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Latest issue of NHRA National Dragster now online (Vol. 60 No. 11)

NHRA National Dragster magazine's 11th issue of 2019, featuring Ryan Oehler and coverage of the Route 66 NHRA Nationals and JEGS Allstars, is online for NHRA members and in the mail to homes and shops around the world.
13 Jun 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
ND cover
NHRA National Dragster magazine's 11th issue of 2019, featuring  coverage of the Route 66 NHRA Nationals, is online for NHRA members and in the mail to homes and shops around the world. In addition to complete coverage of the Chicago event…
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Blaze Exhaust Probes to fire up Jim Dunn Racing team at Bristol and Norwalk races

Blaze Exhaust Probes will sponsor the Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car at this weekend’s NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol and next weekend at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio.
13 Jun 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Jim Dunn Racing
The Hot Rod Red painted flames on the hood of the Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car at this weekend’s NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol and next weekend at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk represent the team’s sponsor, Blaze…
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Tii Tharpe takes Mickey Thompson Tires Top Fuel Harley title in Topeka

12 Jun 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Tii Tharpe
Reigning Mickey Thompson Tires Top Fuel Harley world champ Tii Tharpe collected his first win of the 2019 season when he defeated Bob Malley in the final round of the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties.
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2019 Route 66 NHRA Nationals Stock champ Randi Lyn Shipp

12 Jun 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
//hide image on specific article jQuery(document).ready(function ($) { }); As the fiancée of Pro Stock champ Bo Butner, Randi Lyn Shipp races in almost all of the NHRA Mello Yello series events and she more than holds her own against the…
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2019 Route 66 NHRA Nationals Super Gas champ Nathan Vrooman

12 Jun 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
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//hide image on specific article jQuery(document).ready(function ($) { }); Reigning Lucas Oil Super Gas champ Devin Isenhower made the final round in Chicago but was turned away by Nathan Vrooman in a 9.898 to 9.887 double-breakout…
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2019 Route 66 NHRA Nationals Super Comp champ Dave Dahlem

12 Jun 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
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//hide image on specific article jQuery(document).ready(function ($) { }); En route to his second national event win in Super Comp, Dave Dahlem scored a memorable round one win over Dan Fletcher where both drivers recorded perfect 8.900…
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2019 Route 66 NHRA Nationals Super Street champ Rodger Sauder

12 Jun 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
//hide image on specific article jQuery(document).ready(function ($) { }); Division 5 champ Rodger Sauder lost in the opening round of Super Street at the JEGS Allstars but he quickly regrouped and drove his ’72 Barracuda to a win on…
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2019 Route 66 NHRA Nationals Top Dragster champ Jim Prevo

12 Jun 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
//hide image on specific article jQuery(document).ready(function ($) { }); In Top Dragster presented by Racing RVs.com, Jim Prevo saved his best performance for last with a .005 light and a 6.337 on his 6.33 dial. and needed it against…
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2019 Route 66 NHRA Nationals Top Sportsman champ Lester Johnson

12 Jun 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
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//hide image on specific article jQuery(document).ready(function ($) { }); For the second-straight year, Lester Johnson left Chicago win a win and a runner-up in Top Sportsman presented by Racing RVs.com. After dropping the JEGS Allstars…
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2019 Route 66 NHRA Nationals Super Stock champ Vic Penrod

12 Jun 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
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//hide image on specific article jQuery(document).ready(function ($) { }); During Saturday’s JEGS Allstars race, five-time national champion Justin Lamb got the best of Division 4 rep Vic Penrod in their opening round battle. The duo met…
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2019 Route 66 NHRA Nationals Comp champ Greg Kamplain

12 Jun 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
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//hide image on specific article jQuery(document).ready(function ($) { }); Greg Kamplain is now an eight-time national event winner following his most recent win at Route 66 Raceway. Kamplain wheeled his C/DA to a final round victory…
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2019 Route 66 NHRA Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car champ Shane Westerfield

12 Jun 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
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//hide image on specific article jQuery(document).ready(function ($) { }); 2017 world champ Shane Westerfield drove past Doug Gordon to win his 11th national event Wally and first since the 2018 Auto Club Finals in Pomona. Westerfield…
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2019 Route 66 NHRA Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster champ Chris Demke

