Summit Racing Equipment continues sponsorship of NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League
Summit Racing Equipment has renewed its title sponsorship of the NHRA Summit Racing Jr. Drag Racing League, a popular racing league for kids ages 5-17.
Summit Racing Equipment has renewed its title sponsorship of the NHRA Summit Racing Jr. Drag Racing League, a popular racing league for kids ages 5-17.
The NHRA Summit Racing Jr. Drag Racing League celebrated its 25th anniversary during the…
Steve Torrence hopes to go back-to-back at Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals
Top Fuel points leader Steve Torrence goes to Norwalk looking to defend his event title and stay on top of the field.
A year after winning eight races during a banner 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season, Steve Torrence has gone to several events this year as the defending event winner. It’s something that doesn’t get old for the Top Fuel standout and…
Ron Capps talks Fitzgerald USA NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals Funny Car win
2017 Funny Car world champion Ron Capps joined NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom on Facebook Live to discuss his victory in Thunder Valley.
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Virginia NHRA Nationals Sportsman champion highlights
NHRA’s long-awaited return to Virginia Motorsports Park will be long remembered by the many racers and fans who attended the 10th NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event of the season.
NHRA’s long-awaited return to Virginia Motorsports Park will be long remembered by the many racers and fans who attended the 10th NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event of the season and particularly by Joe Tysinger, Randy Parker, Jeg Coughlin Jr…
Virginia NHRA Nationals Super Gas winner Charlie Kenopic
The Super Gas final featured Canadian Kenopic and perennial top-10 finisher Mike Sawyer and, predictably, it was a side-by-side race that was decided by less than a hundredth of a second at the finish line. Kenopic, the winner of the 2013 Reading…
Virginia NHRA Nationals Super Comp winner Jeg Coughlin Jr.
Jeg Coughlin Jr. suffered a quarterfinal loss in Pro Stock in Richmond, but he quickly changed gears, jumping into his dragster and nailing a .011 light to stop Dave Long in the semifinal round. In the fifth and final round, Coughlin earned national…
Virginia NHRA Nationals Stock winner Randy Parker
Randy Parker claimed his first national event title when he won the Stock title in Bristol in 1999. Nearly two decades later, in Stock, Parker coasted to a second win in Richmond after opponent Eugene Monahan broke in the final round. Parker, in his…
Virginia NHRA Nationals Super Stock winner Joe Tysinger
Joe Tysinger downed former world champ Byron Worner with a .022-second package in the third round and returned for the quarterfinals to defeat Worner’s twin brother, Bryan, with an even more competitive .013-second package. Tysinger’s highlight reel…
JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals Sportsman champion highlights
The annual JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals is considered one of the toughest events of the year for Sportsman racers because Saturday’s JEGS Allstars event attracts top tier talent from across North America, so it was only fitting that reigning champions put their best foot forward.
The annual JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals is considered one of the toughest events of the year for Sportsman racers because Saturday’s JEGS Allstars event attracts top tier talent from across North America, so it was only fitting that reigning…
JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Shane Westerfield
Shane Westerfield ran the table with a win in the JEGS Allstars race and a Sunday victory over Kris Hool in the Top Alcohol Funny Car final round. Westerfield ran as quick as 5.414 on race day and sealed the win, his third of the season, with a 5.…
JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals Super Gas Koy Collier
Two weeks after his father, Steve, was injured in an on-track accident in Topeka, Koy Collier scored his second win of the season in Super Gas. Following his runner-up in the JEGS Allstars race, Collier rallied on Sunday to earn another win in Super…
JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals Super Stock winner Justin Lamb
Reigning Stock and Super Stock champion Justin Lamb almost doubled with a runner-up in Stock and a win in Super Stock. Lamb fouled by eight-thousandths in the Stock final but returned a few moments later to close the deal in Super Stock when he…
JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals Super Comp winner Austin Williams
The Super Comp final was also decided via a red-light start which ended Koy Collier’s chance to join the distinguished list of drivers who have doubled-up at an NHRA national event. When Collier left .009-second ahead of the green light, Austin…
JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster winner Joey Severance
Joey Severance earned his second win of the season by stopping Dan Page in the Top Alcohol Dragster final round, 5.249 to 5.347. With four runs between 5.221 and 5.250, Severance was dominant on race day to earn his 21st career victory.
JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals Comp winner Michael Mans
Two weeks after he broke a three-year win drought with a Super Stock victory in Topeka, Michael Mans returned to the winner’s circle after he drove Daryl Arrowsmith’s GTO to the Comp title. Facing a field that included some of the best racers in the…
JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals Stock winner Jeff Adkinson
Justin Lamb’s red-light in the Stock final was a huge relief to Jeff Adkinson, who won his third national event title behind the wheel of his A/SA ’69 Camaro. A multitime Division 2 champ, Adkinson reached the final by beating Matt Lund in a heads-…
JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals Super Street winner Val Harmon
Val Harmon, the 2012 JEGS Cajun SPORTSnationals champion, earned a second national event title in Super Street after defeating Cole Cummings, who finished the event with a win and a semifinal finish. Harmon won the all-Louisiana, all-’67 Nova battle…
JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals Top Sportsman winner Don O'Neal
Crazy doesn’t begin to describe the final round of Top Sportsman presented by Racing RVs after Don O’Neal won his second national event of the season, even though he fouled in the final. O’Neal left .004-second too soon which should have ended…
JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals Top Dragster winner Kyle Seipel
With a win in the final round of Top Dragster presented by Racing RVs, Seipel joined his good buddy, Lamb, in the winner’s circle. Seipel, a winner in four different NHRA classes, locked horns with young prodigy Aaron Stanfield in the final and…
JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Dragster winner Joey Severance
Defending world and JEGS Allstars champ Joey Severance, near lane, returned to the winner’s circle after winning the special event for the third time in his career to help lead the West Region to the team title. Severance’s final-round 5.24 sealed…
JEGS Allstars Comp winner Frank Aragona
Frank Aragona Jr., near lane, put up three wins for Division 1, sealing his second career Allstars title by beating Division 4’s Craig Bourgeois in a titanic matchup of former world champs. Aragona, whose other Allstars crown was won in 2011,…
JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Shane Westerfield
Shane Westerfield’s championship-defense season just keeps getting better as the reigning class king, near lane, won the JEGS Allstars for the second time in three years, then followed with a Sunday win. Westerfield defeated fellow West Region racer…
JEGS Allstars Stock winner Ryan Mangus
Division 7 Stock representative Ryan Mangus was congratulated by Jeg Coughlin Jr. after driving Coughlin’s Drag Pak Challenger to a win in the JEGS Allstars. Mangus won the final round over Division 6 rep Joe Sorensen, who fouled by seven-…
JEGS Allstars Top Sportsman winner Lester Johnson
Division 3 racer Lester Johnson, near lane, drove his amazing ’55 Chevy to a win in the Top Sportsman class when he topped Division 4 racer Bob Gulitti in the final round. Gulitti cut a .001 light but broke out by a hundredth while Johnson rolled to…
JEGS Allstars Super Stock winner Aaron Stanfield
A year after defeating his father, Greg, in the Chicago Super Stock final, Aaron Stanfield, near lane, returned to Route 66 Raceway to help the Division 4 team earn the overall points title in the JEGS Allstars event. In the final, Stanfield…
JEGS Allstars Super Gas winner Ken Mostowich
Ken Mostowich, near lane, scored a win as a blocker when final-round opponent Jack Collier took too much stripe. The Pacific Division racer cut a solid light and drove .003-second over the index to take the Super Gas Wally back home to Calgary, Alta…
JEGS Allstars highlights: South Central Division rolls to seventh team title
‘The Good Guys” from the NHRA South Central Division turned in a dominating performance to win the 34th annual JEGS Allstars overall team title during the JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals in Chicago.
‘The Good Guys” from the NHRA South Central Division turned in a dominating performance to win the 34th annual JEGS Allstars overall team title during the JEGS Route 66 NHRA Nationals in Chicago. The Division 4 crew built a sizable lead after five…
JEGS Allstars Top Dragster winner Jeff Strickland
A heavyweight bout went the way of Division 2 racer Jeff Strickland, near lane, as he took out reigning Top Dragster presented by Racing RVs world champion Lynn Ellison in the final. Ellison broke out in pursuit of Strickland while trying to score a…
JEGS Allstars Super Street winner Philip Smida
Philip Smida II, far lane, ran a nearly perfect race to score a victory for the North Central Division. Smida bested Division 1’s Don Garbinski in a final that was decided by .021-second as Smida wheeled his ’88 Cavalier to a winning 10.909 pass.
JEGS Allstars Super Comp winner Mike Robilotto
Northeast Division rep Mike Robilotto ran a dominating race to defeat South Central Division competitor and reigning Super Comp world champion Austin Williams in the final. Robilotto cut a .009 light and ran .001-second over the index, leaving…