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Nitro Time Machine: John Force's "War Wagon" was state of the art ... in 1990
In 1990, John Force's single-trailer operation was state-of-the-art stuff in Funny Car racing, but 30 years later it would be considered quaint, at best. Famed NHRA announcer and TV personality Steve Evans leads the tour of the trailer and its contents.
NHRA National Dragster wallpaper images (Issue 09, 2020)
Each interactive issue of NHRA National Dragster magazine includes downloadable images for NHRA fans to use as wallpaper for their computers and cellphones.
Click on the links below to get the images. Instructions on how to add them as …
NHRA Shop Talk: Chassis science with NHRA's Brian Lohnes and Alan Reinhart
Join NHRA’s Brian Lohnes and Alan Reinhart for an interactive NHRA Shop Talk show, talking chassis science, covering everything from bracket cars to Top Fuel.
Tune in at noon Pacific time Wednesday to NHRA's Facebook page, where viewers can ask questions and interact with the hosts, or watch it on NHRA's…
Matt Bynum went from nitro crewmember to March Meet-winning Funny Car driver
With the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series idled, Matt Byrum, the car chief on Alexis DeJoria’s ROKiT/ABK Beer Toyota Funny Car in the NHRA Mello Yells Drag Racing Series, is still one of the year’s biggest winners, having raced to an inspirational victory at the Good Vibrations March Meet.
by Beryl Brushwood
Before he strapped into Jason Rupert’s nitro-fueled Nostalgia Funny Car in 2013 and successfully earned his first NHRA license in the minimum required six passes, Matt Bynum had never taken anything with an…
Focus on: Race car names
What’s in a name? While the flanks of today’s race cars are more likely to be emblazoned with the logo of a sponsor or the name of the team, car names back in the 1960s and ‘70s were the calling cards and public faces for many operations. Here's a gallery of some of the more colorful from the National Dragster archives.
Rock Falls Raceway's Drive-Thru Tour shows off new facility improvements
Even though the track is not officially open yet for racing, NHRA Division 5 Member Track Rock Falls Raceway in Eau Claire, Wis., had cars on the track May 8 as part a Drive-Thru Tour program to highlight improvements at the track.
Even though the track is not officially open yet for racing, NHRA Division 5 Member Track Rock Falls Raceway in Eau Claire, Wis., had cars on the track May 8 as part a Drive-Thru Tour program to highlight improvements at the track.
More than…
Talk chassis with Brian Lohnes and Alan Reinhart Wednesday on NHRA Shop Talk
NHRA’s Brian Lohnes and Alan Reinhart will host an interactive NHRA Shop Talk show live Wednesday at noon Pacific on NHRA’s Facebook page. The show also will here on NHRA.com and on NHRA’s YouTube page. This week: Chassis science, covering everything from bracket cars to Top Fuel.
NHRA’s Brian Lohnes and Alan Reinhart will host an NHRA Shop Talk show Wednesday at noon Pacific on NHRA.com, NHRA’s Facebook page, and NHRA’a YouTube page. This week: Chassis science, covering everything from bracket cars to Top Fuel.
Tune in at…
Morgan Lucas named new president at Lucas Oil Products
Morgan Lucas, son of company founders Forrest and Charlotte Lucas, has been named the president of Lucas Oil Products, a California-based distributor and manufacturer of motor oils and additives.
Morgan Lucas, son of company founders Forrest and Charlotte Lucas, has been named the president of Lucas Oil Products, a California-based distributor and manufacturer of motor oils and additives and sponsor of NHRA's hugely popular Lucas Oil Drag…
NHRA E3 Spark Plugs Pro Mod ace Todd Tutterow can't wait for season restart
NHRA E3 Spark Plugs Pro Mod sensation Todd Tutterow chatted via Skype with NHRA's Brian Lohnes to talk about his team's offseason efforts and the delayed start to the 2020 Pro Mod campaign.
Weekend Update With Brian Lohnes: May 11
NHRA's Brian Lohnes takes a look at the stories and happenings from the last week in the world of NHRA Drag Racing.
NHRA President Glen Cromwell and the path to bringing back NHRA Drag Racing
In this wide-ranging interview, NHRA President Glen Cromwell shares the thoughts behind the decisions that have been made to NHRA schedules during the COVD-19 pandemic and offers a look at the roadmap for the times ahead.
There’s no doubt that 2020 has fast become one of the most challenging years in the history of the world following the coronavirus outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic, and just as everywhere around the globe, the impact is being felt on a personal…
Heart, Soul, and Horsepower: Dom Lagana and Billy Stocklin on the Insider podcast
On this episode of the NHRA Insider, Dom Lagana and Billy Stocklin join host Brian Lohnes to talk about tuning race cars, their lives in the sport, and the things that have made them into the successful racers that they are today.
On this episode of the NHRA Insider, Dom Lagana and Billy Stocklin join host Brian Lohnes to talk about tuning race cars, their lives in the sport, and the things that have made them into the successful racers that they are today.
Lagana…
Tasca Racing reopens, begins gearing up for return to competition in August
Ford Funny Car stalwart Bob Tasca III and his Motorcraft tear are back at work in their Indiana shop, beginning the ramp-up process that will carry them back into competition in August. Crew chief Jon Schaffer takes up through the plans, including safety precautions underway in their building
Happy Mother’s Day
We’d like to thank all our mothers. Without women like them, kids like us wouldn’t have grown up to love cars, wrenching, and racing.
