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Steve Reintjes named NHRA Vice President of Broadcasting

Steve Reintjes, who has served as NHRA’s Coordinating Producer for the past two years, has been promoted to the role of Vice President of Broadcasting. 
19 Dec 2019
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Steve Reintjes, who has served as NHRA’s Coordinating Producer for the past two years, has been promoted to the role of Vice President of Broadcasting.  In his new role, Reintjes will continue to oversee the NHRA’s production of all NHRA on…
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WFO Radio Podcast "Parade of Champions" continues

18 Dec 2019
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The WFO Radio Podcast "Parade of Champions" adds Sean Bellemeur, Megan Meyer and Ray Miller III for the holidays! Sean Bellemeur talks about his second Top Alcohol Funny Car championship and going back to back. Megan Meyer discusses becoming the…
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From the fab shop to the race teams, John Force Racing has a busy off-season

From the fab shop turning out short blocks, cylinder heads, superchargers, bodies, and chassis to the race shops, where 2020's combinations are being brewed, there's a lot going on at John Force Racing in the off-season.
18 Dec 2019
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Osborn joins Kalitta Motorsports as major associate for five 2020 NHRA events

Osborn, the world’s largest and most complete solution provider of high-quality surface treatment and finishing products, will join Kalitta Motorsports as a major associate sponsor to the multi-time NHRA world championship team. 
18 Dec 2019
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Kalitta Motorsports
Osborn, the world’s largest and most complete solution provider of high-quality surface treatment and finishing products, will join Kalitta Motorsports as a major associate sponsor to the multi-time NHRA world championship team.  Osborn will…
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2020 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series and Reunion dates announced

NHRA has announced the schedule for the 2020 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, featuring the NHRA Motorsports Museum’s Hot Rod Reunions.
18 Dec 2019
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NHRA has announced the schedule for the 2020 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, featuring the NHRA Motorsports Museum’s Hot Rod Reunions. The series will feature thrilling racing action, highlighted by the crowd-pleasing, nitro-burning Nostalgia…
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What's next for Jonnie Lindberg?

Two-time world champion Jonnie Lindberg is building race cars and planning his return to Top Alcohol Funny Car class after three-year run with Jim Head Racing in the Mello Yello series.
18 Dec 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Top Alcohol Funny Car racers who thought they’d seen the last of Jonnie Lindberg might be in for a surprise as the two-time world champion appears headed back to his old stomping grounds. While Lindberg admits that his 2020 plans are still somewhat…
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Former NHRA Funny Car national event winner Gary Clapshaw passes away

Former NHRA Top Fuel and Funny Car racer Gary Clapshaw passed away Dec. 15. Clapshaw ran his own cars for years but is perhaps best remembered for generously loaning his Top Fuel dragster to legend Don Garlits, providing “Big Daddy” with the car to make his long-desired first 300-mph pass.
17 Dec 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Gary Clapwshaw
Former NHRA Top Fuel and Funny Car racer Gary Clapshaw passed away Dec. 15. He was 68. Clapshaw, a Funny Car event winner and Top Fuel finalist, ran his own cars for years out of his Hillsboro, Ore., base but is perhaps best remembered for…
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Safety pioneer Bill Simpson passes away; brought parachute to drag racing

Safety equipment pioneer Bill Simpson, founder of Simpson Racing Products, who introduced the concept of a braking parachutes in drag racing and also developed life-saving fire-retardant equipment for motorsports, died Dec. 16.
16 Dec 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Bill Simpson
Safety equipment pioneer Bill Simpson, founder of Simpson Racing Products, died Dec. 16, three days after suffering a massive stroke. He was 79. Although Simpson was known throughout the motorsports world for his dedication to the safety of its…
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Bo Butner and Strutmasters partner in Pro Stock for 2020

Bo Butner, the 2017 NHRA Pro Stock champion, has inked a deal with Strutmasters for the 2020 season of NHRA's Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.
14 Dec 2019
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Bo Butner
Bo Butner, the 2017 NHRA Pro Stock champion, has inked a deal with Strutmasters for the 2020 season of NHRA's Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. Butner will campaign a sleek new look on his Strutmasters/JBA Chevrolet Camaro featuring branding of…
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Rodney Flournoy: Still nitro after all these years

