Fan Fotos: The Nielsen Files
If you’ve been around this column for any length of time, you know there’s no measuring the depth of love and respect I have for followers of this weekly cornucopia of drag racing stream of consciousness. And you probably also know…
Crew Chief Confidential: Matt Hines
While he’s still best known for winning three world championships and 30 races aboard the Vance & Hines Eagle One Suzuki, Matt Hines has blossomed into one of NHRA’s most successful crew chiefs. Much like his mentor and team co-…
'Voice of the NHRA' Dave McClelland inducted into Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
Dave McClelland, widely known as “The Voice of the NHRA” and one of the most legendary motorsports announcers to ever hold a microphone, is one of seven icons from the world of motorsports to be inducted into the Motorsports…
Art Chrisman
In this week’s journey into the NHRA National Dragster photo archives, we look into the file of one of the legendary hot rod builders and drag racers of the 1950s and 1960s, Art Chrisman. Ranked No. 29 on the NHRA Top 50 Drivers list…
NHRA on the scene: Indy test session
Don Schumacher Racing’s Infinite Hero Funny Car team and Morgan Lucas Racing’s Lucas Oil Top Fuel team spent Wednesday at a test session at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, working to refine their cars as we race into summer and the…
Shifting Gears into a New Era
In the first of what will be a series of columns, NHRA Vice President of Public Relations & Communications Terry Blount discusses the successes of NHRA's 2016 initiatives, including television, diversity, and competition NHRA started…
K&N Filters to sponsor Route 66 NHRA Nationals
K&N Engineering, a worldwide leader in the manufacture of washable performance air filters and air intake systems, has signed an agreement with NHRA to become the title sponsor of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event at Route 66…
Mopar Hemi Challenge celebrates Sweet 16 at Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals
The Mopar HEMI Challenge is set to return for its 16th consecutive season at the prestigious Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals in Brownsburg, Ind., Sept. 1-2. Mopar-powered Super Stock/Automatic-HEMI (SS/AH) Sportsman class competitors will go…
Not your average Joe
As recently as two weeks ago, Joe Santangelo’s frustration level had reached the point where he was seriously considering taking an extended break from drag racing. Santangelo won the Super Stock title at his home event in Epping for the…
Tickets on sale for Indy Top Eliminator Club
Tickets are on sale for the Top Eliminator Club at this year’s Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis A 16,000-square-foot new Top Eliminator Club building is under construction that will feature…
NHRA returns to Windy City for Route 66 Nationals
The intoxicating nitromethane-infused aroma of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series will gust through the air of the Windy City as the world’s fastest motorsport returns to Route 66 Raceway for the K&N Filters Route 66 NHRA…
Crew Chief Confidential: Mike Green
Mike Green is the crew chief of the U.S. Army dragster driven by Tony Schumacher. The veteran Top Fuel tuner has been in that role since the 2009 season. He guided Schumacher to his seventh and eighth Mello Yello titles in 2009 and 2014. Green…
'Eastern Swing' MVP
Teams prepared for four consecutive weekends of racing that has been informally dubbed the “Eastern Swing” knowing that their fortunes in the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season could change drastically in a short period of…
Barton bags third straight Factory Showdown title
David Barton, far lane, remained perfect in the SAM Tech NHRA Factory Stock Showdown Series with a final round win over two-time Comp national champion Bruno Massel. David Barton remained unbeaten with his…
Familiar faces in winner's circle as Langdon, Capps, Line, Krawiec score again
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Top 20 Funny Cars: Introducing No. 13
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 and…
Best of Norwalk
After stops in Epping, Englishtown, and Bristol, the grueling four-race stretch that has come to be known as the "Eastern Swing" came to a conclusion at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk. The event’s many…
Kalitta, Worsham, Anderson, Krawiec hold on to Norwalk qualifying leads
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Line, Anderson clinch Countdown playoff berths
Jason Line Summit Racing Pro Stock teammates Greg Anderson and Jason Line are the first two drivers to clinch their berths in the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship playoffs. The KB…
Capps in Cleveland: First pitches and rock 'n' roll royalty
Ron Capps, Funny Car points leader and driver of the NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger R/T, spent the week leading up to the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Cleveland taking in the sights and sounds of the city that included a first…
Kalitta, Worsham, Anderson, Krawiec are first-day leaders in Norwalk
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Reality star 'Big Chief' encourages racing on track, not the street in NHRA Public Service Announcement
Justin “Big Chief” Shearer, star of Discovery Channel’s reality television series Street Outlaws, will appear in an NHRA public service announcement encouraging hot rod enthusiasts to race at NHRA tracks, and not…
Deconstructing the vote: 14-17
Another month in the books, and another four cars have been revealed in the Top 20 Funny Car fan vote, with another coming Saturday, which will bring us up to No. 12. Here’s what has been revealed so far: 14. Ed McCulloch…
Real Pro Mod Association presenting sponsor of Norwalk Pro Mods
The Real Pro Mod Association (RPM) as the presenting sponsor for the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series portion of the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, June 23-26, in Norwalk, Ohio. The event is the sixth of the 2016 NHRA J&…
Stoffer hoping for upward trend starting in Norwalk
It has been a far different start to the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season than it was a year ago for Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Karen Stoffer. The class veteran put together two early-season wins in 2015, including a victory…
Enders nominated for 2016 ESPY award
Elite Motorsports/Mopar driver Erica Enders has been nominated for an ESPY award following her dominant performance in winning the 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock world championship.…
Torrence opts out of Norwalk
A health issue temporarily has accomplished what rivals have not, and that is to slow the pace of Steve Torrence and his Capco Contractors/Rio Ammunition Top Fuel dragster. Torrence, who qualified No. 1 at six of the season’s first 11 races…
Tricky Tipster's Norwalk picks
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.…
Legendary Force only has one thing on his mind for Norwalk
At this point in the season, legendary Funny Car driver John Force is only focused on one thing when it comes to this weekend’s 10th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit…
Line focused on keeping dominant start going at 'home'
The current run of Pro Stock teammates Jason Line and Greg Anderson has been nothing short of incredible to start the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. The Summit Racing Equipment…