Joe Amato's Fueler was the first car to run over 260 mph—will it be the first over 270? Not surprisingly, there are thousands of drag racing fans who envision NHRA Winston Top Fuel World ...

Joe Amato, the winningest top-fuel driver in drag-racing history, went out on a losing note Sunday after announcing his retirement an hour before the Auto Club Finals began at Pomona Raceway.

This isn't the way Joe Amato wanted to end his racing days. The most successful Top Fuel driver in the history of the National Hot Rod Association had hoped for a season-long farewell party for ...

What’s it feel like to go from 0 to 282 miles per hour in just over five seconds? You and I may never know. But, as of two weeks ago, Old Forge’s Joe Amato knows. Amato, the 43-year-old… ...

If you believe him, Joe Amato can convince you there’s little pressure on this dragster pilot as he prepares for the weekend Sunoco Keystone Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway near Reading.No ...

Joe Amato has been a drag-racing world champion, a successful business owner and a developer, but there is one title he always wanted to earn. High school graduate. Fifty-five years after he left ...

Joe Amato enjoyed a successful career driving fast in the National Hot Rod Association. So there’s no reason to expect that the Old Forge native would slow down in retirement. Amato, 67, live… ...

Joe Amato has been a drag-racing world champion, a successful business owner and a developer, but there is one title he always wanted to earn.High school graduate.Fifty-five years after he left ...