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Zizzo ready for season debut at home track

01 Jul 2016
Brad Littlefield, National DRAGSTER Associate Editor
News
A long but busy offseason for TJ Zizzo has the driver of the Rust-Oleum Top Fuel dragster ready to make his 2016 debut at the K&N Filters Route 66 NHRA Nationals at Route 66 Raceway in Chicago.…
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Pro Stock veteran Gaines announces retirement

01 Jul 2016
News
Pro Stock veteran V. Gaines has announced his retirement, effective immediately, from NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series competition.   Gaines, 69, of Lakewood, Colo., said in a statement released Thursday that he was grateful for his time in…
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Tasca partners with AutoAlert for Chicago event

01 Jul 2016
News
Bob Tasca III, right, with Steve Young Bob Tasca III and his AutoAlert Ford Shelby Mustang will be representing Tasca Racing at the K&N Filters Route 66 NHRA Nationals.   AutoAlert is the…
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Fan Fotos: The Nielsen Files

01 Jul 2016
Phil Burgess, National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
 If you’ve been around this column for any length of time, you know there’s no measuring the depth of love and respect I have for followers of this weekly cornucopia of drag racing stream of consciousness. And you probably also know…
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Crew Chief Confidential: Matt Hines

30 Jun 2016
News
While he’s still best known for winning three world championships and 30 races aboard the Vance & Hines Eagle One Suzuki, Matt Hines has blossomed into one of NHRA’s most successful crew chiefs. Much like his mentor and team co-…
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'Voice of the NHRA' Dave McClelland inducted into Motorsports Hall of Fame of America

30 Jun 2016
News
  Dave McClelland, widely known as “The Voice of the NHRA” and one of the most legendary motorsports announcers to ever hold a microphone, is one of seven icons from the world of motorsports to be inducted into the Motorsports…
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Art Chrisman

30 Jun 2016
Alex Waldron, National Dragster Associate Editor
Throwback Thursday
In this week’s journey into the NHRA National Dragster photo archives, we look into the file of one of the legendary hot rod builders and drag racers of the 1950s and 1960s, Art Chrisman. Ranked No. 29 on the NHRA Top 50 Drivers list…
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NHRA on the scene: Indy test session

29 Jun 2016
News
Don Schumacher Racing’s Infinite Hero Funny Car team and Morgan Lucas Racing’s Lucas Oil Top Fuel team spent Wednesday at a test session at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, working to refine their cars as we race into summer and the…
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Shifting Gears into a New Era

29 Jun 2016
News
In the first of what will be a series of columns, NHRA Vice President of Public Relations & Communications Terry Blount discusses the successes of NHRA's 2016 initiatives, including television, diversity, and competition NHRA started…
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K&N Filters to sponsor Route 66 NHRA Nationals

29 Jun 2016
News
K&N Engineering, a worldwide leader in the manufacture of washable performance air filters and air intake systems, has signed an agreement with NHRA to become the title sponsor of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event at Route 66…
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Mopar Hemi Challenge celebrates Sweet 16 at Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals

29 Jun 2016
News
Hemi Challenge
The Mopar HEMI Challenge is set to return for its 16th consecutive season at the prestigious Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals in Brownsburg, Ind., Sept. 1-2. Mopar-powered Super Stock/Automatic-HEMI (SS/AH) Sportsman class competitors will go…
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Not your average Joe

29 Jun 2016
Kevin McKenna, National Dragster Senior Editor
The Sports Report
As recently as two weeks ago, Joe Santangelo’s frustration level had reached the point where he was seriously considering taking an extended break from drag racing. Santangelo won the Super Stock title at his home event in Epping for the…
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Tickets on sale for Indy Top Eliminator Club

28 Jun 2016
News
Tickets are on sale for the Top Eliminator Club at this year’s Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis   A 16,000-square-foot new Top Eliminator Club building is under construction that  will feature…
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NHRA returns to Windy City for Route 66 Nationals

