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Tricky Tipster names Torrence, Hight, Butner, Krawiec as St. Louis favorites

Steve Torrence, Robert Hight, Bo Butner, and Eddie Krawiec are NHRA National Dragster's Tricky Tipster's favorites to win this weekend's AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park just outside of St. Louis.
28 Sep 2017
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Tricky Tipster
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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Latest issue of NHRA National Dragster now online (Vol. 58 No. 20)

NHRA National Dragster’s 20th issue of 2017, featuring Charlotte coverage and more, is online now for NHRA members, and it’s in the mail to homes and shops around the world.
28 Sep 2017
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NHRA National Dragster
NHRA National Dragster’s 20th issue of 2017, featuring Charlotte coverage and more, is online now for NHRA members, and it’s in the mail to homes and shops around the world. The first race of the 2017 NHRA Countdown to the Championship…
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Countdown perfection means no time for let up for points leader Krawiec

Eddie Krawiec’s start to the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship has been nothing short of perfect. He has won the first two Pro Stock Motorcycle events, firmly putting the three-time world champion in the driver’s seat heading to the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals.
28 Sep 2017
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Eddie Krawiec
Eddie Krawiec’s start to the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship has been nothing short of perfect. He has won the first two Pro Stock Motorcycle events, firmly putting the three-time world champion in the driver’s seat heading to this…
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Remembering NHRA founder Wally Parks, a hot-rodding visionary

Sept. 28, 2017 marks the 10-year anniversary of the passing of NHRA founder Wally Parks. The primary driving force behind the formation of the National Hot Rod Association, Parks was the visionary whose early goals created what today is the world’s largest motorsports governing body.
28 Sep 2017
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  Sept. 28, 2017 marks the 10-year anniversary of the passing of NHRA founder Wally Parks. The primary driving force behind the formation of the National Hot Rod Association, Parks was the visionary whose early goals…
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Wally Parks, an appreciation

28 Sep 2017
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
Wally Parks
The NHRA family marks today the 10th anniversary of the passing of Wally Parks, the dynamic and purposeful man who not only founded the NHRA in 1951 but led hot rodding from the dark shadows of scorn into the bright sunlight of national acceptance…
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Prusiensky gains eCarMover.com backing for last four events

Mopar Pro Stock racer Alan Prusiensky, who has not missed an NHRA event this season, has landed eCarMover.com for the balance of the 2017 season.
27 Sep 2017
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
Alan Prusiensky
When Alan Prusiensky made the jump from Comp to Pro Stock three years ago, his eyes were wide open. Prusiensky understood the challenges that go with racing on NHRA’s highest level and over the past three season’s he’s endured his fair share of…
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New dates announced for 2018 Countdown to the Championship events

Four events in the Countdown to the Championship will change dates for the 2018 season.
27 Sep 2017
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Schedule
The complexion of the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship will take a new form as four of the national events will change dates for the upcoming season.  The Dodge NHRA Nationals will kick off the six-race…
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Hight ready to bounce back in St. Louis after Reading stumble

A second-round loss in Reading on Sunday bounced Robert Hight from the Funny Car points lead in the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship, but recent history indicates the former world champion will bounce back in impressive fashion.
27 Sep 2017
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Robert Hight
After a brilliant stretch that included wins and broken records, Robert Hight isn’t going to let one hiccup get him down. A second-round loss in Reading on Sunday bounced Hight from the Funny Car points lead in the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the…
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Behind the Numbers: Consistency makes Brittany, Courtney Force contenders in the Countdown

Brittany and Courtney Force lead Top Fuel and Funny Car in points acquired over the first two Countdown races thanks to steady performance.
27 Sep 2017
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
Behind the Numbers
Forces
To hear drivers and crew chiefs talk, the key to winning a Mello Yello Championship resembles boxing as much as it does racing. To alter the famous quote from legendary Raiders owner Al Davis: “just go rounds, baby.” That worked out just…
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WFO Radio NHRA Nitro Dodge NHRA Nationals Winners Edition

27 Sep 2017
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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WFO
Check out the WFO Radio NHRA Nitro Dodge NHRA Nationals Winners Edition featuring Ron Capps, Brittany Force, Bo Butner, and Eddie Krawiec. NHRA National Dragster’s Candida Benson talks Maple Grove and Brian Massingill previews the SAM Tech Factory…
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Tom Terrific

When opportunity knocked, Tom Martino didn't hesitate and returned from a long break to win his first Comp Eliminator title in Reading.
27 Sep 2017
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
The Sports Report
martino
Four years after he made his last competitive run in the Pro Stock car and more than two decades after he left the Comp class, Tom Martino returned to take care of some unfinished business. Martino has five Pro Stock wins as a driver and many more…
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Sanford to pilot Rapisarda Dragster in St. Louis

Ashley Sanford will take over driving duties for Wayne Newby on the Rapisarda Dragster at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals
26 Sep 2017
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
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Ashley Sanford
Ashley Sanford will get another opportunity to live out her dream of driving a Top Fuel Dragster. You bet she’s excited.  “I’m excited beyond belief right now,” said Sanford in the midst of packing up her suitcase to head to St. Louis…
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Crew Chief Confidential: Dodge NHRA Nationals

NHRA Reporter Lewis Bloom talked to the winning crew chiefs from the Dodge NHRA Nationals: Rahn Tobler for Ron Capps (Funny Car), Darrel Herron for Bo Butner (Pro Stock), Brian Husen for Brittany Force (Top Fuel), and Matt Hines for Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle).
26 Sep 2017
Posted by NHRA.com staff
Crew Chief Confidential
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Sportsman winner Jerry Albert

