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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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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.

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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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…

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…

The 2016 Countdown to the Championship kicked off with an action-packed weekend of racing at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte. Antron Brown (Top Fuel), John Force (Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock), and Chip Ellis (Pro Stock…

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After two action-packed days of qualifying, the professional fields are set for the NHRA Carolina Nationals. As the first of six races in the Countdown to the Championship, anxiety levels will be high for those racers who are pursuing Mello Yello…

There was a lot of drama during the opening day of the NHRA Carolina Nationals as the Countdown to the Championship, NHRA’s six-race playoffs to determine the Mello Yello champions, kicked off at zMAX Dragway. The action-packed day also…