Aerospace Components NHRA Excellence in Engineering: Seattle 2016
BRIAN OGLESBEE’S HOME-BUILT ’55 CHEVY SUPER STREETER With the exception of the hood scoop, Brian Oglesbee’s classic Chevy Bel Air looks like it could be cruising burger joints in the 1950s instead of tearing…
NHRA Today: DSR teams busy prior to Brainerd
NHRA on FOX Indy Bureau Chief John Kernan checked in with Amanda Busick at the Wally Parks NHRA Studio to update the busy week underway at Don Schumacher Racing, where the cars of Antron Brown…
Limited premium tickets available for new Top Eliminator Club at Lucas Oil Raceway
Premium Top Eliminator Club (TEC) tickets are going fast for the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Aug. 31-Sept. 5. Those who purchase tickets will be the first to experience the new TEC pavilion, which will…
More Seattle 64 Funny Cars stories
I’m back from an incredible weekend in Seattle, where, appropriately, after last week’s column about the track’s legendary 64 Funny Cars events, the floppers were the star of the show with nine of the quickest times in history, national record-…
NHRA Now: Record-smashing Funny Car weekend in Seattle
The Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil was a Funny Car statistician’s dream world as nine of the 10 quickest passes in class history were recorded at Pacific Raceways. Entering the event, Matt Hagan has the…
NHRA Now: Worsham talks record weekend, looks ahead
Reigning NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car champ Del Worsham had an incredible weekend at the Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil, setting the national…
NHRA Now: Teams begin preparations for Brainerd and beyond
With the Western Swing in the rearview mirrors, NHRA’s Mello Yello teams are returning to their home bases to prepare for the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals and, beyond that, the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals. From the Wally Parks Route 66…
Shearer plans to race at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals
Justin “Big Chief” Shearer, star of Discovery Channel’s reality television series Street Outlaws, plans to compete in his Pro Mod car in the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Aug. 31-Sept. 5 at Lucas Oil Raceway in…
Flying high with Doug Kalitta
As an experienced pilot and Top Fuel racer Doug Kalitta is used to flying across the ground and above it, and the owner of Kalitta Charters recently invited NHRA FOX reporter Amanda Busick to Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, Mich., not only to…
Featured Flyer: Supercharged Top Sportsman Corvette
Bob Mandell's supercharged Top Sportsman Corvette Bob Mandell has lovingly produced hundreds of showcase machines from his race-car-building emporium, Bob’s Pro Fab, in the tiny town of Culleoka, Tenn., but none may…
Todd to throw out first pitch at Cincinnati Reds game
Sonoma winner J.R. Todd, driver of the SealMaster Toyota Top Fuel dragster, will throw out the first pitch at the Cincinnati Reds' Major League Baseball game Aug 15. Raised in nearby Lawrenceburg, Ind., Todd grew up cheering on…
For Pritchett, its been an interesting trip so far
Leah Pritchett’s road to her current spot in the Countdown playoffs has been a twisting and turning journey, filled with highlights, not unlike her trip from Sonoma to Seattle to compete in the Protect The Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals.…
Center of Attention
Those who have witnessed either of Brad Burton’s national championship speeches probably already realize that the 2010 and 2012 Stock champion doesn’t mind being the center of attention. With that in mind, it was almost poetic that…
Emerald City makeover
The final rounds of the Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series categories will take place away from Pacific Raceways due to rain, but what took place at the final stop on the…
Final rounds in Seattle rained out; event completion in Brainerd, Indy
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Courtney Force involved in Seattle accident
NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series racer Courtney Force escaped serious injury after a racing incident in the first round of Sunday’s eliminations at Pacific Raceways. Force’s Traxxas…
Top 20 Funny Cars: Introducing No. 9
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…
Revisiting the first Western Swing sweep in Funny Car
After earning his third of 16 career Funny Car championships in 1993 and dethroning 1992 champion Cruz Pedregon, John Force began the 1994 season with a flamed Chevy Lumina body and iconic souvenir T-…
More Countdown playoff positions clinched in Seattle
After the rain postponement of the Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil in Seattle, eight Top Fuel drivers have clinched their berths in the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship playoffs. In Funny Car…
Worsham destroys record books in Seattle; Schumacher, Nobile also claim top spots
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Veteran Smith to tune Lee/Kalitta Motorsports Funny Car entry
Championship-winning tuner Todd Smith has been named as the crew chief on the McLeod Racing Toyota Camry Funny Car driven by Paul Lee. Smith will lead the third Funny Car team for Kalitta Motorsports that will begin running at the NHRA Keystone…
Pacific Raceways project will help improve historic facility
Pacific Raceways, home of the Protect the Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil and other NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events for nearly three decades, has received preliminary approval to build a new facility that will…
Torrence, Worsham break track records to lead Friday nitro in Seattle; Nobile atop Pro Stock
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Papa John's Pizza delivers support to Pritchett
Papa John's International Inc. announced it will sponsor Top Fuel racer Leah Pritchett's Don Schumacher Racing Top Fuel dragster team at this weekend's NHRA national event at Pacific Raceways near Seattle…
DeJoria to miss Seattle race; eyes Brainerd for return
NHRA Funny Car pilot Alexis DeJoria will miss this weekend’s Protect The Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals in Seattle due to injuries sustained in a recent crash, but already is eying a return,…
Former Chief Starter Mark Lyle remembered in Seattle
The life of former NHRA Chief Starter Mark Lyle was fondly remembered by family, friends, and the racing community in a Thursday night celebration of life on the eve of the Protect The Harvest NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways, Lyle…
Aerospace Components NHRA Excellence in Engineering: Denver 2016
STEVE HAGBERG’S 426 HEMI RO23 BELVEDERE II: ONE OF 55 Steve Hagberg's super-clean A/SA ’67 RO23 Plymouth Belvedere II is No. 15 of just 55 factory-packaged race cars produced by Plymouth at its famed…
Seattle 64 Funny Cars, 1976
By the time that most of you read this, I’ll be at Pacific Raceways covering the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series national event at the track formerly known as Seattle Int’l Raceway, which is perfect timing for this week’s subject (I love it…
Tricky Tipster's Seattle 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.…
Five Minutes With: Tony Pedregon
Tony Pedregon won two NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car championships and 43 national events in the category before hanging up his driving boots to join the FOX Sports broadcast team this season as a color analyst for NHRA events. NHRA…