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Doug Kalitta staying the course as Top Fuel championship talk heats up

Doug Kalitta isn’t taking his top spot in points for granted. The chance for the Top Fuel veteran’s first world championship is one of the top stories of the Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship, but Kalitta won’t let it interrupt his ultra-focused mindset.
08 Oct 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Doug Kalitta
With nearly the slimmest of leads and four races remaining in the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season, Doug Kalitta isn’t taking his top spot for granted. The chance for the Top Fuel veteran’s first world championship is one of the top…
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Alexis DeJoria will return to NHRA Funny Car competition in 2020

U.S. Nationals winner Alexis DeJoria will return to full-time Funny Car competition in 2020. DeJoria, who last competed full-time in 2017, will be on the entry list at the 2020 Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals.
08 Oct 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
News
Alexis DeJoria
Alexis DeJoria will return to full-time Funny Car competition in 2020. The Californian, who last competed full-time in 2017, will be on the entry list at the 2020 Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals. “I honestly knew deep down when I made the…
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Strutmasters.com joins Dave Richards Funny Car as sponsor for Carolina Nationals

Strutmasters.com will join Paul Richards Racing and driver Dave Richards as a sponsor on their Ford Mustang Funny Car at this weekend’s NTK NHRA Carolina Nationals.
08 Oct 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Dave Richards
Strutmasters.com will join Paul Richards Racing and driver Dave Richards as a sponsor on their Ford Mustang Funny Car at this weekend’s NTK NHRA Carolina Nationals. Strutmasters.com will join a broad roster of long-time sponsors like Prestige…
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Summit Racing NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League teaches racing, life lessons to kids

The Summit Racing NHRA Jr, Drag Racing League not only gives kids from ages 5-17 the chance to race a dragster on the dragstrip, but it's also teaching them other life lessons as well.
08 Oct 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
NHRA Today™
Jr Drag Racing League
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'Never quit!' European Top Fuel champ Lex Joon believes in the future

Former European Top Fuel champ Lex Joon and his wife, Gerda, live by the mantra "Never Quit," and their hard work and determination have them thinking about more round wins like their first in Bristol earlier this year.
08 Oct 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
NHRA Today™
Lex Joon
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Bike champ Matt Smith will do double duty in Charlotte with new Super Comp entry

Three-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion Matt Smith will pull double duty at the NTK NHRA Carolina Nationals as expands his racing résumé with a new category of competition -– Super Comp.
07 Oct 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Matt Smith
Three-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion Matt Smith will pull double duty at the NTK NHRA Carolina Nationals as expands his racing résumé with a new category of competition -– Super Comp. With VP Racing Fuels as his primary sponsor for…
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Shawn Langdon chasing second-straight win in Charlotte

07 Oct 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Shawn Langdon
Picking up his second victory of the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season, Shawn Langdon was already riding high on Sunday. Things could be about to get even better for the former Top Fuel world champ and current Funny Car standout as he…
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Nataas, Beverett lead winners list at Division 3 All American Showdown

Julie Nataas and Chip Beverett led the list of champs as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series North Central Division was in action at World Wide Technology Raceway.
06 Oct 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Division 3
The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, North Central Division All American Showdown: TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER Julie Nataas, Santa Barbara, Calif., 5.303, 276.35  def.…
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David Thomas honors the Ramcharger legacy in powerful way

06 Oct 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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David Thomas
In 1959, the Ramchargers were formed when a group of engineers and auto enthusiasts from Chrysler banded together to go drag racing. Starting with a ’49 Plymouth business coupe, the Ramchargers eventually went on to dominate the NHRA Super Stock and…
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Tenacious Terry Haddock keeps his two-car team going through sheer willpower

