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NHRA race fans have been enjoying a historic summer with the first live national network race coverage on the FOX broadcast network, but NHRA has become aware of viewing problems in some areas. The hardest hit has been the Miami area, where FOX…

Chris McGaha looks at his current situation and isn’t exactly happy about the missteps that have been made to this point during his 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season.   But instead…

The goal for every racer in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series is to be performing at his or her best when the six-race Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship begins.   After a slow start and a number of close calls this season, Top…

 CARY BALES' 76mm TURBOCHARGED HONDA   Carey Bales’ first car in high school was a Honda Accord that he hot rodded, but that machine is a far cry from the DD/AT 2016 Honda Accord he unveiled at Route 66 Raceway, which was the…

John Force has won the first two races of the Western Swing, in Denver and Sonoma, and now heads to Seattle and the Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil looking for a rare…

Scott R. Smith, who has been with the NHRA since 2002, has been named NHRA Director of Media Relations, it was announced today by NHRA Vice President of Public Relations Terry Blount.   Smith will direct the communications efforts of the NHRA…

On the surface, everything appears to be going well for Funny Car standout Jack Beckman during his 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season.   The former world champion is third in points,…

The big No. 1 that adorns the sides of Justin Lamb’s Chevy Cobalt Super Stock car wasn’t put there by accident. The single digit identifies Lamb as the reigning national champion in the class, and after a memorable 2015 season, Lamb…

It has been a long and circuitous journey for Brandon Welch, but the Funny Car newcomer is now living his dream and he doesn’t plan to slow down anytime soon.   Welch made his professional debut in 2015, racing the final two events of…

Todd Okuhara, Don Schumacher Racing’s director of racing, will take over as crew chief on the team’s Leah Pritchett-driven Top Fueler beginning this weekend at the Protect the Harvest NHRA…

The 2016 Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals was a spectacular event worthy of the elevated platform it was extended by the sellout race-day crowd and live television coverage on the FOX national network. The second leg of the annual three-event Western…

Thanks to the generosity of several members of the NHRA racing community, 7-year-old leukemia patient Guy Brizzee was able to live out his dream of becoming a race car driver at the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals.   Terry Chandler, who supports…

NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing heads back to Pacific Raceways for the 29th annual Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil, the final leg of the three-race NHRA Western Swing, Aug. 5-7. The event is the only major American…

  During the first round of eliminations at the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals, Kalitta Motorsports Funny Car pilot Alexis DeJoria experienced an accident that required a trip to the trauma center.…

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NHRA and Sonoma Raceway officials announced a sellout for Sunday’s racing at the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals. Fans from all over the Bay Area and Northern California have filled the grandstands and pit areas under perfect weather conditions…

Funny Car racers Ron Capps and Courtney Force, Pro Stock pilot Bo Butner, and Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Angelle Sampey are the latest drivers to clinch their berths in NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship playoffs that start in mid-…

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…

Racers and fans who came to Wine Country for the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals knew that last weekend’s Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals was going to be a tough act to follow, but the second leg of the Western Swing was up to the challenge…

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Andrew Hines, near lane, ran 6.77 in the final round to defeat 2015 winner Eddie Krawiec's holeshot-aided 6.81. For the sixth time in his career, Andrew Hines emerged as the winner of the NHRA Pro Bike Battle specialty race following a…

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NHRA and Sonoma Raceway officials have announced that the NHRA Pro Bike Battle at Sonoma Raceway, an all-star bonus event for the eight quickest Pro Stock Motorcycle riders in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, will continue in 2017.…

Team Kalitta has announced the addition of a third Funny Car with driver Paul Lee beginning at the NHRA Keystone Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway later this fall. Lee will campaign the McLeod Clutches…

In what has already been a banner season for Pro Stock Motorcycle points leader Eddie Krawiec, the three-time world champion simply hopes to maintain the status quo for the next nine races.   He…

“Finally, a full load of the Setzer/Foster/Buttera/Pink Vega straight into my veins!” enthused Insider reader Paul Nadeau after last week’s column in which we, the drag racing fandom, finally heard Barry Setzer share his memories of his two…

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.…

Erica Enders saw the makings of a turnaround to her 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season begin to unfold last weekend in Denver. The two-time defending Pro Stock world champion knows that not building off that momentum surge would not…

Cruz Pedregon is an avid boxing fan and the two-time Funny Car world champion feels like he’s been knocked down on more than one occasion during what has been a frustrating 2016 NHRA Mello Yello…

Jack Beckman finished off a dominating weekend at the 2015 NHRA Sonoma Nationals by racing to the Funny Car victory. Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Chris McGaha (Pro Stock), and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also were winners of the NHRA Mello…