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Funny Car champ Todd saluted by his Indiana hometown
2018 NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car championship J.R. Todd was saluted recently by his Lawrenceburg, Ind., hometown. which named a street in his honor.
Who’s Next: Five to Watch in 2019 and Beyond
Five racers represent a fresh wave of talent in the National Hot Rod Association. You know some of them, and some you’ll know a lot better coming into the 2019 season.
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Two rookie of the year winners ended up winning championships in 2018, but not all future stars in the National Hot Rod Association grasp Auto Club of Southern Club…
2017 Pro Stock champion Bo Butner to return to competition in 2019
Bo Butner will race full Pro Stock season with K.B. Racing while also participating in SAM Tech Factory Stock Showdown.
Bo Butner will compete in the full 18-race Pro Stock season with K.B. Racing, despite announcing his retirement from the doorslamming Mello Yello category at the end of the 2018 campaign. The shortening of the Pro Stock schedule, in addition to…
2018 Summit Motorcycle national champion John Markham
John Markham rode his Kawasaki to the Summit Racing Series Motorcycle championship, cutting a near-perfect .002 reaction time that forced his opponent, Jeremy Hicks, to break out aboard his Suzuki.
2018 Summit Sportsman national championship Brian Hendrickson
In a final-round Sportsman battle of yellow vintage Mopars, Brian Hendrickson powered his '72 Demon to a double-breakout victory over Brent Erickson to claim the 2018 Summit Racing Series Sportsman national championship.
2018 Summit Pro national champion Nelson Belot Jr.
Nelson Belot Jr., who won the Pro wild card drawing, drove his Dalton, Mass.-based ’63 Cutlass to victory in the Summit Racing Series national championship when Dustin Loynes’ Division 3-quartered ’80 Firebird out of Walled Lake, Mich., ran too quick and broke out by a hundredth of a second.
Nelson Belot Jr., who won the Pro wild card drawing, drove his Dalton, Mass.-based ’63 Cutlass to victory in the Summit Racing Series national championship when Dustin Loynes’ Division 3-quartered ’80 Firebird out of Walled Lake, Mich., ran too…
2018 Summit Super Pro national champion Pat Osmundson
Pat Osmundson claimed the Summit Racing Series Super Pro national championship in his dragster in a terrific final-round battle with Jeremy Hancock. Osmundson got a slight reaction time edge, .016 to .019, and ran a near-perfect 8.806 on his 8.80 dial to fend off Hancock’s right-there 7.087 on a 7.08 prediction by just .044-second.
Mark Paquette looks ahead to sophomore Pro Stock Motorcycle campaign
Even though he is still in the early stages of his NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle career, Mark Paquette is no rookie when it comes to competing on two-wheels. Paquette boasts more than 20 years of motorcycle experience as both a crew chief and a rider.
Even though he is still in the early stages of his NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle career, Mark Paquette is no rookie when it comes to competing on two-wheels. Paquette boasts more than 20 years of motorcycle experience as both a crew chief and a rider.…
'Nitro bowling' with 2018 NHRA Funny Car champ J.R. Todd and friends
Newly crowned NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car champ J.R. Todd and his nitro-fueled friends in Brownsburg, Ind, are back in the lanes -- bowling lanes, that is -- as their competitive nature strikes again.
NHRA releases 2019 class schedule
NHRA has released the event-by-event class schedule, a matrix that displays which classes and special features will compete at which NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series national events in 2019.
NHRA has released the event-by-event class schedule, a matrix that displays which classes and special features will compete at which NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series national events in 2019.
The schedule covers all Pro and Sportsman…
SAMTech.edu NHRA Factory Stock Showdown returns in 2019
The SAMTech.edu NHRA Factory Stock Showdown returns to NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events in 2019 and will expand to eight races during the year.
The SAMTech.edu NHRA Factory Stock Showdown returns to NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events in 2019 and will expand to eight races during the year. The wildly popular category will make inaugural visits to the Virginia NHRA Nationals in…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Super Gas winner Roger Kato
Roger Kato made it to his first national event final in Super Gas in 1985 and his second in 2010, and at the end of the 2018 season, he finally got to celebrate his first victory following a final-round win over former Pomona champ Greg Ventura, who…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Super Comp winner Chad Webber
The Super Comp class featured not only a first-time winner in Chad Webber but also a thrilling end to the championship points battle between eventual champ Steve Williams and challenger Mark Grame. Williams took over the lead after his runner-up…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Stock winner Jeff Taylor
Jeff Taylor missed out on a chance to win the world championship in Stock, but he ended his season on a high note when he drove the DeFrank family’s new Camaro to a final-round victory over Ryan Mangus, who fouled by three-thousandths. Taylor, who…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Super Stock winner Steve Wann
In Pomona, Steve Wann moved from Stock to Super Stock and proved that his ’63 Sport Fury is an effective Super Stock car when he drove to his sixth career national event title in Super Stock. Racing in a stacked field that included eight former or…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Shane Westerfield
Shane Westerfield made his best run of eliminations in the Top Alcohol Funny Car final with a 5.44 to stop Ulf Leanders, who shook the tires and slowed to a 6.12. Earlier, Leanders had made one of the quickest runs in the history of the class with a…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Top Alcohol Dragster winner James Stevens
James Stevens didn’t qualify for the tough Pomona Top Alcohol Dragster field but got in as an alternate and went the distance for his first national event victory. Given a second chance, he made his way past Shawn Cowie, Shane Conway, and Garrett…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Comp winner David Rampy
David Rampy became just the fourth driver in NHRA’s centennial club when he earned the Comp title in Pomona. Rampy, along with longtime crew chief Barry Davis, entered the 2018 season sitting on 96 wins and hit his stride at midseason with wins in…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Sportsman champion highlights
David Rampy became just the fourth driver in NHRA’s centennial club when he earned the Comp title in Pomona, James Stevens won his first title in Top Alcohol Dragster, and former world champ Shane Westerfield claimed his 10th career victory in Top Alcohol Funny Car.
