Chat with NHRA star Peggy Llewellyn

...drag-racing. This past year Peggy, whose father is Jamaican and mother is Hispanic, won her first NHRA race, and went on to finish fourth in the NHRA playoffs. She grew up around drag-racing...

Chat | February 01, 2008

Chat with Jack Beckman

...s not on the track driving himself, Beckman serves as an instructor at the Frank Hawley's NHRA Championship Drag Racing School. Send in your questions now and then join Beckman Wednesday at 4 p...

Chat | August 28, 2007

Chat with Larry Dixon

...2003). Send in your questions now and then join Dixon Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET! MORE NHRA driver Jack Beckman will be chatting at 4 p.m. ET Wednesday. Previous chat guests | SportsNation index...

Chat | August 28, 2007

NBA: Like Racing Hot Rods

...Tom Hammonds is -- who knew -- a bigwig in hot rod racing. Hammonds tells Rob Geiger Sr. of NHRA.com that his 12 years in the NBA were good preparation for his second career as a...

Chat with NHRA driver Ashley Force

Welcome to The Show! On Friday, NHRA driver Ashley Force, daughter of legendary NHRA Funny Car driver John Force, will stop by to chat...

Chat | February 08, 2007

THE PULSE on ESPNEWS: Saturday, June 24

...1 pick Andy Katz: ESPN.com NBA draft expert Chris Sheridan: ESPN.com NBA Insider Brandon Bernstein: NHRA star, son of Kenny Bernstein PLUS YOUR COMMENTS ON ... Dwyane Wade and the Heat New York Knicks...

Chat | June 23, 2006

Chat with Melanie Troxel

Welcome to The Show! NHRA Top Fuel drag racer Melanie Troxel will join us on Thursday to talk about her 2006 season...

Chat | June 14, 2006

Chat with Erica Enders

Welcome to The Show! On Thursday, NHRA driver Erica Enders will log on to take your questions and comments right here in chat. 22...

Chat | February 08, 2006

Chat with Karen Stoffer, Tommy Johnson, Jr.

Welcome to The Show! On Thursday, NHRA drivers Karen Stoffer and Tommy Johnson, Jr. will stop by to take your questions on the Mac...

Chat | September 01, 2005

Chat with Jeg Coughlin, Brandon Bernstein

Welcome to The Show! On Thursday, NHRA drivers Jeg Coughlin and Brandon Bernstein will stop by to take your questions on the Mac Tools...

Chat | September 01, 2005

Chat Archive: Special Guests

The Special Guest Chat Archive

Three-time champ Johnson tops list of Blount's Blitz Awards and Razzies

Without further ado, the "winners" of the third annual Blount's Blitz Awards and Razzies ... minus the red-carpet treatment, writes Terry Blount.

No finale flourish for Schumacher, but it's still a year for the ages

Will any driver from here on out be able to do what Tony Schumacher did this year in his U.S. Army Top Fuel dragster? Consider the numbers: a sixth overall championship, 15 national event titles, 76 round wins. "The Sarge" is in total command, writes John Schwarb.

The NHRA's four pro champions for 2008 -- clockwise from top left, Tony Schumacher, Cruz Pedregon, Jeg Coughlin Jr...

Pedregon wins 2nd Funny Car title; Krawiec takes Pro Stock motorcycle crown

Cruz Pedregon won his second NHRA Funny Car season championship, and first in 16 years, with a victory Sunday in the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals in Southern California.