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NHRA Reporter Lewis Bloom talked to the winning crew chiefs from the Dodge NHRA Nationals: Rahn Tobler for Ron Capps (Funny Car), Darrel Herron for Bo Butner (Pro Stock), Brian Husen for Brittany Force (Top Fuel), and Matt Hines for Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle).
Moments before winning Top Dragster, Todd Ewing raced in the Top Sportsman presented by Racing RVs final and lost to former Division 3 champ Jerry Albert. In that bout, Albert ran right on his dial with a 6.890, while Ewing broke out by a thousandth…
Todd Ewing, a six-time national event winner in Super Stock and Super Comp, added a Top Dragster presented by Racing RVs title to his résumé when he stopped Barry Brown in the final. Ewing, driving Top Fuel champ Shawn Langdon’s dragster, won the…
John Labbous Jr. lost his shot for a second double when Dean Mathauser defeated him in the double-breakout Super Gas final, 9.895 to 9.882. Mathauser, in his vintage GTO, worked his way to the final with wins against past world champ Iggie Boicesco…
John Labbous Jr., who was a double winner at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte last April, ran his streak at zMAX Dragway to an incredible 23-1 after driving partner Anthony Bertozzi’s dragster to a pair of finals. Labbous won the Super Comp…
There was also a first-time winner in Stock after Kenneth Stott drove past Mickey Whaley in an all-Camaro final. Stott grabbed a three-hundredths advantage at the start and held on to win with an 11.673 on his 11.66 dial. Whaley, seeking his sixth…
First-time finalist Nick Chiles accomplished a previously unheard-of feat when he handed former world champ Byron Worner his first loss in a Super Stock final. Worner, previously 5-0 with the money on the line, lost the double-breakout battle when…
The battle for the 2017 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Comp championship figures to be a two-horse race between former champions David Rampy and Frank Aragona Jr., and they met in the zMAX Comp final. Aragona managed to hold on for his fifth win…
Andy Bohl bounced back from a string of frustrating early losses to claim his fifth career national event win in Top Alcohol Funny Car. Racing against points leader John Lombardo Jr. in the final, Bohl won with a 5.556, 268.60 mph after Lombardo…
Shawn Cowie claimed his ninth career victory and his third this season when he drove past Corey Michalek in the Top Alcohol Dragster final. Cowie, the No. 4 qualifier, was extremely consistent on race day with runs of 5.288, 5.293, 5.297, and a 5.…
Shawn Cowie and Andy Bohl earned titles in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car, respectively, during the NHRA Carolina Nationals, but the big stars of the event were John Labbous Jr. and Todd Ewing, who both nearly doubled.
Shawn Cowie and Andy Bohl earned titles in Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car, respectively, during the NHRA Carolina Nationals, but the big stars of the event were John Labbous Jr. and Todd Ewing, who both nearly doubled. Labbous drove…
The Countdown to the Championship continued with the Dodge NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway. NHRA’s Dave Rieff and Lewis Bloom picked their five biggest moments of the event.
Racing against a talented Top Fuel field in the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship, veteran Doug Kalitta knows he has his work cut out for him if he hopes to win his first NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series world championship.
But it…
Jeff Veale, Sean Bellemeur, and Tom Martino raced to victory during the 33rd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pa.
Veale of Stoney Creek, Ont., started strong off the line and held off Jackie Fricke, Flemington, N.J…
Brittany Force, Ron Capps, Bo Butner, and Eddie Krawiec collected victories at the Dodge NHRA Nationals, the second of six events in the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship.
Friday leaders Clay Millican (Top Fuel), Robert Hight (Funny Car), and Bo Butner (Pro Stock) held onto their top positions through the conclusion of qualifying at the Dodge NHRA Nationals while Scotty Pollacheck moved to the top of the pack in Pro Stock Motorcycle to earn his first career No. 1 start.
NHRA officials announced a sellout for Saturday’s racing at the 33rd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway. Fans from all over the Northeast have filled the grandstands and pit areas under unseasonably warm weather conditions during day…
Robert Hight made the second fastest run in Funny Car history, 339.02 mph, on a 3.844 pass to lead the opening day of qualifying at the Dodge NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading. Clay Millican (Top Fuel), Bo Butner (Pro Stock), and Hector Arana Jr. (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are the other field leaders.
Fresh off their wins in Charlotte and moves to the top of the standings in their respective classes, Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel), Robert Hight (Funny Car), Tanner Gray (Pro Stock), and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are NHRA National Dragster's Tricky Tipster's favorites for wins at the Dodge NHRA Nationals.
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.…
A class-best five wins during the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series regular season showed the type of performance Pro Stock Motorcycle’s LE Tonglet is capable of this year. It’s also why Tonglet won’t let a slow start to the Mello Yello Countdown…
Krawiec and Hines showed brief vulnerability when they brought out their new Street Rods. Those days are over. The Harley-Davidson team is back just in time to chase another championship.
21 Sep 2017
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
When Eddie Krawiec and Andrew Hines brought out their new Harley-Davidson Street Rods at Englishtown, the competition licked its lips. For a moment, two of the most competitive riders in Pro Stock Motorcycle were vulnerable. Debuting new bodies and…
In terms of a blueprint for starting a critical juncture of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season well, Tanner Gray came about as close as possible to a perfect one at the Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship opener in Charlotte.
In terms of a blueprint for starting a critical juncture of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season well, Tanner Gray came about as close as possible to a perfect one at the Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship opener in Charlotte.…
Every new club needs a first member, and Ken Howell was just a teenager in Southern California in 1951 when he became NHRA's first official member. More than 60 years later, we found him at the recent Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals. Or, more precisely, he found us.
21 Sep 2017
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Every new club needs a first member, and when the Wally Parks-led Hot Rod magazine issued the clarion call in its March 1951 issue for new members to create a national association of hot rodders, it was a pair of Southern California twin…
A first-round loss to open the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship hasn’t changed Jack Beckman’s mindset heading into this weekend’s 33rd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway.
The sense of urgency and goal of winning is…
NHRA Carolina Nationals Winners Edition featuring Doug Kalitta, Robert Hight, Tanner Gray, Eddie Krawiec, and Jonathan Gray. NHRA’s Alan Reinhart and host Joe Castello recap zMAX and get ready for Countdown race two in Maple Grove.…
NHRA’s Lewis Bloom spoke to the winning crew chiefs from the NHRA Carolina Nationals: David Connolly (Pro Stock), Matt and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle), Jimmy Prock (Funny Car), and Jim Oberhofer (Top Fuel).
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