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Las Vegas Pro Stock Motorcycle Sunday results: E1
Angie Smith used a double holeshot to move to the semifinals at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.
Angie Smith advanced to the second round of the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals on a double holeshot thanks to a .011 reaction time. She beat both Angelle Sampey and Ryan Oehler to join Matt Smith in the semifinals of Pro Stock Motorcycle…
Las Vegas Pro Stock Sunday results: E1
Bo Butner made the best run of Pro Stock at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in a wild first round of racing.
Bo Butner ran quickest in the first round of Pro Stock racing and he did so in the wildest quad of the session. Butner ran a 6.939 and advanced to the semifinals alongside Jeff Isbell, who picked up his first round win of his career. Deric Kramer…
Las Vegas Funny Car Sunday results: E1
Just like in Top Fuel, there was a major upset in the first round of Funny Car as Jeff Diehl made it out of the opening stanza at the expense of Robert Hight and Shawn Langdon. Low qualifier Tim Wilkerson also advanced with a strong 3.891.
Just like in Top Fuel, there was a major upset in the first round of Funny Car as Jeff Diehl made it out of the first round at the expense of Robert Hight and Shawn Langdon; it’s Diehl’s first “win” since the Seattle event in 2016. Low qualifier Tim…
Las Vegas Top Fuel Sunday results: E1
It seems to happen at every Four-Wide Nationals where an upstart advances into out of the first round, and this year it’s Terry Totten in Top Fuel, who finished behind Clay Millican but ahead of Leah Pritchett and Austin Prock.
The unique format of the Four-Wide Nationals, where the first two finishers in each quad advanced, allowed Terry Totten to score his first career round win as he followed only Clay Millican across the stripe in their quad, with Leah Pritchett and…
Deric Kramer is taking advantage of lighter schedule with better preparation
Deric Kramer enjoyed a breakout season in Pro Stock in 2018. He plans to learn from the successes, and the failures, in his second full tour.
Deric Kramer started his first near-full-time-season a lot better than he ended it. The Colorado native, who counts Las Vegas as something of a home race, never planned to go on tour in 2018. By the time he got to the U.S. Nationals the American…
Four-wide success stories: Torrence, Hines are pretty good at this
With 10 four-wide races in the history books and final eliminations for No. 11 on tap today, some trends have emerged. For example, Steve Torrence and Andrew Hines are both really good at it but Eddie Krawiec could use a little final-round luck.
With 10 four-wide races in the history books, some trends have emerged. For example, Steve Torrence and Andrew Hines are both really good at it but Eddie Krawiec could use a little final-round luck.
With 10 four-wide races in the history books,…
Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Sunday Preview
Eliminations are set to kick off at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals with Mike Salinas, Tim Wilkerson, Bo Butner and Matt Smith on the poles.
Welcome to race day at the 20th annual Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals where the champions of the fourth race of the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season will be crowned.
The NHRA raced set the stage for a final day packed…
Yours, Mine and EBR: Defining the body style sweeping through Pro Stock Motorcycle
The EBR body style has risen in popularity over the past year in Pro Stock Motorcycle – but those three letters don’t tell you everything.
Matt Smith won his third Pro Stock Motorcycle championship while riding an EBR. That refers to a body style, not the motor sitting inside of it. Eric Buell [EBR stands by Eric Buell Racing] designed the first EBR after Buell went under and both…
Las Vegas Funny Car Saturday results: Q4
Cruz Pedregon made his fourth straight three-second pass of the weekend and had the final qualifying session’s best pass, a 3.915. As good as it was, it wasn’t good enough to get past Friday low qualifier Tim Wilkerson’s 3.895.
Cruz Pedregon made his fourth straight three-second pass of the weekend and had the final qualifying session’s best pass, a 3.915. As good as it was, it wasn’t good enough to get past Friday low qualifier Tim Wilkerson’s 3.895.
John Force also…
Las Vegas Top Fuel Saturday results: Q4
Brittany Force bounced back from an aborted effort in Q3 to run the quickest pass of the final session, a 3.742. No one was able to surpass qualifying leader Mike Salinas, whose 3.744 was the second quickest of the session.
