For Pritchett, its been an interesting trip so far
Leah Pritchett’s road to her current spot in the Countdown playoffs has been a twisting and turning journey, filled with highlights, not unlike her trip from Sonoma to Seattle to compete in the Protect The Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals.…
Center of Attention
Those who have witnessed either of Brad Burton’s national championship speeches probably already realize that the 2010 and 2012 Stock champion doesn’t mind being the center of attention. With that in mind, it was almost poetic that…
Emerald City makeover
The final rounds of the Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series categories will take place away from Pacific Raceways due to rain, but what took place at the final stop on the…
Final rounds in Seattle rained out; event completion in Brainerd, Indy
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Courtney Force involved in Seattle accident
NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series racer Courtney Force escaped serious injury after a racing incident in the first round of Sunday’s eliminations at Pacific Raceways. Force’s Traxxas…
Top 20 Funny Cars: Introducing No. 9
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…
Revisiting the first Western Swing sweep in Funny Car
After earning his third of 16 career Funny Car championships in 1993 and dethroning 1992 champion Cruz Pedregon, John Force began the 1994 season with a flamed Chevy Lumina body and iconic souvenir T-…
More Countdown playoff positions clinched in Seattle
After the rain postponement of the Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil in Seattle, eight Top Fuel drivers have clinched their berths in the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship playoffs. In Funny Car…
Worsham destroys record books in Seattle; Schumacher, Nobile also claim top spots
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Veteran Smith to tune Lee/Kalitta Motorsports Funny Car entry
Championship-winning tuner Todd Smith has been named as the crew chief on the McLeod Racing Toyota Camry Funny Car driven by Paul Lee. Smith will lead the third Funny Car team for Kalitta Motorsports that will begin running at the NHRA Keystone…
Pacific Raceways project will help improve historic facility
Pacific Raceways, home of the Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil and other NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events for nearly three decades, has received preliminary approval to build a new facility that will…
Torrence, Worsham break track records to lead Friday nitro in Seattle; Nobile atop Pro Stock
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Papa John's Pizza delivers support to Pritchett
Papa John's International Inc. announced it will sponsor Top Fuel racer Leah Pritchett's Don Schumacher Racing Top Fuel dragster team at this weekend's NHRA national event at Pacific Raceways near Seattle…
DeJoria to miss Seattle race; eyes Brainerd for return
NHRA Funny Car pilot Alexis DeJoria will miss this weekend’s Protect The Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals in Seattle due to injuries sustained in a recent crash, but already is eying a return,…
Former Chief Starter Mark Lyle remembered in Seattle
The life of former NHRA Chief Starter Mark Lyle was fondly remembered by family, friends, and the racing community in a Thursday night celebration of life on the eve of the Protect The Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways, Lyle…
Aerospace Components NHRA Excellence in Engineering: Denver 2016
STEVE HAGBERG’S 426 HEMI RO23 BELVEDERE II: ONE OF 55 Steve Hagberg's super-clean A/SA ’67 RO23 Plymouth Belvedere II is No. 15 of just 55 factory-packaged race cars produced by Plymouth at its famed…
Seattle 64 Funny Cars, 1976
By the time that most of you read this, I’ll be at Pacific Raceways covering the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series national event at the track formerly known as Seattle Int’l Raceway, which is perfect timing for this week’s subject (I love it…
Tricky Tipster's Seattle picks
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.…
Five Minutes With: Tony Pedregon
Tony Pedregon won two NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car championships and 43 national events in the category before hanging up his driving boots to join the FOX Sports broadcast team this season as a color analyst for NHRA events. NHRA…
Event preview: Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads north to Washington for the last of the three consecutive races in the NHRA Western Swing at the 29th annual Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil at Pacific Raceways in…
2005 Northwest Nationals
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series proceeds north to Washington for the 29th annual Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil in Seattle, the third and final race in NHRA’s Western Swing. For this week’s…
NHRA Miami fans, get your FOX live
NHRA race fans have been enjoying a historic summer with the first live national network race coverage on the FOX broadcast network, but NHRA has become aware of viewing problems in some areas. The hardest hit has been the Miami area, where FOX…
McGaha only looking forward approaching Seattle
Chris McGaha looks at his current situation and isn’t exactly happy about the missteps that have been made to this point during his 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. But instead…
Todd rounding into form heading to Seattle
The goal for every racer in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series is to be performing at his or her best when the six-race Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship begins. After a slow start and a number of close calls this season, Top…
Aerospace Components NHRA Excellence in Engineering: Chicago 2016
CARY BALES' 76mm TURBOCHARGED HONDA Carey Bales’ first car in high school was a Honda Accord that he hot rodded, but that machine is a far cry from the DD/AT 2016 Honda Accord he unveiled at Route 66 Raceway, which was the…
Force eyes rare Western Swing sweep
John Force has won the first two races of the Western Swing, in Denver and Sonoma, and now heads to Seattle and the Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil looking for a rare…
Smith named NHRA Director of Media Relations
Scott R. Smith, who has been with the NHRA since 2002, has been named NHRA Director of Media Relations, it was announced today by NHRA Vice President of Public Relations Terry Blount. Smith will direct the communications efforts of the NHRA…
Beckman still sees room for improvement
On the surface, everything appears to be going well for Funny Car standout Jack Beckman during his 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. The former world champion is third in points,…
Wine Country winners
The big No. 1 that adorns the sides of Justin Lamb’s Chevy Cobalt Super Stock car wasn’t put there by accident. The single digit identifies Lamb as the reigning national champion in the class, and after a memorable 2015 season, Lamb…
Funny Car newcomer Welch living his dream heading to Seattle
It has been a long and circuitous journey for Brandon Welch, but the Funny Car newcomer is now living his dream and he doesn’t plan to slow down anytime soon.
Welch made his professional debut in 2015, racing the final two events of…