The IHRA Drag Racing Series has been pretty lucky this season when it comes to the weather – especially compared to other series – but that luck ran out at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada last weekend during the Mopar Rocky Mountain Nationals.The three-day show turned into a four-day...

It's hard to call Shawn Bowen an underdog, but with Jason Rupert so dominant this season in the AMSOIL Nitro Funny Car class of the IHRA Drag Racing Series, everybody has had to take a back seat to the Rupert & Littlefield Chevrolet Camaro.Except in eliminations, where Rupert has failed...

The records show that Edmonton, Alberta, Canada can expect rain during July on 42 percent of the days, but for the finals of the IHRA Mopar Rocky Mountain Nationals at Castrol Raceway on Sunday, it was 100 percent – total rain delays topped six hours, pushing the show's last race...

It's still early in the IHRA Drag Racing Series season, but the points battle will heat up this weekend at the IHRA President's Cup Nationals Fueled By Sunoco at Maryland International Raceway, when all four of the Pro classes – AMSOIL Nitro Funny Car, Pro Stock, Pro Mod and Nitro...

Why does Jason Rupert travel from his California home to run the full IHRA Drag Racing Series AMSOIL Nitro Funny Car schedule?"We just enjoy the people and the atmosphere so much," says the driver of the Littlefield & Rupert Rolling Thunder 1969 Chevrolet Camaro. "It's like a family. Everybody watches...

Talk about baptism by fire: Shawn Bowen's first drag race came behind the wheel of an alcohol dragster.More surprising?"I won," he said. "No one was expecting me to, including me!"Racing has always been a family affair for Bowen. His father, Mike, drove their dragster until he had neck surgery, so...