National Dragster's Top 10 Reading photos
NHRA National Dragster photographer Marc Gewertz stopped by the Wally Parks NHRA Studio to share with NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom the staff’s favorite images from the Dodge NHRA Nationals.
Tricky Tipster's Dallas 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.…
Dodge NHRA Nationals Super Gas champion Craig Porter
Craig Porter also earned his first national event Wally with his victory in Super Gas in his second final. Porter, runner-up in his ’93 Mustang last year in Gainesville, went the distance this time by outmaneuvering final-round opponent Ed…
Dodge NHRA Nationals Stock champion Peter Biondo
Just three weeks after collecting his 49th victory in Super Stock at the NHRA Carolina Nationals in Charlotte, Peter Biondo snagged career win No. 50 in Stock in Reading. Racing in his 75th final, “the Terminator” drove his B/SA ’…
Dodge NHRA Nationals Super Comp champion Amanda Boicesco
Super Comp victor Amanda Boicesco was one of only two first-time national event winners among the Reading Sportsman champs, but winning is no stranger to her family: Her father, Iggie, is an eight-time national event champ who won in Reading in…
Dodge NHRA Nationals Super Stock champion Michael Iacono
Michael Iacono, who scored his first victory at the 2004 Reading race, quickly recovered from his loss to Peter Biondo in the Stock final to corral his sixth win with a victory minutes later in the Super Stock final in his familiar pink GT/DA…
Dodge NHRA Nationals Alcohol Funny Car champion Andy Bohl
Andy Bohl, who last year scored a huge win at the U.S. Nationals, collected career win No. 3 in Reading with his Howard’s Cams/Competition Products Camaro when he defeated Sean Bellemeur in the final on a holeshot, 5.57 to 5.51, after a…
Dodge NHRA Nationals Alcohol Dragster champion Jackie Fricke
Jackie Fricke scored her first win in Top Alcohol Dragster by driving John Finke’s A/Fuel Dragster to a final-round victory over former national champ Chris Demke. No. 2 qualifier Fricke, whose husband, Shawn, is a national-event-winning…
Dodge NHRA Nationals Comp champion Al Ackerman
Former Comp national champ Al Ackerman, who hadn’t won a national event since his dominating, three-win championship campaign in 2010, wheeled his F/Dragster to his fifth win with a final-round defeat of Joe Carnasciale, (-.65) 7.88 to (-.61…
Dodge NHRA Nationals Sportsman champion highlights
Due to persistent rain that limited time-trial and qualifying efforts, the majority of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series portion of the Dodge NHRA Nationals was completed Monday at Maple Grove Raceway, where the sun shone most brightly on seven…
Fans weigh in on 2016's top moments to date
As the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season roars to its conclusion, NHRA has been asking on social media for fans to share their favorite moments of the season to date. NHRA’s Amanda Busick checks out the submissions from…
Motorplex win a high priority for Texan McGaha
Five years ago, Chris McGaha recorded his first Pro Stock round win at the Texas Motorplex, the site of this weekend’s 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals at the Texas Motorplex. As big as that…
Glidden first to reach 50-win milestone
Reaching the 50-win milestone in NHRA national event competition is a rare and impressive feat, one first accomplished 30 years ago at Texas Motorplex, site of this weekend’s AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals, by NHRA Pro Stock icon Bob Glidden…
NHRA Today: Biondo reaches 50-win milestone in Reading
With his victory in Stock at the recent Dodge NHRA Nationals, Peter Biondo, one of the premier NHRA Sportsman racers of all time, became just the 17th driver in NHRA history to record 50 NHRA national event wins. Biondo, known in drag racing…
NHRA Today: Pedregon looks to turn around disappointing season
Cruz Pedregon is a two-time NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car world champion, but the last few years have not been kind to the Cruzer. He hasn’t won an event since Englishtown in 2014 and has only five…
Maintaining consistency is Capps’ goal
As he chases his first NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car world championship, Ron Capps was a model of consistency throughout the 2016 regular season. That consistency has stretched into the…
Four Score
So you’ve never heard of Gage Burch? Stick around a while, you almost certainly will. As a quick introduction, Burch is a 16-year-old drag racing prodigy from Palmetto, Fla., who is in the process of making the jump from the NHRA Summit…
Schedule change announced for 2017 Countdown races
The AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals and the Dodge NHRA Nationals are switching their event dates for the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship. The Dodge NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading…
NHRA Today: Hines, Krawiec always looking for improvement
It appears that the Pro Stock Motorcycle Countdown to the Championship is going to be a two-bike affair between Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson teammates Andrew Hines and Eddie Krawiec, who sit 1-2 atop the standings, but they’re not…
Night at the Museum: Don Prudhomme's Army Arrow
In this week’s edition of Night at the Museum, NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom highlights one of the newest additions to the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum: Don “the Snake” Prudhomme’s Army Plymouth Arrow. The car won the…
NHRA 101: How NHRA's champs are crowned
NHRA’s six-race Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championships has determined the season championships, but it hasn’t always been that. NHRA of FOX reporter Jamie Howe takes a look back at the numerous ways and format…
Schumacher ready to dial up clutch performance
Through a standout career that includes eight Top Fuel world championships, Tony Schumacher has displayed an incredible ability to produce remarkable late-season runs to grab a world title. Trailing…
NHRA Today: Laughlin earns Alcohol Dragster license
Alex Laughlin, who at the recent AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals became NHRA’s latest first-time winner in Pro Stock, isn’t resting on his laurels. The talented Texan recently earned his…
Bristol takes team title; five heading to Summit National Championship
Bristol Dragway won the NHRA Southeast Division Summit Racing Series Team Championship over Gainesville Raceway and Montgomery Motorsports Park while Timmy Smith led the list of individual winners at the Southeast Division Summit Finals at Atlanta…
Wild Horse Pass takes team title; five earn spots in Summit National Championship
Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park captured the team championship while Russ Stryker, Howard Devore, Steven Umberger and Freddie Camarena took home the individual championship at this weekend’s NHRA Pacific Division Summit Racing Series Finals…
NHRA Today: Brown, Capps, Johnson solidify title bids
With just three races left in the Countdown to the Championship, Antron Brown in Top Fuel and Ron Capps and Tommy…
"All-in-one" valve all the rage in nitro fuel systems
The "all-in-one" fuel-system valve is all the rage in the nitro classes these days, a unit developed by the DHL team in cooperation with Don Jackson that replaces three others parts with one, as Kalitta Motorsports crew chief Jim…
Winningest Funny Car drivers
We’ve looked at the top drivers in Top Fuel, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle in this column, so to wrap up the series, this week, we delve into the win stats for the Funny Car class. Everyone can probably quickly guess the top two drivers…
NHRA 101: What does it cost to build a Funny Car?
What does is cost to build a 10,000-horsepower nitro Funny Car that will run 330 mph on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series? NHRA on FOX analyst Tony Pedregon, a former two-time NHRA Funny Car world champ, breaks it down, from chassis to…
AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals Sportsman champion highlights
The list of Sportsman winners at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals included everything from fresh-faced 18-year-old Koy Collier, who was competing in his first national event, to 69-year-old veteran Larry Cummings, who collected his first…