Auto Club NHRA Finals Super Comp winner Zach Meziere
Zach Meziere became the fourth member of the Meziere family to claim a national event win when he earned the Super Comp title. The third-generation racer drove to an 8.911 in the final round to get the best of opponent Dick Vander Meer’s 8.…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Stock winner Bob Gullett
The late-season drama that historically surrounds the crowning of the Lucas Oil Series national champions was confined to Stock in Pomona, where Jeff Strickland and Brad Burton entered the event in a heated battle for the top spot. Strickland,…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Comp winner Brian Hyerstay
Pomona Comp titlist Bryan Hyerstay won the season finale event after a second-place finish in the championship battle. Wheeling his tiny Volkswagen-powered G/Dragster, Hyerstay lost .17-second to Competition Index Control penalties before he…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Alcohol Funny Car winner Doug Gordon
Doug Gordon came up short in his bid to unseat Jonnie Lindberg for the 2016 Top Alcohol Funny Car title, but he was able to finish the season on a high note with a Pomona victory. Gordon drove his MB Cabinets Camaro to his sixth win of the season.…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Alcohol Dragster winner Joey Severance
Back-to-back Top Alcohol Dragster champ Joey Severance collected his sixth national event win of the season at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona. Severance, who locked up his second straight Top Alcohol Dragster championship weeks ago,…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Super Stock winner Dan Fletcher
Touring pro Dan Fletcher capped off a successful 2016 season by claiming the 99th victory of his career at the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona. Fletcher, who opened the season with a win at the Circle K NHRA Winternationals,…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Sportsman champion highlights
Touring pro Dan Fletcher capped off a successful 2016 season by claiming the 99th victory of his career, and back-to-back Top Alcohol Dragster champ Joey Severance collected his sixth national event win of the season to highlight the roster of NHRA…
2016 Nitro Qualifying By the Numbers
Following is look at the drivers in Top Fuel and Funny Car who had the best overall qualifying efforts throughout the 2016 season and in the Countdown to the Championship, breaking down qualifying bonus points and average starts.…
2016 NHRA Mello Yello Awards Ceremony
Antron Brown, Ron Capps, Jason Line and Jerry Savoie were the headliners crowned as world champions Nov. 14 during the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Awards Ceremony at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland. The four drivers…
Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series set to race at premier facilities across the country in 2017
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 with a minimum of six in each of…
Highest Rate of Success among Top Finalists
In the history of NHRA, only 15 drivers have advanced to 100 or more final rounds. Which of those have made the most of their opportunities in the money round? In this week’s Fast Five, we look at the five drivers on the 100 final-rounds list with…
NHRA Today: Lindberg licenses in Wilkerson's nitro Funny Car
After wrapping up his second straight Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Top Alcohol Funny Car championship, Jonnie Lindberg set his sights on the future by making licensing in Tim Wilkerson’s nitro Funny Car. Lindberg made runs of 3.91 and 3.96 to…
2017 Winternationals, Gatornationals tickets now on sale
Tickets for two of NHRA’s most tradition-rich events, the season-opening Circle K NHRA Winternationals and the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, are now available for purchase.…
Farrrrrr out ... it's 'Jungle Jim's' Vega
As “Jungle Jim” Liberman probably would have exclaimed, having the No. 1 Funny Car of all time on the fan-voted top-20 list is pretty “farrrrrr out.”
Yes, race fans, when the final votes were tabulated, Liberman’s vaunted ’73 Vega emerged atop…
It's Drags over Checkered Flags as Hight beats Logano
Auto Club of Southern California NHRA Funny Car racer Robert Hight claimed victory over his Auto Club-backed NASCAR teammate Joey Logano in the Drags or Checkered Flags fan vote. Over the course of…
NHRA ends successful season on FOX
Sports Video Group, a knowledge resource for sports content in the growing community of sports video professionals, published an article recently on its website about NHRA’s incredible first season with FOX. The article is reprinted here…
Elite Motorsports and Mopar to part ways in 2017
Elite Motorsports and Mopar have announced that they will end their partnership at the end of the 2016 racing season. Elite Motorsports drivers and multi-time world champions Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Erica Enders both competed with Mopar-backed Pro…
The rarest double of them all
Other than the final round of the Auto Club NHRA Finals, where he lost to Bob Gullett’s nearly perfect run, there likely isn’t much that Jeff Strickland would have changed about the 2016 season. Strickland opened the year with a…
Reed named Auto Club Road to the Future Award winner
Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Cory Reed was named the winner of the 2016 Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future award, presented annually to the season’s top rookie competitor in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. Reed…
Kalitta honored with first NHRA Lifetime Achievement Award
Kalitta Motorsports founder and owner Connie Kalitta was honored last night at the season-ending Mello Yello Awards Ceremony with NHRA's Lifetime Achievement Award. This is the first time in NHRA history that this award has been given.
Kalitta's…
Saving the best for last
Antron Brown locked up the 2016 NHRA Mello Top Fuel championship in Las Vegas, and Ron Capps didn’t need to do much more than qualify to finally seal the deal on his long-awaited first Funny Car title, but that did little to reduce the…
Brown, Capps, Line and Savoie honored as 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series world champions in Hollywood
Antron Brown, Ron Capps, Jason Line and Jerry Savoie were the…
2016 NHRA Mello Yello champs
Four new NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series champs have been crowned, each with his own unique story, but which one was the most special or most deserving? While it’s easy to say that the sentimental favorite is Ron Capps, who finally scored…
Summit Series national champs crowned
Jeff Hefler won his third Summit Racing Series national championship and was joined in victory by Timothy Smith, Chad Isley, and Curtis Spracklin as the yearlong competition raced to a conclusion at the Auto Club NHRA Finals.
The quartet of…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Sunday Notebook
The 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season came to a dramatic conclusion Sunday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona, with both world and event champs being crowned on a hot day at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.
Jason Line in Pro Stock…
Seconds take first at Finals as Kalitta, Johnson, Anderson collect wins at season finale
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Line dominates for third Pro Stock crown
Mello Yello's Al Rondon, left, and NHRA President Peter Clifford congratulated Jason Line after he clinched his third Pro Stock world championship. Jason Line capped a dominant season by…
Savoie claims dramatic Pro Stock Motorcycle title
Likable Louisiana alligator farmer Jerry Savoie completed one of the most improbable championship runs in history on Sunday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona when he clinched the NHRA Mello…
Liberman Vega voted top Funny Car of all time
"Jungle Jim" Liberman's 1973 Chevrolet Vega was named as the winner of the Top 20 Funny Cars fan vote, marking the conclusion NHRA’s seasonlong 50 Years of Funny Car celebration. John Force's 1996 Castrol GTX …