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Denso Spark Plugs Four-Wide NHRA Nationals Alcohol Dragster winner Joey Severance

13 Apr 2018
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It took a string of 5.2s in order to be competitive in Top Alcohol Dragster, and Joey Severance delivered, including a 5.244, 275.00 mph in the final round to take out Nataas, who was first off the starting line with a .008 reaction time, but she…
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Denso Spark Plugs Four-Wide NHRA Nationals Sportsman champion highlights

Three-time and reigning NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster champion Joey Severance took a step toward what could be a fourth title, and Sean Bellemeur stayed red hot with his third straight win in Top Alcohol Funny Car during the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas.
13 Apr 2018
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Joey Severance
Three-time and reigning NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster champion Joey Severance took a step toward what could be a fourth title, and Sean Bellemeur stayed red hot with his third straight win in Top Alcohol Funny Car during the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-…
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Denso Spark Plugs Four-Wide NHRA Nationals Top Fuel Harley winner Rickey House

13 Apr 2018
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Rickey House got his first victory of the season by taking down defending Mickey Thompson Tire Top Fuel Harley champion Jay Turner. House runnered up at the season opening event in Pomona but used a 6.324-second pass to topple Turner by nearly…
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Denso Spark Plugs Four-Wide NHRA Nationals Alcohol Funny Car winner Sean Bellemeur

13 Apr 2018
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After opening the season with a second-round loss in Pomona, Sean Bellemeur, driving for car owner Tony Bartone and crew chief Steve Boggs, was unbeaten in the next three starts, including back-to-back wins at the Gainesville regional and national…
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Denso Spark Plugs Four-Wide NHRA Nationals Comp winner Joe Mozeris

13 Apr 2018
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Nearly two decades after making his debut in the Comp class, Joe Mozeris finally claimed his first national event victory. Mozeris drove to a final-round win over Scott McClay in an all-dragster final round. McClay had a quicker light, but Mozeris…
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Denso Spark Plugs Four-Wide NHRA Nationals Stock and Super Stock winner Justin Lamb

13 Apr 2018
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First up for Justin Lamb was the Stock final against reigning Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals champion Larry Gilley. After an even start, Lamb pulled ahead in his COPO Camaro and turned on the win light with a 10.025 on his 10.01 dial. Gilley…
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Denso Spark Plugs Four-Wide NHRA Nationals Super Comp winner Bradley Johnson

13 Apr 2018
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Less than a year after winning the Super Gas title at his home event in Denver, Bradley Johnson scored again when he earned the Las Vegas win in Super Comp. Johnson was solid with a .021 light and a 9.067 on the 9.05 altitude-adjusted index to stop…
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Denso Spark Plugs Four-Wide NHRA Nationals Top Sportsman Bud Preuss

13 Apr 2018
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The Top Sportsman presented by Racing RVs class produced a first-time national event winner after Bud Preuss turned on the win light in the final round. Preuss won the final round after opponent Jeff Gillette fouled by .005-second. Even if Gillette…
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Denso Spark Plugs Four-Wide NHRA Nationals Super Gas winner Michael Miller

13 Apr 2018
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Michael Miller is now a nine-time national event champion after driving his 23-T roadster to a victory in Super Gas. Miller, who won the Spring Las Vegas event in 2009 and 2015 and the fall event in 2016, earned his fourth title at The Strip at Las…
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Denso Spark Plugs Four-Wide NHRA Nationals Top Dragster winner Mike MacBrair

13 Apr 2018
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Nearly three decades after his first national event win at the 1990 Sonoma event, Mike MacBrair returned to the winner’s circle in Top Dragster presented by Racing RVs. MacBrair gained a slight lead against Steve Casner in the final round and held…
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Desert “Snake”: Prudhomme plans to race 2018 NORRA Mexican 1000 offroad event

