NHRA Today: Las Vegas Pro Mod preview
The NHRA Toyota Nationals in Las Vegas is the season finale for the J&A Pro Mod Drag Racing Series. NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom welcomed Brian Lohnes into the Wally Parks NHRA Studio via Skype to discuss what may happen at the final event. The…
In the Nick of time
When he rolled through the gates of Silver Dollar Raceway for the recent Division 2 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event, Nick Folk had already done the math and quickly concluded that the odds were not in his favor, or so he thought. Racing at…
Six rookie candidates eligible for 2016 Auto Club Road to the Future award
Six rookie drivers representing the four NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series categories, Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle, were announced by officials from NHRA and Automobile Club of Southern California as the eligible…
JEGS signs multi-year extension for Allstars
JEGS Automotive, Inc., has extended its agreement with the NHRA as title sponsor of the JEGS Allstars event. The extension will keep the JEGS name on the race-within-a-race bonus program for the best of the best NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing…
Brown hopes to finish the job in Las Vegas
Antron Brown was so dominant in the 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship he clinched the Top Fuel world championship at the penultimate event of the year in Las Vegas. Now the two-time world champion is trying to…
Driver input still a vital piece of tuning puzzle
Even with comprehensive data loggers recording every beat of the engine's heart, the driver still offers vital feedback, as Lucas Oil Top Fuel crew chief Aaron Brooks explains to NHRA on FOX reporter Bruno Massel.
Rookie report card
The ballot for this year’s Auto Club Road to the Future Award has gone out to members of the media, and it features six drivers representing all four NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series classes. Voters consider a number of factors, including on-…
NHRA stars to participate in Las Vegas Fanfest
Fans of the NHRA are going to want to be on Fremont Street Thursday night. That’s where 30 of the NHRA’s top stars will be attending NHRA Fanfest on Thursday to sign autographs and promote the 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals, which…
NHRA Today: Funny Car title battle heats up (literally)
The battle for the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny car championship heated up at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals in Dallas where points leader Ron Capps bounced back from a second-round fire to reach the final, where…
Tanner Gray to take over family's Pro Stock car for 2017
The highly successful Gray family will have another member competing in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series next season when Tanner Gray climbs behind the wheel of Gray Motorsports' Valvoline/Nova Services Pro Stock Chevrolet. Tanner is the…
Cedar Falls Motorsports Park joins NHRA Member Track Network
Cedar Falls Motorsports Park, located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, has joined the NHRA Member Track Network within the West Central Division, which features tracks from Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The…
Winningest Sportsman drivers
In Reading, Peter Biondo drove to his 50th career win, outlasting the Stock field to claim the milestone win. Not only did it put Biondo in exclusive company as just the 17th driver to reach the 50-win mark, but it also moved him into the top five…
Champions crowned at California Hot Rod Reunion
The final day of the 25th annual California Hot Rod Reunion presented by Automobile Club of Southern California concluded with intense quarter-mile drag strip racing on Sunday. Event and category champions were crowned as the sun set over Auto Club…
Johnson, Marathon Petroleum announce extended sponsorship agreement
NHRA Pro Stock racer Allen Johnson and Marathon Petroleum Corporation have announced an extended sponsorship agreement to continue their partnership into the 2017 season. “We are thankful for our continued partnership with Marathon Petroleum…
The top three: Force
Continuing my review of the three cars and drivers remaining in the Top 20 Funny Cars polls, we move from Dale Pulde’s ’77 War Eagle Pontiac to John Force’s ’96 Castrol Firebird. Again, don’t read anything into me putting…
Langdon enjoying strong turnaround heading to Vegas
The last time Shawn Langdon was at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, he was mired in a frustrating early-season slump that included five straight first-round losses to open the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. Much has changed…
NHRA Today: Krawiec comes up big in Big D to claim points lead
Eddie Krawiec’s holeshot final-round victory over Jerry Savoie at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals gave the three-time former world champ the points lead in Pro Stock Motorcycle with just two events remaining. Krawiec, who led the points form…
Throwback Thursday: Krawiec's winless championship season
Eddie Krawiec is the current points leader in Pro Stock Motorcycle, having scored five wins this season including two in the Countdown, but he claimed his first ever championship in 2008 without collecting a single race win. Krawiec started his…
NHRA Today: Lee ready for Team Kalitta debut in Las Vegas
Funny Car racer Paul Lee, who will make his season debut at the Toyota NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas as part of the Kalitta Motorsports team, visited the Wally Parks NHRA Studio where Amanda Busick spoke with him about his new team and his plans for…
NHRA fans support Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and NHRA drivers and fans have been promoting the cause in numerous ways, from special-edition cars to messages of hope and support. NHRA’s Amanda Busick takes a look at some social media posts from…
Krawiec's winless 2008 championship season
Eddie Krawiec is the current points leader in Pro Stock Motorcycle, having scored five wins this season including two in the Countdown, but he claimed his first ever championship in 2008 without collecting a single race win. Krawiec started his…
SealMaster, Kalitta Motorsports announce contract extension
SealMaster and Kalitta Motorsports have announced a contract extension for the 2017 season. SealMaster the one-stop source for pavement maintenance products and equipment, will continue as the primary sponsor on J.R. Todd’s Top Fuel dragster…
Hall in the family
For Rusty Hall, winning the Stock final at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals wasn’t all that difficult. Although he trailed Bobby Brannon off the starting line, Hall decided to hit the brakes, then watched his win light shine after Brannon…
Free COPD screening at California Hot Rod Reunion
Racers and fans attending this weekend’s NHRA’s California Hot Rod Reunion can take part in a free COPD screening event, thanks to the Right2Breate Project. Joe Morrison, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of…
California Hot Rod Reunion will give drag racing fans a blast from the past
The California hot rod culture will be on full display at the tradition-rich California Hot Rod Reunion presented by Automobile Club of Southern California at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif., Oct. 21-23. The three-day event…
Dallas finals from Mello Yello 360-degree starting-line camera
Ever wonder what an NHRA drag race looks like from the chief starter’s point of view? NHRA fans and race teams can enjoy a new level of immersion and interaction with their favorite sport as NHRA experiments with 360-degree video from the…
Forces, Hight interact with Auto Club NHRA Finals ticket purchasers
NHRA cameras were rolling as 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force, along with teammates Brittany and Courtney Force and Robert Hight, answered phones and talked with fans who ordered tickets for the Auto Club NHRA Finals Fans who called in…
Drivers willing to risk it all in Las Vegas
The high rollers of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series know what’s at stake at the 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Oct. 27-30. As the second-to-last race of the 2016 season, the opportunity to…
Thinning the herd
Following a thrilling and memorable AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals in Dallas, the field of contenders remaining in the Countdown to the Championship has been trimmed to just a handful in most cases, but that doesn’t mean that anything has been…