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Houston memories: Putting on a great show in trying times (2020)
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Houston memories: John Force Racing rules the weekend with nitro double (2019)
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Houston memories: Robert Hight collects first career Funny Car win (2005)
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Houston memories: Erica Enders’ first national event win (2004)
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Houston Memories: John Force collects 100th career Funny Car victory (2002)
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Houston Memories: Doubling down in Houston town (1997-2000)
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Houston memories: An NHRA female first and and some really fast fuelers (1992)
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Houston memories: The Great Freeze (1989)
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Houston memories: Eddie Hill stages a comeback for the ages in Top Fuel (1988)
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Houston memories: First NHRA four-second Top Fuel pass (1988)
Houston memories: Putting on a great show in trying times (2020)
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 race at Houston Raceway Park was shifted from April to October and served as the penultimate race of what was a trying year for all parties.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 race at Houston Raceway Park was shifted to October and served as the penultimate race of what was a trying year for all parties.
But when the stars arrived in Houston with championship…
Houston memories: John Force Racing rules the weekend with nitro double (2019)
In 2019 at Houston Raceway Park, the weekend belonged to John Force Racing in more ways than one as teammates Brittany Force and Robert Hight shared the winner's circle after respective wins in Top Fuel and Funny Car.
In 2019 at Houston Raceway Park, the weekend belonged to John Force Racing in more ways than one. The team has enjoyed tremendous success at the track over the years, including Robert Hight’s first career win in Funny Car coming in Houston, John…
Houston memories: Robert Hight collects first career Funny Car win (2005)
It took Robert Hight just four races in his rookie season to score his first Funny Car win, getting the job done for the first of 55 times at the 2005 NHRA SpringNationals at Houston Raceway Park.
Robert Hight spent nearly 10 years as John Force’s clutch technician, joining him in the winner’s circle at his first event, the 1995 Mile-High Nationals – and in 40 more winner’s circles and through 19 world championships before Hight finally got…
Houston memories: Erica Enders’ first national event win (2004)
The upcoming NHRA SpringNationals is scheduled to be the final NHRA national event at Houston Raceway Park. As a salute, we're taking a look at some top moments in track history. Today: Erica Enders' first career win, which came in Super Gas in 2004.
Erica Enders practically grew up at Houston Raceway Park, watching her father, Gregg, compete in the Sportsman ranks and then, at age 8, making her first pass down any dragstrip at the Houston facility in her Jr. Dragster, so it makes perfect…
Houston Memories: John Force collects 100th career Funny Car victory (2002)
From his first win in the summer of 1987 in Montreal, it only took John Force 15 years to amass 100 victories, and the milestone win came at Houston Raceway Park in 2002 after he defeated Tommy Johnson Jr. in the final.
When John Force started running Funny Cars in the early 1970s, there were a lot of people — including probably himself — who thought he’d be lucky to get one national event win. They were right, as it took him 10 years of national event competition…
Houston Memories: Doubling down in Houston town (1997-2000)
From 1997 through 2000, Houston Raceway Park became one of the few tracks to hold two national events per season, hosting both a spring and a fall event. John Force was the only one to win both events in the same year, winning in Funny Car at the 1999 events.
From 1997 through 2000, Houston Raceway Park became one of the few tracks to hold two national events per season, hosting both a spring and a fall event. John Force was the only one to win both events in the same year, winning in Funny Car at the…
Houston memories: An NHRA female first and and some really fast fuelers (1992)
More history was made at Houston Raceway Park at the 1992 Slick 50 NHRA Nationals, where, for the first time in NHRA history, women qualified in all three Pro classes and the then-fastest speed in NHRA history was recorded by Mike Dunn as were the national e.t. records in Top Fuel and Funny Car.
More history was made at Houston Raceway Park at the 1992 Slick 50 NHRA Nationals, where, for the first time in NHRA history, women qualified in all three Pro classes and the then-fastest speed in NHRA history was recorded by Mike Dunn.
Kim…
Houston memories: The Great Freeze (1989)
The upcoming NHRA SpringNationals is scheduled to be the final NHRA national event at Houston Raceway Park. As a salute, we're taking a look at some top moments in track history. Today: Remembering the 1989 event, which was postponed by sub-freezing temperatures.
For the first time in NHRA history, an NHRA national event was postponed due to cold weather after a northern cold front swept across the Baytown area late Saturday of the 1989 event, when Sunday dawned at just 32 degrees and a bracing wind lowered…
Houston memories: Eddie Hill stages a comeback for the ages in Top Fuel (1988)
The upcoming NHRA SpringNationals is scheduled to be the final NHRA national event at Houston Raceway Park. As a salute, we're taking a look at some top moments in track history. Today: Eddie Hill's record-breaking Top Fuel win (1988).
The first Top Fuel competition at Houston Raceway Park at the 1988 SuperNationals was not just a history-shattering event with the first four-second pass in NHRA history,…
Houston memories: First NHRA four-second Top Fuel pass (1988)
The upcoming NHRA SpringNationals is scheduled to be the final NHRA national event at Houston Raceway Park, which hosted its first event in 1988. As a salute to that long history, we're taking a look at some top moments in track history. Today: NHRA's first four-second Top Fuel pass.
When NHRA reinstated the event name of "Supernationals" for the inaugural NHRA national event at all-new Houston Raceway Park in 1988, no one knew that they’d see history repeat itself in other ways.
At the 1972 NHRA Supernationals held at…