Buddy Hull Racing
BUDDY HULL TO DEBUT MOONEYES FUNNY CAR AT WINTERNATIONALS
LONG BEACH, CA – After an exciting Funny Car debut at the Gatornationals, driver Buddy Hull is ready to take on the Lucas Oil NHRA 
Winternationals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip on March 21-24. Hull, a driver for Jim Dunn Racing, will be showcasing an iconic Jim Dunn Mooneyes Funny Car body for the first time this year.
“I am over the moon to be competing at the Winternationals again,” said Hull. “This weekend we’re switching the body on the car to have a retro Mooneyes look. We’re super happy about it and can’t wait for the world to see it. It’s a cool race car, and to debut it in California, which is the homeland of drag racing, will just be an incredible experience. Mooneyes has been a sponsor for Jim Dunn Racing for a long time, and to show off this iconic car and represent Big Jim is a big deal to me.”
Moon Equipment Company, a California-based manufacturer of nostalgic hot rod products such as Moon tanks, discs and valve covers, will wrap its classic yellow Mooneyes graphics on the Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car for this year’s Winternationals. Jim Dunn Racing and Mooneyes have a relationship dating back over thirty years, and Hull is excited to share in this legacy.
BUDDY HULL OPTIMISTIC AFTER FUNNY CAR CAREER START AT GATORNATIONALS
GAINESVILLE, FL – Dreams came true this weekend for driver Buddy Hull, who made his Funny Car debut at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA 
Gatornationals in Gainesville, Florida. The weekend was full of firsts for Hull – the first time representing himself as a driver for Jim Dunn Racing, the first time competing at the Gatornationals and the first time going rounds in a Funny Car.
“As a competitor it’s a lifelong dream to race here,” said Hull, who was piloting the Vertex Roofers and General Contractors Funny Car. “It’s kind of like my first trip to Indy for the US Nationals. I feel the same way about the Gatornationals. I’ve always had serious FOMO about all the guys both in Top Fuel and Funny Car who race the Gatornationals every year. The only way that this weekend would have been better is if we had won a round or two for Big Jim and all our sponsors. It’s a big deal to me and my team to represent well.”
In his first few qualifying sessions as a Top Fuel-turned-Funny Car driver, Hull made several solid runs. His second qualifying pass was the best of the weekend, topping out at 304.87 MPH and a 4.116-second ET. Hull would have loved to have made a fourth qualifying pass, but the final round of qualifying on Saturday was rained out.
Buddy Hull Ready for Funny Car Career Start at Gainesville
DALLAS, TX – Driver Buddy Hull is set to have the best year of his life, kicking it off at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in 
Gainesville, Fla. on March 7-10. For the first time in his career, he will be racing the entire NHRA season, and making the exciting transition from piloting a Top Fuel dragster to a Nitro Funny Car. If that wasn’t a big enough transition already, he will also be making his debut as a driver for Jim Dunn Racing.
This weekend will be the first Gatornationals event that Hull has ever competed in, and he’s never felt more ready for a race. Hull earned his crossover license in early February, and he and the Jim Dunn Racing team have spent the off-season testing the car and building up a team comradery.
“Outside of Indy and Pomona, what is more historic than the Gatornationals? I have been to the race a few times. Every time I have been, I have just thought about how badly I want to drive a race car at this race,” said Hull. “To finally get that opportunity to race at the Gatornationals is something that I have dreamed of. It is truly a dream come true. It took a lot of hard work to get here. I am going to focus and do my job as a driver, because we want nothing more than to put this Vertex Funny Car in the Winner’s Circle in Gainesville. We are ready to show off what this Jim Dunning Racing team is made of.”
Buddy Hull To Get Back to His Roots with Vertex Funny Car at Gatornationals
DALLAS, TX – Fan favorite driver Buddy Hull will make his Funny Car debut at the NHRA Gatornationals, but the Jim Dunn Racing driver will give a nod to his Top Fuel roots with a special Vertex Roofers and General Contractors livery. Hull made his professional debut at the Charlotte Four-Wide Nationals in 2021 racing the Vertex Roofers and General Contractors Top Fuel dragster. Hull has stepped away from his team ownership duties to drive full-time for the legendary Jim Dunn Racing team.
“My company, Vertex Roofers and General Contractors, was instrumental in getting my professional racing career started. I talked with Jim and Jon Dunn about this design for the first race and they gave me the green light,” said Hull, who has competed in nearly two dozen NHRA national events driving Top Fuel dragsters. “I want to thank everyone from Lescure Mechanical Services for being supportive of this design as well. I am very thankful to be driving for Jim Dunn Racing and I am looking forward to a very successful season with a strong start at the Gatornationals.”
BUDDY HULL NAMED DRIVER FOR THE JIM DUNN RACING FUNNY CAR IN 2024
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Top Fuel driver Buddy Hull will be getting back to his front engine roots following the announcement today by Jim 
Dunn Racing at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) show that he will be the new Funny Car driver for the legendary team. Hull will climb into a Funny Car that qualified for every race under the tuning expertise of drag racing legend Jim Dunn and an experienced crew led by his son Jon. In the NHRA Countdown the Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car was especially tough picking up a semifinal finish and three quarterfinal finishes to wrap up the season in tenth place in a very tough Funny Car category. Hull will be behind the wheel for the full 21-race Mission Foods Drag Racing Series.
“We are thrilled to have Buddy as our new Funny Car driver,” said Jon Dunn. “I have had my eye on him for a while. The way he runs his program and his personality will be a great fit for our race team. I can’t wait to get him in the Funny Car and see what we can do together.”
From left Tony Pedregon, Buddy Hull, Jon Dunn, and Johnna Dunn announce Hull as Funny Car driver for Jim Dunn Racing, (photo credit Werner Communications)
Hull has campaigned a Top Fuel dragster since 2021 on a limited schedule. Over the past three seasons he has brought Renegade Race Fuels, Methanol Moonshine, Go Lithium, and a host of other sponsors onboard with Buddy Hull Racing. He has also promoted the North Texas Down Syndrome Foundation as well as a variety of other charitable endeavors with his race program.
BUDDY HULL ACHIEVES CAREER BESTS AT TEXAS FALL NATIONALS
ENNIS, TX – NHRA top end announcer Jason Galvin said it best, when he called Top Fuel driver and team owner, Buddy Hull, the “happiest 
first round loser he’s ever seen.” Hull, a Dallas-based business owner, claimed it’s impossible to not be thrilled when you make your career-quickest and fastest run ever, going against eventual race winner and longtime friend, Steve Torrence, at the NHRA Texas Fall Nationals today.
“I’m just so excited to be out here, competing in the 38th annual NHRA Texas Fall Nationals,” said Hull. “Dallas is my home track, because it’s a city that has poured into me as much as I have into it. On top of that, the Stampede of Speed hosted by the Texas Motorplex is just about as much fun as you can ever have.”
Buddy Hull and the Down Syndrome Foundation of North Texas dragster at Texas Fall Nationals, photo by Ron Lewis Photography
In his 17th career start, Hull qualified in the No. 16 spot, after making a strong 3.780 second, 321.11 mph pass in the first round of qualifying. At the time, it was the quickest pass of his career.
BUDDY HULL RACING FOR DSFNT AND TEXAS FANS AT TEXAS FALL NATIONALS
DALLAS, TX – Honorary Texan Buddy Hull is building his Top Fuel program on determination, humility and fun. The Illinois transplant has 
spent decades in the Dallas area building a number of successful businesses putting himself in a position to chase his dream of Top Fuel stardom and success in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series. The former professional powerlifter harbors no illusions that the road to success would be paved with roses, but he also was not expecting as many thorns as he has experienced this season heading into the 38th annual NHRA Texas Fall Nationals, the final four-day event of the wildly popular Stampede of Speed. Hull who opened the 10-day motorsports and music extravaganza as one of the four professional drivers racing in the inaugural Texas Invitational match race last Saturday and Sunday.
“I am a very positive person, but my patience is really being tested this season,” said Hull. “We have such high expectations I sometimes forget we are a part-time team that is learning every race. I have the mentality that we can race with anyone and if you are going to be successful at this level you must have that mindset. Unfortunately, we aren’t there yet and we just have to keep our heads down and do the work. I have all the confidence in my team led by Mike Guger we will get there.”
BUDDY HULL HITS ST. LOUIS LIKE BOLT OF LIGHTNING
ST. LOUIS – Most NHRA drivers try to go fast as lightning, but for Top Fuel team owner and driver Buddy Hull, he took that saying a little 
too literally. While on his way to the NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway, the cab of his trailer was struck by lightning. The bad luck did not end there when he qualified in the No. 17 spot, just missing the race on Sunday. Luckily, his sponsor Baker Trucking in Murreyville, Illinois, was able to provide the team with a cab for the St. Louis and upcoming Texas Fall Nationals in Dallas.
“This is a tough one,” said Hull. “I don’t know of another team that has had some of the issues we have dealt with this season. We got struck by lightning getting to the race and then we miss the show on speed. The things that could have gone our way to get us that sixteenth spot and miniscule. My hat is off to the 16 cars that made the show. This is a tough, tough class and we are going to keep working hard.”
The Dallas business owner has been racing a limited schedule during the 2023 Camping World Drag Racing season, so every race is a chance to learn more in the cockpit and tune the car just a bit better. For smaller teams, the difference between a race weekend with three rounds of qualifying and four is huge.
Buddy Hull Ready to Roll with Race Star Wheels
DALLAS – Buddy Hull will be rolling with new wheels from Race Star Wheels beginning at the NHRA Midwest Nationals, September 30-
October 1. The business owner from Dallas who owns and drives the Methanol Moonshine/Renegade Race Fuels Top Fuel dragster will be sporting the latest Top Fuel front and rear wheels from Kansas City-based Race Star Wheels, part of Race Star Industries. The high-performance alloy wheels have been in development for several years, but Hull will be the first Top Fuel driver to introduce them in competition.
“I am excited to see what these Race Star Wheels can do for our Methanol Moonshine/Renegade Race Fuels Top Fuel dragster in St. Louis,” said Hull. “We’ll be running a special HULL’K car design for the race and with new front and rear Pro Forged Wheels we are looking to improve our performance and turn some heads. The guys at Race Star Wheels have been great to work with and once they explained the positive attributes of these wheels I was all in and ready to get them on our race car.”
The Race Star Wheels team has been working for two years to bring these wheels to market and they feel the design and structure of these Top Fuel wheels is superior to any product on the market. The quality of the metal and the construction should minimize metal fatigue and allow for much longer wear in competition. Buddy Hull connected to Race Star Wheels by a lifelong friend Rod Brogdon, who connected Hull with Mike Kent, one of the lead engineers at Race Star Wheels. Hull, Kent and Race Star Industries owner LB Davis quickly realized they would work well together and get the Pro Forged Wheels on track at the Midwest Nationals.
BUDDY HULL READY FOR HULL’K ROUND TWO IN ST. LOUIS
DALLAS, TX – Never one to rest on their laurels Buddy Hull and Buddy Hull Racing will be back in action this weekend for the NHRA 
Midwest Nationals from World Wide Technology Raceway, racing one of the most unique cars to hit the NHRA scene in recent memory. Hull rebranded his Methanol Moonshine and Vertex Roofing Top Fuel dragster to a kid friendly HULL’K design that drew rave reviews at the Dodge Power Brokers U.S. National at the beginning of the month. Getting this green machine back on track for another NHRA national event is a labor of love for Hull, a Dallas-based business owner and Top Fuel competitor.
Buddy Hull and the HULL’K Top Fuel dragster, photo by Ron Lewis Photography
“I just wanted to do something cool to get kids excited about NHRA drag racing,” said Hull, when asked about the redesign. “We have great marketing partners and growing the sport is one of our big goals. We want to perform on the track of course but getting kids excited and interested is also so important. I also really love the Incredible Hulk, so it is an awesome car to get to race.”
Hull and his Mike Guger tuned Top Fuel team have been working their way through the naturally challenging ups and downs of racing Top Fuel dragsters at the highest level. The stakes will be even higher this weekend at the NHRA Midwest Nationals, the third NHRA Countdown playoff race. While Hull is not in the mix this season for a Top Fuel world championship his participation could easily tip the balance of power as the championship points tighten up down the stretch. The impact he could have on the championship is not lost on the former power lifter and competitive racer.
