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Auto Club NHRA Finals Sportsman champion highlights
Shawn Cowie and John Lombardo Jr. finished second in the season points battle in their respective Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car classes, but each driver ended the season on a winning note with victories at the Auto Club NHRA Finals.
Shawn Cowie and John Lombardo Jr. finished second in the season points battle in their respective Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car classes, but each driver ended the season on a winning note with victories at the Auto Club NHRA Finals…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Super Gas winner Steve Parsons
It was Steve Parsons who was the last man standing in Super Gas on Sunday afternoon. Driving his Corvette roadster, Parsons reached the final following a close win over Robert Naber. In the semi’s, Parsons cut a .015 light and ran 9.901 to force…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Super Comp winner Bobby Dye Jr.
Bobby Dye Jr. won the Auto Club NHRA Finals in 2013, and he returned a year later to win the Fall Las Vegas event. Now, Dye is a three-time national event winner after driving to an 8.904 to 8.884 win over Tanner Theobald in the Super Comp final…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Stock winner Austin Williams
Austin Williams locked up the Lucas Oil championship in Super Comp a few weeks ago, and he ended the season by turning on the win light in the Stock final. Driving the Marlow family’s F/SA Duster, the same car he drove to the 2014 Stock title,…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Super Stock winner Robert Cruzen
Super Stock featured a first-time winner after Robert Cruzen downed five-time national champ Jimmy DeFrank in the final round. Cruzen was impressive when it mattered most by combining a .007 light with a 9.344 on his 9.33 dial in the final round.…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Comp winner Dan Fletcher
Although he celebrated his milestone 100th national event win in Chicago last July, Dan Fletcher has not had the sort of 2017 season he has come to expect. Fletcher reeled off win No. 102 after driving partner Rick Braun’s C/EA Chevy Cobalt to the…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Alcohol Funny Car winner John Lombardo Jr
The Top Alcohol Funny Car final featured the top two qualifiers with low qualifier John Lombardo Jr. scoring a 5.420 to 5.417 holeshot victory over Annie Whiteley. Lombardo ran nothing slower than a 5.446 on his way to the final with wins against…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Alcohol Dragster winner Shawn Cowie
Shawn Cowie had his hands full in one of the most competitive Top Alcohol Dragster fields of the year. After qualifying No. 3, he defeated Ashley Sanford, Garrett Bateman, and Randy Eakins with a string of 5.2-second runs before meeting low…
Eddie Hill's last ride
Eddie Hill was one of the most popular Top Fuel drivers of the 1980s and 1990s, but went out with a bang -- literally -- on an explosive final run in late 1999, a moment memorialized by a Kenny Youngblood painting and remembered in this week's Dragster Insider by Hill himself.
It started innocently enough, with an email from longtime Insider reader/contributor Andy Perreault (“the railroad guy up near Pacific Raceways,” as he always unnecessarily reminds me), asking me if I could tell the story behind the photo…
Flashback Friday on NHRA All Access: 1981 World Finals
Throughout 2017, NHRA All Access subscribers will get bonus content with the airing of vintage NHRA national events as part of the Flashback Friday. This week: the 1981 World Finals.
Throughout 2017, NHRA All Access subscribers will get bonus content with the airing of vintage NHRA national events as part of the Flashback Friday. This week: the 1981 World Finals.
The event, held at Orange County Int'l Raceway in Southern…
Tickets now available for 2018 season-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals
Tickets for the season-opening 58th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com are now available for purchase.
Tickets for the season-opening 58th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com are now available for purchase. The first race of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series 2018 campaign will feature 10,000-horsepower Top…
WFO Radio NHRA Auto Club Finals Winners Edition
Check out the WFO Radio NHRA Auto Club Finals Winners Edition featuring on location "winnerviews" with Brittany Force, Alan Johnson, Jason McCullouch, Laurie Force, Courtney Force, Robert Hight, Jimmy Prock, Chris Cunningham, Tommy Johnson Jr., John…
Down to the wire
John Labbous Jr. became the final driver to clinch a Lucas Oil Series national championship when he earned the Super Gas title during a thrilling Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona
For Super Gas racers Chris Cannon and John Labbous Jr., the Auto Club NHRA Finals was anything but “just another race.” Labbous entered the final race of the season at the points leader, but his edge over Cannon in the standings was a precarious…
2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series world champions honored in Hollywood
Brittany Force, Robert Hight, Bo Butner and Eddie Krawiec were feted as the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series champions Monday during the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series awards ceremony at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland.
Brittany Force, Robert Hight, Bo Butner and Eddie Krawiec were feted as the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series champions Monday during the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series awards ceremony at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood &…
Snap-on Tools renews with Pedregon through 2020 NHRA season
Snap-on Tools has extended its contract with two-time NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car world champion Cruz Pedregon. The primary sponsorship agreement runs for three seasons, extending through 2020, the 100th anniversary of Snap-on.
Snap-on Tools has extended its contract with two-time NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car world champion Cruz Pedregon. The primary sponsorship agreement runs for three seasons, extending through 2020, the 100th anniversary of Snap-on.
