Everyone I talked to -- and there were lots: Beck, Ace, Shirley, Cory Mac, Hawley, Cruz and Tony Pedregon -- for this #DragsterInsider tribute all said what a wonderful man and team owner Minor was.

RT @NHRADragster: Larry Minor was a team owner for world champs Gary Beck, Dick LaHaie, and Cruz Pedregon, as well as Ed McCulloch, Shirley….

Jerry Ruth passed away last night. It's another big loss of an @NHRA legend. I had the honor of interviewing him in 2017 when he reflected on his great career through some great photos I had compiled.

Word from family is that "the King of the Northwest," Jerry Ruth, is approaching life's finish line. The 1973 Top Fuel world champ had an amazing career. Keep him and his family in your thoughts.

Random stat: Austin @ProckRocket_TF won last year’s #ArizonaNats after qualifying 15th and losing in E1 at a rain-soaked/qualifying-shortened #Winternats. Two weeks ago, at a rain-soaked/qualifying-shortened #Gatornats, he qualified 15th and lost 1st round. Will history repeat?

A special mid-week Insider to honor our great friend Bernie. Talked to Gary Beck, Ed McCulloch, Austin Coil, Terry Capp, Graham Light, and Bernie's wife. Mary, to let them tell you about him.

A week ago, I was honored to be among 10 people inducted into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame, an honor I never expected would come my way. In today's #DragsterInsider, enjoy my descent into madness .

What an incredible honor last night to be inducted into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame alongside so many greats. I am truly honored and humbled and thrilled to share the kudos with my family at @NHRA and @NHRADragster.

Woo-hoo! ##Gatornats

In today's #DragsterInsider: Bill Shrewsberry didn’t stand in many winner’s circles and never climbed the stage to be celebrated as a world champion, but “Wild Bill” is still remembered as one of the sport’s best wheelstander drivers.

RT @NHRADragster: In today's #DragsterInsider, @nhraphil looks back at the Chevrolet Monza, one of the immortal early Funny Car body design….

A few weeks ago, the #DragsterInsider mused about which racers would occupy the places of honor on a Top Fuel Mount Rushmore monument. Now it's Funny Car's turn. Which drivers or owners deserve to be immortalized? Caution: This is not as easy as it seems.

Over the last few years, we’ve seen a flood of articles across different sports all asking the same question: Who's on your [fill in the blank] Mount Rushmore? So in today's #DragsterInsider I ask the question: Who should be on Top Fuel's Mount Rushmore?.

Waiting to see who is gonna be in the middle seat of your row on the flight is just the opposite of picking players for your team. We’re all like, “I’ll take the skinny kid coming down the aisle” or, better yet, no one.

In today's #DragsterInsider, we bid a fond farewell to Neil Britt, whose vision and guidance took National Dragster (and me) to new and unexpected heights. His friends, colleagues, and I remember a wonderful human being and automotive journalism genius.

Jack Beckman: #DoItForJohnny . @JohnForce_FC | @JFR_Racing

In today's #DragsterInsider: Sixty years ago, Don Garlits scored the first of eight NHRA U.S. Nationals Top Fuel wins in 1964, the first year that the class was contested in Indy. It was the end of a wild year and a wild race for "Big Daddy.".

While we wait anxiously for updates on @JohnForce_FC, I'm conscious that it's not the first time we've been through this. Here's a column I wrote back in 2007 after his terrible Dallas crash as we weighed what might come next: "Hurry back, Superman".

Most of us can’t get enough of drag racing photos in general and historic photos in specific. In today's #DragsterInsider, I take a look at some interesting images from our sport's past and share the stories behind them.

NHRA national event racing returned to Louisiana last weekend at the Laris Motorsports Insurance Cajun SPORTSnationals, but for years, the Cajun Nationals was the state's biggest drag race, and that's the subject of this week's #DragsterInsider.