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A Kean memory

17 Jun 2016
Phil Burgess, National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
Response to last week’s column full o’ photos was deliciously marvelous, with lots of my pals here digging my amateurish attempts because, after all, even a bad photo of a great Funny Car is worth seeing, right? As I’ve said…
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Former Pro Mod champ Smith thrilled to return to NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals

17 Jun 2016
News
Former NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series national champion Von Smith is simply happy to be racing again. After not racing in 2015, Smith is back behind the wheel of the Al-Anabi Racing Chevrolet Camaro this year and will compete at…
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Tricky Tipster's Bristol picks

16 Jun 2016
News
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.…
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Coughlin reflects on special date for NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals

16 Jun 2016
News
The date will certainly be on Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s mind at this weekend’s 16th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway. Final eliminations on Sunday at the picturesque track…
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Holley Hot Rod Reunion races to conclusion

16 Jun 2016
News
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Thrilling racing action headlined the final day of the NHRA Holley Hot Rod Reunion presented by AAA Insurance at Beech Bend Raceway with eliminations taking place in all the categories. In the signature event, the…
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1999 Winston Showdown

16 Jun 2016
Alex Waldron, National Dragster Associate Editor
Throwback Thursday
This weekend, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series makes its way to Bristol for the 16th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. For this week’s edition of Throwback Thursday, we look back to NHRA's return to Bristol Dragway for the first…
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Event preview: NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals

16 Jun 2016
News
After two weeks in the Northeast, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads south for the third of four straight weekends of racing in June, hitting Bristol Dragway for the 16th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. Tucked in the Tennessee…
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Crew Member Spotlight: Matt Bynum

15 Jun 2016
News
Matt Bynum is the bottom-end technician for the DHL Toyota Camry Funny Car driven by 2015 NHRA Mello Yello world champion Del Worsham. Bynum builds all of the short blocks for the team and removes the oil pan to service the entire rotating assembly…
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Former Funny Car world champion Hight excited about possibilities heading to Bristol

15 Jun 2016
News
Robert Hight might not have gotten the results he wanted out of his new 10,000-horsepower Auto Club Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car last weekend in Englishtown, but the former world champion remains upbeat when he considers the possibilities. Hight…
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Dan is the man

15 Jun 2016
Kevin McKenna, National Dragster Senior Editor
The Sports Report
Dan Northrop won the Super Gas national championship in 2000, and his most recent national event victory had come just a year ago in Englishtown, so it wasn’t the least bit surprising to see him headed into Sunday’s final eliminations…
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Force eager for more victories starting at NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals

14 Jun 2016
News
Brittany Force took a major step in her budding Top Fuel career by registering her first two victories during the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. Force, though, is hardly satisfied and has a…
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Pritchett gets New Yorkers’ take on driving 330 mph

14 Jun 2016
News
Would you like to go 330 mph? That was one of the questions Top Fuel driver Leah Pritchett posed to New Yorkers ahead of last week’s NHRA Summernationals at nearby Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.…
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Mello Yello Series heads to Bristol Dragway for thrilling Father’s Day action

14 Jun 2016
News
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads back to one of the most picturesque dragstrips on the 24-race circuit to host the 16th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, June 17-19, at Bristol Dragway. The race is the 11th event of the 2016 season…
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Super Summernationals

14 Jun 2016
Brad Littlefield, National Dragster Associate Editor
Tuesday Morning Crew Chief
Historic Old Bridge Township Raceway Park hosted the NHRA Summernationals, an event that lived up to its name when racers took on a warm racing surface Sunday. Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), Ron Capps (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock), and…
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Three-peat!

14 Jun 2016
Ashley Oberhofer
On the Run: Kalitta Motorsports
At the end of my last blog, I said that I was hoping to have some happy news after our next races, and I’m excited to report back with some great news from Team Kalitta! It’s been an eventful month or so since I last wrote, so let’…
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Protect The Harvest named title sponsor of Seattle event

13 Jun 2016
News
Protect The Harvest, a group founded in 2011 to assist in the fight for the rights of America’s farmers, ranchers, animal owners, and sportsmen/sportswomen, has signed an agreement to become the title-rights sponsor of the upcoming NHRA Mello…
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Barton goes back to back in Factory Stock rout

12 Jun 2016
News
David Barton
David Barton’s victory at the season-opening SAM Tech Factory Stock Showdown event in Gainesville was impressive, but his second win in Englishtown was nothing less than a good old fashioned drubbing. Barton, driving Gary Wolkwitz’s supercharged…
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Torrence, Capps, Anderson win again; Sampey breaks victory drought in E-town

12 Jun 2016
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Top 20 Funny Cars: Introducing No. 15

12 Jun 2016
News
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 …
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Best of Englishtown

12 Jun 2016
National Dragster staff
Poll Position
The aptly named 2016 NHRA Summernationals featured great performances on the opening day of qualifying before teams adapted to warm conditions that created exciting racing at historic Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown. Ron Capps'…
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Torrence, Capps, Line, Krawiec hold on to Summernationals qualifying leads

11 Jun 2016
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Torrence, Capps, Line, Krawiec lead after opening day of Summernationals qualifying

10 Jun 2016
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More of Phil's Foto Follies

10 Jun 2016
Phil Burgess, National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
Ask someone if they want to see your old family photos, and they’ll probably come up with an excuse to go do something less painful; root canal comes to mind. But ask any drag racing fan if he or she would like to look at your old drag racing…
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Tricky Tipster's Englishtown picks

09 Jun 2016
News
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.…
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Summernationals has always seemed like home for Anderson

09 Jun 2016
News
Greg Anderson has a strong affinity for racing in the Northeast, and the results back up that claim for the four-time Pro Stock world champion. Anderson won in Epping for the second straight year on Monday and has a Pro Stock-best six victories at…
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DeJoria appears on FOXNews.com Live

09 Jun 2016
News
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com In advance of this weekend’s NHRA Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Alexis DeJoria made a stop in…
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Johnson Jr. hopes history repeats itself at Raceway Park

09 Jun 2016
News
It took a final-round appearance in New England for Tommy Johnson Jr. to get his season on track a year ago. The Funny Car standout now hopes history is about to repeat itself heading into this weekend’s 47th annual NHRA Summernationals at…
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Event preview: NHRA Summernationals

09 Jun 2016
News
The racers in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series had just a short stroll down the Eastern Seaboard from last weekend’s event in Epping to Englishtown for the 47th running of one of the all-time great NHRA events, the NHRA Summernationals…
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1976 Summernationals

09 Jun 2016
Alex Waldron, National Dragster Associate Editor
Throwback Thursday
June is a busy month for drag racing with four straight weekends of NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series action. This weekend, we head from New Hampshire to New Jersey for the 47th annual NHRA Summernationals in Englishtown. In this week’s…
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NHRA eliminates oildown fines during qualifying and time trials

08 Jun 2016
News
NHRA’s competition committee announced today it will eliminate all monetary fines for any oildown violations that occur during qualifying rounds and time trials. The policy applies to all teams, both professional and sportsman classes, and is…
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