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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.…
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…
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…
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…
Weekend warrior: Pritchett moonlights at Indy bracket opener
As far as Top Fuel driver Leah Pritchett is concerned, any day at the races is a good day, so while some NHRA Pros prefer to spend their rare off weekends at the beach or the golf course, Pritchett is perfectly content to spend a day…
Pritchett to compete at NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
Leah Pritchett will continue to compete in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, driving the Nitro Ninja Top Fuel dragster owned by the Lagana family at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes…
The other Anderson
It’s only April and four of NHRA’s six divisions have yet to host their first NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event of the season, but in Division 2, Jonathan Anderson is already well on his way to a probable division championship.…
Four-Wide Nationals Funny Car highlights
Although it’s a young race on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series tour, the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals has been packed with action, drama, and history since its 2010 debut. As part of NHRA’s celebration of 50 years of Funny Car, here…
Lindberg aims to keep strong start to rookie season going at NHRA SpringNationals
Jonnie Lindberg had big expectations when he joined Head Racing to drive a 10,000-horsepower Funny Car for the first time, but even the Swede couldn't have imagined his rookie season would start this well.
After winning the last two NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car national championships in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Jonnie Lindberg had big expectations when he joined Head Racing to drive a 10,000-horsepower Funny Car for the first time. But…
Father-son Wilkersons to compete at Four-Wide Nationals
Daniel Wilkerson will make his first Funny Car start since 2013 at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods. Funny Car veteran Tim Wilkerson and the Levi, Ray & Shoup Ford Shelby Mustang will be joined in…
Brown lives for the challenges of Four-Wide Nationals
Antron Brown lives for challenges, and the bigger they are the more excited the Top Fuel standout gets. The defending Top Fuel world champion has a major one this weekend at the one-of-a-kind seventh annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by…
A grand spectacle
The NHRA Four-Wide Nationals is an event unlike any other on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series tour. Envisioned by Bruton and Marcus Smith when they constructed four lanes on zMAX Dragway’s all-concrete surface, watching four 10,000-…
From the Sunshine State to Sin City
Hello, hello! I thought I had a lot to catch you all up on with my last blog about Phoenix test, Pomona, and Phoenix. This time I really have a lot to say! Hold on to you your hats, because we’re about to start a whirlwind recap of…
Fans invited to NHRA/Shell/DSR celebration in downtown Houston
Drag racing fans are invited to join the NHRA, Shell Oil Co., and Don Schumacher Racing on Thursday, April 28, at a special event in downtown Houston. NHRA, Shell, and DSR will be in Hermann Square Park at City Hall at 900 Smith Street at 11 a.m. (…
NHRA to be presented with Lucas Oil Global Achievement Award
The NHRA will be honored at the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame Gala in November as the recipient of the Global Achievement Award sponsored by Lucas Oil. The Lucas Oil Global Achievement Award was inaugurated in 2014 in memory of Pat Garlits, the…
Defending Funny Car world champ Worsham aims for big moment at NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
Del Worsham is used to making the most of big moments throughout his standout NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series career. He grabbed the spotlight last year during the Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship, winning four races and claiming his…
Winningest Top Fuel drivers
Don Garlits earned the first Top Fuel Wally at the 1963 Winternationals, and 809 more have been awarded to date. Who has the most? This week, we look at the five drivers at the top of the Top Fuel wins list. No. 1: Tony Schumacher…