A 1976 Ford Pinto. A 75-year-old Napa man died Wednesday at the Sonoma Raceway in Northern California when his 1976 Ford Pinto hit a wall at 100 mph during a sanctioned amateur drag race, officials ...

No less than a Roger Penske-type approach to a total racing effort could have done what these guys have in just a year and a half. Their original race investment of $4500, a rented one-car garage and ...

The man who died after hitting a wall at more than 100 mph at Sonoma Raceway was identified Thursday as 75-year-old James Kenneth Rambo, authorities said. Rambo, a Napa resident, was racing his 1976 ...

SONOMA, Calif. (KGO) -- It was opening night of the Wednesday night drag racing season and there was a big turnout at Sonoma Raceway -- 190 cars. Sonoma Raceway officials say this is the first time in ...

In 1971, Jack Roush partnered with Wayne Gapp to compete in major-league drag racing, even winning a Pro Stock title in the National Hot Rod Association. In 1984, Roush jumped into road racing. He was ...

A drag racer has died after hitting the wall at the Sonoma Raceway in Northern California.The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office says the car was doing 100 mph or more when it slammed into a wall ...

In many respects, the domestic automotive scene in the early- to mid-1970s was a growingly dismal situation. The end of the muscle-car era arrived, compression ratios plummeted, 5-mph bumpers debuted, ...