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Alexis DeJoria suffered her third concussion in four months when she slammed into the wall in Las Vegas in October, which ended her 2016 season early. The driver of the Tequila Patron Funny Car driver never doubted her 2017 return, and joined NHRA…

The NHRA competition committee has announced changes to qualifying procedures at all NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events, changes to the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship, and also announced an added point-and-…

George Howard long ago secured his place in drag racing history. The longtime track operator, race promoter, who passed away on Sunday, January 8, after a brief illness, had the audacity to think that he could offer a top prize of $40,000 for an E.T…

When each season starts, drivers often talk about the importance of getting a great start to the season, but does early success, particularly at the Circle K NHRA Winternationals, lead to a successful season overall? It did for Ron Capps last season…

There have been some major changes this off season for Connie Kalitta’s race team led by rookie Troy Coughlin Jr. making the move to fulltime Top Fuel driver and J.R. Todd going from a Top Fuel car to the DHL Funny Car and numerous changes in the…

In the high-speed world of NHRA Championship Drag Racing, things can happen in the blink of an eye. Wins and losses are decided by milliseconds but when things go wrong on the track, NHRA racers know that they also can rely on the lightning-quick…

7-Eleven, the world’s largest convenience store chain, is gearing up for a high-speed promotion in 2017, partnering with Jim Dunn Racing and associate sponsor Oberto Beef Jerky for the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. The primary…

Don "the Snake" Prudhomme earned his first of 49 career wins with his victory in Roland Leong's Hawaiian Top Fueler at the 1965 Winternationals.  

John Force Racing is strengthening its racing operations in preparation for multiple championship runs for the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season.   Sixteen-time Funny Car champion John Force will reunite with crew chief…

Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Ron Capps (Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock), and Jerry Savoie (Pro Stock Motorcycle) will be bannering the No. 1 on the side of their rides this season after finishing the 2016 season as champs, but can they keep it? All…

National Dragster Senior Editor Kevin McKenna broke the news Tuesday afternoon that two-time Top Alcohol Funny Car champion Jonnie Lindberg would…

Insider readers got such a charge late last year out of James Ibusuki’s detailed recounting of the many faces of the fabled Jungle Jim” Liberman Vega that I’m revisiting the idea again, this time using Don Prudhomme’s first Hot Wheels Barracuda as…

The NHRA Summit Racing Jr. Drag Racing League offers kids ages 5-17 a chance to race half-scale dragsters in a controlled environment at many of NHRA's 130 member tracks throughout the United States and in Canada. The cars that Jr. Drag Racing…

For the 16th season, the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series will compete at top flight NHRA Drag Racing facilities across the county for the 2017 season. The upcoming 2017 schedule will feature 45 divisional events…

The 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season kicks off in just over a month with the Circle K NHRA Winternationals Feb. 9-12 at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.   Every February since 1961, fans have flocked to Southern California for…

Two-time and reigning NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car champion Jonnie Lindberg will make the move to the big leagues in 2017 as the new driver of Jim Head’s Toyota nitro Funny Car. Lindberg will replace Chad Head, who elected to step out of the driver’s…

From first-time winners to thrilling final rounds, the 2016 Top Fuel season of the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series had it all. Here’s a look back at five of the most memorable moments from the year.

Record-breaking elapsed times and speeds were a regular sight during Funny Car racing during the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season, a year also highlighted by John Force’s final-round victory over daughter Courtney in Denver in front…

The 2016 season was packed with memorable moments and amazing firsts. Here’s a look back at some of the year’s highlights and biggest stories. TOP 5 STORIES …

Annual subscriptions to NHRA All Access, NHRA’s live streaming and video-on-demand product, are now available for the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season.   Launched in 2016, NHRA All Access provides a live video stream from…

From first-time winners to the domination of the KB Racing team in a new era of fuel injection, the 2016 Pro Stock season was once for the history books. Here’s a look at the top five moments in the class this season.

Twas the Friday before Christmas, and all ‘cross the Nation Insider fans were fretting, thinking Phil’s on vacation. The browsers were loaded to the designated page In hopes of a column with which to engage. With letters all nestled correctly…

A triumvirate of nitro tuning talent will serve as co-crew chiefs in 2017 for Terry Chandler's Infinite Hero Foundation Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car with driver Jack Beckman at Don Schumacher Racing. Dean Antonelli joins John Medlen and veteran U.…

Elite Motorsports team owner Richard Freeman has announced that multi-time world champion drag racers Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Erica Enders will fight for the 2017 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock crown in a pair of RJ Racecars-built Chevrolet…

The highly competitive NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series saw increased television ratings during 2016, the first year partnership with FOX Sports. The highest rated show during the season was the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA…

Capps (arrow) previously held a parabolic microphone for a San Francisco radio station on the sidelines during the 2013 Super Bowl. Ron Capps has already begun reaping the benefits of being the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car champion.…

The Mopar brand is adding horsepower to its support of NHRA Sportsman racers with a slate of new programs and resources for the 2017 season. Initiatives include factory-backing for select Mopar and Dodge NHRA Sportsman teams, a new “Magneti…

Funny Car driver Cruz Pedregon made news recently with his announcement on social media that Aaron Brooks will join his team as crew chef on the Snap on Tools Toyota in 2017. Pedregon joined NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom on Skype recently to talk…

Top Fuel fan favorite Scott Palmer is gearing up for a full assault on the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series tour. On the heels of a career-best season in which Palmer finished No. 12 in the final standings after competing at 19 of 24…

Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Fla., has joined the NHRA Member Track Network within the Southeast Division, NHRA’s Division 2. Bradenton Motorsports Park opened in 1974 as DeSoto Memorial Dragway and held a Lucas Oil series event…