Top five sportsman moments of 2016
The quest for 100: In the 62-year history of NHRA drag racing, just two drivers – John Force and Frank Manzo, have managed to win 100 national event titles. For most sportsman racers, even those who travel often and attend many…
2016 Super Gas champion: Mia Tedesco
For just the third time in the history of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and for the first time in Super Gas, a woman was crowned the national champion. Mia Tedesco drove her CARS Protection Plus Cavalier to national and divisional…
Pieces falling into place for Team Liberty
With the 2017 season on the horizon, teammates Cory Reed and Angelle Sampey recently announced their highly-anticipated plans for next year. It was announced in September that Reed was starting his own team in 2017 and three-time Pro Stock…
2016 Pro Stock Qualifying by the Numbers
Following is a look at the drivers in Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle who had the best overall qualifying efforts throughout the 2016 season and in the Countdown to the Championship, breaking down qualifying bonus points and average starts…
Firebird Raceway completes upgrades and improvements
The New Crew at Firebird Raceway outside of Boise, Idaho, has completed upgrades and improvements at the facility, work that began Firebird following the final event of the season in late-October. A-1 Quality Concrete, earned the bid to…
Victory Motorcycles returns to partner with Matt Smith Racing for 2017
Victory Motorcycles will return to the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series in 2017, as the company will again partner with two-time Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Matt Smith and his successful Matt Smith Racing team. Victory joined the NHRA…
Summit, Harley racers plan return to Middle East to visit troops for 2016’s Operation Appreciation
Once a year since 2011, Operation Appreciation has brought a taste of home to American troops stationed overseas. Sponsored by Summit Racing and Armed Forces Entertainment, Operation Appreciation sends some of motorsports’ best drivers to talk…
Catch 22
The fact that Matt Driskell won’t have to repaint the competition number on his six-second dragster is little consolation to the man who came up short of winning the championship in the Top Dragster presented by Racing RVs class for the…
J&A Service Pro Mod Series set to race at NHRA Kansas Nationals in 2017
NHRA officials have announced that the 12th additional race for the J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series will be contested at the NHRA Kansas Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka, May 19-21.
J&A Service, a leader in oil and gas well-…
Worsham leaves Kalitta Motorsports to rejoin family-owned Funny Car team
2015 NHRA Funny Car champion Del Worsham will leave Kalitta Motorsports and rejoin his family-owned Funny Car team. “It was a hard decision to leave a championship-caliber team such as Kalitta…
Summit National Championships Super Pro Motorcycle winner Curtis Spracklin
Curtis Spracklin, the Super Pro Motorcycle wild card entry, made his second trip to the National Championship pay off when he rode his ’05 Athanis past fellow Division 5 racer Michael Shelton’s Hayabusa to claim this year’s title…
Summit National Championships Sportsman winner Jeff Hefler
Jeff Hefler won his third Summit Racing Series national championship at the Auto Club NHRA Finals. Division 4 champ Hefler, who also won national championships in 2010 and 2013, drove his Fort Worth, Texas-based ’65 Chevy to the Sportsman…
Summit National Championships Pro winner Chad Isley
Division 3 ace Chad Isley, a former Summit Motorcycle national champion who last won in 2013, collected his second crown, this time on four wheels with his Charleston, Ill.-based ’67 Chevy when he bested Division 5 runner Steve Stockton in…
Summit National Championships Super Pro winner Timmy Smith
Timmy Smith, a Division 2 racer from Roanoke, Ala., won his first Summit Series national championship by driving his dragster to victory in Super Pro class, besting Division 4 champion Max McGlothin and his ’27-T Ford in the final round.
Auto Club NHRA Finals Super Gas winner Brad Pierce
Brad Pierce claimed his seventh career victory in Super Gas and his second of the 2016 season when he drove his vintage Corvette to a final-round win against Ed Olpin. Pierce, who also won the Phoenix national event earlier this year, put together…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Super Comp winner Zach Meziere
Zach Meziere became the fourth member of the Meziere family to claim a national event win when he earned the Super Comp title. The third-generation racer drove to an 8.911 in the final round to get the best of opponent Dick Vander Meer’s 8.…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Stock winner Bob Gullett
The late-season drama that historically surrounds the crowning of the Lucas Oil Series national champions was confined to Stock in Pomona, where Jeff Strickland and Brad Burton entered the event in a heated battle for the top spot. Strickland,…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Comp winner Brian Hyerstay
Pomona Comp titlist Bryan Hyerstay won the season finale event after a second-place finish in the championship battle. Wheeling his tiny Volkswagen-powered G/Dragster, Hyerstay lost .17-second to Competition Index Control penalties before he…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Alcohol Funny Car winner Doug Gordon
Doug Gordon came up short in his bid to unseat Jonnie Lindberg for the 2016 Top Alcohol Funny Car title, but he was able to finish the season on a high note with a Pomona victory. Gordon drove his MB Cabinets Camaro to his sixth win of the season.…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Alcohol Dragster winner Joey Severance
Back-to-back Top Alcohol Dragster champ Joey Severance collected his sixth national event win of the season at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona. Severance, who locked up his second straight Top Alcohol Dragster championship weeks ago,…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Super Stock winner Dan Fletcher
Touring pro Dan Fletcher capped off a successful 2016 season by claiming the 99th victory of his career at the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona. Fletcher, who opened the season with a win at the Circle K NHRA Winternationals,…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Sportsman champion highlights
Touring pro Dan Fletcher capped off a successful 2016 season by claiming the 99th victory of his career, and back-to-back Top Alcohol Dragster champ Joey Severance collected his sixth national event win of the season to highlight the roster of NHRA…
2016 Nitro Qualifying By the Numbers
Following is look at the drivers in Top Fuel and Funny Car who had the best overall qualifying efforts throughout the 2016 season and in the Countdown to the Championship, breaking down qualifying bonus points and average starts.…
2016 NHRA Mello Yello Awards Ceremony
Antron Brown, Ron Capps, Jason Line and Jerry Savoie were the headliners crowned as world champions Nov. 14 during the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Awards Ceremony at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland. The four drivers…
Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series set to race at premier facilities across the country in 2017
For the 16th season, the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series will compete at top flight NHRA Drag Racing facilities across the county for the 2017 season. The upcoming 2017 schedule will feature 45 divisional events with a minimum of six in each of…
Highest Rate of Success among Top Finalists
In the history of NHRA, only 15 drivers have advanced to 100 or more final rounds. Which of those have made the most of their opportunities in the money round? In this week’s Fast Five, we look at the five drivers on the 100 final-rounds list with…
NHRA Today: Lindberg licenses in Wilkerson's nitro Funny Car
After wrapping up his second straight Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Top Alcohol Funny Car championship, Jonnie Lindberg set his sights on the future by making licensing in Tim Wilkerson’s nitro Funny Car. Lindberg made runs of 3.91 and 3.96 to…
2017 Winternationals, Gatornationals tickets now on sale
Tickets for two of NHRA’s most tradition-rich events, the season-opening Circle K NHRA Winternationals and the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, are now available for purchase.…