Despite long odds and a budget the fraction of the size of his well-heeled foes, Terry Haddock, nitro-racing’s unbreakable “little guy” racer, hasn't missed a race this season.
05 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Terry Haddock
Merriam-Webster defines “tenacious” as the quality of being “persistent in maintaining, adhering to, or seeking something valued or desired.” It’s an especially apt adjective for Terry Haddock, nitro-racing’s unbreakable “little guy” racer. It’s…
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Coughlin Jr., Gill score big wins at Division 1 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at VMP

Troy Coughlin Jr. and Matt Gill scored Saturday wins to lead the list of champs as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division was in action at Virginia Motorsports Park.
04 Oct 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Division 1
The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division event at Virginia Motorsports Park: TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER Troy Coughlin Jr., Delaware, Ohio, 5.149, 283.49…
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Hot Rod Drag Week stars to be featured at NTK NHRA Carolina Nationals

Some of the best street legal racers from Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week will be featured at the 12th annual NTK NHRA Carolina Nationals in a special exhibition highlighting the popular Street Race Small Block Power Adder class.
04 Oct 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
drag week
Photos by the author and courtesy of Hot Rod magazine Some of the best street-legal racers from Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week will be featured at the 12th annual NTK NHRA Carolina Nationals in a special exhibition. Eight of the top performers from…
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Cory Mac: He always played to win, and he did a lot of that

Earlier this week, veteran Top Fuel racer Cory McClenathan announced his pending retirement from competition. Here's a look back at his 30-year career behind the butterfly.
04 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
Cory McClenathan
Earlier this week, veteran Top Fuel racer Cory McClenathan announced his pending retirement from competition. I’ve known Cory Mac for decades, since he first burst onto the NHRA scene in 1989 in Alcohol Dragster. His team was one of the five we…
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Don't miss celebration of NHRA National Dragster's 60th anniversary at Auto Club NHRA Finals

03 Oct 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
NHRA National Dragster
NHRA’s National Dragster has been the voice of NHRA drag racing for more than 60 years. We are taking over the…
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Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals Super Gas winner Ed Alessi

03 Oct 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Nearly two decades after winning his first national event title at the 2001 Reading event, Ed Alessi returned to the winner’s circle in Super Gas with his unique Chevy-powered ’63 Pontiac Catalina. Alessi was nearly perfect off the starting line…
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Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals Super Comp winner Kyle Bigley

03 Oct 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
After winning the Division 1 Super Comp championship last season, Kyle Bigley checked off another important milestone by winning his first NHRA national event title. In a rematch of the final round from Epping in June, Bigley got the best of Ken…
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Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals Stock winner Joe Santangelo

03 Oct 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Joe Santangelo won his second race of the season in Stock when he defeated Randi Lyn Shipp’s Firebird in a classic battle of vintage muscle cars. Santangelo left first by a hundredth of a second and sealed his 16th career title by running 10.385…
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Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals Super Stock winner Herbie Null

03 Oct 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Herbie Null now has six national event wins to his credit, including Indy and a pair in Reading thanks to an impressive final-round performance in Super Stock. Null was almost unstoppable in the final with a .012 light and a perfect 9.700 on his…
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Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals Comp winner Christopher Piston

03 Oct 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Tom Martino’s bid for a third straight Comp win in Reading remained intact until the final round, where he lost to Christopher Piston, who was appearing in his first career final round. Piston, in a four-cylinder powered F/DA, ended Martino’s…
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Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Sean Bellemeur

03 Oct 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Two of the top three cars in the country met to decide the Top Alcohol Funny Car title with reigning champ and current points leader Sean Bellemeur winning for the fifth time this season in the Hussey Performance Camaro after beating Chris…
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Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster winner Troy Coughlin Jr.

