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Auto Club NHRA Finals Stock winner Austin Williams

17 Nov 2017
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Austin Williams locked up the Lucas Oil championship in Super Comp a few weeks ago, and he ended the season by turning on the win light in the Stock final. Driving the Marlow family’s F/SA Duster, the same car he drove to the 2014 Stock title,…
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Auto Club NHRA Finals Super Stock winner Robert Cruzen

17 Nov 2017
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Super Stock featured a first-time winner after Robert Cruzen downed five-time national champ Jimmy DeFrank in the final round. Cruzen was impressive when it mattered most by combining a .007 light with a 9.344 on his 9.33 dial in the final round.…
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Auto Club NHRA Finals Comp winner Dan Fletcher

17 Nov 2017
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Although he celebrated his milestone 100th national event win in Chicago last July, Dan Fletcher has not had the sort of 2017 season he has come to expect. Fletcher reeled off win No. 102 after driving partner Rick Braun’s C/EA Chevy Cobalt to the…
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Auto Club NHRA Finals Alcohol Funny Car winner John Lombardo Jr

17 Nov 2017
NHRA National Dragster staff
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The Top Alcohol Funny Car final featured the top two qualifiers with low qualifier John Lombardo Jr. scoring a 5.420 to 5.417 holeshot victory over Annie Whiteley. Lombardo ran nothing slower than a 5.446 on his way to the final with wins against…
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Auto Club NHRA Finals Alcohol Dragster winner Shawn Cowie

17 Nov 2017
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Shawn Cowie had his hands full in one of the most competitive Top Alcohol Dragster fields of the year. After qualifying No. 3, he defeated Ashley Sanford, Garrett Bateman, and Randy Eakins with a string of 5.2-second runs before meeting low…
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Tickets now available for 2018 season-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals

Tickets for the season-opening 58th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com are now available for purchase.
15 Nov 2017
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Winternationals
Tickets for the season-opening 58th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com are now available for purchase. The first race of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series 2018 campaign will feature 10,000-horsepower Top…
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WFO Radio NHRA Auto Club Finals Winners Edition

15 Nov 2017
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WFO
Check out the WFO Radio NHRA Auto Club Finals Winners Edition featuring on location "winnerviews" with Brittany Force, Alan Johnson, Jason McCullouch, Laurie Force, Courtney Force, Robert Hight, Jimmy Prock, Chris Cunningham, Tommy Johnson Jr., John…
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2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series world champions honored in Hollywood

Brittany Force, Robert Hight, Bo Butner and Eddie Krawiec were feted as the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series champions Monday during the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series awards ceremony at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland.
13 Nov 2017
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Awards Ceremony
Brittany Force, Robert Hight, Bo Butner and Eddie Krawiec were feted as the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series champions Monday during the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series awards ceremony at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood &…
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Snap-on Tools renews with Pedregon through 2020 NHRA season

Snap-on Tools has extended its contract with two-time NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car world champion Cruz Pedregon. The primary sponsorship agreement runs for three seasons, extending through 2020, the 100th anniversary of Snap-on. 
13 Nov 2017
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Cruz Pedregon
Snap-on Tools has extended its contract with two-time NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car world champion Cruz Pedregon. The primary sponsorship agreement runs for three seasons, extending through 2020, the 100th anniversary of Snap-on.  "Cruz has…
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Gray earns 2017 Auto Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award

Tanner Gray named top rookie of the 2017 NHRA Drag Racing season thanks to five wins and two runner-up finishes. His Pro Stock campaign is one of the best by a rookie in NHRA history.
13 Nov 2017
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Tanner Gray
The 2017 Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award went to Pro Stock driver Tanner Gray, who scored five wins and two runner-ups and finished fourth in points during his rookie campaign. Gray also advanced to the semifinals,…
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Labbous completes championship roster with 2017 Super Gas title

The final Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Sportsman championship was clinched Saturday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals when second-generation racer John Labbous Jr. locked up the Super Gas title.
13 Nov 2017
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Super Gas
The final Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Sportsman championship was clinched Saturday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals when second-generation racer John Labbous Jr. locked up the Super Gas title.  Labbous officially clinched the title when his…
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Cowie, Lombardo lead Auto Club NHRA Finals winners in Pomona

