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Line focused on keeping dominant start going at 'home'
The current run of Pro Stock teammates Jason Line and Greg Anderson has been nothing short of incredible to start the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. The Summit Racing Equipment…
Tricky Tipster's Norwalk 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.…
Heart of NHRA: Jr. Drag Racing League
It began as a simple idea by Vinny Napp to give his son, David, an opportunity to participate in the sport he loved, and it has grown into a racing series in which thousands of youngsters participate in points programs and more each season and…
Event preview: Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series concludes a busy June in Ohio for the 10th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk. This event is the midway point out of 24 races scheduled for the…
2007 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals
This weekend, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads to Norwalk for the last of four consecutive races in June. In this week’s journey into the NHRA National Dragster photo archives, we will look back at what took place at the…
Dutch Boy/Menards to partner with Enders for Norwalk
Dutch Boy Paints and Menards will partner with two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders for the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event this weekend at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park. Enders will drive the Dutch Boy/Menards Dodge…
2015 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Flashback
Doug Kalitta raced to his second Top Fuel victory of the 2015 season at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Jack Beckman (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock), and Karen Stoffer (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also scored wins at the event. …
NHRA partners with Lightmaker for total revamp of NHRA.com
NHRA is partnering with Lightmaker, an international digital agency with more than 20 years of experience in developing digital destinations, for a complete redesign of NHRA.com. Other major sports websites designed by Lightmaker include the…
Todd ready to take the next step
J.R. Todd knows there is still time for his 10,000-horsepower SealMaster dragster to reach its stride during the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. But with the year hitting the halfway point at this weekend’s 10th annual…
Dunn teams with Hubert’s Lemonade for Norwalk, Chicago
Traditionally, when Jim Dunn Racing rolls out a yellow Funny Car, it’s promoting the popular Mooneyes brand. At the upcoming NHRA Mello Yello national events in Norwalk and Chicago, Jim Dunn will be bringing out a yellow Funny Car with a…
Mountain Magic
Quick, who is the hottest driver in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series so far in 2016? If you answered with anyone other than Division 2 racer Steven Furr, you’d be wrong. Between Top Dragster and Super Gas, Furr has already appeared in…
Crampton worked out before he burned out in Bristol
Lucas Oil Top Fuel driver Crampton had a busy week prior to the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, making several media stops and participating in a workout with a local fire department and in a shooting competition for charity. His first stop…
Mello Yello Series wraps up busy June in Ohio
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads to Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park June 23-26 for the 10th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. The awesome nitro-burning machines that crank out 10,000 horsepower will thunder down…
A storm is a-brewin'
It’s not how you start. It’s how you finish. The NHRA Countdown to the Championship format makes those proverbial words ring even louder in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. In the case of the Top Fuel and Funny Car…
FOX Sports Australia to televise NHRA Mello Yello Series events
NHRA, through its partnership with Greenlight International Limited, has reached an agreement for FOX Sports Australia Pty Limited to televise programming of NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events. FOX Sports Australia will televise one-hour…
First two rounds of Norwalk eliminations to be shown live
NHRA FOX coverage from the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals will include thrilling live action from the first two rounds of Sunday’s final eliminations from the 12th event of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series from Summit…
Top 20 Funny Cars: Introducing No. 14
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 and…
Best of Bristol
After two weeks in the Northeast, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series headed south to Bristol Dragway for Father’s Day weekend, and the 2016 edition of the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals did not disappoint. From a pair of drivers who got…
A Kean memory
Response to last week’s column full o’ photos was deliciously marvelous, with lots of my pals here digging my amateurish attempts because, after all, even a bad photo of a great Funny Car is worth seeing, right? As I’ve said…
Former Pro Mod champ Smith thrilled to return to NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals
Former NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series national champion Von Smith is simply happy to be racing again. After not racing in 2015, Smith is back behind the wheel of the Al-Anabi Racing Chevrolet Camaro this year and will compete at…
Tricky Tipster's Bristol 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.…
Coughlin reflects on special date for NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals
The date will certainly be on Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s mind at this weekend’s 16th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway. Final eliminations on Sunday at the picturesque track…
Holley Hot Rod Reunion races to conclusion
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Thrilling racing action headlined the final day of the NHRA Holley Hot Rod Reunion presented by AAA Insurance at Beech Bend Raceway with eliminations taking place in all the categories. In the signature event, the…
1999 Winston Showdown
This weekend, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series makes its way to Bristol for the 16th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. For this week’s edition of Throwback Thursday, we look back to NHRA's return to Bristol Dragway for the first…
Event preview: NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals
After two weeks in the Northeast, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads south for the third of four straight weekends of racing in June, hitting Bristol Dragway for the 16th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. Tucked in the Tennessee…
Crew Member Spotlight: Matt Bynum
Matt Bynum is the bottom-end technician for the DHL Toyota Camry Funny Car driven by 2015 NHRA Mello Yello world champion Del Worsham. Bynum builds all of the short blocks for the team and removes the oil pan to service the entire rotating assembly…