Eric Medlen’s father, John Medlen, is Lee’s co-crew chief ... Lee likened him to drag-racing legend Don Garlits. Curiously, Lee’s only three final rounds in Funny Car competition have ...

The engine explosion happened, eerily, on the 18th anniversary of John Force Racing Funny Car driver Eric Medlen’s death at ... emerged as one of the leading drag-racing writers with nearly ...

It is worth noting that the accident happened on the 18th anniversary of John Force Racing driver Eric Medlen’s death at ... “That’s NHRA Drag racing for you,” Prock said of his team ...

Paul Lee (Funny Car) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) also won the second round of the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season ... [in 2007], and we have a team prayer every Sunday, and John [Medlen ...

It was 18 years ago – on March 23, 2007 – that one of NHRA drag racing’s best upcoming stars, Oakdale native Eric Medlen, lost his life in a testing accident at the track in Gainesville, Florida. Eric ...

Paul Lee (Funny Car) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) also won the second of 20 races during the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series ... every Sunday, and John [Medlen, Eric’s father ...

The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series is right back ... I wanted to get out of the car and thank John Force because unfortunately, Eric Medlen started this when we lost Eric, but John ...

Beckman won Funny Car race No. 299 for John Force Racing at Pomona in the NHRA Auto Club Finals in November. He beat teammate ...

In 1974, Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins took the body shell of a Chevrolet Vega and built a race car inside of it. It changed the world of drag racing. And after that NHRA Pro Stock drag race Vega appeared, ...