Retired four-time NHRA Funny Car champion and drag racing legend Don “the Snake” Prudhomme will make his first competitive driving appearance since 1994 when he retired from the NHRA when he competes in the 2018 Mexican 1000 off-road competition starting next Friday.
13 Apr 2018
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Don Prudhomme
Retired four-time NHRA Funny Car champion and drag racing legend Don “the Snake” Prudhomme will compete in the 2018 Mexican 1000 off-road competition in a 2018 Polaris RZR 1000. The event will be “the Snake’s” first competitive driving appearance…
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Flashback Friday on NHRA All Access: 1977 Springnationals

Throughout 2018, NHRA All Access subscribers again will get bonus content with the airing of vintage NHRA national events as part of our Flashback Friday series. This week: the 1977 Springnationals at National Trail Raceway outside of Columbus, Ohio.
13 Apr 2018
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Flashback Friday
Throughout 2018, NHRA All Access subscribers again will get bonus content with the airing of vintage NHRA national events as part of our Flashback Friday series. This week: the 1977 Springnationals at National Trail Raceway outside of Columbus…
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Long-standing 'Dragster' video game Guinness world record invalidated

Some light reading for a non-racing weekend about how modern technology led the Guinness Book of World Records to remove a legendary, 35-year-old record for performance in a 1980s drag racing video game. And what could we learn from this?
13 Apr 2018
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
Game
Imagine, all these years later, someone trying to disqualify Don Garlits’ mind-blowing 5.63-second run from the 1975 World Finals –- a record that stood for seven years -– because it just doesn’t seem technically feasible. That’s not about to happen…
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Latest issue of NHRA National Dragster now online (Vol. 59 No. 8)

NHRA National Dragster’s eighth issue of 2018, featuring spectacular coverage of the women who make NHRA Drag Racing what it is today, is online now for NHRA members, and it’s in the mail to homes and shops around the world.
12 Apr 2018
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
National Dragster
NHRA National Dragster’s eighth issue of 2018, featuring spectacular coverage of the women who make NHRA Drag Racing what it is today, is online now for NHRA members, and it’s in the mail to homes and shops around the world. The women of NHRA…
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Behind the Numbers: Vincent Nobile's return to the winner's circle

There’s still work to do for the Mountain View Tire team, but this is a shot in the arm for Nobile and Elite Performance.
12 Apr 2018
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
Behind the Numbers
When Vincent Nobile won in Reading in 2016, he did so in his third final round of the season. He previously lost to Allen Johnson in Denver (of course) and Aaron Strong in Seattle. The Western Swing wasn’t for him that year, clearly, but Nobile got…
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Three Stars of the Race

NHRA of FOX's Dave Rieff and NHRA's Lewis Bloom spotlight the biggest stars of the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.
12 Apr 2018
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NHRA Today™
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NHRA Today Roundtable: Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals

John Kernan and Tony Pedregon joined Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick via Skype in the Wally Parks NHRA Studio presented by Papa John’s to discuss last weekend’s Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.
12 Apr 2018
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NHRA Today™
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Austin Prock makes first Nitro Funny Car pass in Courtney Force's flopper

Austin Prock took his first step towards becoming a licensed Nitro Funny Car driver by making a lap in Courtney Force's Advance Auto Parts Funny Car at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway following the Denso Spark Plugs Four-Wide NHRA Nationals.
12 Apr 2018
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Austin Prock
The son of Jimmy Prock, tuner of Robert Hight's Auto Club Funny Car, plans to make tests in all three John Force Racing Funny Cars this season. As the newest member of John Force Racing’s Next Generation initiative, Prock took the next step in…
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Tickets now on sale for 64th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals

Tickets for the 64th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, the World’s Biggest Drag Race, are on sale now to the public. This iconic event returns to Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis on Aug. 29-Sept. 3. 
12 Apr 2018
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Indy
Tickets for the 64th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, the World’s Biggest Drag Race, are on sale now to the public. This iconic event returns to Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis on Aug. 29-Sept. 3.  The Chevrolet Performance U.S…
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Pro Stock champ Enders set for NHRA Pro Mod debut in Houston

Two-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders will compete in Pro Stock and Pro Mod during the upcoming NHRA SpringNationals in Houston.
11 Apr 2018
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
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Two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders plans to make her debut in the E3 Spark Plugs Pro Mod series at the upcoming NHRA SpringNationals at her home track, Royal Purple Raceway. The Houston native will be driving a new turbocharged Camaro…
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WFO Radio NHRA Nitro Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Winners Edition

