Even after winning an unprecedented six consecutive NHRA top-fuel championships, Tony Schumacher still is driving scared -- much to his rivals' chagrin.

"I'm afraid to lose right now," he said Friday. "[My title streak is] going to end at some point, I just don't want it to end this year."

In addition to his record six straight titles from 2004 through 2009 -- and seven championships overall -- Schumacher also holds the record for most top-fuel wins (61), most wins in a season (15) and most consecutive wins (seven).

Schumacher also is a two-time winner of the Winternationals, in 2004 and 2008.

But with each title has come heightened expectations for Schumacher to keep winning, even though it's widely agreed that the competition is stiffer than ever. - See the Full LA Times Article Here

On a crisp November weekend in 2006, Jack Beckman of Norco set the official speed record for an NHRA funny car dragster racing down the traditional quarter-mile track: 333.66 mph.

The mark still stands and now is among those sports records that might never be surpassed, in Beckman's case because of a major change in drag racing.

That's because the National Hot Rod Assn., responding to the fatal crash of funny car driver Scott Kalitta in mid-2008, shortened races for the two fastest classes in its Full Throttle Series -- funny cars and top-fuel dragsters -- to 1,000 feet from the quarter-mile (1,320 feet). - Read the rest of this LA Times Article Here

And this one I am not sure if it is this current or not, but either way, I got it in my email, and it is news to me. Remember those smart cars?

Know how they are so efficient and save you tons of money on fuel? Know how they are the wave of the future? How they will solve all of our problems? Here is how one did in a collision slaughter in New Orleans:

Pretty SMART, huh?