NHRA Funny Car ace J.R. Todd takes you inside the craziest 3.8 seconds in sports

As former NHRA Funny Car champ and 2026 title contender J.R. Todd tells it, taking one of these 12,000hp beasts down a 1,000ft drag strip in 3.8 seconds and hitting 335mph as you reach for the chutes can be anything but funny…

The driver of the Kalitta Motorsports DHL GR Supra joins RACER Weekly hot off a win in Seattle and getting set for what promises to be a closely-fought Countdown for the Funny Car Championship. The 2018 FC champ tells us what it’s like behind the wheel as the nitromethane-powered mayhem begins, his approach to the sharp end of the season, and why the fastest runs can also be the craziest.