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

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

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

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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Odd Man Out Austin Prock Lands New Role with John Force Racing NHRA Team

2019 NHRA Rookie of the Year loses Top Fuel ride with JFR, will stay on in crew member, super-sub role. The 25-year-old rising star in the Camping World NHRA Drag Racing Series, was left off the organization’s driver roster for 2021 for financial reasons. Instead of racing, Prock helps crew chief dad Jimmy Prock work on Robert Hight’s Auto Club Chevy Funny Car. Prock scored his lone Top Fuel victory on the way to earning his 2019 NHRA rookie-of-the-year status.

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