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Mello Yello Series heads to Bristol Dragway for thrilling Father’s Day action

14 Jun 2016
News
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads back to one of the most picturesque dragstrips on the 24-race circuit to host the 16th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, June 17-19, at Bristol Dragway. The race is the 11th event of the 2016 season…
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Super Summernationals

14 Jun 2016
Brad Littlefield, National Dragster Associate Editor
Tuesday Morning Crew Chief
Historic Old Bridge Township Raceway Park hosted the NHRA Summernationals, an event that lived up to its name when racers took on a warm racing surface Sunday. Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), Ron Capps (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock), and…
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Three-peat!

14 Jun 2016
Ashley Oberhofer
On the Run: Kalitta Motorsports
At the end of my last blog, I said that I was hoping to have some happy news after our next races, and I’m excited to report back with some great news from Team Kalitta! It’s been an eventful month or so since I last wrote, so let’…
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Protect The Harvest named title sponsor of Seattle event

13 Jun 2016
News
Protect The Harvest, a group founded in 2011 to assist in the fight for the rights of America’s farmers, ranchers, animal owners, and sportsmen/sportswomen, has signed an agreement to become the title-rights sponsor of the upcoming NHRA Mello…
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Barton goes back to back in Factory Stock rout

12 Jun 2016
News
David Barton
David Barton’s victory at the season-opening SAM Tech Factory Stock Showdown event in Gainesville was impressive, but his second win in Englishtown was nothing less than a good old fashioned drubbing. Barton, driving Gary Wolkwitz’s supercharged…
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Torrence, Capps, Anderson win again; Sampey breaks victory drought in E-town

12 Jun 2016
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Top 20 Funny Cars: Introducing No. 15

12 Jun 2016
News
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 …
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Best of Englishtown

12 Jun 2016
National Dragster staff
Poll Position
The aptly named 2016 NHRA Summernationals featured great performances on the opening day of qualifying before teams adapted to warm conditions that created exciting racing at historic Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown. Ron Capps'…
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Torrence, Capps, Line, Krawiec hold on to Summernationals qualifying leads

11 Jun 2016
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Torrence, Capps, Line, Krawiec lead after opening day of Summernationals qualifying

10 Jun 2016
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More of Phil's Foto Follies

10 Jun 2016
Phil Burgess, National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
Ask someone if they want to see your old family photos, and they’ll probably come up with an excuse to go do something less painful; root canal comes to mind. But ask any drag racing fan if he or she would like to look at your old drag racing…
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Tricky Tipster's Englishtown picks

09 Jun 2016
News
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.…
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Summernationals has always seemed like home for Anderson

09 Jun 2016
News
Greg Anderson has a strong affinity for racing in the Northeast, and the results back up that claim for the four-time Pro Stock world champion. Anderson won in Epping for the second straight year on Monday and has a Pro Stock-best six victories at…
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DeJoria appears on FOXNews.com Live

09 Jun 2016
News
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com In advance of this weekend’s NHRA Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Alexis DeJoria made a stop in…
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Johnson Jr. hopes history repeats itself at Raceway Park

09 Jun 2016
News
It took a final-round appearance in New England for Tommy Johnson Jr. to get his season on track a year ago. The Funny Car standout now hopes history is about to repeat itself heading into this weekend’s 47th annual NHRA Summernationals at…
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Event preview: NHRA Summernationals

09 Jun 2016
News
The racers in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series had just a short stroll down the Eastern Seaboard from last weekend’s event in Epping to Englishtown for the 47th running of one of the all-time great NHRA events, the NHRA Summernationals…
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1976 Summernationals

09 Jun 2016
Alex Waldron, National Dragster Associate Editor
Throwback Thursday
June is a busy month for drag racing with four straight weekends of NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series action. This weekend, we head from New Hampshire to New Jersey for the 47th annual NHRA Summernationals in Englishtown. In this week’s…
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NHRA eliminates oildown fines during qualifying and time trials

08 Jun 2016
News
NHRA’s competition committee announced today it will eliminate all monetary fines for any oildown violations that occur during qualifying rounds and time trials. The policy applies to all teams, both professional and sportsman classes, and is…
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Deconstructing Topeka's wild moments

08 Jun 2016
News
Even though the NHRA Kansas Nationals is in the rearview mirror, people are still talking about some of the wild moments at Heartland Park Topeka, including two wild final rounds and a weird starting-line crash. NHRA FOX reporters Tony Pedregon and…
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NHRA announces 2017 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule

08 Jun 2016
News
The 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule has been announced by NHRA officials. The 24-race circuit continues to reach more U.S. markets than any other major motorsports series and will once again thrill millions of fans with its…
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2015 Summernationals flashback

08 Jun 2016
News
Antron Brown raced to his third victory of the season and first ever Top Fuel win at his home track, Old Bridge Township Raceway Park to win the 2015 NHRA Summernationals. Matt Hagan (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock), and Jerry Savoie (Pro…
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Win at home track would come at perfect time for Nobile

08 Jun 2016
News
New York native Vincent Nobile would like nothing more than to win for the first time at his home track, storied Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. After what has been a frustrating start to his 2016 NHRA…
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Eddie Krawiec: From track manager to world champ

08 Jun 2016
News
During his days as the dragstrip manager at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, Eddie Krawiec often dreamed that he would one day get a chance to race a Pro Stock Motorcycle in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. That dream…
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Power couple

08 Jun 2016
Kevin McKenna, National Dragster Senior Editor
The Sports Report
Division 1 Sportsman racers Doug Doll and Allison Smyth have been dating for about a year, and based on their recent results, the relationship has done wonders for their racing careers. At the recent Northeast Division NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing…
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Iconic Summernationals next on schedule

07 Jun 2016
News
The fastest motorsport on the planet will sprint into the Garden State for more 10,000-horsepower, nitro-burning action at the 47th annual NHRA Summernationals, June 9-12, at storied Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. The event, which is the second…
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Brown will try to top last year’s milestone Summernationals victory

07 Jun 2016
News
Defending Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown may have a tough time topping his performance at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park from a year ago, but entering this weekend’s 47th annual NHRA…
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An epic Epping

07 Jun 2016
Brad Littlefield, National Dragster Associate Editor
Tuesday Morning Crew Chief
An action-packed NHRA New England Nationals may not have been executed as it was drawn up, but it was an event that people will be talking about for a long while. The Funny Car category itself stole the show once again. The first round of…
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Brown, Capps, Anderson earn Epping titles

06 Jun 2016
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Best of Epping

06 Jun 2016
National Dragster staff
Poll Position
It took an extra day to complete the 2016 NHRA New England Nationals, but it was well worth the wait because fans were treated to a great day of racing action under sunny, blue skies. Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Ron Capps (Funny Car), and Greg …
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Rain postpones NHRA New England Nationals

05 Jun 2016
News
NHRA officials postponed eliminations for the NHRA New England Nationals at New England Dragway until Monday, June 6, following a day of lengthy rain delays. Officials worked during the course of the day to dry the track, but intermittent and steady…
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