Gatornationals champ…
Tim Wilkerson earns first pole since 2017; Mike Salinas, Bo Butner, Matt Smith take top spots in Las Vegas
Tim Wilkerson snatched his first No. 1 qualifier since 2017, while Mike Salinas (Top Fuel), Bo Butner (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) topped the charts at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.
Tim Wilkerson secured the 20th No. 1 qualifier of his career and his first since 2017 Thunder Valley NHRA Nationals in Bristol. The Funny Car veteran took pole at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas alongside Mike Salinas,…
Las Vegas Pro Stock Saturday results: Q4
Bo Butner captured his second pole of the season and is chasing his third victory of the year at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.
Jeg Coughlin Jr. made a strong run but failed to catch Bo Butner in the final Pro Stock qualifying session. Butner secured pole position at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, his ___ of the season. The winner of three of the last five…
Las Vegas Pro Stock Motorcycle Saturday results: Q4
Matt Smith secured his first pole of the season at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.
Matt Smith secured his first pole of the season, but slowed in the final Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying session of the weekend. Eddie Krawiec ran quickest, earning himself three points, and moved into the 6.80s. He's just .009 second behind Smith…
Las Vegas Saturday photo gallery
Photo highlights from Day 2 of the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway,
Photo highlights from Day 2 of the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway,
Nevada race fans turned out in huge numbers to enjoy great Las Vegas weather and the fourth event of the 2019…
Las Vegas Funny Car Saturday results: Q3
World champ and defending event winner J.R. Todd delivered the quickest run of the third Funny Car session at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals with a 3.920 from the DHL Toyota.
World champ and defending event winner J.R. Todd delivered the quickest run of the third Funny Car session at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals with a 3.920 from the DHL Toyota.
Friday leader Tim Wilkerson, who had predicted that his…
Las Vegas Top Fuel Saturday results: Q3
Leah Pritchett, who sits No. 2 in points behind Doug Kalitta, had the best run of the third qualifying session, charting a 3.745. Mike Salinas held onto the No. 1 spot with his Friday pass of 3.70
Leah Pritchett, who sits No. 2 in points behind Doug Kalitta, had the best run of the third qualifying session, charting a 3.745.
Mike Salinas, who didn’t make it down the track in the Scrappers machine, held onto the No. 1 spot with his Friday…
Las Vegas Pro Stock Saturday results: Q3
Jeg Coughlin Jr. made the second-quickest pass of the third Pro Stock qualifying session and trails Bo Butner at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.
Jeg Coughlin Jr. made the second-best run of the second session (6.659) and sits second in the Pro Stock qualifying order, just behind 2017 champion Bo Butner. Coughlin needs to make up .011 second in the final session at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA…
Las Vegas Pro Stock Motorcycle Saturday results: Q3
Matt Smith moved to the top of the Pro Stock Motorcycle heap at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas.
Defending champ Matt Smith snatched the No. 1 spot from Hector Arana Jr. with a 6.879 burst in the third Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying session. That's .005 second quicker than what Arana ran in the second qualifying session at the Denso Spark…
Tommy Johnson Jr.: 450 events, 30 years, and still going strong
Birthday boy Tommy Johnson Jr. has come a long way from racing a three-wheeler on his homestate Iowa dragstrips at a single-digit age to having the second-longest tenure among nitro drivers today.
Tommy Johnson Jr. shares a few things in common with legendary nitro racer Don “the Snake” Prudhomme, not the least of which is a birthday, shared on Saturday of the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. Johnson turned 51, Prudhomme 78.…
Chris McGaha: 'When [the fire] came through the floorboards, I got outta there'
Pro Stock racer Chris McGaha got out of his Chevy Camaro quickly when a loose fuel line led to a big fire in the second round of qualifying.
