Champions crowned at California Hot Rod Reunion
The final day of the 25th annual California Hot Rod Reunion presented by Automobile Club of Southern California concluded with intense quarter-mile drag strip racing on Sunday. Event and category champions were crowned as the sun set over Auto Club…
Johnson, Marathon Petroleum announce extended sponsorship agreement
NHRA Pro Stock racer Allen Johnson and Marathon Petroleum Corporation have announced an extended sponsorship agreement to continue their partnership into the 2017 season. “We are thankful for our continued partnership with Marathon Petroleum…
The top three: Force
Continuing my review of the three cars and drivers remaining in the Top 20 Funny Cars polls, we move from Dale Pulde’s ’77 War Eagle Pontiac to John Force’s ’96 Castrol Firebird. Again, don’t read anything into me putting…
Langdon enjoying strong turnaround heading to Vegas
The last time Shawn Langdon was at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, he was mired in a frustrating early-season slump that included five straight first-round losses to open the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. Much has changed…
NHRA Today: Krawiec comes up big in Big D to claim points lead
Eddie Krawiec’s holeshot final-round victory over Jerry Savoie at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals gave the three-time former world champ the points lead in Pro Stock Motorcycle with just two events remaining. Krawiec, who led the points form…
Throwback Thursday: Krawiec's winless championship season
Eddie Krawiec is the current points leader in Pro Stock Motorcycle, having scored five wins this season including two in the Countdown, but he claimed his first ever championship in 2008 without collecting a single race win. Krawiec started his…
NHRA Today: Lee ready for Team Kalitta debut in Las Vegas
Funny Car racer Paul Lee, who will make his season debut at the Toyota NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas as part of the Kalitta Motorsports team, visited the Wally Parks NHRA Studio where Amanda Busick spoke with him about his new team and his plans for…
NHRA fans support Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and NHRA drivers and fans have been promoting the cause in numerous ways, from special-edition cars to messages of hope and support. NHRA’s Amanda Busick takes a look at some social media posts from…
Krawiec's winless 2008 championship season
Eddie Krawiec is the current points leader in Pro Stock Motorcycle, having scored five wins this season including two in the Countdown, but he claimed his first ever championship in 2008 without collecting a single race win. Krawiec started his…
SealMaster, Kalitta Motorsports announce contract extension
SealMaster and Kalitta Motorsports have announced a contract extension for the 2017 season. SealMaster the one-stop source for pavement maintenance products and equipment, will continue as the primary sponsor on J.R. Todd’s Top Fuel dragster…
Hall in the family
For Rusty Hall, winning the Stock final at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals wasn’t all that difficult. Although he trailed Bobby Brannon off the starting line, Hall decided to hit the brakes, then watched his win light shine after Brannon…
Free COPD screening at California Hot Rod Reunion
Racers and fans attending this weekend’s NHRA’s California Hot Rod Reunion can take part in a free COPD screening event, thanks to the Right2Breate Project. Joe Morrison, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of…
California Hot Rod Reunion will give drag racing fans a blast from the past
The California hot rod culture will be on full display at the tradition-rich California Hot Rod Reunion presented by Automobile Club of Southern California at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif., Oct. 21-23. The three-day event…
Dallas finals from Mello Yello 360-degree starting-line camera
Ever wonder what an NHRA drag race looks like from the chief starter’s point of view? NHRA fans and race teams can enjoy a new level of immersion and interaction with their favorite sport as NHRA experiments with 360-degree video from the…
Forces, Hight interact with Auto Club NHRA Finals ticket purchasers
NHRA cameras were rolling as 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force, along with teammates Brittany and Courtney Force and Robert Hight, answered phones and talked with fans who ordered tickets for the Auto Club NHRA Finals Fans who called in…
Drivers willing to risk it all in Las Vegas
The high rollers of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series know what’s at stake at the 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Oct. 27-30. As the second-to-last race of the 2016 season, the opportunity to…
Thinning the herd
Following a thrilling and memorable AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals in Dallas, the field of contenders remaining in the Countdown to the Championship has been trimmed to just a handful in most cases, but that doesn’t mean that anything has been…
Brown takes commanding points lead with Top Fuel win; Hagan, Skillman, Krawiec also shine in Dallas
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AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals Sunday notebook
The second half of the 2016 Countdown to the Championship kicked off this weekend at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals, and when the dust settled at the end of today’s eliminations, one title contender continued to pull away from the pack, and…
Best of Dallas
After three action-packed events to open the Countdown to the Championship playoffs, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series headed to Texas for the fourth of six events that will determine this year’s world champions. The exciting action…
AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals Saturday notebook
Drivers in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series classes got their final shots at qualifying and fine-tuning race-day setups for eliminations during today’s final two qualifying sessions, and though there were some improvements and shuffling…
Track records tumble as Hight, Brown lead nitro fields; points leaders Line and Hines lead Pro Stock shows
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AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals Friday notebook
The AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals kicks off the second half of the 2016 Countdown to the Championship, and with just three races remaining to determine the world champions in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, there is a greater sense of…
Troy Coughlin Jr. to join Kalitta Motorsports in third Top Fuel machine in 2017
Kalitta Motorsports has announced the expansion to a third Top Fuel dragster team to be driven by Troy Coughlin, Jr., beginning in the 2017 season. This announcement aligns two of the legendary names in the sport, Kalitta and Coughlin, for the…
Krawiec coming on strong heading to Dallas
Starting the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship with a first-round loss is usually not an ideal recipe to winning a world championship. It’s the exact scenario Pro Stock Motorcycle standout Eddie Krawiec was…
Event Preview: AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals
The 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship enters the second half with the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals at venerable Texas Motorplex, home of so much history since its creation in 1986. Three decades later, the all-concrete supertrack…
The top three: Pulde
With the Top 20 Funny Cars list whittled down to just three – “Jungle Jim” Liberman’s '73 Vega, Dale Pulde’s '77 War Eagle Trans Am, and John Force’s '96 Castrol Firebird -- and the top two not to be announced for…
National Dragster's Top 10 Reading photos
NHRA National Dragster photographer Marc Gewertz stopped by the Wally Parks NHRA Studio to share with NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom the staff’s favorite images from the Dodge NHRA Nationals.
Tricky Tipster's Dallas picks
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.…