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Tasca And His Outcasts Threatening To Claim Funny Car Title

Lou Modestino
(NHRA Photo)

ENNIS, Texas _ Ford Racing loyalist Bob Tasca III and a veteran crew he playfully has dubbed “The Outcasts” continue to shake-up NHRA’s Funny Car pecking order. The current “Big Three” features three-time Funny Car world champions Ron Capps, Matt Hagan and Robert Hight, respectively representing OEMs Toyota, Dodge and Chevrolet. For the record, their combined nine titles still are overshadowed by drag racing icon John Force’s massive 16.

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Bob Tasca, III Won the Funny Car NHRA National at Topeka, KS

Lou Modestino

Bob Tasca III (Funny Car), Troy Coughlin Jr. (Pro Stock) and Joey Gladstone (Pro Stock Motorcycle) won the 14th of 22 races during the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season at Topeka, KS.  Tasca III is from Hope, RI.

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Bob Tasca III Wins the NHRA Sonoma Nationals Funny Car Competition in California

Lou Modestino

SONOMA, Calif. — Bob Tasca III and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Funny Car team won the NHRA Sonoma Nationals on Sunday night. It was his first victory of the season and 10th in his career in the Nitro Funny Car class.

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Bob Tasca III of Cranston, RI stays red-hot, beats John Force in epic championship round in Atlanta

Lou Modestino

Bob Tasca grabbed the spotlight from John Force in the Funny Car final round at Atlanta Dragway, extending his points lead and winning the 40th and final Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals on Sunday.

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Bob Tasca III Braces For EV Onslaught, Both in NHRA and in the Showroom

Lou Modestino

For Bob Tasca III, his grandfather’s word was gospel. And being a faithful believer has shaped the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Mustang Funny Car driver into a highly successful NHRA Camping World Drag Racing racer, automotive-industry businessman, and Ford Motor Company evangelist.

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Bob Tasca III’s NHRA Victory in Vegas Shows Funny Car Class is Wide Open

Lou Modestino

After the Ford Motor Company pulled out of NHRA pro drag racing in late 2013, Cranston, RI’s Bob Tasca III warned it had made a mistake: “I truly believe they have underestimated the passion and loyalty of the NHRA fans” – and lobbied hard for a decision reversal. Ford agreed to continue supporting his Funny Car program, but Tasca made a promise on his end, too.

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