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'Jungle Clare' Sanders

19 Feb 2016
Phil Burgess, National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
Clare Sanders, then and now By 1969, the Funny Car class was in full bloom and contested at three NHRA national events. After its debut at the 1966 World Finals, the…
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Hagan remains driven headed to Phoenix

18 Feb 2016
News
Matt Hagan already has two world championships and 18 wins in what has been a standout Funny Car career in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. But those accomplishments, coupled with the ultra-competitive and record-breaking state of the Funny…
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Gas Ronda

18 Feb 2016
Alex Waldron, National Dragster Associate Editor
Throwback Thursday
NHRA kicked off its 50th anniversary Funny Car celebration at the Circle K NHRA Winternationals in Pomona last weekend. Many classic nostalgia Funny Cars were on display in the Hot Rod Junction, and some historic Funny Car drivers made special…
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The trouble with doubles

17 Feb 2016
Kevin McKenna, National Dragster Senior Editor
The Sports Report
Winning one national event is a major achievement for just about any NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Sportsman driver and winning two in the same weekend remains a goal that is achieved by only a select few. That point was reaffirmed during the…
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Enders motivated to defend crown heading to Phoenix

16 Feb 2016
News
Erica Enders’ two-year run in Pro Stock has been one of the most impressive stretches in the illustrious history of the class. She capped it off in Pomona last year with a second straight world championship, but Enders isn’t ready for…
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Drag racing legends unite to make wishes come true

16 Feb 2016
News
Jeb Allen, center, and Terry Chandler, right, announced the program in Pomona. Top Fuel drag racing legend Jeb Allen, Funny Car pioneer Don Schumacher, and Terry Chandler have announced a unique program to…
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A new era

16 Feb 2016
Brad Littlefield, National Dragster Associate Editor
Tuesday Morning Crew Chief
The historic Circle K NHRA Winternationals kicked off the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series and ushered the sport into a new era with the FOX Sports television package and the Pro Stock category now required to run fuel injection. Focus was…
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Best of Pomona

15 Feb 2016
National Dragster staff
Poll Position
The 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series kicked off at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, and there were story lines aplenty in Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock. From the debut of the new EFI Pro Stockers to a pair of incredibly close nitro finals,…
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Torrence, Capps, Anderson win season-opening event

14 Feb 2016
News
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Torrence, Beckman, Anderson lead final Circle K NHRA Winternationals fields

13 Feb 2016
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Densham OK after incident in the shutdown area

13 Feb 2016
Brad Littlefield, National DRAGSTER Associate Editor
News
In a pair that was exciting for all the wrong reasons, Jim Campbell's Funny Car blew up at 300 feet in the right lane, but then all eyes were on the opposite lane. Gary Densham went 4.050, 307.70 in the left lane, but his parachutes failed to…
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Langdon seeks more Pomona success

13 Feb 2016
Brad Littlefield, National DRAGSTER Associate Editor
Drivers tend to have tracks where they can seem to do no wrong and others where they can do no right for reasons that they can’t explain. Shawn Langdon’s history and success at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona gives him confidence while…
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Schumacher, Hight, Butner lead on opening day of Circle K NHRA Winternationals

12 Feb 2016
News
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Campbell shares views from a Funny Car rookie

12 Feb 2016
Brad Littlefield, National DRAGSTER Associate Editor
News
Jim Campbell is about to realize a childhood dream by making his first pass down Auto Club Raceway at Pomona in a Funny Car. Campbell, a retired first responder who operates California Safety & Fire Specialists, will be making his Professional…
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Progress report: Winternationals Pro Stock

12 Feb 2016
Candida Benson, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
Pro Stock enters a new era today with the debut of the new-look entries that no longer have hood scoops and feature big changes under the hood, most notably the addition of electronic fuel injection. In this ongoing feature that will be updated…
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'Fast Eddie' Schartman