Shawn Cowie and John Lombardo Jr. led the list of winners for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and the Auto Club Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.
13 Nov 2017
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Shawn Cowie
Shawn Cowie and John Lombardo Jr. led the list of winners for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and the Auto Club Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Cowie, Surrey, B.C., picked up career win number ten in Top Alcohol Dragster as he took…
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Butner’s historic comeback leads to first NHRA Mello Yello world title

Former Comp champ Bo Butner defeated Tanner Gray in the final round of the Auto Club NHRA Finals to clinch his first NHRA Mello Yello Series Pro Stock championship.
12 Nov 2017
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Bo Butner
Bo Butner has overcome the odds more than once in his life and he did so again with a thrilling come-from-behind march to the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Pro Stock title. Butner entered the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals trailing teammate Greg…
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Martin, Patterson, Johnston, and Toth claim NHRA Summit Racing Series National titles

Todd Martin, Jason Patterson, Troy Johnston, and Riley Toth claimed NHRA Summit Racing Series National Championships with victories at the Auto Club NHRA Finals.
12 Nov 2017
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Summit
Todd Martin, Jason Patterson, Troy Johnston, and Riley Toth claimed NHRA Summit Racing Series National Championships with victories at the Auto Club NHRA Finals. Martin, a Division 1 racer from Highland Lakes, N.J., defeated Division 6 runner…
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Brittany Force claims her first NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel championship

Brittany Force became just the second woman to win a NHRA Top Fuel championship when she defeated Richie Crampon in the second round of the Auto Club NHRA Finals.
12 Nov 2017
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
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Brittany Force
Brittany Force joins Shirley Muldowney as the second woman to bring home a Mello Yello Top Fuel championship. She turned on the win light against Richie Crampton in the second round following Steve Torrence’s loss to Antron Brown to clinch her first…
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Krawiec clinches fourth NHRA Mello Yello Pro Stock Motorcycle championship

After clinching his spot in the field for Sunday’s final eliminations, Eddie Krawiec has officially locked up his fourth NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock Motorcycle world championship.
11 Nov 2017
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Eddie Krawiec
After clinching his spot in the field for Sunday’s final eliminations, Eddie Krawiec has officially locked up his fourth NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock Motorcycle world championship. Krawiec entered the season-ending Auto Club NHRA…
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Lucas Oil named title sponsor for NHRA Winternationals

Lucas Oil Products has signed a multi-year agreement to become the title sponsor of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series national event held in Pomona, Calif., each February.
10 Nov 2017
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Winternationals
Lucas Oil Products has signed a multi-year agreement to become the title sponsor of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series national event held in Pomona, Calif., each February. Lucas Oil is a longstanding partner of NHRA supporting several ongoing…
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Krawiec on the cusp of fourth Pro Stock Motorcycle championship

Eddie Krawiec can lock up another championship at the Auto Club NHRA Finals by qualifying, something he has done at every event he's shown up at since the 2007 Atlanta competition.
09 Nov 2017
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Eddie Krawiec
On the cusp of his fourth Pro Stock Motorcycle world championship, thanks to an incredible performance during the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship, Eddie Krawiec still has some unfinished business to attend to at the…
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Latest issue of NHRA National Dragster now online (Vol. 58 No. 23)

NHRA National Dragster’s 23rd issue of 2017, featuring Las Vegas coverage and more, is online now for NHRA members, and it’s in the mail to homes and shops around the world.
08 Nov 2017
NHRA National Dragster staff
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ND cover
NHRA National Dragster’s 23rd issue of 2017, featuring Las Vegas coverage and more, is online now for NHRA members, and it’s in the mail to homes and shops around the world. The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series rolled into Nevada…
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Pro Stock title to come down to Anderson, Butner, and Line in Pomona

An incredible season for the KB Racing team will come to a fitting conclusion at this weekend’s Auto Club NHRA Finals at historic Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.
08 Nov 2017
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Pro Stock
An incredible season for the KB Racing team will come to a fitting conclusion at this weekend’s Auto Club NHRA Finals at historic Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, which is the final race of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the…
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Tricky Tipster tabs Torrence, Hight, Anderson, Hines as Finals favorites

Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), Robert Hight (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock), and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are the top picks to win the Auto Club NHRA Finals, as predicted by NHRA National Dragster's Tricky Tipster.
08 Nov 2017
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Tricky Tipster
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.…
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WFO Radio Auto Club NHRA Finals preview

08 Nov 2017
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WFO
Get ready for the Auto Club NHRA Finals! Courtney Force talks about her new Taylor Swift Funny Car, Bo Butner discusses his championship chances, Chip Ellis pays tribute to his fallen friend Junior Pippin, Racing RVs world champions Lynn Ellison and…
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Reed’s Ginger Brew joins Mooneyes, Jim Dunn Racing for Finals

Reed’s Ginger Brew will join Mooneyes in sponsorship of the Jim Dunn Racing team at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona. The race team will showcase the popular yellow Mooneyes Funny Car with the addition of the Reed’s logo. 
08 Nov 2017
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Jim Dunn Racing
Reed’s Ginger Brew, the top selling product in its beverage category, will join Mooneyes in sponsorship of the Jim Dunn Racing team at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona. The race team will showcase the popular yellow Mooneyes Funny Car with the…
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Meet "the Mongoose" at NHRA Fan Fest Thursday night in La Verne

Race fans attending the Auto Club NHRA Finals can meet the legendary “Mongoose,” Tom McEwen, Thursday evening at Lordsburg Taphouse & Grill in Downtown La Verne during the official NHRA Fan Fest, 6:45 – 8 p.m.
07 Nov 2017
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Fanfest
Race fans attending the Auto Club NHRA Finals can meet the legendary “Mongoose,” Tom McEwen, Thursday evening at Lordsburg Taphouse & Grill in Downtown La Verne during the official NHRA Fan Fest, 6:45 – 8 p.m. An autograph session will take…
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Hight in position to close out second Funny Car championship

A brilliant second-half of the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season has put Robert Hight in the position to compete for a second career Funny Car world championship at the Auto Club NHRA Finals. 
07 Nov 2017
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Robert Hight
A brilliant second-half of the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season has put Robert Hight in the position he hoped for at the beginning of the year, and that’s the chance to compete for a second career Funny Car world championship.…
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Courtney Force’s Funny Car to feature Taylor Swift’s 'reputation' album cover

John Force Racing/Advance Auto Parts driver Courtney Force will drive the No. 6 Big Machine Records Funny Car at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona this weekend to promote Big Machine Records’ 10-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift’s highly-anticipated sixth studio album, reputation.
07 Nov 2017
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Courtney Force
John Force Racing/Advance Auto Parts driver Courtney Force will drive the No. 6 Big Machine Records Funny Car at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona this weekend in her bid for the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello championship. Through JFR’s partnership with…
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Torrence, Force, Kalitta ready for tight Top Fuel battle in Pomona

The season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona will decide who wins their first NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel championship.
06 Nov 2017
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Steve Torrence
Steve Torrence is one race away from putting the ultimate finishing touch on a nearly-perfect 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. The eight-time Top Fuel winner this year holds a 20-point advantage against Brittany Force and the world…
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NHRA Toyota Nationals Sportsman champion highlights

Following his most recent win at the NHRA Toyota Nationals in Las Vegas, Joey Severance is now a three-time NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Top Alcohol Dragster champion. Severance locked up the title and then went on to defeat Shawn Cowie in the final round.
03 Nov 2017
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Joey Severance
Following his most recent win at the NHRA Toyota Nationals in Las Vegas, Joey Severance is now a three-time NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Top Alcohol Dragster champion. Severance locked up the title and then went on to defeat Shawn Cowie in the…
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NHRA Toyota Nationals Super Gas winner Val Torres Sr.

03 Nov 2017
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Val Torres Sr. opened eliminations in Super Gas with a perfect 10.050 on the 10.05 altitude-adjusted index, and he eventually made his way to the final, where he coasted to the win after Tanner Hiatt fouled by two-thousandths of a second. Torres was…
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NHRA Toyota Nationals Super Comp winner Marko Perivolaris

03 Nov 2017
NHRA National Dragster staff
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After runner-up finishes earlier this season in Phoenix and the Division 7 race in Salt Lake City, Marko Perivolaris earned the win in Super Comp when he defeated Mark Potts in the final round. Racing on a 9.05 index, Perivolaris drove to a 9.062 to…
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