cubic-inch V6 motor ...

DALLAS, May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In its inaugural season Talkin' Funny Cars with Buddy Hull introduced the wildly entertaining personalities of NHRA Funny Car drivers to a broader audience on ...

Just a few weeks after he was involved in a wreck with legendary John Force, followed by a massive kablooey-like engine explosion in his car, NHRA Funny Car driver J.R. Todd -- who is very active ...

There is no clear reason why they are called funny cars, but maybe it is the fact that their fiberglass or carbon fiber tilt-up bodies appear to be caricatures of newly available cars. But there ...

POMONA — The next time a John Force Racing driver wins an NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Funny Car race, it will be the 300th for the team. John Force has 157 career Funny Car wins.