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Richmond Funny Car results: Q4
Atlanta winner Ron Capps showed he’s ready for a second straight win by posting the best time of the final qualifying session, a 3.953, his third three-second pass in four attempts.
Atlanta winner Ron Capps showed he’s ready for a second straight win by posting the best time of the final qualifying session, a 3.953, his third three-second pass in four attempts.
J.R. Todd (3.961), qualifying leader John Force (3.978), and…
Richmond Top Fuel results: Q4
Steve Torrence made the best run for the second straight session, a 3.791 that accompanied earlier passes of 3.773, 3.824, and 3.873, setting himself up as a Sunday favorite. Clay Millican stayed No. 1 with his Friday 3.74.
Steve Torrence made the best run for the second straight session, a 3.791 that accompanied earlier passes of 3.773, 3.824, and 3.873, setting himself up as a Sunday favorite.
Clay Millican stayed No. 1 with his Friday 3.74 and ran 3.820 in the…
Richmond Pro Stock Motorcycle results: Q4
Jianna Salinas qualified for her first Pro Stock Motorcycle race, while Andrew Hines secured pole position at the Virginia NHRA Nationals.
Jianna Salinas qualified for her first Pro Stock Motorcycle race in the No. 16 position and will race No. 1 qualifier Andrew Hines in the first round at the Virginia NHRA Nationals. Salinas qualified with a 7.338-second pass, while Hines rode to a 6…
Richmond Pro Stock results: Q4
Fernando Cuadra Jr. qualified for his first Pro Stock race at the Virginia NHRA Nationals while Jason Line captured the pole for the first time in 2019.
Fernando Cuadra Jr. qualified for his first Pro Stock race on the back of the 6.841-second pass he made in the fourth and final qualifying session. He qualified in the No. 15 position and will race Deric Kramer in the first round at the Virginia…
Richmond Saturday photo gallery
Photo highlights from Day 2 of the Virginia NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park.
Photo highlights from Day 2 of the Virginia NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park.
Virginia fans have returned in large numbers to their state’s signature drag race and flooded the pits to meet the stars of the sport…
Testing makes perfect for Matt and Angie Smith
Matt Smith Racing found immediate gains at Virginia NHRA Nationals after testing
The Arby’s NHRA Southern Nationals did not go well for Matt Smith Racing. The three bikes fielded by the team, ridden by Matt Smith, Angie Smith and Scotty Pollacheck, qualified between eighth and 14th. That’s not typical performance for the…
Richmond Funny Car results: Q3
The hot weather and hot track affected the Funny Cars as much as it did their longer-wheelbase Top Fuel brethren, as none of the floppers could run in the threes, with Tommy Johnson Jr.’s 4.029 being the best of the pack.
The hot weather and hot track affected the Funny Cars as much as it did their longer-wheelbase Top Fuel brethren, as none of the floppers could run in the threes, with Tommy Johnson Jr.’s 4.029 being the best of the pack.
Johnson, whose Friday 3.…
Richmond Top Fuel results: Q3
Racing on the hottest track temperature seen all season, the Top Fuelers struggled in Q3 but reigning world champ Steve Torrence still put up a respectable 3.82 pass to lead the way.
Racing on the hottest track temperature seen all season, the Top Fuelers struggled in Q3 but reigning world champ Steve Torrence still put up a respectable 3.82 pass to lead the way.
Torrence, winner of the last two races on the schedule, exactly…
Richmond Pro Stock Motorcycle results: Q3
The Vance & Hines Harley-Davidsons lead the Pro Stock Motorcycle field at the Virginia NHRA Nationals following three qualifying sessions.
Welcome to Harleywood. Andrew Hines leads Pro Stock Motorcycle through three qualifying sessions with a 6.812-second elapsed time after running his best 60-foot time in the last three years (1.045). He was followed by teammates Eddie Krawiec (6.822…
Richmond Pro Stock results: Q3
Jason Line remained the No. 1 qualifier, but Deric Kramer ran the best time in the third Pro Stock qualifying session at the Virginia NHRA Nationals in his American Ethanol Chevy Camaro.
The track got hotter, but that didn’t stop Pro Stock teams from improving their performance in the third qualifying session at the Virginia NHRA Nationals. Jason Line remained the No. 1 qualifier (and did not improve with a 6.57-second hit), but he…
The education of Terry Haddock continues, giving and getting lessons
Terry Haddock has been racing nitro cars or more than 20 years, but even as he continues to teach new drivers who rent his Top Fuel dragster, he admits he’s still learning, too.