Rodney Flournoy was a Southern California fan favorite in the 1980s with his family-run Funny Car. Nearly 40 years later, he's still burning nitro in the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series, now with his daughter at his side.
13 Dec 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Rodney Flournoy
There are just certain racers you know who always bring a smile to your face, and for me, one of them is Rodney Flournoy. I met Rodney and his family my first year on the job back in the early 1980s and fell in love with them. Their Funny Car…
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WATCH: 2019 PRI Show interviews

More than 80 guests stopped by the NHRA booth through the three days of the 2019 PRI Show in Indianapolis to chat with NHRA on FOX hosts Brian Lohnes, Tony Pedregon, and John Kernan. Watch them all now.
12 Dec 2019
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Head over to the NHRA video page to watch more than 80 interviews with Mello Yello NHRA Drag Racing Series drivers, industry professionals, and crew chiefs hosted by NHRA on FOX broadcasters Brian Lohnes, Tony Pedregon and John Kernan. …
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Mahle announces extended partnership with Kalitta Motorsports

12 Dec 2019
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Mahle Aftermarket has announced the formation of Team Mahle, which marks the next level of partnership between Mahle Aftermarket and the wide network of elite motorsports competitors that support Mahle. Along with the creation of Team Mahle, an…
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NHRA National Dragster Year in Review issue now online and in the mail

NHRA National Dragster's final issue of 2019, the annual Year in Review edition, is online for NHRA members and in the mail to homes and shops around the world.
12 Dec 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
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NHRA National Dragster's final issue of 2019, the annual Year in Review edition, is online for NHRA members and in the mail to homes and shops around the world. The issue contains championship profiles from Top Fuel to Top Sportsman, including…
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Bowl For Riley event tops $700,000 mark with another great outing in Indy

NHRA and IndyCar drivers bowled and mingled with families and fans during Don Schumacher Racing's annual Bowl For Riley event in Indianapolis, which now has raised more than $700,000 for Riley Children’s Foundation.
12 Dec 2019
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Ford extends deals with Tasca Racing with multiyear NHRA contract

Ford Performance, along with Ford Customer Service Division and its brands Motorcraft and Quick Lane, have signed a multiyear deal with NHRA team owner and driver Bob Tasca III, continuing a long relationship with his Mustang Funny Car operation.
12 Dec 2019
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Bob Tasca
Ford Performance, along with Ford Customer Service Division (FCSD) and its brands Motorcraft and Quick Lane, have signed a multiyear deal with NHRA team owner and driver Bob Tasca III, continuing a long relationship with his Mustang Funny Car…
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Leverich Racing taps Joe Morrison to drive family’s Top Fuel dragster in 2020

Journeyman nostalgia drag racer Joe Morrison was introduced as the new shoe of the Leverich Family Racing Top Fuel Dragster for the 2020 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.
12 Dec 2019
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Joe Morrison
Journeyman nostalgia drag racer Joe Morrison was introduced as the new shoe of the Leverich Family Racing Top Fuel Dragster for the 2020 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. The announcement at the PRI Show in Indianapolis on Thursday…
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Mobil 1 returns to NHRA with multi-year sponsorship of TRD, Kalitta Motorsports

Mobil 1 will return to the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series in 2020. ExxonMobil, in partnership with Toyota Racing Development, will become Kalitta Motorsports’ official lubricant partner in 2020 and Mobil 1 racing oil will be used in all team cars. 
12 Dec 2019
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Mobil
Mobil 1 will return to the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series in 2020. ExxonMobil, in partnership with Toyota Racing Development (TRD), will become Kalitta Motorsports’ official lubricant partner in 2020 and Mobil 1 racing oil will be used in all…
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Most Memorable Moments of 2019: No. 1

The 2019 season was full of exciting moments, but which were the most memorable? NHRA fans took part in a vote and selected the 19 Most Memorable Moments of the season. No. 1: John Force wins 150.
12 Dec 2019
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The 2019 season was full of exciting moments, but which were the most memorable? NHRA fans took part in a vote and selected the 19 Most Memorable Moments of the season, which will be revealed in reverse order through the end of the year. …
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Live from the NHRA Stage at the PRI Show

The NHRA on FOX cameras are rolling at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show in Indianapolis with three full days of interviews from the show, available for viewing at NHRA.com .
12 Dec 2019
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WATCH: ALL 2019 PRI SHOW INTERVIEWS The interviews will be broadcast from booth 7032 in the Yellow Hall. If you're at the show, drop by and watch the interviews live or catch…
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Don Schumacher Racing drivers to star at PRI Show Grand Opening Breakfast

