Top Alcohol history lesson
The Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals was the 600th race in the history of the Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car categories. Let's take a look back at how it all started. The Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car classes have…
Crew Chief Confidential: Rahn Tobler
A veteran crew chief, Rahn Tobler has been working full time in NHRA Drag Racing for more than 40 years, working for a variety of drivers ranging from Shirley Muldowney to current shoe Ron Capps. Tobler’s long and distinguished résum…
NHRA racers, fans raise nearly $11,000 at charity karting event
Scotty Pollacheck, Jack Beckman, and Ron Capps raced and rubbed elbows with fans at the annual charity event. Nearly 40 race fans mingled with stars from the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series April 9 and helped support a great cause…
Bob Vandergriff announces immediate retirement from drag racing
Bob Vandergriff, team owner of Bob Vandergriff Racing (BVR), which has been fielding two Top Fuel dragsters on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series tour, has announced his retirement from the sport following the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals…
Del Worsham's Five Favorite Funny Cars
Reigning NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car champ Del Worsham has been around Funny Cars since he was a youngster, hanging out and helping his father, Chuck, on the family Funny Cars and watching the racers and racing from the sidelines …
Top Twitter accounts
Legend John Force joined Twitter during the Las Vegas event (@JohnForce_FC), and his account is quickly becoming a favorite among fans. Which other drivers are must follows on the social…
An inside look at Wilkerson’s shop
After a strong stint in the Sportsman ranks that included winning Top Alcohol Funny Car at the 1994 Topeka event and two Division 3 championships in that category, Tim Wilkerson joined the nitro Funny Car class in 1996, debuting in Gainesville, and…
Top 20 list: The fans weigh in
VOTE NOW! Our Top 20 Funny Cars list was released last Thursday – a day late due to some technical glitches – but…
Enders returns to Sportsman roots this weekend
Two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders will return to her racing roots this weekend behind the wheel of the Orteq Energy Technologies Super Gas car at the NHRA Division 4 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series race at No Problem Raceway Park. …
Top five Funny Car moments: Las Vegas
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has hosted an NHRA national event since 2000 and has supplied a number of highlights across all categories, but especially in Funny Car. As part of NHRA’s 50 Years of Funny Car celebration, NHRA’s…
Todd, Team Kalitta welcome NASCAR stars to NHRA SealMaster Track Walk
Kalitta Motorsports and J.R. Todd, driver of the SealMaster Top Fuel dragster, are pleased to welcome NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) and ThorSport Racing drivers Rico Abreu, Matt Crafton, Cameron Hayley, and Ben Rhodes to the NHRA Four-…
Blaine Johnson
On this week’s journey into the NHRA National Dragster photo archives, we look into the file of one of the greatest competitors in the sport, Blaine Johnson. Ranked No. 36 on the NHRA Top 50 Drivers list in 2001, Johnson experienced…
NHRA viewership hits 14-year high on FOX Sports 1 telecast
The television viewership of last weekend’s Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway delivered 1,292,000 viewers on Sunday’s finals show alone, making it the most-watched NHRA event in 14 years. The show…
Tucker returns to Pro Stock competition
Shane Tucker will return to the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series this season with his Auzmet Architectural/Rob Tucker Racing Chevrolet Camaro. The Australian racer plans to join the competition for seven races in 2016. Tucker took a year-and-a-…
Taking the fifth
In the February 3, 2016, edition of The Sports Report, Dan Fletcher was asked specifically about the prospect of winning a race in Super Comp, one of the few things that had eluded him during his Hall of Fame career. Fletcher was not only…
Three of a kind
The Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway featured some great racing. However, I would be remiss not to begin this column without mentioning the absence of late…
Best of Las Vegas
After three exciting races to open up the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, the tour headed to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Would the first of two annual trips to the Nevada desert live up to the hype of those first three events,…
Remembering Mark Lyle
Final eliminations at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway are under way, and the memory of Chief Starter Mark Lyle, who passed away March 27, has been very much a part of the event. Lyle, who had held the…
Horsepower Challenge history: Anderson wins No. 5
Greg Anderson drove his Summit Racing Chevy to the 2016 K&N Horsepower Challenge title, his fifth win in the bonus race. Anderson got a single in the final when teammate Jason Line was unable to make a run due to fluid leaking from his engine…
Lowes Foods named presenting sponsor of the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
Lowes Foods has been named presenting sponsor for the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway, April 22-24, the fifth event in the 24-race 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. As presenting sponsor, Lowes Foods will conduct marketing…
Anderson leads K&N Horsepower Challenge field in Las Vegas
The K&N Horsepower Challenge field has been set, and Greg Anderson leads the star-studded field as the No. 1 seed in the lucrative special event, which will take center stage Saturday, April 2, during the 17th annual Denso Spark Plugs NHRA…
Enders searching for good vibes in Las Vegas
The first three races in the new-look Pro Stock class haven’t brought the desired results for two-time defending world champion Erica Enders. But if she is looking for good vibes and a swift turnaround, her recent stellar track record shows…
Fans to determine Top 20 most important Funny Cars
VOTE NOW! As part of NHRA’s 50th Anniversary of Funny Car celebration, fans will have the opportunity to vote for the cars they believe are the most important in…
Tricky Tipster's Las Vegas 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.…
Top 20 Funny Cars
In case you missed the announcement today on NHRA.com, we’ve revealed the final Top 20 list of Funny Cars from which fans can…
2001 Las Vegas
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series is back in the desert for the 17th annual Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas. This week, we will look through the NHRA National Dragster photo files from the second event held at The Strip…
Event preview: Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals
Last year’s spring event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was filled with excitement, drama, and some foreshadowing for the season. In Top Fuel, Richie Crampton scored his first of five wins in 2015 with the Lucas Oil flagship entry,…