12 Jun 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
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//hide image on specific article jQuery(document).ready(function ($) { }); Past world champion Chris Demke won in Top Alcohol Dragster in a race that is often regarded as the toughest event of the season for competitors in the Lucas Oil…
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WATCH: Route 66 NHRA Nationals Sportsman Highlights

Past national champions Chris Demke and Shane Westerfield each collected their first wins of the 2019 season during the NHRA Route 66 Nationals, leading an all-star list of winners. Watch all of the final rounds from all classes.
12 Jun 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
Chicago
Past national champions Chris Demke and Shane Westerfield each collected their first wins of the 2019 season during the NHRA Route 66 Nationals. Demke won in Top Alcohol Dragster and Westerfield scored in Top Alcohol Funny Car in a race that is…
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Johnny Pluchino prepared for NHRA Mountain Motor Pro Stock debut at Bristol

Johnny Pluchino is eager to make his quarter-mile debut in the Mountain Motor Pro Stock exhibition at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals.
12 Jun 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Pro Stock
Johnny Pluchino is eager to make his quarter-mile debut in the Mountain Motor Pro Stock exhibition at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals.   “This is a really big race for us,” Pluchino said. “There's so many things going into this race. I'm…
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Mountain Motor Pro Stocks return to Bristol for NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals

It’s been more than two decades since the loud rumble of mountain motors have shook the grounds at Thunder Valley but they'll be back this weekend at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals as Bristol is the third stop of a four-race NHRA Mountain Motor Pro Stock exhibition series. 
12 Jun 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Pro Stock
It’s been more than two decades since the loud rumble of mountain motors have shook the grounds at Thunder Valley. Born here back in the 1980s, Mountain Motor Pro Stock last raced at Bristol Dragway in 1997 during an IHRA national event. These days…
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Matt Hartford, partners buy Total Seal, but that won't keep him out of his Pro Stocker

NHRA Pro Stock racer Matt Hartford, who for years has served as the face of Total Seal Piston Rings as its vice president and most visible employee, just completed the purchase of the 52-year-old company and assumed the titles of president and CEO -- none of which will affect his racing plans.
12 Jun 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
News
Matt Hartford
Matt Hartford’s plate just got a little more full. The fulltime Pro Stock racer, who for years has served as the face of Total Seal Piston Rings as its vice president and most visible employee, just completed the purchase of the 52-year-old…
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Ron Capps heads to Bristol looking to win third straight Funny Car title

A stretch of four straight race weekends during June can be a tall order for the drivers in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. For Ron Capps, though, it’s not hard for him to get excited, especially when he knows one of those dates includes a trip to Bristol Dragway.
12 Jun 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Ron Capps
A stretch of four straight race weekends during June can be a tall order for the drivers in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. For Ron Capps, though, it’s not hard for him to get excited, especially when he knows one of those dates includes a…
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The Sports Report: Friends helping friends

After Kyle Fickler celebrated the end of a long winless drought in Topeka, he generously reached out to help an old friend.
12 Jun 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
The Sports Report
fickler
Kyle Fickler won his first national event title in Dallas in the Fall of 2003 and when he turned on the win light in the final of the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties, he couldn’t help but take a trip down memory lane. “…
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Tricky Tipster: Can anyone stop Steve Torrence, Robert Hight, and Stevie Jackson?

Steve Torrence, Robert Hight, and Pro Mod’s Steve Jackson have been dominant this season which helps explain why they are Tricky Tipster’s Bristol favorites.
11 Jun 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Tricky Tipster Bristol
There is parity throughout NHRA’s pro classes, which makes it somewhat difficult to explain how Steve Torrence can win five-straight Top Fuel races, Robert Hight can win four Funny Car races, and Stevie “Fast” Jackson can score three wins in the E3…
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Brittany Force has something special planned for Father’s Day Weekend in Bristol

