Antron Brown's 2012 Top Fuel championship
From the Wally Parks NHRA Studio, NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom takes a look back at current Top Fuel points leader Antron Brown’s nail-biting 2012 Top Fuel championship run and all the drama that surrounded an unforgettable moment at the…
Precision Turbo & Engine named presenting sponsor of St. Louis Pro Mods
Precision Turbo & Engine is the presenting sponsor for the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series portion of the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at St. Louis, Sept. 23-25. The race is the ninth of 10 events for the NHRA J&A…
Hagan aims to conquer another first in St. Louis
Matt Hagan, a two-time Funny Car world champion, had never won the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals before breaking through this season. After conquering that first, Hagan hopes to repeat that trend…
Texas Motorplex welcomes back NHRA South Central Division Summit Series Finals
Texas Motorplex will host the 2016 NHRA South Central Division Summit Racing Series Finals, September 23-25. Top drivers from NHRA member tracks across the South Central division will compete in six classes for individual and team honors.…
Kalitta to run DeWalt FlexVolt colors in St. Louis, Reading
For the second consecutive season, NHRA Countdown for the Championship contender Doug Kalitta will showcase the colors of DeWalt. The black and yellow scheme will be campaigned for the next two NHRA Mello Yello events, in St. Louis and Reading, Pa…
When perfect isn't perfect
This was likely a foregone conclusion in April, but now it’s all but a certainty: Doug Doll Jr. will be the 2016 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Comp eliminator national champion after driving Charlie Greco’s dragster to a win at…
NHRA Today: Points battles rage on at Countdown opener
They didn’t reach the winner’s circle at the Countdown to the Championship opener in Charlotte, but Ron Capps, Tommy Johnson Jr., and Andrew Hines were still winners as far as the points were concerned as each improved their position…
Kinsley returns to Top Fuel competition in St. Louis, Dallas
Kebin Kinsley and the Hennen Motorsports Top Fuel team will return to NHRA action at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park and at the AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals at his hometrack, Texas Motorplex. Earlier this season…
Brown continues quest for second straight title
After winning in Charlotte to open the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship, Antron Brown’s quest for a second straight Top Fuel world championship is already starting to look similar to 2015. Considering his…
Dodge named title rights sponsor of NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event at Maple Grove Raceway
Dodge has signed an agreement to become the title rights sponsor of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event at Maple Grove Raceway. The 32nd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals will be held Sept. 29-Oct. 2 and is the third race in the six-race…
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Super Comp champ Gary Stinnett
Super Comp champ Gary Stinnett, a four-time national champion, earned his second Indy win and first since 1994 when final-round opponent Greg Kamplain fouled. Kamplain was attempting to win back-to-back Indy titles after his 2015 victory in Comp.
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Alcohol Dragster champ Dan Page
Chassis builder Dan Page realized a lifelong dream when he drove Art Gallant’s entry to victory. Page left first in the final against Shawn Cowie and held on for a close 6.35 to 6.36 victory. In a remarkable showing of consistency, Page ran…
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Super Gas champ Tommy Phillips
Tommy Phillips, coming off a win two weeks earlier in Brainerd, stayed hot with a Super Gas victory against Ray Miller III in the final. The win was No. 37 for Phillips and his second at Indy, following his 2012 Super Comp title.
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Stock champ Jeff Lopez
Jeff Lopez, another a second-generation racer, had previously won four national event titles, but all of them had come in heads-up classes and none at Indy. Driving his COPO Camaro, Lopez stopped the manually shifted Cobra Jet Mustang of Charley…
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Sportsman champion highlights
More than 700 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competitors rolled through the gates of storied Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis for the 62nd annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, but just seven of those drivers accomplished their primary…
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Super Stock champ Ryan Haag
Ryan Haag, the son of longtime Division 3 racer David Haag, is a former Jr. Dragster champion who was appearing in his first national event final. He met Division 6 racer Sean Cour in the Super Stock final and put together a great performance with…
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Comp champ Kevin Self
U.S. Nationals Comp champ Kevin Self won for the third time in his career when he defeated three-time Indy champ Jason Coan in the final. For Self, the victory carried extra meaning because his father, Glen, won the Street class at Indy in 1969.…
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Alcohol Funny Car champ Jonnie Lindberg
Reigning Top Alcohol Funny Car champ Jonnie Lindberg took a big step toward a possible repeat title when he won his fourth event of the season. Lindberg moved into first place in the standings after final-round opponent Annie Whiteley shook the…
Four Southeast tracks join NHRA Member Track Network
Four tracks owned by racing businessman Ozzy Moya have joined the NHRA Member Track Network and will be part of Division 2. Orlando Speed World Dragway in Orlando, Fla., Lakeland Drag Strip in Lakeland, Fla., South Georgia Motorsports Park in Cecil…
Wilkerson hopes to regain magic touch at 'home'
Starting from the ninth position in the star-studded Funny Car class, Tim Wilkerson knows he needs impressive showings right off the bat in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the…
Welcome to the Countdown
The 2016 Countdown to the Championship kicked off at zMAX Dragway at the NHRA Carolina Nationals, the first of six events to determine this season’s NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series champions. Although all four incoming top seeds held on to…
Home team takes title, Shelton doubles up
The team from Heartland Park Topeka collected 71 points to take home the team championship while four individual racers earned NHRA Summit Racing Series West Central Division Championships and a trip to Pomona, Calif., for the Summit National…
Free fan fest Sept. 22 kicks off AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals
NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series fans will have the opportunity to meet their heroes at a free fan fest and driver autograph session Thursday, Sept. 22, at Ballpark Village in St. Louis. The fan fest will kick off the 5th annual AAA Insurance…
Countdown to the Championship will make second stop at AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals
The 5th annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals will roll into Gateway Motorsports Park Sept. 23-25 and bring with it the best of the best in NHRA Championship Drag Racing. The second race in NHRA’s six-race Mello Yello Countdown to the…
Atco takes team title, father-daughter both win
The team from Atco Raceway racked up 59 points to take home the team championship while four individual racers earned NHRA Summit Racing Series Northeast Division Championships and a trip to Pomona, Calif., for the Summit National Championship in…
Coles County wins first team title, four headed to National Championship
Coles County Dragway of Charleston, Ill., scored its first Team Championship at the 40th Anniversary of the NHRA North Central Division Summit Racing Series Finals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. Joining the Coles County Dragway team in…
NHRA.com exclusive: Reed announces formation of new Pro Stock Motorcycle team
Cory Reed, one of the leading candidates for the NHRA rookie of the year award, has announced plans to form his own Pro Stock Motorcycle team for the 2017 season. Reed’s new team will be closely aligned with the Colorado-based Y-Not Racing…
Brown, Force, Line, Ellis start Countdown on high note, winning NHRA Carolina Nationals
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Top 20 Funny Cars: Introducing No. 6
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…
NHRA Carolina Nationals Sunday Notebook
Trying to handicap final eliminations for the 9th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals was an exercise in futility because many of the top qualifiers and incoming points contenders suffered early losses in the opening round of the Countdown to the…