NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

 

 

 

 

Keeping NHRA Fans Up to Date

Follow our coverage through our newly designed news and videos sections. Don't forget to follow our social media posts.

Elusive first win in sight for Pollacheck approaching JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals

Pro Stock Motorcycle veteran Scotty Pollacheck appears closer than ever to his first career win heading to this weekend’s JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals at Route 66 Raceway.
31 May 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Scotty Pollacheck
Thanks to a fast start to open his 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season, Pro Stock Motorcycle veteran Scotty Pollacheck appears closer than ever to his first career win heading to this weekend’s JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals at Route 66…
View More

Chicago's Hometown Fuelers

With a nod to this weekend’s JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals, let’s take a look at drivers from drag racing’s past who called Chicago home.
31 May 2018
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
Chi-Town Hustler
With a nod to this weekend’s JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals, let’s take a look at drivers from drag racing’s past who called Chicago home. Even though the event itself isn’t in Chicago but nearby Joliet, because the number of quality drivers and…
View More

NHRA Today Roundtable: JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals preview

NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom was joined in the Wally Parks Studio delivered by Papa John's via Skype by FOX reporters Dave Rieff, Tony Pedregon and Indy bureau chief John Kernan to preview the upcoming Chicago event.
31 May 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
NHRA Today™
View More

NHRA's Sportsman stars set to battle in JEGS Allstars at Route 66 Raceway

The 2018 JEGS Allstars event will take place Saturday, June 2, at Route 66 Raceway during the JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals. The race within a race will pit the top points earners from NHRA’s seven geographic divisions and four Top Alcohol regions against each other.
31 May 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Jegs
For 34 years, the JEGS Allstars has brought together the top racers in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series to face off in a battle of the best of the best. The 2018 JEGS Allstars event will take place Saturday, June 2, at Route 66 Raceway during…
View More

Top Fuel champion crew chief McCulloch joins Palmer's CatSpot team

Jason McCulloch, who with tuner Brian Husen helped Brittany Force win the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel championship, has joined the Scott Palmer’s CatSpot Organic Litter Top Fuel team.
31 May 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Scott Palmer
Jason McCulloch, who with tuner Brian Husen helped Brittany Force win the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel championship, has joined the Scott Palmer’s CatSpot Organic Litter Top Fuel team. "I know most people don't ever get the opportunity to run…
View More

Brittany Force responding well to adversity heading to JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals

The way defending Top Fuel world champion Brittany Force and her team responded to adversity told Force a great deal about what her team is capable of this season.
30 May 2018
News
Brittany Force
A crash like the one Brittany Force experienced to open the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season is not an experience she wants to go through again. But the ability to overcome some sizeable adversity the way the defending Top Fuel world…
View More

Zizzo excited about return to competition at hometown Chicago event

Chicagoland Top Fuel driver T.J. Zizzo joined NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom via Skype in the Wally Parks NHRA Studio delivered by Papa John’s to talk about his return to racing this weekend at Route 66 Raceway for the JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals.
30 May 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
NHRA Today™
Chicago favorite TJ Zizzo prepares for hometown event.
For Zizzo it’s not only a hometown race but his first since last year fall event in Las Vegas. He spoke about his excitement level about getting back in his race car and the recent success in Top Fuel of independent teams. Of course, as is tradition…
View More

WFO Radio Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals Winners Edition

30 May 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
WFO
Check out the WFO Radio Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals Winners Edition featuring Courtney Force, Clay Millican, Deric Kramer, and Rickie Smith. NHRA’s Alan Reinhart and host Joe Castello recap Topeka and get ready for the JEGS Route 66 Nationals.…
View More

Tommy Johnson Jr. looking to break out at JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals

It has been business as usual for Tommy Johnson Jr. through the first portion of the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season and, based on recent years that means something big could be coming in Chicago.
30 May 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Tommy Johnson Jr.
It has been business as usual for Tommy Johnson Jr. through the first portion of the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season and, based on recent years that means something big could be coming for the Funny Car standout at this weekend’s…
View More

