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The Big Go Block Party returns to Brownsburg, Ind., Aug. 23 as the community celebrates the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, the most prestigious event in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis Aug. 31-…

The 10,000-horsepower, jaw-dropping action of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series returns to Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Aug. 31-Sept. 5, for the 62nd annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals – the world’s most prestigious…

The realities of the last two years have changed the perception of the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd Int’l Raceway. Once known for a laid-back atmosphere, the raucous campground on the premises known as “the Zoo,” and its…

With the completion of the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, race 17 of the 18-race NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series regular season, 29 of the 40 spots in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs have been clinched. Only the top-10 drivers…

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Top Fuel and Funny Car drivers will rely on fan votes and random lottery drawings to claim the final spot in the NHRA Traxxas Nitro Shootout in their respective categories. The final position in each…

As part of NHRA’s 50 years of Funny Car celebration, fans voted on a Top 20 list developed by respected drag racing historians and Funny Car experts.   The results are being revealed in reverse order at NHRA national events this season…

The penultimate race of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series regular season before the start of the playoffs offered dramatic on-track battles and unreal performances on the Brainerd Int'l Raceway surface at the annual Lucas Oil NHRA…

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Don Schumacher Racing doubled up on wins Saturday during the rain-delayed final rounds of the Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil at Brainerd Int’l Raceway in Brainerd. …

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With just two races left in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series regular season, the battle for the final spots in the Pro Stock Motorcycle Countdown to the Championship is heating up, with six riders within 100 points fighting for the…

With a 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season that has not gone the way as planned to this point, count Richie Crampton as one who is excited to be heading to Brainerd Int'l Raceway this weekend.…

Last Thursday, on the eve of the national event at his old home track, former NHRA Chief Starter Mark Lyle was remembered by family, friends,…

FOX Sports 1 is adding 30 minutes of live NHRA programming on Saturday during the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals to televise the postponed final rounds of Top Fuel and Funny Car from the Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil…

Get to know the stars of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series a little better with this feature from NHRA National Dragster magazine that features fun, off-the-wall questions not asked in regular interviews with the drivers. In this edition,…

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.…

Steve Torrence began the season with a bang with a win at the Circle K NHRA Winternationals from the No. 1 qualifying spot. He also scored a win at the NHRA Summernationals and has qualified No. 1 eight…

As the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series regular season nears its completion, drivers such as Top Fuel veteran Terry McMillen are battling for their lives to get into the top 10 in points to be…

Jim Underdahl knew there would be a learning curve when he rolled out his Suzuki Extended Protection motorcycle with a number of new changes for the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season.   What he didn’t expect was a season-…

Coming off of two back-to-back world championships, Erica Enders and her newly established Elite Motorsports team remain optimistic throughout their rough 2016 season. Enders scored a huge round-one win over Alex Laughlin in Seattle that moved…

Alexis DeJoria and the Tequila Patrón Funny Car team will not compete at this weekend's Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd while DeJoria continues her recovery from a pelvic fracture.  The…

The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads to the Land of 10,000 Lakes for the penultimate race of the regular season, the 35th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd Int’l Raceway. The stakes will be high as drivers in Top Fuel, Funny…

This weekend, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads to Brainerd for the 35th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals. For this week’s edition of Throwback Thursday, we will look through the NHRA National Dragster photo archives at…

There are the usual reasons Greg Anderson is looking forward to returning to his home track, Brainerd International Raceway. There’s the chance to meet up with family and friends, revisit memories from a track where the Duluth, Minn., native…

John Cooper's vintage Stock Eliminator Ford Thunderbolt When the Ford Thunderbolt was introduced during the early days of the muscle car wars in the 1960s, it was so powerful that it was not allowed to compete in Stock.…

Courtney Force is eager to get back on the track at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals this weekend following a first-round collision with the guardwall at Pacific Raceways in Seattle In the first round against Jeff Diehl Force pedaled her Traxxas…

After a roller-coaster start to the season that included a win in Pomona and a DNQ in Las Vegas, Ron Capps and crew found their groove during what many dub the Eastern Swing, winning in Epping,…

To succeed at this weekend’s 35th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway and during the Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship, Funny Car standout Tommy Johnson Jr…

When Don O’Neal won the Top Sportsman class at the recent Division 3 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series race in St. Louis, it was far more than just another win: Instead it was the fulfillment of a dream and a promise that was nearly a…