MOVERS & SHAKERS
WHAT ’ S SO FUNNY ?: NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster championship contender Julie Nataas is all smiles as she hangs out in the Eddyville staging lanes with Randy Meyer Racing ’ s experimental A / Fuel Funny Car , which she ’ s driven numerous times . Though the team has parked the car for the season , they ’ ve made serious progress since its debut in 2022 .
FIRST TO THE 3.40S : Past IHRA Funny Car champion Dale Creasy Jr . walks back from the starting line at Chaos in the Cornfield at Eddyville Raceway Park , where he qualified No . 1 in Nitro Chaos competition with a 3.40-second blast at 215 MPH in the eighth mile , marking the first 3.40-second pass by a Funny Car in the series .
NITRO SURFER : Jeff Diehl , known as “ The Surfer ” when he ’ s racing his nitro Funny Car on the NHRA Camping World Series tour , checks out the starting line at Eddyville Raceway Park , where he was tuning the “ Atomic Punk ” nostalgia nitro Funny Car at “ Chaos in the Cornfield .”
CONTINUING THE LEGACY : Wayne Hoffman , the son of late Funny Car legend Al Hoffman , gets suited up to make a pass in his “ China Syndrome ” Dodge Omni Funny Car at Eddyville . The car is a tribute to his father , who passed away in 2008 before the two could start building a similar car .
REAL HARDWARE : Bob Tasca III , the Funny Car winner at the final Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor at Heartland Motorsports Park , shows off his new Wally to actor Tim Allen during the Ford national dealers convention in Las Vegas . The Home Improvement star is a notorious gearhead with a huge car collection , including more than a few Fords .
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