POMONA – This time, Gary Scelzi really means it. He’s stepping away from drag racing, but he’s making it clear he’s not retiring. “This is it for a while,” said Scelzi on the eve of the Auto Club NHRA ...

Gary Scelzi entered the NHRA Finals at famed Pomona Raceway as the only Funny Car driver in the title hunt—the closest race in the category’s history—who could control his own destiny. After ...

POMONA – Neither rain nor darkness failed to deter J.R. Todd or Gary Scelzi from winning performances at the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series-opening Winternationals on Sunday. Todd, who began the day ...

There was a drag race in Englishtown, New Jersey, this past weekend, but Gary Scelzi, one of the sport’s biggest stars, wasn’t in it. And the 25-time NHRA national event winner wasn’t too happy about ...

POMONA – Gary Scelzi sat in his Funny Car trying to deal with a wave of emotions that he didn’t know were inside of him after losing to Tommy Johnson Jr. in the second round of the Auto Club Finals.

Brian Hilderbrand covers motor sports for the Las Vegas Sun. His motor sports notebook appears Friday. He can be reached at [email protected] or (702) 259-4089. Three-time NHRA Top Fuel champion Gary ...

Gary Scelzi destroyed one of his Team Winston Top Fuel dragsters in an ugly-looking accident during a qualifying run Friday night. In Sunday’s semifinal against Tony Schumacher, his engine caught fire ...