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Cyrnek storms to Outlaw 8.5 exhibition victory in St. Louis
The latest NHRA round of the popular small tire racing exhibition at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals goes to Justin Cyrnek and his turbocharged Mustang
Justin Cyrnek drove his turbocharged ’13 Mustang to a win in the Outlaw 8.5 Heads-Up Shootout exhibition held on Friday during the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park. Cyrnek, of Rockville, Ill., gained a big starting-…
Castellana is J&A Service Pro Mod leader after first day of St. Louis action
Mike Castellana set the track record at Gateway Motorsports Park as part of the quickest Pro Mod field in history.
Mike Castellana ran the quickest during the first day of qualifying at the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series portion of the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park. This weekend’s Pro Mod racing, presented by…
AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals Friday Notebook
Clay Millican set a new national record, while Robert Hight, Greg Anderson, and Andrew Hines grabbed provisional poles at the St. Louis-area race.
NHRA Today Roundtable: Things stay tight in Countdown to the Championship
NHRA reporters Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick were joined by John Kernan in the Wally Parks Studio, presented by Papa John's, to discuss the status of the Countdown to the Championship after two races. Next up: The AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals just outside of St. Louis.
Pro Mod veteran Janis hopes to translate late-season success into win
A frustrating 2017 NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series season for Mike Janis finally found a bright spot and now the veteran hopes it leads to a big finish.
A frustrating 2017 NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series season for Mike Janis finally found a bright spot and now the veteran hopes it leads to a big finish. Janis posted his best finish of the year at the most recent race in Charlotte,…
Real Pro Mod Association named presenting sponsor of J&A Pro Mods in St. Louis
Real Pro Mod Association (RPM) has been named the presenting sponsor of NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series action at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals.
The NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series is entering its penultimate event of what has been a highly competitive 2017 season when the popular series returns to action at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park…
Tricky Tipster names Torrence, Hight, Butner, Krawiec as St. Louis favorites
Steve Torrence, Robert Hight, Bo Butner, and Eddie Krawiec are NHRA National Dragster's Tricky Tipster's favorites to win this weekend's AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park just outside of St. Louis.
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.…
Latest issue of NHRA National Dragster now online (Vol. 58 No. 20)
NHRA National Dragster’s 20th issue of 2017, featuring Charlotte coverage and more, is online now for NHRA members, and it’s in the mail to homes and shops around the world.
NHRA National Dragster’s 20th issue of 2017, featuring Charlotte coverage and more, is online now for NHRA members, and it’s in the mail to homes and shops around the world.
The first race of the 2017 NHRA Countdown to the Championship…
Countdown perfection means no time for let up for points leader Krawiec
Eddie Krawiec’s start to the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship has been nothing short of perfect. He has won the first two Pro Stock Motorcycle events, firmly putting the three-time world champion in the driver’s seat heading to the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals.
Eddie Krawiec’s start to the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship has been nothing short of perfect. He has won the first two Pro Stock Motorcycle events, firmly putting the three-time world champion in the driver’s seat heading to this…
Remembering NHRA founder Wally Parks, a hot-rodding visionary
Sept. 28, 2017 marks the 10-year anniversary of the passing of NHRA founder Wally Parks. The primary driving force behind the formation of the National Hot Rod Association, Parks was the visionary whose early goals created what today is the world’s largest motorsports governing body.
Wally Parks, an appreciation
The NHRA family marks today the 10th anniversary of the passing of Wally Parks, the dynamic and purposeful man who not only founded the NHRA in 1951 but led hot rodding from the dark shadows of scorn into the bright sunlight of national acceptance…
Prusiensky gains eCarMover.com backing for last four events
Mopar Pro Stock racer Alan Prusiensky, who has not missed an NHRA event this season, has landed eCarMover.com for the balance of the 2017 season.
When Alan Prusiensky made the jump from Comp to Pro Stock three years ago, his eyes were wide open. Prusiensky understood the challenges that go with racing on NHRA’s highest level and over the past three season’s he’s endured his fair share of…
New dates announced for 2018 Countdown to the Championship events
Four events in the Countdown to the Championship will change dates for the 2018 season.
The complexion of the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship will take a new form as four of the national events will change dates for the upcoming season.
The Dodge NHRA Nationals will kick off the six-race…
Hight ready to bounce back in St. Louis after Reading stumble
A second-round loss in Reading on Sunday bounced Robert Hight from the Funny Car points lead in the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship, but recent history indicates the former world champion will bounce back in impressive fashion.
After a brilliant stretch that included wins and broken records, Robert Hight isn’t going to let one hiccup get him down. A second-round loss in Reading on Sunday bounced Hight from the Funny Car points lead in the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the…
Behind the Numbers: Consistency makes Brittany, Courtney Force contenders in the Countdown
Brittany and Courtney Force lead Top Fuel and Funny Car in points acquired over the first two Countdown races thanks to steady performance.
