The first question Ron Capps always gets when he goes on the road to talk about what he does for a living is “What the heck is a funny car?” But that’s not the right question (though we'll answer it ...

Trying to infuse AI with humor telling capacities is a challenge, plus we might wish to be mindful of comedic AI in systems such as self-driving cars. Humor can be quite useful. Let’s see how. Suppose ...

Q: Greg I‘ve always loved those few but fast Jeep funny cars that raced in the mid-1960s. I remember the names “Destroyer” and “Secret Weapon,” but would love to hear your memories of these Jeeps that ...

In the high-octane world of drag racing, Funny Cars and dragsters reign supreme, captivating audiences with their speed and power. While both vehicles are built for the quarter-mile sprint, they ...

Known as the biggest funny car race in the world, the Funny Car Chaos Classic was founded by Chris Graves, who as a kid loved funny cars. He later created one of the coolest drag racing series on the ...

AMC pitched the Pacer as "The First Wide Small Car", and they made a series of chuckle-worthy ads extolling the virtues of the rolling fishbowl's plus-size cabin. This is one of our favorites, because ...

Funny Cars are taking over the world-or so it would seem judging by the crowd at the nearly rained out 52nd March Meet drags at Auto Club Famoso Raceway. It was 2010 but looked like, say, 1973 judging ...

We hate to admit this, but the reason for the "win on Sunday sell on Monday" saying is that race cars usually have nothing in common with their road-going cousins. It's happened everywhere, from the ...

After we published our last list of cars with funny names—most of which hailed from Asia and America—we got emails reminding us that there were plenty of silly names to be found in the French Republic ...

The Texas Motorplex in Ennis will host the Funny Car Chaos season opener for the third year in a row. Races get underway at the drag racing track March 16-18. A funny car has single piece of carbon ...