
Tuning triumvirate will lead Infinite Hero Funny Car
A triumvirate of nitro tuning talent will serve as co-crew chiefs in 2017 for Terry Chandler's Infinite Hero Foundation Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car with driver Jack Beckman at Don Schumacher Racing.
Dean Antonelli joins John Medlen and veteran U.…
Drag racing champions Jeg Coughlin Jr., Erica Enders return to Chevrolet
Elite Motorsports team owner Richard Freeman has announced that multi-time world champion drag racers Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Erica Enders will fight for the 2017 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock crown in a pair of RJ Racecars-built Chevrolet…
Pro Mod TV ratings soared during 2016 season
The highly competitive NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series saw increased television ratings during 2016, the first year partnership with FOX Sports.
The highest rated show during the season was the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA…
Capps already reaping championship benefits
Capps (arrow) previously held a parabolic microphone for a San Francisco radio station on the sidelines during the 2013 Super Bowl.
Ron Capps has already begun reaping the benefits of being the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car champion.…
Mopar announces initiatives to support NHRA racers in 2017
The Mopar brand is adding horsepower to its support of NHRA Sportsman racers with a slate of new programs and resources for the 2017 season. Initiatives include factory-backing for select Mopar and Dodge NHRA Sportsman teams, a new “Magneti…
Pedregon highlights the best of 2016 PRI Show
At the 2016 PRI Show more than 1,200 exhibitors filled the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis to display racing products, tools, CNC-machinery, race car trailers, and hundreds of race vehicles. Show attendees got in for free,…
2016 Top Alcohol Dragster champ Joey Severance
After winning the 2015 title with a strong 754-point score, second-generation racer Joey Severance returned for an encore that was even more impressive. In a season that included eight wins and two runner-ups, Severance cracked the 800-point barrier…
2016 Top Alcohol Funny Car champion Jonnie Lindberg
Swedish racer Jonnie Lindberg successfully defended his 2015 crown with another impressive performance in his Landmeco-backed Camaro. Now based in Indianapolis, Lindberg began the year with a win at the season opener in Pomona and never relinquished…
Tulsa, Bristol to host 2017 Jr. Conference Finals events
The 2017 NHRA Jr. Drag Racing Western Conference Finals and Eastern Conference Finals will be held at Osage Tulsa Raceway Park in Tulsa, Okla., and Bristol Dragway in Tennessee, respectively.
The NHRA Jr. Drag Racing Western Conference Finals…
2016 Comp champion Doug Doll Jr.
No driver in the history of the Comp class has ever scored more points than Doug Doll Jr. Driving for team owner Charlie Greco, Doll, a former Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals winner in Super Comp, completed a rare perfect season with eight wins…
2017 Hot Rod Heritage Series schedule set
NHRA officials have announced the 2017 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series schedule, headlined by the Nostalgia Top Fuel and Nostalgia Funny Car categories. The series, celebrating its tenth season, includes classes for front engine dragsters,…
Pieces falling into place for Team Liberty
With the 2017 season on the horizon, teammates Cory Reed and Angelle Sampey recently announced their highly-anticipated plans for next year. It was announced in September that Reed was starting his own team in 2017 and three-time Pro Stock…
J&A Service Pro Mod Series set to race at NHRA Kansas Nationals in 2017
NHRA officials have announced that the 12th additional race for the J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series will be contested at the NHRA Kansas Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka, May 19-21.
J&A Service, a leader in oil and gas well-…
Elite Motorsports and Mopar to part ways in 2017
Elite Motorsports and Mopar have announced that they will end their partnership at the end of the 2016 racing season. Elite Motorsports drivers and multi-time world champions Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Erica Enders both competed with Mopar-backed Pro…
Reed named Auto Club Road to the Future Award winner
Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Cory Reed was named the winner of the 2016 Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future award, presented annually to the season’s top rookie competitor in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. Reed…
Kalitta honored with first NHRA Lifetime Achievement Award
Kalitta Motorsports founder and owner Connie Kalitta was honored last night at the season-ending Mello Yello Awards Ceremony with NHRA's Lifetime Achievement Award. This is the first time in NHRA history that this award has been given.
Kalitta's…
Brown, Capps, Line and Savoie honored as 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series world champions in Hollywood
Antron Brown, Ron Capps, Jason Line and Jerry Savoie were the…
Summit Series national champs crowned
Jeff Hefler won his third Summit Racing Series national championship and was joined in victory by Timothy Smith, Chad Isley, and Curtis Spracklin as the yearlong competition raced to a conclusion at the Auto Club NHRA Finals.
The quartet of…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Sunday Notebook
The 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season came to a dramatic conclusion Sunday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona, with both world and event champs being crowned on a hot day at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.
Jason Line in Pro Stock…
Seconds take first at Finals as Kalitta, Johnson, Anderson collect wins at season finale
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Line dominates for third Pro Stock crown
Mello Yello's Al Rondon, left, and NHRA President Peter Clifford congratulated Jason Line after he clinched his third Pro Stock world championship. Jason Line capped a dominant season by…
Savoie claims dramatic Pro Stock Motorcycle title
Likable Louisiana alligator farmer Jerry Savoie completed one of the most improbable championship runs in history on Sunday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona when he clinched the NHRA Mello…
Liberman Vega voted top Funny Car of all time
"Jungle Jim" Liberman's 1973 Chevrolet Vega was named as the winner of the Top 20 Funny Cars fan vote, marking the conclusion NHRA’s seasonlong 50 Years of Funny Car celebration. John Force's 1996 Castrol GTX …
Todd, Beckman, Line, and Savoie will lead fields into Sunday battle at Auto Club NHRA Finals
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Capps clinches first Funny Car championship
Mello Yello's Al Rondon, left, and NHRA President Peter Clifford, right, congratulated Ron Capps on his first Mello Yello Funny Car championship. Ron Capps is an NHRA Funny Car world…
Auto Club NHRA Finals Saturday Notebook
With the close of qualifying under the lights Saturday evening at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, the final NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series fields of the 2016 are set, and racers will do battle Sunday for not only the Auto Club NHRA Finals…
Strickland clinches second national championship of season
Jeff Strickland became just the second driver in NHRA history to win two national championships in the same season, locking up the Stock eliminator title Saturday at the Auto Club NHRA Finals, adding it to the Top Dragster presented by Racing…
Line, Savoie boost title bids; Brown, Beckman lead nitro fields in Pomona
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Auto Club NHRA Finals Friday Notebook
Three NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series world championships are still on the line at the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona, with championship battles raging in Funny Car between Ron Capps and Matt Hagan, in Pro Stock between Jason Line…
Event Preview: Auto Club NHRA Finals
When the Countdown to the Championship format was introduced in 2007, this is pretty much what its creators envisioned: a season final packed with drama and tight points battles. The 2016 Auto Club NHRA Finals includes three undecided championship…




