To hear drivers and crew chiefs talk, the key to winning a Mello Yello Championship resembles boxing as much as it does racing. To alter the famous quote from legendary Raiders owner Al Davis: “just go rounds, baby.”
That worked out just…
WFO Radio NHRA Nitro Dodge NHRA Nationals Winners Edition
Check out the WFO Radio NHRA Nitro Dodge NHRA Nationals Winners Edition featuring Ron Capps, Brittany Force, Bo Butner, and Eddie Krawiec. NHRA National Dragster’s Candida Benson talks Maple Grove and Brian Massingill previews the SAM Tech Factory…
Tom Terrific
When opportunity knocked, Tom Martino didn't hesitate and returned from a long break to win his first Comp Eliminator title in Reading.
Four years after he made his last competitive run in the Pro Stock car and more than two decades after he left the Comp class, Tom Martino returned to take care of some unfinished business. Martino has five Pro Stock wins as a driver and many more…
Sanford to pilot Rapisarda Dragster in St. Louis
Ashley Sanford will take over driving duties for Wayne Newby on the Rapisarda Dragster at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals
Ashley Sanford will get another opportunity to live out her dream of driving a Top Fuel Dragster. You bet she’s excited.
“I’m excited beyond belief right now,” said Sanford in the midst of packing up her suitcase to head to St. Louis…
Crew Chief Confidential: Dodge NHRA Nationals
NHRA Reporter Lewis Bloom talked to the winning crew chiefs from the Dodge NHRA Nationals: Rahn Tobler for Ron Capps (Funny Car), Darrel Herron for Bo Butner (Pro Stock), Brian Husen for Brittany Force (Top Fuel), and Matt Hines for Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle).
NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Sportsman winner Jerry Albert
Moments before winning Top Dragster, Todd Ewing raced in the Top Sportsman presented by Racing RVs final and lost to former Division 3 champ Jerry Albert. In that bout, Albert ran right on his dial with a 6.890, while Ewing broke out by a thousandth…
NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Dragster winner Todd Ewing
Todd Ewing, a six-time national event winner in Super Stock and Super Comp, added a Top Dragster presented by Racing RVs title to his résumé when he stopped Barry Brown in the final. Ewing, driving Top Fuel champ Shawn Langdon’s dragster, won the…
NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Gas winner Dean Mathauser
John Labbous Jr. lost his shot for a second double when Dean Mathauser defeated him in the double-breakout Super Gas final, 9.895 to 9.882. Mathauser, in his vintage GTO, worked his way to the final with wins against past world champ Iggie Boicesco…
NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Comp winner John Labbous Jr.
John Labbous Jr., who was a double winner at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte last April, ran his streak at zMAX Dragway to an incredible 23-1 after driving partner Anthony Bertozzi’s dragster to a pair of finals. Labbous won the Super Comp…
NHRA Carolina Nationals Stock winner Kenneth Stott
There was also a first-time winner in Stock after Kenneth Stott drove past Mickey Whaley in an all-Camaro final. Stott grabbed a three-hundredths advantage at the start and held on to win with an 11.673 on his 11.66 dial. Whaley, seeking his sixth…
NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Stock winner Nick Chiles
First-time finalist Nick Chiles accomplished a previously unheard-of feat when he handed former world champ Byron Worner his first loss in a Super Stock final. Worner, previously 5-0 with the money on the line, lost the double-breakout battle when…
NHRA Carolina Nationals Comp winner Frank Aragona Jr.
The battle for the 2017 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Comp championship figures to be a two-horse race between former champions David Rampy and Frank Aragona Jr., and they met in the zMAX Comp final. Aragona managed to hold on for his fifth win…
NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Andy Bohl
Andy Bohl bounced back from a string of frustrating early losses to claim his fifth career national event win in Top Alcohol Funny Car. Racing against points leader John Lombardo Jr. in the final, Bohl won with a 5.556, 268.60 mph after Lombardo…
NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster winner Shawn Cowie
Shawn Cowie claimed his ninth career victory and his third this season when he drove past Corey Michalek in the Top Alcohol Dragster final. Cowie, the No. 4 qualifier, was extremely consistent on race day with runs of 5.288, 5.293, 5.297, and a 5.…
NHRA Carolina Nationals Sportsman champion highlights
Shawn Cowie and Andy Bohl earned titles in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car, respectively, during the NHRA Carolina Nationals, but the big stars of the event were John Labbous Jr. and Todd Ewing, who both nearly doubled.
Shawn Cowie and Andy Bohl earned titles in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car, respectively, during the NHRA Carolina Nationals, but the big stars of the event were John Labbous Jr. and Todd Ewing, who both nearly doubled. Labbous drove…
Fast Five: Dodge NHRA Nationals
The Countdown to the Championship continued with the Dodge NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway. NHRA’s Dave Rieff and Lewis Bloom picked their five biggest moments of the event.