Best of Topeka
The 2016 NHRA Kansas Nationals will very likely go down in the history books as one of the best races in the history of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. From the incredible Friday night qualifying that produced the quickest and fastest Funny…
Top 20 Funny Cars: Introducing No. 17
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, beginning the weekend of the Summit Racing…
NHRA viewership sets another high mark on FOX Sports 1 telecast
Last weekend’s Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway was the most-watched NHRA event in the modern TV landscape, delivering 1,367,000 viewers on Sunday’s finals show alone. The FOX Sports 1 telecast had…
Deconstructing the vote: 18-20
I hope you all saw the reveal last Sunday on NHRA.com (or Saturday on the FOX show) of our Top 20 Funny Cars catch-up. We unveiled Nos. 18 to 20 to catch up to Tony Pedregon’s separate list that he began a few weeks ago, and I thought it would…
Kennedy named NHRA Director of Multimedia Content
David Kennedy, who has spent the last two decades helping to build multiple automotive media brands, has been named NHRA director of multimedia content, it was announced by NHRA Vice President-Executive Producer and Chief Content Officer Ken…
Beckman ready for qualifying success to translate to victories
Jack Beckman already has four No. 1 qualifiers through seven events during the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. But what the 2012 Funny Car world champion really wants is his first victory of the season. After a record-breaking…
Johnson feels team is on the cusp of something big
The process has taken longer than he would have hoped but former Pro Stock world champion Allen Johnson believes his team is headed in a direction that could lead to impressive results. Heading to a track where he has three victories and five final…
Heart of the NHRA: Shirley's Kids
Shirley's Kids is a 501(c)3 non-profit charity created to help children in need. Because its namesake, four-time world champion Shirley Muldowney, has lived her life in drag racing, the organization first seeks out deserving children within the…
Tricky Tipster's Topeka 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.…
Event preview: NHRA Kansas Nationals
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads to the Midwest and historic Heartland Park Topeka for the eighth event of the 2016 season, the NHRA Kansas Nationals. The sprawling multipurpose facility has hosted an NHRA national event since 1989 and…
Tales from the Strip: Tony Pedregon
Two-time NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car world champion and current FOX NHRA Drag Racing analyst Tony Pedregon began his first full Professional campaign in 1996 behind the wheel of a second Funny Car for 16-time world champion John Force. It only took…
Crampton enjoys busy stretch as team’s fortunes improve
Richie Crampton got the lift he needed to kick off one of the busiest stretches during the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. Now returning to the place where he has had prior success, the Top Fuel standout hopes it signals the first…
Take a ride down the dragstrip with Capps
What’s it like to cover 1,000 feet in less than four seconds in a nitro Funny Car, one of the most powerful vehicles in the world? “The Funny Car is the most unnerving, evil-handling, unpredictable race car,” said veteran driver…
Crew Chief Confidential: Mike Neff
Mike “Zippy” Neff is the most accomplished tuner under 50 years old in the nitro ranks. He has won Funny Car championships as a crew chief with two different organizations and has even won 10 races as a driver. Neff’s rapid…
Coughlin knows turnaround is coming soon
The start to the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season wasn’t exactly what five-time Pro Stock world champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. envisioned. But betting against a driver who has 58…
Making the most of a second chance
There isn’t much of a downside to making it to two final rounds at the same event except for the empty feeling that almost certainly goes hand in hand with losing both final rounds. After racing to the Super Stock and Stock finals at last…
NHRA Mello Yello Series powers back to Topeka
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series returns to Kansas’ capital city in America’s heartland, May 20-22, for the 28th annual NHRA Kansas Nationals, the eighth event of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. The best in…
NHRA Safety Safari: A history of excellence
Members of the NHRA Safety Safari presented by AAA perform some of the toughest and most important jobs at every NHRA national event. They are there to respond to on-track emergencies and help provide a track ready for competition at each of the…
Force to debut '16 Camaro SS in Topeka
John Force, the 16-time NHRA Funny Car world champion, will race the all-new '16 Camaro SS Funny Car this weekend at the NHRA Kansas Nationals in Topeka. The switch was announced during a John Force…
Anatomy of a crash: Terry McMillen
Top Fuel racer Terry McMillen walked away uninjured from a high-speed incident while racing Tony Schumacher during the first round of racing at the NHRA SpringNationals in Houston. McMillen’s Amalie Motor Oil dragster suffered a mechanical…
The tightest of margins
The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals took place in front of a packed house at Atlanta Dragway, and the thrilling race culminated in the closest decision in a Top Fuel final in NHRA history. It was a foregone conclusion that the…
Tasca returns to competition in Topeka
Tasca Racing will return to the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Kansas Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka, May 20-22. “This is a special race for a number of reasons,” said team owner and driver Bob Tasca III. “The…
Summit Series National Championship drawing held in Atlanta
In a special drawing for the NHRA Summit Racing Series National Championship, four NHRA Divisions were selected to send an extra racer to compete for the national championship at the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona…
Top 20 Funny Cars: Introducing Nos. 18-20
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, beginning the weekend of the Summit Racing…
Best of Atlanta
For the last 36 years, Atlanta Dragway has hosted an NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series national event, but it isn’t an exaggeration to suggest that the 2016 edition of the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals was the best. How…