David Rampy became just the fourth driver in NHRA’s centennial club when he earned the Comp title in Pomona, James Stevens won his first title in Top Alcohol Dragster, and former world champ Shane Westerfield claimed his 10th career victory in Top…
Color him gone: Remembering Roger Lindamood
If you were a drag racing fan in the 1960s and 1970s, you knew the Color Me Gone name even if you couldn’t recall the name of its driver, Roger Lindamood, who tore up dragstrips around the country for more than a decade. We lost Lindamood Oct. 14, at the age of 91.
If you were a drag racing fan in the 1960s and 1970s, you knew the Color Me Gone name even if you couldn’t recall the name of its driver, Roger Lindamood. He made that kind of an impact in his 15-year career on the quarter-mile, from his…
Latest issue of NHRA National Dragster now online (Vol. 59 No. 24)
NHRA National Dragster’s 24th issue of 2018, featuring coverage of the Auto Club NHRA Finals, is online now for NHRA members, and it’s in the mail to homes and shops around the world.
In addition to our coverage from the season finale and…
NHRA's Cyber Monday sale
This holiday season, surprise the NHRA fan in your life, or even treat yourself, with the gift of Nitro! Get huge discounts on NHRA tickets or take advantage of a special sale on NHRA All Access subscriptions.
This holiday season, surprise the NHRA fan in your life, or even treat yourself, with the gift of Nitro! See which NHRA event near you will be offering huge discounts on NHRA tickets, the ultimate stocking stuffer of the holiday season. Fans…
NHRA announces 2019 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series and Reunion dates
NHRA has announced the schedule for the 2019 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series that will feature thrilling races across the country including the NHRA Motorsports Museum’s Hot Rod Reunions.
NHRA has announced the schedule for the 2019 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series that will feature thrilling races across the country including the NHRA Motorsports Museum’s Hot Rod Reunions. The entertaining series features intense racing action…
Watch the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series awards ceremony
NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series champions were officially crowned and a number of special awards were presented during the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series awards ceremony at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland. Watch the full ceremony now on NHRA.com.
Steve Torrence, J.R. Todd, Tanner Gray and Matt Smith were celebrated as the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series champions on Monday during the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series awards ceremony at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood &…
Tickets on sale now for 2019 season-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals
Tickets for the season-opening 59th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona on Feb. 7-10 are on sale now.
Tickets for the season-opening 59th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona on Feb. 7-10 are on sale now.
This will be the first opportunity to see the new cars and paint…
NFL Hall of Fame great Tim Brown on board for Jordan Vandergriff’s rookie season
Bob Vandergriff Racing will team up with NFL Hall of Fame great and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown during the team’s rookie Top Fuel campaign with Jordan Vandergriff.
Bob Vandergriff Racing will team up with NFL Hall of Fame great and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown during the team’s rookie Top Fuel campaign with Jordan Vandergriff.
Brown’s company, 81 Logistics Group, will be primary sponsor of the Top Fuel…
NHRA and FOX Sports announce 2019 broadcast schedule
FOX Sports and NHRA have announced the release of the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule, which includes five live event on the FOX broadcast network and the addition of Brian Lohnes as lead announcer for all 24 NHRA events.
FOX Sports and NHRA have announced the release of the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule. Most notably, the 2019 schedule includes additional live coverage on the FOX broadcast network for the NHRA SpringNationals in Houston. The…
1970s Funny Cars!
From 1966, the first year of the class, through 1979, there were more than 500 licensed Funny Car drivers competing at NHRA events. Here's a look back at some memorable Funny Car images from the 1970s, as seen through the lens of longtime lensman Ron Lewis.
As I continue to work my way through the photo library of Ron Lewis, who generously shared with me thousands of images from his five decades of covering drag racing, we arrive at the one I’ve been most looking forward to: 1970s Funny Cars.…
Drag racing legend Garlits honored by NHRA with Lifetime Achievement Award
At the recent NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series award ceremony, NHRA presented a special Lifetime Achievement Award to legendary driver “Big Daddy” Don Garlits, a pioneer in the sport of drag racing.
At the recent NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series award ceremony, NHRA presented a special Lifetime Achievement Award to legendary driver “Big Daddy” Don Garlits, a pioneer in the sport of drag racing. Not only was Garlits the first drag…
In-N-Out Burger, Hot Rod 70th Anniversary revs up Pomona Fairplex Nov.17
Fabled Auto Club Raceway at Pomona will play host this weekend as In-N-Out Burger and Hot Rod Magazine celebrate 70 years of burgers and burnouts.
Fabled Auto Club Raceway at Pomona will play host this weekend as In-N-Out Burger and Hot Rod Magazine celebrate 70 years of burgers and burnouts.
The In-N-Out Burger and Hot Rod 70th Anniversary Celebration, Saturday, Nov.17, will include…