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Coming off a typically unpredictable four-wide event in Charlotte, it might have been tempting to expect a bit of a letdown when teams headed west to the NHRA SpringNationals at Royal Purple Raceway, but that was hardly the case. Track records in…

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Shirley's Kids, the charity headed by legendary drag racer Shirley Muldowney, will adorn Erica Enders' Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge Pro Stocker at the 29th annual NHRA SpringNationals this weekend at Royal Purple Raceway. Shirley's Kids' mission…

Sixteen-time NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car world champion John Force will be racing an Advance Auto Parts-branded Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car at the NHRA SpringNationals. The Funny Car will continue to fly the standout blue Peak Antifreeze branding…

By their very nature, lists are polarizing. Whether it’s the top 10, 20, 50, or 100 anything that you’re trying to establish, there are going to be hits and misses among the critics and delight and disappointment among those who made…

John Force began his NHRA Funny Car career in 1977, and though his career got off to an inauspicious start — he failed to qualify at that first event and struggled to turn on win lights for several years to follow — his persistence and…

The Hennen Motorsports Top Fuel Dragster team and driver Kebin Kinsley (pictured) are fired up for their 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season debut at the NHRA SpringNationals at Royal Purple Raceway in Houston. Adding to the excitement…

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.…

Less than a week after the annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series will return to a much more traditional two-lane format at the NHRA SpringNationals, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the annual…

With just seven Pro Stock races under his belt heading into the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season, Alex Laughlin tried to keep expectations for his first full season within reason. But with the potential that Laughlin has already seen…

Aaron Brooks is one of the younger crew chiefs in the sport after quickly working up the ranks as a crewmember for NHRA legends Don "the Snake" Prudhomme and Kenny Bernstein to the assistant crew chief position under Mike Neff on the…

This weekend, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads to Texas for the 29th annual NHRA SpringNationals in Houston to close the first back-to-back races of the season. This week, we will look through the NHRA National Dragster photo…

Racing RVs, an Ohio company that specializes in new and used semi-style motorhomes, has signed a multiyear agreement to become the presenting sponsor of the NHRA Top Dragster and Top Sportsman national championships. Drivers in the Top Sportsman…

Graham Rahal has been a constant sight at NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events around the country, cheering on his wife, NHRA Funny Car star Courtney Force, and when she has a chance, she likes to be pitside cheering on her hubby as he wheels…

This weekend’s 29th annual NHRA SpringNationals at Royal Purple Raceway marks the first back-to-back racing weekend of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. In the eyes of Top Fuel standout J.R. Todd, that is very much a good…

Three weeks after the unexpected retirement of team owner Bob Vandergriff Jr., Leah Pritchett remains undaunted in her pursuit of an NHRA Top Fuel world championship and has been enabled to bring the Bob…

Two-time Funny Car world champion Matt Hagan often compares his role as a driver to that of a quarterback, especially during the current circumstances this season. He knows it is his responsibility to…

Bryan Worner loves it when a plan comes together. With the initial field of 65 Super Stock racers whittled to just three late Sunday afternoon in Charlotte, Worner pulled into the zMAX Dragway staging lanes and was greeted by two familiar faces.…

Two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders made a visit to the Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte on behalf of Speedway Children's Charities the Thursday before the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals…

Troy Buff came as close as he ever has to winning his first Top Fuel race at the most recent event in Las Vegas. Buff eventually lost in the final round to defending world champion Antron Brown, but the Houston-area native was overwhelmed by the…

A large crowd of racing fans packed into zMAX Dragway in order to witness the Professional classes in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series compete in the unique four-wide format at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods. Though…

Bo Butner has been fortunate enough to drive a number of different successful cars throughout his time racing in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Sportsman ranks. Now in his second season racing in Pro Stock in NHRA’s marquee Mello Yello…

The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series rockets into Space City, April 29-May 1, for the 29th annual NHRA SpringNationals, the sixth of 24 events on the season, at Royal Purple Raceway. The best in Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock will go head to…

As the only four-lane event on the tour, the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods always delivers exciting and sometimes crazy action as drivers line up four wide and battle for supremacy. This year's event at zMAX Dragway was no…

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Reserved seats for Saturday’s qualifying rounds of the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods at zMAX Dragway are sold out, as fans from 48 states and nine foreign countries have ventured to "the Bellagio of dragstrips,"…

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