Hight focused on championship hunt heading to Charlotte
It didn’t take long for Robert Hight to shift his focus to the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship. In fact, the 2009 Funny Car world champion was already in playoff mode the moment he…
Force, NASCAR's Busch compare championship strategies
NHRA's Brittany Force and NASCAR's Kurt Busch met the media to preview their championship chases. Force, far lane, beat Busch in a two-of-three match race in matching COPO…
NHRA Today: Capps team bouncing back from Indy mishap
Ron Capps’ Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals – and the balance of his season -- took an unexpected turn Sunday at the event when his parachutes failed to deploy at the end of his winning first-round Traxxas Nitro Shootout race with…
Crew Chief Confidential: Bobby Lagana Jr.
Bobby Lagana Jr. grew up at dragstrips in the Northeast. He and brother Dom joined late father Bobby Sr. and late mother Marie at match races, IHRA events, and annual stops at the Reading and Englishtown NHRA events. The second-oldest of four kids…
One-on-one with "Papa John" at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals
"Papa John," the founder of a pizza empire and the sponsor of Leah Pritchett¹s Top Fuel dragster, joined the Don Schumacher Racing driver in Indianapolis for the 62nd annual Chevrolet…
For Hagan, ‘Old No. 4’ turned out to be No. 1
(Above) Old No. 4 was pulled down from the rafters (below) above the DSR crew chief offices in Brownsburg, Ind., where old Funny Car chassis patiently wait for their chance to race again. Joe Fitzpatrick, Don Schumacher…
A 'fiberglass forest' in Indy
It was only appropriate during this yearlong celebration of 50 Years of Funny Car that the world’s biggest and greatest drag race host the best display of vintage Funny Cars this season, and so it was that at the Chevrolet Performance U.S…
Seven years later, Force, Pedregon officially bury the hatchet
It was one of the wildest off-track moments to ever take place at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, and seven years later, John Force and Tony Pedregon officially buried the hatchet – on national TV, no less – after their…
Heart of the NHRA: Karting race for charity
NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series stars took to the twists and turns of the Speedway Indoor Karting go-kart track Wednesday, Aug. 31, prior to the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals for a charity karting event to raise money for…
Tony Schumacher's Indy magic
At the recent Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, Tony Schumacher, already the winningest Top Fuel driver in Indy history entering the event, added his 10th career win at the world’s biggest drag race to become the winningest Pro-class…
Top Ten Bonneville photos with NHRA photographer Marc Gewertz
For many a drag racing and hot rodding fan, a trip to the Bonneville Salt Flats is one of those “bucket list” trips. NHRA National Dragster photographer Marc Gewertz spent a weekend off from his NHRA duties at Speed Week at the…
Pacific Raceways takes Division 6 Summit Series team title
MISSION, B.C. – Pacific Raceways captured the team championship while Sean Shaffer, John Leage, Mark Owens, and Kevin Bromley took home the individual honors at the NHRA Northwest Division Summit Racing Series Finals at Mission Raceway Park.…
Veterans dominate Indy sportsman racing
“The best teams always seem to find a way to rise to the occasion, especially when the spotlight is the brightest.” Those words come from Top Fuel racer Tony Schumacher, who won the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals for the…
Strong start at the NHRA Carolina Nationals important for world championship aspirations
A great start to the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship is imperative if a driver hopes to win a world championship and the epitome of that took place a year ago at the state-of-the-art zMAX Dragway. All four winners…
Holbrook crushes Indy Factory Stock field
Chris Holbrook, near lane, drove his new Varsity Ford Cobra Jet to the SAM Tech Factory Stock Showdown title with a final-round win over Stephen Bell's COPO Camaro. Along the way, Holbrook made the sport's quickest Stock pass with an 8.23…
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Monday Notebook
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Schumacher collects record 10th Indy win; Hagan, McGaha, Hines also score at Big Go
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Countdown to the Championship clinch scoreboard
The Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals marks the end of the 18-race NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series regular season, and the defining line to set the competitors for the six-race Countdown to the Championship.
Only the top 10…
Much on the line as Indy event hits crescendo
Results | Team reports It’s the final day of the world’s biggest drag race, the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, but so…
Top 20 Funny Cars: Introducing No. 7
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…
Millican, Hagan, Butner, Sampey top Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals qualifying
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Courtney Force wins Traxxas Nitro Shootout
Courtney Force scored at her sponsor’s big event, driving her Traxxas Camaro SS to a $100,000 payday in the 5th annual Traxxas Nitro Shootout, held concurrent with qualifying at the Chevrolet Performance U.S…
Capps unhurt after trip into sand trap
Mello Yello Funny Car points leader Ron Capps escaped uninjured after the parachutes on his NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger failed to deploy following a winning first-round race in the Traxxas Nitro…
When thing go wrong in Funny Car at Indy
After Robert Hight’s wild Saturday night explosion, NHRA FOX Reporter Lewis Bloom and the staff of NHRA National Dragster magazine combed the long list of crazy occurrences in Funny Car at the U.S. Nationals for some more explosive moments.…
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Sunday Notebook
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Hight rides out wild explosion during Indy Funny Car qualifying
Robert Hight's Auto Club of Southern California Chevy Camaro SS Funny Car exploded in a ball of fire during his qualifying pass Saturday night at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals. Hight's car…
Millican, Hagan, Nobile, Savoie lead Indy qualifying with one day to go
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Schumacher collects second Traxxas Shootout win
Tony Schumacher, who has built his legacy as the winningest Top Fuel driver in NHRA history on the strength of a class-record nine Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Top Fuel victories, used…
Strong can do no wrong in stunning Seattle upset
Aaron Strong, far lane, collected his first Pro Stock win by upsetting Vincent Nobile, who red-lighted in the final round of the rain-delayed Seattle event. Former Comp driver Aaron Strong became the 62nd different winner in Pro Stock…
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Saturday Notebook
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