03 Oct 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Troy Coughlin Jr. has now been to nine final rounds in his second year in the Top Alcohol Dragster class, and he has won four of them after driving the McPhillips Racing-injected nitro dragster to a final-round win against current championship…
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Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals Sportsman highlights

Troy Coughlin Jr. continued his recent hot streak with his fourth win of the season in Top Alcohol Dragster, and reigning champ Sean Bellemeur took another step toward a title defense in Top Alcohol Funny Car to lead the list of NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series champs at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil.
03 Oct 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
Troy Coughlin Jr.
Troy Coughlin Jr. continued his recent hot streak with his fourth win of the season in Top Alcohol Dragster, and reigning champ Sean Bellemeur took another step toward a title defense in Top Alcohol Funny Car to lead the list of NHRA Lucas Oil Drag…
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Latest issue of National Dragster includes Reading coverage, Haddock feature

NHRA National Dragster magazine's19th issue of 2019, which includes in-depth coverage of the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals from Reading and the JEGS SPORTSnationals and a feature on Funny Car racer Terry Haddock, is online for NHRA members and in the mail to homes and shops around the world.
03 Oct 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
ND cover
NHRA National Dragster magazine's 19th issue of 2019, which includes in-depth coverage of the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals from Reading and the JEGS SPORTSnationals, is online for NHRA members and in the mail to homes and shops around the…
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SEMA NHRA Breakfast will salute 50 Years of Pro Stock with stars of past and present

The popular NHRA Breakfast at this year's SEMA Show in Las Vegas will bring the past and present superstars of the class together to discuss “50 Years Of Pro Stock.” 
03 Oct 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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SEMA Show
One of the most popular and longest-running events at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, the NHRA Breakfast is often referred to as a “can’t miss” event and this year will be no exception. To kick off the 50th anniversary of Pro Stock, the 2019 NHRA…
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The Sports Report: Old, new, borrowed and blue

In just her fourth race with a new 50th anniversary COPO Camaro, Brina Frank earned her fifth national event victory at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals in St. Louis
02 Oct 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
The Sports Report
brina
“Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.” Almost everyone has heard of this old English rhyme that is supposed to bring good fortune and prosperity to newlyweds and for St. Louis Stock champ Brina Frank, it certainly…
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WFO Radio NHRA Nitro AAA Insurance Midwest Nationals Winners Edition

02 Oct 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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WFO
This week, WFO Radio NHRA Nitro features interviews with Mello Yello Series winners of the AAA Insurance Midwest Nationals including Billy Torrence, Shawn Langdon, Erica Enders, and Karen Stoffer. NHRA's Alan Reinhart and host, Joe Castello recap…
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After a rough start to the Countdown, Team Capco bounced back in St. Louis

The 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the championship didn't start out well for Steve and Billy Torrence and the Capco Top Fuel team, but they bounced back at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals, where Bily beat Steve in the final round.
02 Oct 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
NHRA Today™
Steve Torrence
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Dallas Gardner retires as NHRA chairman, passing torch to current CEO Peter Clifford

After 46 years of dedicated service to NHRA and the sport of drag racing, Dallas Gardner, NHRA’s board chairman, recently announced his retirement and will hand over the reins to current NHRA chief executive officer Peter Clifford effective immediately.
02 Oct 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Dallas Gardner
After 46 years of dedicated service to NHRA and the sport of drag racing, Dallas Gardner, NHRA’s board chairman, recently announced his retirement and will hand over the reins to current NHRA chief executive officer Peter Clifford effective…
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NHRA Power Rankings: It pays to have great drivers

Diminish greatness behind the wheel [or handlebars] in Mello Yello NHRA Drag Racing at your own peril
01 Oct 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
Power Rankings
Power Rankings
Enzo Ferrari once said racing is 50 percent car and 50 percent driver. He built cars for famously long races, so the ratio may be adjusted for Mello Yello NHRA Drag Racing – right until horsepower isn’t enough to win the drag race. Suddenly, it’s…
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Walk 1,000 Feet returns with Alex Laughlin and Amanda Busick in St. Louis

01 Oct 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Alex Laughlin and Amanda Busick
Havoline driver Alex Laughlin helped NHRA on FOX reporter Amanda Busick bring back Walk 1,000 Feet at World Wide Technology Raceway in St. Louis as the two walked the drag strip, raced their way through a Missouri favorite and the Chevy Camaro…
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