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Tickets are now on sale for the 51st annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. This fan-favorite event marks the third stop on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series tour of the 2020 season.
Tickets are now on sale for the 51st annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. This fan-favorite event marks the third stop on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series tour of the 2020 season. Featuring nitro cars with 11,000 horsepower coursing…
Rottler Manufacturing will once again take over as primary sponsor on Matt Hartford’s NHRA Pro Stocker for the Magic Dry NHRA Northwest Nationals in Seattle.
Rottler Manufacturing will once again take over as primary sponsor on Matt Hartford’s NHRA Pro Stocker for the Magic Dry NHRA Northwest Nationals in Seattle.
“Rottler and Total Seal Piston Rings are such a great fit together,” said Hartford. “We…
Jim Dunn Racing will have the unique honor of revealing the new Oberto Specialty Meats logo on its Jim Campbell-driven Funny Car during the Magic Dry Organic Absorbents NHRA Northwest Nationals in Seattle.
Jim Dunn Racing will have the unique honor of revealing the new Oberto Specialty Meats logo on its Jim Campbell-driven Funny Car during the Magic Dry Organic Absorbents NHRA Northwest Nationals in Seattle.
The special wrap is the third in a row…
Antron Brown has won the Seattle stop on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series tour the last three years and will be looking for his fourth straight at this weekend’s 32nd annual Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Northwest Nationals.
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One of the most breathtaking environments on the NHRA circuit will again serve as the finale to the famed Western Swing, as scenic Pacific Raceways will play host to the 32nd annual Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Northwest Nationals, Aug. 2-4.
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Billy Torrence trails 10th place racer Austin Prock by 31 points with three races go to before the NHRA Countdown to the Championship begins. Torrence did not set out to make the six-race playoffs and will only race twice, at the Lucas Oil NHRA…
A year ago, Greg Lair won his third national event title in Top Sportsman presented by Racing RVs when he beat Monte Green in the final. Lair was able to successfully defend his 2018 title after stopping Monte Weaver in the final round. Lair…
Tony Stark made it to his first national event final in Top Dragster presented by Racing RVs and then scored his first Wally by stopping Adam Chiodo for the title. Both drivers were solid off the starting line, and Stark, in his Undercover…
In 1994, Todd Nielsen defeated the near-unbeatable Scotty Richardson to win the Super Street title in Topeka and a quarter-century later, he returned to win a second national event title in Denver. Nielsen, in his ’90 Firebird, put together a…
Mitch Mustard joined his daughter, Trisha, as a national event champion after driving to the Super Comp title against Dale Maher. Racing on an altitude-adjusted 9.50 index, Mustard left first and won on a holeshot, 9.550 to 9.528. Mustard, a…
Gary Riley’s lumbering ’74 Pontiac station wagon was one of the slowest cars in Stock, but the 13-second Poncho was also one of the most consistent. Riley downed Division 5 champ Chris Chaney early in eliminations and later stopped Randy Hyman…
Justin Jenkins, who has a pair of Topeka wins to his credit in 2005 and 2016 to go with his 2008 Denver victory, did a stellar job behind the wheel of his GT/GA Cobalt with a couple of near-perfect reaction times in eliminations. Jenkins was .…
Racing in the high altitude of Bandimere Speedway can be a big challenge, but Justin Jenkins and Gary Riley were able to not only conquer the elements in Denver but also their opponents en route to wins in Super Stock and Stock, respectively, to lead the list of Sportsman champs at the Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil.
29 Jul 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
Even for racers in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, racing in the high altitude of Bandimere Speedway can be a big challenge, but Justin Jenkins and Gary Riley were able to not only conquer the elements in Denver but also their opponents en…
Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series final results from the 32nd annual NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway.
SUPER STOCK
Kyle Rizzoli, Chevy Camaro, 9.592, 134.47 def. Jon Irving, Plymouth Duster, 10.416, 123.44.…
NHRA National Dragster photographers Bob Johnson and Richard Wong captured race day at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals and we've got the best photos for your viewing pleasure.
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Andrew Hines won for the seventh time in 2019 to extend his Pro Stock Motorcycle lead. He defeated rival rider Matt Smith by .02-second with a 6.790-second lap at 198.00-mph to double-up at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals.
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The event features action in Top Fuel…
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Andrew Hines is taking home a check for $25,000. He defeated teammate Eddie Krawiec in the final of the Mickey Thompson Pro Bike Battle to score a big pay day at Sonoma Raceway, continuing his magical 2019 season in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
He…
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