11 Apr 2018
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WFO
Check out the WFO Radio NHRA Nitro Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Winners Edition featuring Steve Torrence, J.R .Todd, Vincent Nobile, and Joey Severance, plus Bobby Lagana Jr., Richard Hogan, Todd Smith, Jon Oberhofer, Micheal James,…
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The Sports Report: Joe Mozeris knows Comp Eliminator, and a recap of the Sportsman action in Vegas

Nearly two decades after making his debut in the Comp Eliminator class, Joe Mozeris finally claimed his first national event victory in Las Vegas
11 Apr 2018
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
The Sports Report
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Five years ago, Joe Mozeris got to celebrate in the winner’s circle at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after his daughter, Kayla, claimed the Stock Eliminator title at the spring NHRA  event. As rewarding as that experience was, Mozeris…
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Crew Chief Confidential: Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals

NHRA’s Lewis Bloom got the inside story from the winning crew chiefs at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals: Bobby Lagana Jr. (Top Fuel), Todd Smith and Jon Oberhofer (Funny Car), and Brian Self (Pro Stock).
10 Apr 2018
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Crew Chief Confidential
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Cummings attempts to defend Moser Sportsman Shootout at Texas Motorplex

The NHRA South Central Division Moser Sportsman Shootout is set to take place on Saturday, April 14 with a stacked field. The specialty event is contested in conjunction with the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series doubleheader weekend at Texas Motorplex.
10 Apr 2018
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Slate Cummings
The NHRA South Central Division Moser Sportsman Shootout is set to take place on Saturday, April 14 with a stacked field. The specialty event is contested in conjunction with the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series doubleheader weekend at Texas…
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Rampy, Furr, Strickland lead the way at GALOT Motorsports Park

David Rampy continued to add to him impressive career total and Michelle Furr and Jeff Strickland remained hot in 2018 taking wins at this weekend’s NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at GALOT Motorsports Park.
10 Apr 2018
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Southeast Division
Preview | Friday | Saturday David Rampy continued to add to him impressive career total and Michelle Furr and Jeff Strickland remained hot in 2018 taking wins at this weekend’s NHRA Lucas Oil…
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Fast Five: Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals

NHRA’s Amanda Busick and Lewis Bloom pick their top five moments from the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
09 Apr 2018
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Todd, Nobile get first wins of year; Torrence triumphs at first four-wide in Vegas

J.R. Todd (Funny Car) and Vincent Nobile (Pro Stock) earned their first wins of the season, while Steve Torrence (Top Fuel) earned his second victory of the season at the Denso Spark Plugs Four-Wide NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas.
08 Apr 2018
Posted by NHRA.com staff
Race coverage
Event winners Steve Torrence, J.R. Todd, andVincent Nobile 4
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Lamb doubles as he and Severance defend Sportsman crowns in Las Vegas

Joey Severance and Justin Lamb visited the winner’s circle this past weekend in the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
08 Apr 2018
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Justin Lamb
LAS VEGAS- Joey Severance and Justin Lamb visited the winner’s circle this past weekend in the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Local racer Lamb of Henderson, doubled up defending his 2017 Lucas Oil Drag…
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NHRA partnering with Sony on Cloud-based and media workflow solutions

NHRA has reached an agreement in principle with Sony to partner on new workflows designed to distribute and preserve the organization’s 50-year library of historical assets.
08 Apr 2018
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NHRA
NHRA has reached an agreement in principle with Sony to partner on new workflows designed to distribute and preserve the organization’s 50-year library of historical assets. NHRA’s use of Sony’s Ci Media Cloud, Memnon Digitization and Ven.ue…
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Back-to-back sellout days at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals

NHRA and The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway officials announced for the second day in a row a sellout crowd for Sunday eliminations at the 19th annual DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. 
08 Apr 2018
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Las Vegas
NHRA and The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway officials announced for the second day in a row a sellout crowd for Sunday eliminations at the 19th annual DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.    Fans from all over the western…
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