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NHRA Carolina Nationals Stock champ C.J. McDonald
In Stock, CJ McDonald picked up the Wally in the first national event he entered. Though a first-timer at the national event level, McDonald is a veteran competitor who has been racing for more than three decades, and he put the skills developed…
NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Stock champ Peter Biondo
The Sportsman winner’s circle also featured the return of a familiar face after a two-plus-year absence. Peter Biondo, who last won in 2014 at the spring Las Vegas event, where he doubled, picked up win No. 49 when he bested Jeffrey Jewell…
NHRA Carolina Nationals Comp champ Doug Doll Jr.
Comp racer Doug Doll Jr. completed the perfect season with a strong performance in Charlotte, where he was the No. 1 qualifier and used a combination of solid driving and the strong horsepower from Charlie Greco’s dragster to get past Jim…
NHRA Carolina Nationals Alcohol Funny Car champ DJ Cox Jr.
For the second straight year, the Bartone Bros. Top Alcohol Funny Car was in the winner’s circle at zMAX Dragway but with a different driver. Like Mickey Ferro did last year, DJ Cox Jr. took full advantage of the opportunity when he was…
NHRA Carolina Nationals Alcohol Dragster champ Shawn Cowie
Shawn Cowie, who hails from Surrey, B.C., made the long haul from the West Coast to the East Coast pay off big when he outlasted Rich McPhillips to claim the Top Alcohol Dragster title, his sixth national event win. Cowie, who came up just short of…
NHRA Carolina Nationals Sportsman champion highlights
Doug Doll Jr. all but wrapped up the 2016 Comp national championship when he drove to victory at the NHRA Carolina Nationals, his third national event win of the season. Doll's win highlighted competition in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at…
Legendary Force will try to keep momentum going
Legendary 16-time Funny Car world champion John Force knows all about the importance of success at Maple Grove Raceway, the site of this weekend’s 32nd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals, and how it relates to the championship. Force’s last…
Lucas takes Indiana Bicentennial Torch on a ride
Top Fuel racer and team owner Morgan Lucas gave the Indiana Bicentennial Torch a high-speed ride on his 10,000-horsepower Lucas Oil dragster on Sept. 23 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Indiana statehood. The event took place at Lucas Oil…
Back-to-back Funny Car championships
In this week’s Throwback Thursday feature, NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom goes into the archives to look back at the last time that a Funny Car driver won back-to-back NHRA Mello Yello world championships, way back in 2002, when John Force won…
NHRA Today: Pro Stock’s newest first-time winner, Alex Laughlin
Appearing in the first final of his career at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals in St. Louis, Alex Laughlin’s dreams became reality by turning when he turned on the win light over fellow Pro…
National Dragster's Top 10 Charlotte photos
NHRA National Dragster photographer Marc Gewertz stopped by the Wally Parks NHRA Studio to share with NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom the staff’s favorite images from the NHRA Carolina Nationals.
Time flies when you’re having fun
Greetings, all! I hope everyone is doing great and getting excited for the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship! It’s crazy to think that we’re already starting the Countdown – didn’t we just start the…
Young and young at heart
On Friday, Sept. 23, Koy Collier celebrated his 18th birthday by climbing behind the wheel of his father Steve’s ’68 Camaro Super Gas car and making time-trial runs in his NHRA national event debut. Two days later, Collier gave himself…
NHRA Today: Ozzy Moya brings four tracks into NHRA Member fold
From the Wally Parks NHRA Studio, Amanda Busick talks with racing businessman Ozzy Moya, whose four southeast racetracks -- Orlando Speed World Dragway in Orlando, Fla., Lakeland Drag Strip in Lakeland, Fla., South Georgia Motorsports Park in…
Laughlin to license and race in Top Alcohol Dragster; Top Fuel next?
Alex Laughlin, who became Pro Stock’s latest first-time winner last week when he drove his Gas Monkey Camaro to a final round win over Bo Butner in St. Louis, will take on a new challenge when he gets behind the wheel of a 275-mph Top Alcohol…
Kalitta enjoying the moment as championship race heightens
One of the big storylines of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship is Doug Kalitta and Ron Capps chasing their first career world championships in Top Fuel and Funny…
Paris Drag Strip to join NHRA Member Track Network
Paris Drag Strip, located in Paris Texas, has renewed its long standing NHRA Member Track Network participation in advance of the 2017 season when the facility reopens under new management. The track is part of Division 4, the South Central division…
A St. Louis Shake-up
As was the case at the first Countdown to the Championship race in Charlotte, the names atop the points order did not change following the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park, race two of six in the Countdown to the…
Texas Motorplex takes team title; four advance to Nationals
ENNIS, Texas – The team from Texas Motorplex dominated the team competition finishing nearly 20 points ahead of second place Royal Purple Raceway at the NHRA Summit Racing Series South Central Division Finals at Texas Motorplex. Max McGlothin…
Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship will hit midpoint at Dodge NHRA Nationals
The 32nd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals will serve as the halfway marker of the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship playoffs. With only four races remaining to make a move for a world championship, fans will be in for some of the most…
Langdon, Beckman, Laughlin, and Savoie collect victories at AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals
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AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals Sunday Notebook
The NHRA Mello Yello points standings were thoroughly scrambled in all four Professional classes following the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals. None of the four champions was ranked higher than sixth coming into the event, and several of the…
Top 20 Funny Cars: Introducing No. 5
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…
Best of: St. Louis
The drama that is the 2016 Countdown to the Championship escalated in St. Louis during the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals, the second round of the six round playoffs. On a day when many of the points leaders went out early, Shawn Langdon (Top…
Crampton, Hight, Gray, and Krawiec will lead final fields into battle in St. Louis
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AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals Saturday Notebook
Unseasonably warm weather hung over Gateway Motorsports Park for the second straight day while qualifying concluded for the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals. Four tough rounds of qualifying have resulted in some intriguing race-day matchups that…
AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals Friday Notebook
Unseasonably warm temperatures and sunny skies greeted racers and fans during day one of the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals, the second of six events in the Countdown to the Championship. The action-packed day featured two qualifying sessions…
Crampton, Hight, Anderson, and Ellis are opening-day qualifying leaders in St. Louis
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NHRA Today: Who has the hot hand heading to St. Louis?
From the Wally Parks NHRA Studio, Amanda Busick checks in with Indy bureau chief John Kernan, who shares his thoughts about who has the hot hand in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs heading into this weekend’s AAA Insurance NHRA…
NHRA Today: Schaffer talks hot Countdown start and more
NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom caught up with Jon Schaffer, crew chief for 16-time Funny Car world champion John Force, via Skype from the Wally Parks NHRA Studio to discuss the Force's Charlotte win, recent changes to the team, and more. Schaffer,…