28 Jun 2016
News
The intoxicating nitromethane-infused aroma of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series will gust through the air of the Windy City as the world’s fastest motorsport returns to Route 66 Raceway for the K&N Filters Route 66 NHRA…
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Crew Chief Confidential: Mike Green

28 Jun 2016
News
Mike Green is the crew chief of the U.S. Army dragster driven by Tony Schumacher. The veteran Top Fuel tuner has been in that role since the 2009 season. He guided Schumacher to his seventh and eighth Mello Yello titles in 2009 and 2014. Green…
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'Eastern Swing' MVP

28 Jun 2016
Brad Littlefield, National Dragster Associate Editor
Tuesday Morning Crew Chief
Teams prepared for four consecutive weekends of racing that has been informally dubbed the “Eastern Swing” knowing that their fortunes in the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season could change drastically in a short period of…
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Barton bags third straight Factory Showdown title

26 Jun 2016
News
David Barton, far lane, remained perfect in the SAM Tech NHRA Factory Stock Showdown Series with a final round win over two-time Comp national champion Bruno Massel. David Barton remained unbeaten with his…
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Familiar faces in winner's circle as Langdon, Capps, Line, Krawiec score again

26 Jun 2016
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Top 20 Funny Cars: Introducing No. 13

26 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 and…
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Best of Norwalk

26 Jun 2016
National Dragster staff
Poll Position
After stops in Epping, Englishtown, and Bristol, the grueling four-race stretch that has come to be known as the "Eastern Swing" came to a conclusion at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk. The event’s many…
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Kalitta, Worsham, Anderson, Krawiec hold on to Norwalk qualifying leads

25 Jun 2016
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Line, Anderson clinch Countdown playoff berths

25 Jun 2016
News
Jason Line Summit Racing Pro Stock teammates Greg Anderson and Jason Line are the first two drivers to clinch their berths in the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship playoffs.   The KB…
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Capps in Cleveland: First pitches and rock 'n' roll royalty

25 Jun 2016
News
  Ron Capps, Funny Car points leader and driver of the NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger R/T, spent the week leading up to the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Cleveland taking in the sights and sounds of the city that included a first…
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Kalitta, Worsham, Anderson, Krawiec are first-day leaders in Norwalk

24 Jun 2016
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Reality star 'Big Chief' encourages racing on track, not the street in NHRA Public Service Announcement

24 Jun 2016
News
Justin “Big Chief” Shearer, star of Discovery Channel’s reality television series Street Outlaws, will appear in an NHRA public service announcement encouraging hot rod enthusiasts to race at NHRA tracks, and not…
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Deconstructing the vote: 14-17

24 Jun 2016
Phil Burgess, National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
Another month in the books, and another four cars have been revealed in the Top 20 Funny Car fan vote, with another coming Saturday, which will bring us up to No. 12.   Here’s what has been revealed so far:   14. Ed McCulloch…
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Real Pro Mod Association presenting sponsor of Norwalk Pro Mods

23 Jun 2016
News
The Real Pro Mod Association (RPM) as the presenting sponsor for the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series portion of the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, June 23-26, in Norwalk, Ohio. The event is the sixth of the 2016 NHRA J&…
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Stoffer hoping for upward trend starting in Norwalk

23 Jun 2016
News
It has been a far different start to the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season than it was a year ago for Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Karen Stoffer.   The class veteran put together two early-season wins in 2015, including a victory…
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Enders nominated for 2016 ESPY award

23 Jun 2016
News
Elite Motorsports/Mopar driver Erica Enders has been nominated for an ESPY award following her dominant performance in winning the 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock world championship.…
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Torrence opts out of Norwalk

23 Jun 2016
News
A health issue temporarily has accomplished what rivals have not, and that is to slow the pace of Steve Torrence and his Capco Contractors/Rio Ammunition Top Fuel dragster. Torrence, who qualified No. 1 at six of the season’s first 11 races…
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