Terry Haddock has been racing nitro cars or more than 20 years, but even as he continues to teach new drivers who rent his Top Fuel dragster, he admits he’s still learning, too.
This year’s “student” is Cameron Ferre, a former Jr. Dragster and…
Clay Millican and team continue to take the strategic approach to Top Fuel battle
After breaking the 11-year-old track record on their first run Friday, Clay Millican and the Parts Plus/Straightline Strategy Group team opted to sit out the evening session, all part of the plan that puts the emphasis on the word "strategy," even if that means passing up a "hero run."
Clay Millican and crew chief Mike Kloeber dropped a lot of jaws Friday when their Parts Plus/Straightline Strategy Group dragster raced to the No. 1 spot in the heat of the day with a 3.749 that not only broke an 11-year-old track record but that…
Deric Kramer knows how to prepare in a hurry
Former part-time racer Deric Kramer ready to return to Pro Stock racing in Richmond
Deric Kramer raced part time his entire career before racing almost full time in 2018. He planned to race a part-time schedule and wound up nearly racing full time. That makes the 2019 season his full-time debut in the NHRA Mello…
Virginia NHRA Nationals Saturday preview
John Force, Clay Millican, Jason Line and Matt Smith lead their respective Mello Yello categories after one day of qualifying at the NHRA Virginia Nationals with two more sessions scheduled Saturday.
K.B. Racing highlighted the Pro Stock class' return to the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series by taking the top four spots in the qualifying order; at least, for now.
Clay Millican, in his first year reunited with former tuner…
Richmond Friday photo gallery
Photo highlights from Day 1 of the Virginia NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park.
Photo highlights from Day 1 of the Virginia NHRA Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park.
The Sportsman cars of the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series were lined up early eager for their first trips down the Virginia Motorsports…
John Force, Clay Millican, Jason Line, Matt Smith top Friday qualifying at NHRA Virginia Nationals
Friday qualifying is in the books and John Force (Funny Car), Clay Millican (Top Fuel), Jason Line (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are in the lead at the Virginia NHRA Nationals.
John Force wheeled his Peak Chevrolet Funny Car to the head of the field during Friday qualifying at the Virginia NHRA Nationals. The 16-time champion, running Herculiner colors at Virginia Motorsports Park, ran a track-record 3.899-second pass at…
Richmond Top Fuel results: Q2
No one could better Clay Millican’s opening lap of 3.749, but Mike Salinas came closest, cranking off a 3.754 in the Scrappers Racing entry for the best run of Q2.
No one could better Clay Millican’s opening lap of 3.749, but Mike Salinas, who had to skip the most recent event, in Atlanta, to attend to business matters, showed no ill effects of the break, cranking off a 3.754 in the Scrappers Racing entry for…
Richmond Funny Car results: Q2
John Force picked up nearly a tenth of a second over his opening lap of 3.97 and recorded Virginia Motorsports Park’s first 3.80-second Funny Car pass, a 3.899, and is now halfway to what would be his sport-leading 157th low qualifying effort
John Force picked up nearly a tenth of a second over his opening lap of 3.97 and recorded Virginia Motorsports Park’s first 3.80-second Funny Car pass, a 3.899, and is now halfway to what would be his sport-leading 157th low qualifying effort…
Richmond Pro Stock results: Q2
Jason Line holds the provisional Pro Stock pole at the Virginia NHRA Nationals after two terrific passes.
K.B Racing tightened its grip on Pro Stock during the second qualifying session. Jason Line ripped the early part of the track at Virginia Motorsports Park and continued to make great power all the way down the strip. His 6.563 earned him another…
Richmond Pro Stock Motorcycle results: Q2
Matt Smith secured the provisional pole at the Virginia NHRA Nationals and took all six bonus points in Pro Stock Motorcycle along the way.
Matt Smith earned the provisional Pro Stock Motorcycle pole with a 6.844-second pass on his Denso Spark Plugs EBR. He’s .006-second quicker than Eddie Krawiec at the end of the first day of qualifying at the Virginia NHRA Nationals and scored all…
Randy Eakins' Factory Stock Mustang hits the wall at Virginia NHRA Nationals
Randy Eakins hit the wall in his SAMTech.edu NHRA Factory Stock Showdown Mustang during qualifying at the Virginia NHRA Nationals.
