Event preview: NHRA SpringNationals
Less than a week after the annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series will return to a much more traditional two-lane format at the NHRA SpringNationals, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the annual…
Crew Chief Confidential: Aaron Brooks
Aaron Brooks is one of the younger crew chiefs in the sport after quickly working up the ranks as a crewmember for NHRA legends Don "the Snake" Prudhomme and Kenny Bernstein to the assistant crew chief position under Mike Neff on the…
1989 Supernationals
This weekend, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads to Texas for the 29th annual NHRA SpringNationals in Houston to close the first back-to-back races of the season. This week, we will look through the NHRA National Dragster photo…
Racing RVs named presenting sponsor of NHRA Top Dragster and Top Sportsman national championships
Racing RVs, an Ohio company that specializes in new and used semi-style motorhomes, has signed a multiyear agreement to become the presenting sponsor of the NHRA Top Dragster and Top Sportsman national championships. Drivers in the Top Sportsman…
Power couple: Courtney Force, Graham Rahal
Graham Rahal has been a constant sight at NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events around the country, cheering on his wife, NHRA Funny Car star Courtney Force, and when she has a chance, she likes to be pitside cheering on her hubby as he wheels…
Top Fuel standout Todd ready to take next step
This weekend’s 29th annual NHRA SpringNationals at Royal Purple Raceway marks the first back-to-back racing weekend of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. In the eyes of Top Fuel standout J.R. Todd, that is very much a good…
Pritchett reunites with winning team for Houston
Three weeks after the unexpected retirement of team owner Bob Vandergriff Jr., Leah Pritchett remains undaunted in her pursuit of an NHRA Top Fuel world championship and has been enabled to bring the Bob…
Hagan turning the corner heading to NHRA SpringNationals
Two-time Funny Car world champion Matt Hagan often compares his role as a driver to that of a quarterback, especially during the current circumstances this season. He knows it is his responsibility to…
The perfect result
Bryan Worner loves it when a plan comes together. With the initial field of 65 Super Stock racers whittled to just three late Sunday afternoon in Charlotte, Worner pulled into the zMAX Dragway staging lanes and was greeted by two familiar faces.…
Enders visits children's hospital in Charlotte
Two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders made a visit to the Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte on behalf of Speedway Children's Charities the Thursday before the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals…
Houston native Buff dreaming of storybook celebration at NHRA SpringNationals
Troy Buff came as close as he ever has to winning his first Top Fuel race at the most recent event in Las Vegas. Buff eventually lost in the final round to defending world champion Antron Brown, but the Houston-area native was overwhelmed by the…
One in four
A large crowd of racing fans packed into zMAX Dragway in order to witness the Professional classes in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series compete in the unique four-wide format at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods. Though…
Rising Pro Stock star Butner loves his current situation
Bo Butner has been fortunate enough to drive a number of different successful cars throughout his time racing in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Sportsman ranks. Now in his second season racing in Pro Stock in NHRA’s marquee Mello Yello…
NHRA powers into Houston for SpringNationals
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series rockets into Space City, April 29-May 1, for the 29th annual NHRA SpringNationals, the sixth of 24 events on the season, at Royal Purple Raceway. The best in Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock will go head to…
Best of Charlotte
As the only four-lane event on the tour, the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods always delivers exciting and sometimes crazy action as drivers line up four wide and battle for supremacy. This year's event at zMAX Dragway was no…
NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods sells out Saturday for second straight year
Reserved seats for Saturday’s qualifying rounds of the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods at zMAX Dragway are sold out, as fans from 48 states and nine foreign countries have ventured to "the Bellagio of dragstrips,"…
The Mystery of the Blue Mustang
Last week’s video collection of vintage Funny Car clips was met with glee by the Insider faithful, what with all of the vintage fiberglass and dry hops, but it was the clip of the Mickey Thompson/Danny Ongais Mustang that drew the most oohs and…
Arana Jr. has no problem with motivation at NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
Hector Arana Jr. didn’t start his 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock Motorcycle season the way he wanted and he’s had a month to think about it. This weekend’s seventh annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by…
Plenty on the line for Anderson at NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
It was not the start four-time Pro Stock world champion Greg Anderson expected, but it is one he will gladly take. There were vast changes in Pro Stock heading into the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag…
Tricky Tipster's Four-Wide 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.…
NHRA Four-Wide Nationals 101
This weekend the adrenaline-charging excitement of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series returns to zMAX Dragway for the spectacular 7th annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods, April 22-24. The event is the fifth stop of 24…
Rising Funny Car star Head hopes for continued success at NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
Now in his fourth season in Funny Car, Chad Head continues to find a better comfort level in his Head Racing Toyota Camry. The results indicate as much during the early portion of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello…
Force: 'Nothing compares to Four-Wides'
The winningest driver in NHRA history knows that the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods is a completely different animal. Even with 143 Funny Car victories, John Force’s lone win at the four-wide event, at the inaugural race…
2010 NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
This weekend, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series lands in North Carolina for the first of two yearly events at zMAX Dragway, the 7th annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods in Charlotte. This week, we will look through the NHRA…
Karamesines, granddaughter both will compete in Charlotte
Top Fuel legend Chris “the Greek” Karamesines will have some good racing company at this weekend’s NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods as his granddaughter, Krista Baldwin, a 22-year-old Top Alcohol Dragster rookie,…
Event preview: NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods
NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing is known for pure, raw power thanks to the 10,000-horsepower, nitro-burning beasts that are featured at every event, but once a year, the series gets a little more powerful, if you will, thanks to Bruton Smith’s…
2015 NHRA Four-Wide Nationals flashback
Jack Beckman ended a 54-race winless streak by racing to the Funny Car victory to highlight racing at the 2015 edition of the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway. Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Larry Morgan (Pro Stock), and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock…