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Elite Motorsports and Mopar to part ways in 2017

16 Nov 2016
News
Elite Motorsports and Mopar have announced that they will end their partnership at the end of the 2016 racing season. Elite Motorsports drivers and multi-time world champions Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Erica Enders both competed with Mopar-backed Pro…
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The rarest double of them all

16 Nov 2016
Kevin McKenna, National Dragster Senior Editor
The Sports Report
  Other than the final round of the Auto Club NHRA Finals, where he lost to Bob Gullett’s nearly perfect run, there likely isn’t much that Jeff Strickland would have changed about the 2016 season. Strickland opened the year with a…
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Reed named Auto Club Road to the Future Award winner

15 Nov 2016
News
Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Cory Reed was named the winner of the 2016 Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future award, presented annually to the season’s top rookie competitor in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. Reed…
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Kalitta honored with first NHRA Lifetime Achievement Award

15 Nov 2016
News
Kalitta Motorsports founder and owner Connie Kalitta was honored last night at the season-ending Mello Yello Awards Ceremony with NHRA's Lifetime Achievement Award. This is the first time in NHRA history that this award has been given. Kalitta's…
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Saving the best for last

15 Nov 2016
National Dragster staff
Tuesday Morning Crew Chief
Antron Brown locked up the 2016 NHRA Mello Top Fuel championship in Las Vegas, and Ron Capps didn’t need to do much more than qualify to finally seal the deal on his long-awaited first Funny Car title, but that did little to reduce the…
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Brown, Capps, Line and Savoie honored as 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series world champions in Hollywood

14 Nov 2016
News
Antron Brown, Ron Capps, Jason Line and Jerry Savoie were the…
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2016 NHRA Mello Yello champs

14 Nov 2016
National Dragster staff
Poll Position
Four new NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series champs have been crowned, each with his own unique story, but which one was the most special or most deserving? While it’s easy to say that the sentimental favorite is Ron Capps, who finally scored…
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Summit Series national champs crowned

13 Nov 2016
News
Summit champs
Jeff Hefler won his third Summit Racing Series national championship and was joined in victory by Timothy Smith, Chad Isley, and Curtis Spracklin as the yearlong competition raced to a conclusion at the Auto Club NHRA Finals. The quartet of…
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Auto Club NHRA Finals Sunday Notebook

13 Nov 2016
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
The 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season came to a dramatic conclusion Sunday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona, with both world and event champs being crowned on a hot day at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Jason Line in Pro Stock…
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Seconds take first at Finals as Kalitta, Johnson, Anderson collect wins at season finale

13 Nov 2016
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Line dominates for third Pro Stock crown

13 Nov 2016
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
Mello Yello's Al Rondon, left, and NHRA President Peter Clifford congratulated Jason Line after he clinched his third Pro Stock world championship. Jason Line capped a dominant season by…
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Savoie claims dramatic Pro Stock Motorcycle title

13 Nov 2016
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
Likable Louisiana alligator farmer Jerry Savoie completed one of the most improbable championship runs in history on Sunday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona when he clinched the NHRA Mello…
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Liberman Vega voted top Funny Car of all time

13 Nov 2016
News
"Jungle Jim" Liberman's 1973 Chevrolet Vega was named as the winner of the Top 20 Funny Cars fan vote, marking the conclusion NHRA’s seasonlong 50 Years of Funny Car celebration. John Force's 1996 Castrol GTX …
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Todd, Beckman, Line, and Savoie will lead fields into Sunday battle at Auto Club NHRA Finals

12 Nov 2016
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Capps clinches first Funny Car championship

12 Nov 2016
Candida Benson, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
Mello Yello's Al Rondon, left, and NHRA President Peter Clifford, right, congratulated Ron Capps on his first Mello Yello Funny Car championship. Ron Capps is an NHRA Funny Car world…
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Auto Club NHRA Finals Saturday Notebook

12 Nov 2016
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
With the close of qualifying under the lights Saturday evening at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, the final NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series fields of the 2016 are set, and racers will do battle Sunday for not only the Auto Club NHRA Finals…
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Strickland clinches second national championship of season

12 Nov 2016
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
News
Jeff Strickland became just the second driver in NHRA history to win two national championships in the same season, locking up the Stock eliminator title Saturday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals, adding it to the Top Dragster presented by Racing…
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Line, Savoie boost title bids; Brown, Beckman lead nitro fields in Pomona

11 Nov 2016
News
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Auto Club NHRA Finals Friday Notebook

11 Nov 2016
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Three NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series world championships are still on the line at the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona, with championship battles raging in Funny Car between Ron Capps and Matt Hagan, in Pro Stock between Jason Line…
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Event Preview: Auto Club NHRA Finals

11 Nov 2016
News
When the Countdown to the Championship format was introduced in 2007, this is pretty much what its creators envisioned: a season final packed with drama and tight points battles. The 2016 Auto Club NHRA Finals includes three undecided championship…
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The final showdown: 'Jungle' vs. Force

“Jungle Jim” or “Brute Force”? Nostalgic hero or modern-day legend? Vega or Firebird? Those are the questions that will be answered this weekend in Pomona when NHRA unveils the car atop the list of its yearlong fan vote among the top 20 Funny Cars of all time.
11 Nov 2016
Phil Burgess, National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
“Jungle Jim” or “Brute Force”? Nostalgic hero or modern-day legend? Vega or Firebird? Those are the questions that will be answered this weekend in Pomona when NHRA unveils the car atop the list of its yearlong fan vote…
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Tricky Tipster's Pomona picks

10 Nov 2016
News
For more than five decades, NHRA National Dragster's famed Tricky Tipster has tested his prognosticating skills prior to each national event, putting odds on the top eight racers he thinks have the best shot at victory in Tricky Tipster.…
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NHRA Toyota Nationals Super Comp winner Michael Miller

10 Nov 2016
News
Michael Miller claimed the eighth national event title of his career when he defeated Mike Hiatt in the Super Comp final. Miller wheeled his dragster to a 9.069 on the 9.05 altitude-adjusted index to stop Hiatt, who broke out with a 9.046.…
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NHRA Toyota Nationals Super Gas winner Tommy Phillips

10 Nov 2016
News
Tommy Phillips continued his strong season with his fourth overall national event victory and third in Super Gas. Driving his CBS ArcSafe Corvette, Phillips downed Kevin Moore in the final round, 10.057 to a breakout 10.043 on the 10.05 altitude-…
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NHRA Toyota Nationals Stock winner Darrel Goheen

10 Nov 2016
News
Stock winner Darrel Goheen took delivery of his new (to him) C/SA ’94 Camaro during the Las Vegas event, and three days later, he parked the car in the winner’s circle. Goheen has made a total of 11 runs in his new ride, including the final round,…
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NHRA Toyota Nationals Super Stock winner Kyle Rizzoli

10 Nov 2016
News
Kyle Rizzoli won his fourth national event title in his third different class when he stopped former national champion Ryan McClanahan in the Super Stock final. Already a winner in Super Comp and Stock, Rizzoli wheeled his SS/CA ’69 Camaro to…
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NHRA Toyota Nationals Comp winner David Rampy

10 Nov 2016
News
David Rampy, a four-time national champion, drove his Ray Skillman-backed Econo Altered to a final-round victory in Comp against Division 6 ace Jeff Lane. Rampy overcame Lane’s nearly perfect .004 reaction time to win with a (-.532) 7.368 to…
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NHRA Toyota Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Terry Ruckman

10 Nov 2016
News
The battle for the Top Alcohol Funny Car title was epic with 27 cars fighting for just 16 qualifying spots, resulting in a record 5.664 bump spot. After qualifying No. 5, Terry Ruckman went the distance in eliminations, driving to a 5.642 to 5.779…
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NHRA Toyota Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster winner Garrett Bateman

10 Nov 2016
News
Garrett Bateman claimed the Top Alcohol Dragster title with a thrilling final-round win over Joey Severance, 5.277 to 5.305. Bateman successfully defended his 2015 NHRA Toyota Nationals title with a run that included wins over Megan McKernan,…
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NHRA Toyota Nationals Sportsman champion highlights

10 Nov 2016
News
David Rampy won for the 92nd time in his storied career, and Tommy Phillips bagged career win No. 38 to lead the list of NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event winners at the NHRA Toyota Nationals in Las Vegas.    …
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