Tommy won Top Gas Eliminator with his Hilborn-injected, normally aspirated '57 Buick dragster. Tommy's win was overshadowed by all the hoopla directed to the Fuel Cars.

Part 3 of Hot Rod magazine's biography of drag racer Tommy Ivo. ... mid-engine design had a revolutionary effect on Top Fuel. ... speed shop was my old trailer with my four-motor dragster in it.

“TV” Tommy Ivo began acting in films in the early 1940s, ... Ivo’s best known dragster, called Showboat, ... Instead of having a single top fuel engine located in front of the driver, ...

Tommy Ivo: What I'd Do ... And that’s the year Hot Rod decided to put you on the cover with your now-legendary four-engine dragster. ... Don Garlits, Top Fuel Drag-Racing Great, Interview.

This summer, word spread through the drag-racing community that six-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Erica Enders would be leaving the class and moving into a Top Fuel dragster. Enders told WFO Radio ...

The dragster was campaigned until 1963 when Ivo opted to return to Top Fuel racing and sold Showboat to crewman Tom McCourry. The race car visited drag strips across the U.S. a few more years ...

Zetterstrom, the 2023 FIA European Top Fuel champion who got a taste of NHRA competion in 2024, will be joined by veteran Funny Car driver Alexis DeJoria to give JCM Racing an all-female lineup.

For hardcore drag racing enthusiasts, the name Tommy Ivo is right up there at the top of the food chain. A constant presence at the drag strip for decades between 1950 and 1970, but also on the ...

EPPING, N.H. (AP) — Antron Brown raced to his second Top Fuel victory of the season Monday at the rain-delayed NHRA New England Nationals at New England Dragway.

Brittany Force joined legendary racer Shirley Muldowney as the only women to win a Top Fuel season championship. Sports news, delivered 📪 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio IX 🏀⚽️🥇 US Women ...

BAYTOWN — Tony Schumacher stole the show at the SpringNationals. The winningest Top Fuel driver in NHRA history captured his 85th national event by knocking off big dog Steve Torrence in Sunday ...

Every professional sport has had its share of characters. All the major stick-and-ball activities are peppered with colorful types who have given fans something – or someone — to root ...