26 Sep 2017
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Moments before winning Top Dragster, Todd Ewing raced in the Top Sportsman presented by Racing RVs final and lost to former Division 3 champ Jerry Albert. In that bout, Albert ran right on his dial with a 6.890, while Ewing broke out by a thousandth…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Dragster winner Todd Ewing

26 Sep 2017
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Todd Ewing, a six-time national event winner in Super Stock and Super Comp, added a Top Dragster presented by Racing RVs title to his résumé when he stopped Barry Brown in the final. Ewing, driving Top Fuel champ Shawn Langdon’s dragster, won the…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Gas winner Dean Mathauser

26 Sep 2017
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John Labbous Jr. lost his shot for a second double when Dean Mathauser defeated him in the double-breakout Super Gas final, 9.895 to 9.882. Mathauser, in his vintage GTO, worked his way to the final with wins against past world champ Iggie Boicesco…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Comp winner John Labbous Jr.

26 Sep 2017
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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John Labbous Jr., who was a double winner at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte last April, ran his streak at zMAX Dragway to an incredible 23-1 after driving partner Anthony Bertozzi’s dragster to a pair of finals. Labbous won the Super Comp…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Stock winner Kenneth Stott

26 Sep 2017
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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There was also a first-time winner in Stock after Kenneth Stott drove past Mickey Whaley in an all-Camaro final. Stott grabbed a three-hundredths advantage at the start and held on to win with an 11.673 on his 11.66 dial. Whaley, seeking his sixth…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Stock winner Nick Chiles

26 Sep 2017
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First-time finalist Nick Chiles accomplished a previously unheard-of feat when he handed former world champ Byron Worner his first loss in a Super Stock final. Worner, previously 5-0 with the money on the line, lost the double-breakout battle when…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Comp winner Frank Aragona Jr.

26 Sep 2017
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The battle for the 2017 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Comp championship figures to be a two-horse race between former champions David Rampy and Frank Aragona Jr., and they met in the zMAX Comp final. Aragona managed to hold on for his fifth win…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Andy Bohl

26 Sep 2017
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Andy Bohl bounced back from a string of frustrating early losses to claim his fifth career national event win in Top Alcohol Funny Car. Racing against points leader John Lombardo Jr. in the final, Bohl won with a 5.556, 268.60 mph after Lombardo…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster winner Shawn Cowie

26 Sep 2017
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Shawn Cowie claimed his ninth career victory and his third this season when he drove past Corey Michalek in the Top Alcohol Dragster final. Cowie, the No. 4 qualifier, was extremely consistent on race day with runs of 5.288, 5.293, 5.297, and a 5.…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Sportsman champion highlights

Shawn Cowie and Andy Bohl earned titles in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car, respectively, during the NHRA Carolina Nationals, but the big stars of the event were John Labbous Jr. and Todd Ewing, who both nearly doubled.
26 Sep 2017
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Todd Ewing
Shawn Cowie and Andy Bohl earned titles in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car, respectively, during the NHRA Carolina Nationals, but the big stars of the event were John Labbous Jr. and Todd Ewing, who both nearly doubled. Labbous drove…
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Fast Five: Dodge NHRA Nationals

The Countdown to the Championship continued with the Dodge NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway. NHRA’s Dave Rieff and Lewis Bloom picked their five biggest moments of the event.
25 Sep 2017
Posted by NHRA.com staff
Fast Five
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Kalitta focused on own performance at AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals

Doug Kalitta is looking to get back into the winner's circle as the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series moves back West.
25 Sep 2017
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Doug Kalitta
Racing against a talented Top Fuel field in the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship, veteran Doug Kalitta knows he has his work cut out for him if he hopes to win his first NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series world championship. But it…
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Veale, Bellemeur, Martino score in Reading

Jeff Veale captured the first victory of his career by taking home the Top Alcohol Dragster Wally at Maple Grove Raceway.
24 Sep 2017
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Jeff Veale
Jeff Veale, Sean Bellemeur, and Tom Martino raced to victory during the 33rd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pa. Veale of Stoney Creek, Ont., started strong off the line and held off Jackie Fricke, Flemington, N.J…
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B. Force, Capps, Butner, Krawiec score points-crucial Countdown wins in Reading

Brittany Force, Ron Capps, Bo Butner, and Eddie Krawiec collected victories at the Dodge NHRA Nationals, the second of six events in the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship.
24 Sep 2017
Posted by NHRA.com staff
Race coverage
Event champions Eddie Krawiec, Bo Butner, Brittany Force, and Ron Capps 5
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Dodge NHRA Nationals Sunday Notebook

24 Sep 2017
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
Reading
Preview | Features | Photos | Results …
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Millican, Hight, Butner hold onto top spots in Reading; Pollacheck gets first pole

Friday leaders Clay Millican (Top Fuel), Robert Hight (Funny Car), and Bo Butner (Pro Stock) held onto their top positions through the conclusion of qualifying at the Dodge NHRA Nationals while Scotty Pollacheck moved to the top of the pack in Pro Stock Motorcycle to earn his first career No. 1 start.
23 Sep 2017
Posted by NHRA.com staff
Race coverage
Scotty Pollacheck
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Dodge NHRA Nationals sold out for Saturday qualifying

NHRA officials announced a sellout for Saturday’s racing at the 33rd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway.
23 Sep 2017
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Reading
NHRA officials announced a sellout for Saturday’s racing at the 33rd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway. Fans from all over the Northeast have filled the grandstands and pit areas under unseasonably warm weather conditions during day…
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