12 Feb 2016
Phil Burgess, National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
We began this whole odyssey into the early days of Funny Car with the announcement a few weeks ago that NHRA would be saluting 50 years of Funny Cars this season, with the starting point for the celebration being the 1966 season, when NHRA…
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Coughlin embracing new-look Pro Stock class at Circle K NHRA Winternationals

11 Feb 2016
News
It’s a brand new era in the new-look Pro Stock class in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. A class veteran and a five-time world champion, it took Jeg Coughlin Jr., one brief glance at his…
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Two-time Top Fuel world champion Brown ready to defend crown

11 Feb 2016
News
Antron Brown had plenty to celebrate in 2015, including his second NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Top Fuel world championship. Along the way, he picked up his 50th career victory, winning seven…
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Tricky Tipster's Pomona picks

11 Feb 2016
News
For more than five decades, National Dragster's famed Tricky Tipster has tested his (or is it her?) prognosticating skills prior to each national event, putting odds on the top eight racers he (or she?) thinks has the best shot at victory.…
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1986 Winternationals

11 Feb 2016
Alex Waldron, National Dragster Associate Editor
Throwback Thursday
Today is the kickoff of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season at the 56th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals. This week, we will take a look through the National Dragster photo files at what happened 30 years ago at the 1986…
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Pro Stock testing breakdown; one expert's opinion

10 Feb 2016
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
News
Greg Anderson (Photos by Mike Fischbeck/VisionWebMedia) Vincent Nobile Erica Enders…
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Funny Car fan-favorite Courtney Force enters Winternationals with high hopes

10 Feb 2016
News
After seven wins in her first three seasons, including four during a banner 2014 campaign, Funny Car star Courtney Force seemed primed for big things in 2015. Instead, Force was dealt her most trying and frustrating season in her young NHRA Mello…
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Maybe this year

10 Feb 2016
Kevin McKenna, National Dragster Senior Editor
The Sports Report
Tommy Phillips’ racing résumé reads like that of a first-ballot Hall of Famer. For starters, he has won 34 NHRA national event wins in 45 final-round appearances. Throw in another 29 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series divisional…
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Crampton eager for continued success in 2016

09 Feb 2016
News
Now, entering his third season in Top Fuel, Richie Crampton doesn’t take his opportunity for granted. That appreciation to drive the 10,000-horsepower Lucas Oil dragster for Morgan Lucas Racing has already taken the Australia native to…
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Head Racing inks two-race deal with Western Sales Management Auctioneers

09 Feb 2016
News
NHRA Funny Car racer Chad Head will represent Western Sales Management Auctioneers during the first two events of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. Starting at this weekend’s Circle K NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, and continuing…
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NHRA Membership Hospitality Center to join Enders, Coughlin at Winternationals

09 Feb 2016
News
The pitside location of the NHRA Membership Hospitality Center at the 2015 Auto Club Finals was a huge hit, so NHRA and National Dragster are expanding the experience to include not one, but two championship-winning race teams at the Circle K NHRA…
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Testing takeaways

09 Feb 2016
Brad Littlefield, National Dragster Associate Editor
Tuesday Morning Crew Chief
NHRA Nitro Spring Training at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Phoenix (covered on Friday and…
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Defending Funny Car world champion Worsham excited to start 2016

08 Feb 2016
News
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series will celebrate 50 years of Funny Car racing during the 2016 season, and reigning Funny Car world champion Del Worsham can think of no better way to cap that celebration than with a second straight world title…
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Baldwin to make Top Alcohol Dragster debut

08 Feb 2016
NHRA.com staff
Krista Baldwin will make her Top Alcohol Dragster debut this weekend at the Circle K NHRA Winternationals piloting an A/Fuel dragster. This will be her first national event competition at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Baldwin will be running…
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Five great debuts

08 Feb 2016
Phil Burgess, National Dragster Editor
Fast Five
The Winternationals not only kicks off the season, but also can be the stage upon which stars are born. As the traditional season opener, the Winternationals is known for new car and team debuts, but for many drivers, it also has marked the…
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