"Cruz has…
Crew Chief Confidential: 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Series world champions
NHRA's Lewis Bloom interviewed the championship-winning crew chiefs from the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season: Jimmy Prock (Funny Car), Matt Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle), Alan Johnson (Top Fuel), and Darrel Heron (Pro Stock),
Fast Five: Auto Club NHRA Finals
With three championships decided on the final day of the season and lots of high drama, the Auto Club NHRA Finals will go into the history books as a truly memorable event. NHRA’s Amanda Busick and Lewis Bloom share their five greatest moments from the race.
Gray earns 2017 Auto Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award
Tanner Gray named top rookie of the 2017 NHRA Drag Racing season thanks to five wins and two runner-up finishes. His Pro Stock campaign is one of the best by a rookie in NHRA history.
The 2017 Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award went to Pro Stock driver Tanner Gray, who scored five wins and two runner-ups and finished fourth in points during his rookie campaign. Gray also advanced to the semifinals,…
Labbous completes championship roster with 2017 Super Gas title
The final Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Sportsman championship was clinched Saturday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals when second-generation racer John Labbous Jr. locked up the Super Gas title.
The final Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Sportsman championship was clinched Saturday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals when second-generation racer John Labbous Jr. locked up the Super Gas title.
Labbous officially clinched the title when his…
Cowie, Lombardo lead Auto Club NHRA Finals winners in Pomona
Shawn Cowie and John Lombardo Jr. led the list of winners for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and the Auto Club Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.
Shawn Cowie and John Lombardo Jr. led the list of winners for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and the Auto Club Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.
Cowie, Surrey, B.C., picked up career win number ten in Top Alcohol Dragster as he took…
B. Force, Butner win in Pomona to go with titles; Johnson Jr. and Hines also earn wins
Brittany Force and Bo Butner earned Wallys to pair with their Mello Yello national championships, while Tommy Johnson Jr. and Andrew Hines grabbed wins at the Auto Club NHRA Finals to close out the 2017 season.
Butner’s historic comeback leads to first NHRA Mello Yello world title
Former Comp champ Bo Butner defeated Tanner Gray in the final round of the Auto Club NHRA Finals to clinch his first NHRA Mello Yello Series Pro Stock championship.
Bo Butner has overcome the odds more than once in his life and he did so again with a thrilling come-from-behind march to the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Pro Stock title. Butner entered the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals trailing teammate Greg…
Martin, Patterson, Johnston, and Toth claim NHRA Summit Racing Series National titles
Todd Martin, Jason Patterson, Troy Johnston, and Riley Toth claimed NHRA Summit Racing Series National Championships with victories at the Auto Club NHRA Finals.
Todd Martin, Jason Patterson, Troy Johnston, and Riley Toth claimed NHRA Summit Racing Series National Championships with victories at the Auto Club NHRA Finals.
Martin, a Division 1 racer from Highland Lakes, N.J., defeated Division 6 runner…
Brittany Force claims her first NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel championship
Brittany Force became just the second woman to win a NHRA Top Fuel championship when she defeated Richie Crampon in the second round of the Auto Club NHRA Finals.
Brittany Force joins Shirley Muldowney as the second woman to bring home a Mello Yello Top Fuel championship. She turned on the win light against Richie Crampton in the second round following Steve Torrence’s loss to Antron Brown to clinch her first…
Hight wins second NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car championship
Robert Hight clinched his second Mello Yello Funny Car championship when Ron Capps fell to Del Worsham in the first round of the Auto Club NHRA Finals.
For the second time in his career, Robert Hight is a Mello Yello Funny Car champion. After a drama-filled weekend, where the 2009 champ qualified No. 15 in the final session, Hight earned the first-round victory he needed against Tim Wilkerson. Then…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Sunday Notebook
Brittany Force earned her seventh career win to go with her first Top Fuel championship at the Auto Club NHRA Finals, while Bo Butner grabbed his first Pro Stock title and a victory. Tommy Johnson Jr. and Andrew Hines also picked up wins at the final event of the season.
B. Force, Beckman, Anderson, Krawiec hang onto top spots at Auto Club NHRA Finals
Friday low qualifiers Brittany Force, Jack Beckman, Greg Anderson, and Eddie Krawiec remained in the No. 1 positions at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona through the completion of qualifying.
Krawiec clinches fourth NHRA Mello Yello Pro Stock Motorcycle championship
After clinching his spot in the field for Sunday’s final eliminations, Eddie Krawiec has officially locked up his fourth NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock Motorcycle world championship.
After clinching his spot in the field for Sunday’s final eliminations, Eddie Krawiec has officially locked up his fourth NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock Motorcycle world championship. Krawiec entered the season-ending Auto Club NHRA…
B. Force sets Pomona track record; Ellis, Beckman, Anderson grab Friday No. 1s
Brittany Force made the quickest pass in Auto Club Raceway history, while Chip Ellis, Jack Beckman, and Greg Anderson all snagged Friday poles at the Auto Club NHRA Nationals.
