For fans of now-retired Funny Car driver Alexis DeJoria ... including how John Paul turned over his super-fast Vector to Alexis to drive from Los Angeles to Las Vegas right after her 16th birthday. “I ...

The cars were first shown together at the 1993 Geneva auto show, after which time Vector founder and longtime head honcho Jerry Wiegert kept them as his personal runabouts. Even after production ...

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 ...

Ron Capps is an NHRA drag-racing Funny Car star who drives for Don Schumacher Racing (DSR). But the glory didn’t come easy for him. It wasn’t until 2016, after two decades of racing ...

The last Funny Car rookie to come into the NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs and bring home a title was Cruz Pedregon in 1992. That year, Pedregon dethroned then-two-time champion Force ...