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…
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…
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.…
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…
Heart of NHRA: Jr. Drag Racing League
It began as a simple idea by Vinny Napp to give his son, David, an opportunity to participate in the sport he loved, and it has grown into a racing series in which thousands of youngsters participate in points programs and more each season and…
Event preview: Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series concludes a busy June in Ohio for the 10th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk. This event is the midway point out of 24 races scheduled for the…
2007 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals
This weekend, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads to Norwalk for the last of four consecutive races in June. In this week’s journey into the NHRA National Dragster photo archives, we will look back at what took place at the…
Dutch Boy/Menards to partner with Enders for Norwalk
Dutch Boy Paints and Menards will partner with two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders for the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event this weekend at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park. Enders will drive the Dutch Boy/Menards Dodge…
2015 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Flashback
Doug Kalitta raced to his second Top Fuel victory of the 2015 season at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Jack Beckman (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock), and Karen Stoffer (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also scored wins at the event. …
NHRA partners with Lightmaker for total revamp of NHRA.com
NHRA is partnering with Lightmaker, an international digital agency with more than 20 years of experience in developing digital destinations, for a complete redesign of NHRA.com. Other major sports websites designed by Lightmaker include the…
Todd ready to take the next step
J.R. Todd knows there is still time for his 10,000-horsepower SealMaster dragster to reach its stride during the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. But with the year hitting the halfway point at this weekend’s 10th annual…
Dunn teams with Hubert’s Lemonade for Norwalk, Chicago
Traditionally, when Jim Dunn Racing rolls out a yellow Funny Car, it’s promoting the popular Mooneyes brand. At the upcoming NHRA Mello Yello national events in Norwalk and Chicago, Jim Dunn will be bringing out a yellow Funny Car with a…
Mountain Magic
Quick, who is the hottest driver in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series so far in 2016? If you answered with anyone other than Division 2 racer Steven Furr, you’d be wrong. Between Top Dragster and Super Gas, Furr has already appeared in…