The drivers of Don Schumacher Racing will be the featured guests at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) show Grand Opening Breakfast Thursday morning. The breakfast will be streamed live on NHRA.com beginning at 7:45 a.m.
11 Dec 2019
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Don Schumacher
  The drivers of Don Schumacher Racing will be the featured guests at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) show Grand Opening Breakfast Thursday morning. The breakfast will be streamed live on NHRA.com beginning at 7:45 a.m. Jack…
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'Them Capco boys" hard at work gunning for third straight Top Fuel title in 2020

The holidays may be upon us shortly, but there's no holiday at Torrence Racing where the two-time Top Fuel champs are hard at work preparing for the 2020 season an a chance to join an elite group of teams who have won three straight titles.
11 Dec 2019
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Tickets now on sale for 66th annual U.S. Nationals, the World’s Biggest Drag Race

Tickets are now on sale for the 66th annual U.S. Nationals, the World’s Biggest Drag Race. This event, Sept. 2-7 at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis., marks the 18th stop on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing tour.
11 Dec 2019
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Tickets are now on sale for the 66th annual U.S. Nationals, the World’s Biggest Drag Race. This event marks the 18th stop on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing tour. This iconic event will take place Sept. 2-7 at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis…
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Robert Hight: "Who would have thought you'd ever see Funny Cars separated by inches at the finish line"

Funny Car world champion Robert Hight feels the nitro categories have caught up to Pro Stock in terms of tight finishes at the stripe.
10 Dec 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
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Robert Hight loves driving his Auto Club Chevy Camaro Funny Car in part because of its incredible elapsed times and high speeds. The jaw-dropping numbers have been self-evident since he worked as a crew member on John Force's team many years ago;…
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Final 2019 Hot Rod Heritage Series points

10 Dec 2019
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             Top Fuel   Driver Total 1 Mendy Fry 590 2 Adam…
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Understanding the Pro Mod parity process

The NHRA Tech Dept. goes to great lengths to maintain a level playing field in the E3 Pro Mod Drag Racing series as the class is set to welcome new technology in 2020
10 Dec 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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This much is certain; there is nothing certain about an NHRA Pro Mod car. By nature, any full-bodied car capable of running over 250-mph in less than six seconds is going to be unpredictable to a large degree, and that is one of the characteristics…
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Terry McMillen Top Fuel team burning the midnight Amalie to assure a better 2020

After a disappointing season in which Terry McMillen failed to qualify for the Countdown to the Championship, crew chief Rob Wendland and the Amalie Motor Oil Top Fuel team are hard at work to make sure that doesn't happen again in 2020.
09 Dec 2019
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Annual DSR Bowl For Riley event will raise funds for Indy children’s hospital

Don Schumacher Racing will host its annual Bowl For Riley event, Dec.  11 in Indianapolis where NHRA and IndyCar drivers will bowl and mingle with families and fans during a night of fun and fundraising for the Riley Children’s Foundation.
09 Dec 2019
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Don Schumacher Racing will host its annual Bowl For Riley event, Dec.  11 in Indianapolis where NHRA and IndyCar drivers will bowl and mingle with families and fans during a night of fun and fundraising for the Riley Children’s Foundation.…
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Following hiring of Eric Lane, work is racing along at Cruz Pedregon Racing

With the recent hiring of crew chief Eric Lane, there's a lot of work -- and a lot of optimism -- flowing at Cruz Pedregon Racing, where the former two-time world champ is eager to get back into the thick of the championship race.
09 Dec 2019
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Vote for the Most Memorable Moments of the 2019 NHRA season

The 2019 season was full of exciting moments, but which were the most memorable? NHRA fans can vote now to help select the 19 Most Memorable Moments of the 2019 season, which will be revealed in reverse order through the end of the year beginning Dec. 13.
06 Dec 2019
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The 2019 season was full of exciting moments, but which were the most memorable? NHRA fans can vote now to help select the 19 Most Memorable Moments of the 2019 season, which will be revealed in reverse order through the end of the year beginning…
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Off-season is really the busy season at Don Schumacher Racing

They call the time between the Auto Club NHRA Finals and the season-opening Winternationals the "off-season," but there's very little time being taking off at Don Schumacher Racing, where work is progressing on the team's 2020 machines.
05 Dec 2019
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