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Home team takes title, Shelton doubles up

19 Sep 2016
News
The team from Heartland Park Topeka collected 71 points to take home the team championship while four individual racers earned NHRA Summit Racing Series West Central Division Championships and a trip to Pomona, Calif., for the Summit National…
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Free fan fest Sept. 22 kicks off AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals

19 Sep 2016
News
NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series fans will have the opportunity to meet their heroes at a free fan fest and driver autograph session Thursday, Sept. 22, at Ballpark Village in St. Louis. The fan fest will kick off the 5th annual AAA Insurance…
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Countdown to the Championship will make second stop at AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals

19 Sep 2016
News
The 5th annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals will roll into Gateway Motorsports Park Sept. 23-25 and bring with it the best of the best in NHRA Championship Drag Racing. The second race in NHRA’s six-race Mello Yello Countdown to the…
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Atco takes team title, father-daughter both win

19 Sep 2016
News
The team from Atco Raceway racked up 59 points to take home the team championship while four individual racers earned NHRA Summit Racing Series Northeast Division Championships and a trip to Pomona, Calif., for the Summit National Championship in…
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Coles County wins first team title, four headed to National Championship

19 Sep 2016
News
Coles County Dragway of Charleston, Ill., scored its first Team Championship at the 40th Anniversary of the NHRA North Central Division Summit Racing Series Finals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.  Joining the Coles County Dragway team in…
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NHRA.com exclusive: Reed announces formation of new Pro Stock Motorcycle team

19 Sep 2016
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
Cory Reed, one of the leading candidates for the NHRA rookie of the year award, has announced plans to form his own Pro Stock Motorcycle team for the 2017 season. Reed’s new team will be closely aligned with the Colorado-based Y-Not Racing…
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Brown, Force, Line, Ellis start Countdown on high note, winning NHRA Carolina Nationals

18 Sep 2016
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Top 20 Funny Cars: Introducing No. 6

18 Sep 2016
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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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NHRA Carolina Nationals Sunday Notebook

18 Sep 2016
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Trying to handicap final eliminations for the 9th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals was an exercise in futility because many of the top qualifiers and incoming points contenders suffered early losses in the opening round of the Countdown to the…
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Best of Charlotte

18 Sep 2016
National Dragster staff
Poll Position
The 2016 Countdown to the Championship kicked off with an action-packed weekend of racing at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte. Antron Brown (Top Fuel), John Force (Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock), and Chip Ellis (Pro Stock…
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Kalitta, Johnson, Anderson, Sampey qualify No. 1, will lead Charlotte fields into race day

17 Sep 2016
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Saturday Notebook

17 Sep 2016
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
After two action-packed days of qualifying, the professional fields are set for the NHRA Carolina Nationals. As the first of six races in the Countdown to the Championship, anxiety levels will be high for those racers who are pursuing Mello Yello…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Friday Notebook

16 Sep 2016
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
There was a lot of drama during the opening day of the NHRA Carolina Nationals as the Countdown to the Championship, NHRA’s six-race playoffs to determine the Mello Yello champions, kicked off at zMAX Dragway. The action-packed day also…
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Friday highlights

16 Sep 2016
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NHRA’s John Kernan and Lewis Bloom review highlights of the opening day of qualifying at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway, the opening event of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship.…
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Kalitta, Johnson, Line, Savoie pace opening day in Charlotte

16 Sep 2016
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NHRA Today: NHRA Summit Series Finals under way

16 Sep 2016
News
From the Wally Parks NHRA Studio, Lewis Bloom talks with Division 7 Director Mike Rice about the NHRA Summit Racing Series Finals now underway in NHRA’s seven divisions. In addition to overall team honors, racers compete for individual…
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Event preview: NHRA Carolina Nationals

16 Sep 2016
News
Who will win the 2016 NHRA world titles? The answer to that question will take six races and a couple months to answer, but the quest for the championships in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle officially begins this weekend…
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Tricky Tipster's Charlotte picks

16 Sep 2016
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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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Frank Oglesby and the Mello Yello Mustang

16 Sep 2016
Phil Burgess, National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
Fans at the recent Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals got to witness a special moment that hasn’t been seen on the dragstrip for almost 30 years: a Funny Car flying the colors of Mello Yello soft drink, the title sponsor of NHRA’s biggest and…
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NHRA National Dragster's Top 10 Indy photos

15 Sep 2016
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For the regular post-race feature on NHRA.com, NHRA National Dragster staff photographer Marc Gewertz stopped by the Wally Parks NHRA Studio to chat with NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom about his and fellow photographer Jerry Foss’…
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Top Fuel's 2016 Countdown contenders

15 Sep 2016
News
The 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championships kicks off at the NHRA Carolina Nationals in Charlotte. Only the top 10 points earners in NHRA’s 18-event regular season earned the right to take part in the six-race…
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RPM named presenting sponsor of Charlotte Pro Mods

15 Sep 2016
News
The Real Pro Mod Association (RPM) will be the presenting sponsor for the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series portion of the NHRA Carolina Nationals, Sept. 16-18, at zMAX Dragway. The is the eighth event in the 10-race NHRA J&A…
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Matusek hopes to erase Indy struggles in Charlotte

15 Sep 2016
News
As a veteran of the class, Steve Matusek loves the impressive depth and talent in the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series. But Matusek also saw firsthand the result of that much talent in a racing weekend when things don’t go as…
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NHRA community turns out for Denim and Diamonds

15 Sep 2016
News
1 The annual Denim and Diamonds event for B.R.A.K.E.S. drew a large crowd to the Great Wolf Lodge. The racing community gathered Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Great Wolf Lodge in Concord, N.C., for the 9th annual Denim and Diamonds Gala,…
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Points leader Hines aims to keep impressive stretch going

15 Sep 2016
News
In his quest for a third straight Pro Stock Motorcycle world championship and his sixth overall, Andrew Hines could not be entering the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the…
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NHRA Today: NHRA stars hoop it up for fun, exercise in Indy

15 Sep 2016
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Every Tuesday, drivers, crew chiefs, and crewmembers from the NHRA racing community gather at Pittsboro (Ind.) Elementary School to satisfy their competitive need with a rousing game of pickup basketball among themselves and with other members of…
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The Run

15 Sep 2016
NHRA.com staff
Throwback Thursday
As the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship gets underway, NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom takes a look back at one of the most dramatic moments in NHRA history: “The Run,” made by Tony Schumacher to win…
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Aerospace Components NHRA Excellence in Engineering: Indy 2016

14 Sep 2016
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GUSSO BROS. HOME-BUILT SUPER MOD COBALT Longtime Division 5 Comp racers Travis Gusso and his brother, Trent, embody the do-it-yourself mentality that is increasingly rare in this day and age. Rather than pay to have someone…
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NHRA Today: Torrence geared up for Countdown run

14 Sep 2016
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NHRA Top Fuel ace Steve Torrence enters the 2016 Countdown to the Championship as the No. 3 seed, hot off of a runner-up finish at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, and he joins NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom via Skype in the Wally Parks NHRA…
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Coughlin looking to put frustrating regular season behind him

14 Sep 2016
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The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series regular season did not go as planned for Pro Stock standout Jeg Coughlin Jr. But the five-time world champion won’t have to wait long to try to make amends…
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