With her legendary father, 16-time Funny Car world champ John Force, joining her in Thunder Valley, Brittany Force is planning something special for this weekend’s Father’s Day Weekend 19th annual NHRA Thunder Nationals.
11 Jun 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Brittany Force
It’s Father’s Day Weekend and there’s no place Brittany Force would rather be than Bristol Dragway for this weekend’s 19th annual NHRA Thunder Nationals. The former Top Fuel world champion has always held the picturesque track in high regard and…
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NHRA powers back to Bristol Dragway on Father’s Day weekend for NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals

Nothing says Father’s Day weekend quite like 11,000-horsepower in picturesque Thunder Valley, and that’s exactly what the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series will provide at the 19th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway on June 14-16.
11 Jun 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Bristol
Nothing says Father’s Day weekend quite like 11,000-horsepower in picturesque Thunder Valley, and that’s exactly what the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series will provide when its 300-mph nitro-breathing machines roar back to life at the 19th annual…
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Your Car. Your Data. Your Choice. partners with Clay Millican at Bristol event

The national education and advocacy campaign Your Car. Your Data. Your Choice. will be a major sponsor of the Clay Millican-driven Top Fuel dragster for the upcoming NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, Tenn., June 14–16.
11 Jun 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Clay Millican
The national education and advocacy campaign Your Car. Your Data. Your Choice. will be a major sponsor of the Clay Millican-driven Top Fuel dragster for the upcoming NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, Tenn., June 14–16. The campaign is a co-…
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NHRA Power Rankings: Is Billy Torrence going to make the Countdown to the Championship?

Billy Torrence is making things very uncomfortable for the Top Fuel class
11 Jun 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
Power Rankings
Steve and Billy Torrence
Billy Torrence won the Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals. It was a great story. That win, his second career win and second…
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Fast Five: Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals

NHRA's Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick count down their top five highlights from the 2019 Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties.
10 Jun 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
Fast Five
Fast Five
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E3 Spark Plugs extends multi-year sponsorship agreement with NHRA

E3 Spark Plugs recently extended its partnership with NHRA as the Official Spark Plug and Official Ignition Products of NHRA. 
10 Jun 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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E3 Spark Plugs
E3 Spark Plugs recently extended its partnership with NHRA as the Official Spark Plug and Official Ignition Products of NHRA.  E3 Spark Plugs has been involved with NHRA racing across all platforms including the sponsorship of the E3 Spark…
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Steve Jackson extends points lead in E3 Pro Mod Series after Topeka victory

Incoming points leader Steve Jackson drove his Bahrain1 Camaro to a second win of the season to extend his lead in the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Series.
09 Jun 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
Race coverage
PRO MOD
 Stevie “Fast” Jackson claimed his second victory of the season at Heartland Motorsports Park in the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service on Sunday, winning the 31st annual Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals…
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Stephen Bell gets back on the winning track in SAM Tech.edu Factory Stock Showdown

Stephen Bell prevails over teammate Arthur Kohn in an COPO Camaro final round in the SAM Tech.edu NHRA Factory Stock Showdown in Topeka.
09 Jun 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
Race coverage
factory stock
Stephen Bell picked up his first win in more than a year when he defeated Arthur Kohn in the final round of the SAM Tech.edu Factory Stock Showdown in Topeka. Bell, the winner of the 2018 season opener in Gainesville, drove to low elapsed time of…
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Cowie, Bellemuer take alcohol-class wins to lead Topeka winner's list

Shawn Cowie and Sean Bellemeur scored respective wins in the Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car classes to lead the list of Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series champions at the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties.​​​​​​​
09 Jun 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Shawn Cowie
Shawn Cowie and Sean Bellemeur scored respective wins in the Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car classes to lead the list of Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series champions at the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties.…
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Torrence nails down fifth-straight Top Fuel win; Hight scores Funny Car win No. 49

Steve Torrence defeats his father, Billy, to earn fifth-straight Top Fuel title while Robert Hight claims career win No. 49 in Funny Car to tie Don "the Snake" Prudhomme.
09 Jun 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
Race coverage
Topeka
When Steve Torrence won six-straight races to close out his 2018 championship season, some predicted the feat might never be duplicated. As it turns out, it might be duplicated next weekend in Bristol after the reigning Mello Yello champion won his…
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