Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Super Comp champ Gary Stinnett
Super Comp champ Gary Stinnett, a four-time national champion, earned his second Indy win and first since 1994 when final-round opponent Greg Kamplain fouled. Kamplain was attempting to win back-to-back Indy titles after his 2015 victory in Comp.
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Alcohol Dragster champ Dan Page
Chassis builder Dan Page realized a lifelong dream when he drove Art Gallant’s entry to victory. Page left first in the final against Shawn Cowie and held on for a close 6.35 to 6.36 victory. In a remarkable showing of consistency, Page ran…
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Super Gas champ Tommy Phillips
Tommy Phillips, coming off a win two weeks earlier in Brainerd, stayed hot with a Super Gas victory against Ray Miller III in the final. The win was No. 37 for Phillips and his second at Indy, following his 2012 Super Comp title.
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Stock champ Jeff Lopez
Jeff Lopez, another a second-generation racer, had previously won four national event titles, but all of them had come in heads-up classes and none at Indy. Driving his COPO Camaro, Lopez stopped the manually shifted Cobra Jet Mustang of Charley…
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Sportsman champion highlights
More than 700 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competitors rolled through the gates of storied Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis for the 62nd annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, but just seven of those drivers accomplished their primary…
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Super Stock champ Ryan Haag
Ryan Haag, the son of longtime Division 3 racer David Haag, is a former Jr. Dragster champion who was appearing in his first national event final. He met Division 6 racer Sean Cour in the Super Stock final and put together a great performance with…
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Comp champ Kevin Self
U.S. Nationals Comp champ Kevin Self won for the third time in his career when he defeated three-time Indy champ Jason Coan in the final. For Self, the victory carried extra meaning because his father, Glen, won the Street class at Indy in 1969.…
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Alcohol Funny Car champ Jonnie Lindberg
Reigning Top Alcohol Funny Car champ Jonnie Lindberg took a big step toward a possible repeat title when he won his fourth event of the season. Lindberg moved into first place in the standings after final-round opponent Annie Whiteley shook the…
Four Southeast tracks join NHRA Member Track Network
Four tracks owned by racing businessman Ozzy Moya have joined the NHRA Member Track Network and will be part of Division 2. Orlando Speed World Dragway in Orlando, Fla., Lakeland Drag Strip in Lakeland, Fla., South Georgia Motorsports Park in Cecil…
Wilkerson hopes to regain magic touch at 'home'
Starting from the ninth position in the star-studded Funny Car class, Tim Wilkerson knows he needs impressive showings right off the bat in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the…
Welcome to the Countdown
The 2016 Countdown to the Championship kicked off at zMAX Dragway at the NHRA Carolina Nationals, the first of six events to determine this season’s NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series champions. Although all four incoming top seeds held on to…
Home team takes title, Shelton doubles up
The team from Heartland Park Topeka collected 71 points to take home the team championship while four individual racers earned NHRA Summit Racing Series West Central Division Championships and a trip to Pomona, Calif., for the Summit National…
Free fan fest Sept. 22 kicks off AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals
NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series fans will have the opportunity to meet their heroes at a free fan fest and driver autograph session Thursday, Sept. 22, at Ballpark Village in St. Louis. The fan fest will kick off the 5th annual AAA Insurance…
Countdown to the Championship will make second stop at AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals
The 5th annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals will roll into Gateway Motorsports Park Sept. 23-25 and bring with it the best of the best in NHRA Championship Drag Racing. The second race in NHRA’s six-race Mello Yello Countdown to the…
Atco takes team title, father-daughter both win
The team from Atco Raceway racked up 59 points to take home the team championship while four individual racers earned NHRA Summit Racing Series Northeast Division Championships and a trip to Pomona, Calif., for the Summit National Championship in…
Coles County wins first team title, four headed to National Championship
Coles County Dragway of Charleston, Ill., scored its first Team Championship at the 40th Anniversary of the NHRA North Central Division Summit Racing Series Finals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. Joining the Coles County Dragway team in…
NHRA.com exclusive: Reed announces formation of new Pro Stock Motorcycle team
Cory Reed, one of the leading candidates for the NHRA rookie of the year award, has announced plans to form his own Pro Stock Motorcycle team for the 2017 season. Reed’s new team will be closely aligned with the Colorado-based Y-Not Racing…
Brown, Force, Line, Ellis start Countdown on high note, winning NHRA Carolina Nationals
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Top 20 Funny Cars: Introducing No. 6
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…
NHRA Carolina Nationals Sunday Notebook
Trying to handicap final eliminations for the 9th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals was an exercise in futility because many of the top qualifiers and incoming points contenders suffered early losses in the opening round of the Countdown to the…
Best of Charlotte
The 2016 Countdown to the Championship kicked off with an action-packed weekend of racing at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte. Antron Brown (Top Fuel), John Force (Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock), and Chip Ellis (Pro Stock…
Kalitta, Johnson, Anderson, Sampey qualify No. 1, will lead Charlotte fields into race day
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NHRA Carolina Nationals Saturday Notebook
After two action-packed days of qualifying, the professional fields are set for the NHRA Carolina Nationals. As the first of six races in the Countdown to the Championship, anxiety levels will be high for those racers who are pursuing Mello Yello…
NHRA Carolina Nationals Friday Notebook
There was a lot of drama during the opening day of the NHRA Carolina Nationals as the Countdown to the Championship, NHRA’s six-race playoffs to determine the Mello Yello champions, kicked off at zMAX Dragway. The action-packed day also…
NHRA Carolina Nationals Friday highlights
NHRA’s John Kernan and Lewis Bloom review highlights of the opening day of qualifying at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway, the opening event of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship.…
NHRA Today: NHRA Summit Series Finals under way
From the Wally Parks NHRA Studio, Lewis Bloom talks with Division 7 Director Mike Rice about the NHRA Summit Racing Series Finals now underway in NHRA’s seven divisions. In addition to overall team honors, racers compete for individual…
Event preview: NHRA Carolina Nationals
Who will win the 2016 NHRA world titles? The answer to that question will take six races and a couple months to answer, but the quest for the championships in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle officially begins this weekend…
Tricky Tipster's Charlotte 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.…
Frank Oglesby and the Mello Yello Mustang
Fans at the recent Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals got to witness a special moment that hasn’t been seen on the dragstrip for almost 30 years: a Funny Car flying the colors of Mello Yello soft drink, the title sponsor of NHRA’s biggest and…