SAMTech.edu NHRA Factory Stock Showdown qualifying took a wild turn Friday at the Virginia NHRA Nationals. Randy Eakins smacked the wall in his Mustang after crossing the finish line alongside Jesse Alexandria, sending his hot rod spinning and…
Joey Gladstone and Cory Reed's race to 60-foot perfection
Joey Gladstone and Cory Reed are ahead of the curve when it comes to the race to 60-feet in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
Joey Gladstone put a new wheelie bar on his EBR-bodied Pro Stock Motorcycle ahead of the first qualifying session at the Virginia NHRA Nationals. The early returns? Not bad. He ran 6.967-seconds to the quarter mile, .002-seconds quicker than…
Richmond Top Fuel results: Q1
Clay Millican, still looking for his first win with new crew chief Mike Kloeber, took the No. 1 spot in Top Fuel after the opening qualifying session with a 3.749 to lead a strong opening stanza
Clay Millican, still looking for his first win with new crew chief Mike Kloeber, took the No. 1 spot in Top Fuel after the opening qualifying session with a 3.749 to lead a strong opening stanza.
Leah Pritchett sits second but a half-tenth back…
Richmond Funny Car results: Q1
Ron Capps and crew chief Rahn Tobler, hot off of their win two weeks ago in Atlanta, kept that winning NAPA Brakes livery past its one-race special-edition expiration plan and blasted down the warm track to a 3.927 to lead the field after Q1.
Ron Capps and crew chief Rahn Tobler, hot off of their win two weeks ago in Atlanta, kept that winning NAPA Brakes livery past its one-race special-edition expiration plan and blasted down the warm track to a 3.927 to lead the field after Q1…
Richmond Pro Stock results: Q1
Jason Line leads the Pro Stock field at the NHRA Virginia Nationals after the first qualifying session at Virginia Motorsports Park.
Jason Line made a great hit to the 60-foot block (.975-second) and carried that through to the quarter mile to lead the first Pro Stock qualifying session. His 6.576-second lap bested teammate Bo Butner by .004-second in a K.B. Racing-dominated top…
Richmond Pro Stock Motorcycle results: Q1
Matt Smith made the quickest run of the first Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying session and ran top speed at Virginia Motorsports Park.
Matt Smith blew away the rest of the Pro Stock Motorcycle field in the first qualifying session at the Virginia NHRA Nationals. His 6.851-second hit was two-hundredths of a second quicker than the field and he also ran top speed at 197.91 mph.…
Two-car Top Fuel outing for Paton Racing is 'a test session gone wild'
Fans may have done a double take when they saw two dragsters roll out of the Paton Racing trailer in the pits this weekend, but there’s a method behind the multi-machine madness.
Fans may have done a double take when they saw two dragsters roll out of the Paton Racing trailer in the pits this weekend, but there’s a method behind the multi-machine madness.
“It’s a test session gone wild,” said a bemused Todd Paton, who…
Mike Green happy to be back in Top Fuel, eager to help rookie Prock succeed
The Virginia NHRA Nationals marks a new chapter in crew chief Mike Green's career as he takes over the tuning duties on Austin Prock's Montana Brand/Rocky Mountain Twist dragster after trading place with Jon Shaffer, who took Green's spot on Bob Tasca III's Funny Car.
Drag racing isn’t like many other professional sports, where “players” are traded like property from team to team to suit a particular need, but a lot of people drew similar comparisons after the between-races personnel swap between Bob Tasca…
Fernando Cuadra Jr. taking first Pro Stock steps in Richmond
Second-generation racer Fernando Cuadra Jr. to take first steps of long Pro Stock journey at Virginia NHRA Nationals
“I’ve never driven in front of this many people before,” said Fernando Cuadra Jr. He flashes a smile, a combination of nervous energy and excitement while standing behind a Chevy Camaro formerly driven by Greg Anderson.
That’s not his…
Virginia NHRA Nationals Friday preview
The Pro Stock class returns to the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series after a three-race "spring break" to highlight NHRA's second return to Virginia Motorsports Park. Two Mello Yello qualifying sessions are scheduled for today.
The Pro Stock class returns to the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series after a three-race "spring break" to highlight NHRA's second return to Virginia Motorsports Park.
The beatiful facility south of Richmond hosted an NHRA national event last…