Jeg Coughlin Jr. previews the JEGS All-Stars ahead of the JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals

Jeg Coughlin Jr. joined NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom via Skype in the Wally Parks NHRA Studio delivered by Papa John’s to recap the JEGS SPORTSNationals and preview the upcoming JEGS All-Stars event in Chicago.
30 May 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
NHRA Today™
A fulfilling weekend for Jeg Coughlin Jr. also means one of the most hectic weekends of the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season for the longtime Pro Stock standout. Coughlin and his family is the event sponsor for this weekend’s 21st…
View More

Brittany Force to race Advance Auto Parts Monster Energy dragster throughout June

Reigning NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel world champion Brittany Force will be racing the Advance Auto Parts/Monster Energy dragster in the month of June.
29 May 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Brittany Force
Reigning NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel world champion Brittany Force will be racing the Advance Auto Parts/Monster Energy dragster in the month of June. The eight-time event winner has partnered with Advance Auto Parts for the JEGS Route 66 NHRA…
View More

CatSpot Organic Cat Litter to become title sponsor of NHRA Northwest Nationals

CatSpot Organic Cat Litter, the all-natural coconut cat litter brand, has reached an agreement with NHRA as the title-rights sponsor for the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event taking place at Pacific Raceways in Seattle.
29 May 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Seattle
CatSpot Organic Cat Litter, the all-natural coconut cat litter brand, has reached an agreement with NHRA as the title-rights sponsor for the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event taking place at Pacific Raceways in Seattle. The CatSpot NHRA…
View More

Aragona, Iacono, and Barton top winners list at Maple Grove event

Frank Aragona, Michael Iacono, and David Barton led the list of winners as Maple Grove Raceway hosted the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series NHRA Northeast division .
29 May 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Division 1
Preview | Friday | Saturday In the final results from Maple Grove Raceway and the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Duane Shields, Boulder City, Nev., and…
View More

Tony Schumacher remembers Chicago wins ahead of JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals

Eight-time NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series world champion Tony Schumacher has no problem recalling the five wins that took place at state-of-the-art Route 66 Raceway.
29 May 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Tony Schumacher
Of Tony Schumacher’s 83 career Top Fuel wins in his 10,000-horsepower U.S. Army dragster, the eight-time NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series world champion has no problem recalling the five that took place at state-of-the-art Route 66 Raceway.…
View More

Champions crowned at JEGS NHRA SPORTSnationals

Chase Williams led the list of nine winners who were crowned JEGS SPORTSnationals Champions in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Beech Bend Raceway Park.
27 May 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Event champions 10
Friday | Saturday Chase Williams led the list of nine winners who were crowned JEGS SPORTSnationals Champions in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Beech Bend Raceway Park.…
View More

Krawiec, Crampton duke it out in Indy

NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Eddie Krawiec and his turbocharged x275 drag radial Camaro took on Top Fuel driver Richie Crampton’s street-legal ’57 Chevy wagon at the the inaugural Night of Thunder at Lucas Oil Raceway Indianapolis.
26 May 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
View More

Castellana claims inaugural Night of Thunder title at Indy

Mike Castellana topped Shane Molinari as Pro Mod’s biggest stars invaded Lucas Oil Raceway Indianapolis for the Night of Thunder.
26 May 2018
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
castellana
Mike Castellana, last year’s second-ranked driver in the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod series, drove to an impressive victory over a talented field of Pro Mod racers during the inaugural Night of Thunder at Lucas Oil Raceway Indianapolis. In a…
View More

Satterfield geared up for Pro Mod shootout at Night of Thunder

Clint Satterfield will be among the Pro Mod racers taking part in this Saturday's Night of Thunder at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. He joined NHRA's Lewis Bloom via Skype in the Wally Parks NHRA Studio delivered by Papa John's to talk about the event.
25 May 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
View More

Antron Brown tests at Lucas Oil Raceway ahead of Jegs Route 66 Nationals

Antron Brown and the Matco Tools / U.S. Army team made a handful of early shutoff runs in Indianapolis following four straight first-round defeats two seasons removed from a Mello Yello Top Fuel world championship.
25 May 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
NHRA Today™
Indy Bureau Chief John Kernan caught up with former world champion Antron Brown at Lucas Oil Raceway ahead of the Jegs Route 66 NHRA Nationals (tickets available now…
View More

Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals Sportsman champion highlights

Sean Cowie and Shane Westerfield collected wins in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car, respectively during the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties.
25 May 2018
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
Cowie
Sean Cowie and Shane Westerfield collected wins in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car, respectively, during the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties. They were joined by a trio of first-time winners: Danielle Jaramillo-…
View More

Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals Top Sportsman winner Dusty Meyer

25 May 2018
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
The event’s other first-time champion was Dusty Meyer, who prevailed in the Top Sportsman presented by Racing RVs class. Meyer, in his Chevy S-10, got a free pass in the final after Phil Dion, who was also a semifinal finisher in Top Dragster, broke…
View More

Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals Top Dragster winner Phil Unruh

25 May 2018
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Versatile Phil Unruh won in Top Dragster presented by Racing RVs over Steve Will, the father of former Top Fuel racer Hillary Will. Unruh won for the sixth time in his career when Will fouled by four-thousandths in the final. Unruh would have been…
View More

Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals Super Gas winner Kevin Theobald

25 May 2018
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
A new champion was also crowned in Super Gas after Kevin Theobald overcame a nearly perfect .001 reaction time by Bob Fuller to earn his first national event Wally. Theobald, in his unique Dodge Viper, ran closer to the index with a 9.927 to Fuller’…
View More

Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals Super Comp winner Danielle Jaramillo-Miller

25 May 2018
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Topeka’s Danielle Jaramillo-Miller became the 83rd woman to win an NHRA national event title and the 21st to win in Super Comp when she defeated Don Nichols in the final round. Jaramillo-Miller left first and turned on the win light with an 8.920…
View More

Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals Stock winner Tyler Wudarczyk

25 May 2018
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
After winning the St. Louis event in 2014 and 2017, Tyler Wudarczyk banked his third career win in Stock when he drove past Marion Stephenson, who red-lighted. Wudarczyk, in his A/SA Firebird, benefitted from three foul starts by his opponents, but…
View More

Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals Super Stock winner Mike Mans

25 May 2018
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Mike Mans got his first national event win in seven years by winning on a solo in the Super Stock final as Gary Stinnett was a no-show on Monday morning. 
View More

Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Shane Westerfield

25 May 2018
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Shane Westerfield collected his eighth career win and second win of the season in Top Alcohol Funny Car with a lap of 5.508, 268.87 after Doug Gordon shook the tires and slowed into tire shake off the line and recovered quickly, but he could…
View More

Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster winner Shawn Cowie

25 May 2018
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Shawn Cowie qualified No. 2 in Top Alcohol Dragster and faced off with Monroe Guest for the Wally. The pair left the line together and stayed glued throughout the quarter-mile with Cowie edging out Guest at the stripe, 5.235, 275.62 mph to 5.273,…
View More

NHRA Today Roundtable: Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals recap

Tony Pedregon, Dave Rieff, and John Kernan joined Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick via Skype in the Wally Parks NHRA Studio delivered by Papa John’s to recap the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties.
25 May 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
NHRA Today™
View More

Kurt Elliott hired by Kalitta Motorsports as assistant crew chief on Langdon entry

Kurt Elliott will work with Nicky Boninfante on Shawn Langdon's Global Electronic Technology Funny Car following the dismissal of Tommy DeLago.
25 May 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Shawn Langdon
Kalitta Motorsports hired a new assistant chief for Shawn Langdon's Funny Car on Friday: Kurt Elliott. The experienced clutch specialist joins the Global Electronic Technology Funny Car Just over a week following the…
View More