Humans discovered fire long before the burgeoning species discovered the wonder of horsepower. At the time, we had no idea what a terrible mixture those two things would eventually create for Chris McGaha during the second round of Pro Stock…
Bo Butner talks softly and carries a big lead into the second day of Pro Stock qualifying
Bo Butner has won three times in the last five races and leads Pro Stock qualifying at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.
Bo Butner quietly leads Pro Stock in points and NHRA Power Ranking. Quietly because, in part, he carries himself that way. Quietly because, in part, his numbers don’t leap off the page in a category tightly bunched together.
Butner leads…
Top Fuel's Mike Salinas: “I’m here for one thing, and that’s to win”
Mike Salinas doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to setting goals, especially in drag racing: After leading Friday qualifying at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, he seems primed for his first win.
Mike Salinas doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to setting goals, especially in drag racing: “I’m here for one thing, and that’s to win.”
Beneath an easy-going, friendly exterior, the Northern California-based Top Fuel pilot admits he’s…
Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Saturday Preview
Welcome to Day 2 of the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where final qualifying today will set the fields for Sunday's final eliminations.
Welcome to Day 2 of the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where final qualifying today will set the fields for Sunday's final eliminations.
Mike Salinas grabbed the qualifying lead Friday in…
Chris McGaha's Pro Stock Chevy Camaro bursts into flames following burnout
Texan Pro Stock competitor Chris McGaha experienced a short, but wild, ride at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
Chris McGaha's silver Chevy Camaro burst into flames after performing a burnout at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. The racer brought the car to a stop and exited his car under his own power while the Safety Safari extinguished…
Las Vegas Top Fuel Friday results: Q2
Mike Salinas’ new association with Brian Husen and Alan Johnson is already showing dividends as the Scrappers Racing pilot raced to the No. 1 spot halfway through qualifying.
Mike Salinas’ new association with Brian Husen and Alan Johnson is already showing dividends as the Scrappers Racing pilot raced to the No. 1 spot halfway through qualifying.
Salinas, whose first and only other No. 1 berth came at last year’s…
Mike Salinas leads Top Fuel pack; Wilk, Butner, Arana also hold top spots in Las Vegas
Mike Salinas hunts his second No. 1 qualifier at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. Tim Wilkerson (Funny Car), Bo Butner (Pro Stock) and Hector Arana Jr. (Pro Stock Motorcycle) lead their fields.
Mike Salinas leads Top Fuel with a blast of 3.705, further solidifying his spot as a contender in the field. The Alan Johnson-tuned Scrappers Racing Dragster made a strong move early and sped to a top speed of 328.46 mph.
Tim Wilkerson hopes to…
Las Vegas Funny Car Friday results: Q2
Tim Wilkerson is halfway to what would be his 20th career No. 1 qualifying berth after powering his Levi Ray & Shoup Shelby to a 3.895 in the second qualifying session.
Tim Wilkerson is halfway to what would be his 20th career No. 1 qualifying berth after powering his Levi Ray & Shoup Shelby to a 3.895 in the second qualifying session.
Ron Capps was just a few ticks behind Wilkerson with a 3.897 with h is…
Las Vegas Friday photo gallery
Photo highlights from Day 1 of the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway,
Photo highlights from Day 1 of the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway,
NHRA fans got to meet the stars of the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series at a Fanfest held Thursday night at the…
Las Vegas Pro Stock Friday results: Q2
Bo Butner surged to the top of the Pro Stock qualifying order at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals on Friday.
Bo Butner stormed to the top of the qualifying sheet, ending the Elite Motorsports parade with a 6.648 elapsed time. That bettered the next-quickest pass by nearly two-hundredths of a second.
Nobody from the Elite camp had an answer in the…
Las Vegas Pro Stock Motorcycle Friday results: Q2
Hector Arana Jr. holds the top spot in Pro Stock after Friday action at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.
Hector Arana Jr. will go to bed as the No. 1 qualifier in Pro Stock Motorcycle. The rider of the Lucas Oil EBR ran the only 6.80 of the day (a 6.884 to be exact), and that's enough to get him a step ahead of the competition.
The competition…