I sat near the top of the grandstands at the Fairplex late Thursday afternoon watching Top Alcohol Dragster qualifying for the NHRA Finals on a perfect Southern California day. I just needed a little time to be a fan and not thinking about what lies ahead before my Napa Auto Parts team and Rahn Tobler, […]

POMONA >> A motorcyclist killed when he crashed into a Nissan Pathfinder in Pomona was identified Friday by the coroner’s office as 24-year- old Eduardo Jaramillo of Pomona. The collision occurred about 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Towne Avenue and Phillips Boulevard, Pomona police Sgt. William Tucker said. Jaramillo was taken to a hospital where he […]

Editor’s note: Southern California’s Ron Capps will provide his thoughts and insights throughout the Auto Club Finals, the NHRA season finale. He is within striking distance of winning his first Funny Car championship. It seems like a lot more than two weeks have gone by since we raced at Las Vegas, and I can’t wait […]

SANTA CRUZ >> A Rancho Cucamonga man turned himself in at a Santa Cruz County jail Monday two days after the death of a victim of a hit-and-run collision he said he caused Oct. 30, according to a Santa Cruz police news release. Jesus Covarrubias, 26, “indicated he was responsible for the fatal hit-and-run collision,” […]

COLTON >> A Pomona woman was killed early Sunday after the car she was riding in lost control and crashed into a curb, according to a San Bernardino County Coroner news release. Victoria Campos, 20, was pronounced dead 1:27 a.m. Sunday at the scene of the crash at the intersection of North Sycamore Avenue and […]

POMONA >> A man was killed Saturday afternoon when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a Nissan Pathfinder, police stated. The vicinity of the collision at South Towne Avenue and East Phillips Boulevard remained closed 5 p.m. Saturday so police could continue investigating its cause, according to a Pomona police dispatcher. The collision between […]

ONTARIO >> Police will set up a checkpoint somewhere in Ontario Friday night to catch impaired drivers and check that drivers are properly licensed. The checkpoint will be in service from 6 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Sunday at an undisclosed location, according to a news release from the Ontario Police Department. Locations are usually […]

Nearly 113 years after Wilbur Wright set a record with a flight of 59 seconds that covered 852 feet, Cruz Pedregon’s NHRA Funny Car sailed 782 feet at considerably more speed at the Toyota Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. “I think I wheelstood longer than the Wright Brothers flew through the […]

It’s really pretty simple. If California Chrome wins Saturday’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita, he’ll win his second Horse of the Year award in three years. A top-three finish figures to be enough, really. “Seems hard to envision a scenario in which California Chrome isn’t Horse of the Year,” longtime Southern California […]