Without mothers like ours we wouldn’t have learned the lessons of independence and perfection that engines wrapped in steel and riding on four wheels can teach us. Without mothers like ours there would be no winner’s circles to stand in, and no one…
Terry McMillen's Top Fuel team joins Indiana re-opening to get back to work
Terry McMillen's Amalie Motor Oil Top Fuel team is another of the Indiana-based operations that are back in the shop working on its equipment, which in their case also includes tending to their "crankshaft farm." NHRA's John Kernan reports from Indy.
NHRA Top Fuel champ Steve Torrence gets married at family home in Kilgore, Texas
Reigning NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel champion Steve Torrence married his longtime love, Natalie Jahnke, May 9 at the home of his parents, Billy and Kay, in Kilgore, Texas.
Reigning NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel champion Steve Torrence married his longtime love, Natalie Jahnke, May 9 at the home of his parents, Billy and Kay, in Kilgore, Texas.
About 150 friends gathered to celebrate the nuptials, including …
Tech Specs: Inside Chevy’s NHRA Pro Stock engine—The 500-cid DRCE
Shrouded in secrecy, Chevrolet’s Pro Stock Drag Race Competition Engine (DRCE) evolved the big-block Chevy into a 1,400-hp, 10,000-rpm, naturally aspirated motorsport weapon one race weekend at a time.
Nitro Time Machine: Revisiting "Big Daddy" Don Garlits' 1986 Englishtown blowover
"Big Daddy" Don Garlits' blowover wheelstand during Top Fuel qualifying at the 1986 Summernationals is one of the most iconic moments in the class' history. Take a ride back in time to see how legendary announcer Steve Evans described the moment.
TAFC champ: Sean Bellemeur: "I can't wait to get the green light" to go racing
Two-time and reigning NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Top Alcohol Funny Car Sean Bellemeur discusses with NHRA's Brian Lohnes his take on the racing break and what he and the Bartone Racing team have in store when racing finally resumes.
Reinhart Reveals: The differences between Pro Stock and big-block Chevy camshafts
In his newest segment of Reinhart Reveals, NHRA announcer Alan Reinhart shows the difference between a Pro Stock camshaft and a big-block Chevy camshaft.
With return to racing looming, DSR reopens for employees, with caution
Racing on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series might still be a couple of months away, but for Don Schumacher Racing, it’s time to get back to work as part of the “Back on Track Indiana” program.
Racing on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series might still be a couple of months away, but for Don Schumacher Racing, it’s time to get back to work. The Brownsburg, Ind., NHRA racing giant welcomed employees back to the team headquarters May 4 as…
Reigning Top Alcohol Dragster champ Megan Meyer readying for title defense
Megan Meyer hasn’t had much of a chance to begin the title defense of her 2019 Top Alcohol Dragster world championship, but the second-generation phenom checked in via Skype with NHRA’s Brian Lohnes to talk about what the team has been doing and what it’s looking forward to when racing resumes.
NHRA drag racers turn corners in the dirt on backyard go-kart track in Indy
Jimmy Wingo, who services the clutch on Tommy Johnson Jr.'s Funny Car, built a go-kart dirt track in his backyard an invited some of his racing buddies, including Steve Torrence's clutch guy, Gary Pritchett, over to share in the racing fun to help stoke everyone's competitive fires.
NHRA Expertise: Torque wrench life hack for hard-to-reach bolts
Can’t fit a torque wrench between your engine’s oil pan and flexplate? Use a box-end wrench to extend the reach of your torque wrench.
Here’s what you need:
3/8-inch drive torque wrench
12-point combination wrench with ½-inch wrench on one side and 7/16-inch wrench on the other
This formula: M1 = M2 x L1 / L2
This…
NHRA Expertise: Build a custom transmission dipstick for any car using AN fittings
Another use for AN fittings that you'll kick yourself for not thinking of sooner.
Transmission dipsticks are one of the hassles of race cars. In factory applications their steel tubes snake up past the drivetrain and firewall to put the dipstick right where you need it. But in a one-off combination? Forget it. About the only…
World Wide Technology Raceway delivers lunches to local medical center
NHRA Member Track World Wide Technology Raceway and Jimmy John’s delivered 200 lunches to front-line medical personnel at Gateway Regional Medical Center in Granite City, Ill., May 6, which was National Nurses Day,
World Wide Technology Raceway, an NHRA Member Track and host of the annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals, joined with Jimmy John’s to deliver 200 lunches to front-line medical personnel at Gateway Regional Medical Center in Granite…
Pro Stock Motorcycle rider John Hall's company is aiding Connecticut neighbors
NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle rider John Hall has been working to support his local community by donating money and beverages through his business, Orange, Conn.-based Dichello Distributors, to local fire stations, hospitals, and food banks.
NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle rider John Hall has been working to support his local community through his business, Orange, Conn.-based Dichello Distributors.
The company, of which Hall is the president, has made a $5,000 donation to the…
Tim Wilkerson issues the Food is Fuel Challenge for Central Illinois Foodbank
NHRA nitro Funny Car driver Tim Wilkerson, is hoping to inspire the community to rise in support of those who need it most during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wilkerson's Service Center, owned and operated by NHRA nitro Funny Car driver Tim Wilkerson, is hoping to inspire the community to rise in support of those who need it most during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wilkerson, driver of the Levi, Ray…
Show Us Your Shop archive
What's going on at your shop or garage? Are you building a new hot rod, tinkering with parts, or just want to show us where you do you hot rod dreaming and scheming? Send us a video and we'll share it with the drag racing world. …
Show us what you’re working on!
This is project time, a season when social distancing means the safest place to be—is alone with your race car project. Send us photos of what you're working on.
There are two places races are won, on the track, and in the garage. So what are you doing with this time to make your race car quicker? We want to see.
Send us photos and videos of your car being prepped, your engine being built, your new cage…