Brad Anderson
In this week’s journey into the NHRA National Dragster photo archives, we look into the file of one of the most accomplished Top Alcohol Funny Car drivers, Brad Anderson. Ranked No. 33 on the NHRA Top 50 Drivers list in 2001, Anderson…
K&N Filters extends sponsorship of K&N Horsepower Challenge through 2018
K&N Engineering Inc. has signed a multiyear agreement to extend the company’s sponsorship of the K&N Horsepower Challenge. The K&N Horsepower Challenge is the longest-running specialty event in the NHRA.
“We are very excited to…
Contingency awards added for JEGS Allstars finalists
NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Sportsman racers who qualify for the JEGS Allstars will have extra incentive to perform this year with the addition of nearly $47,000 in manufacturer contingency awards. Finalists in Top Alcohol Dragster, Top…
Kalitta roundtable: Analyzing the closest race in history
More than a week removed from the Atlanta event, people are still talking about the incredible Top Fuel final between Kalitta Motorsports teammates J.R. Todd and Doug Kalitta that was the closest race in the category’s history. Though there…
AutoAnything will back Beal Racing in 2016
Beal Racing has signed an eight-race primary sponsorship agreement with AutoAnything, a leading eCommerce retailer of car and truck performance products and accessories, for the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. After a successful…
Leading ladies
Much has been made about the recent surge in wins by women in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, including Brittany Force’s first Top Fuel wins in Gainesville and Charlotte as well as Funny Car victories by her sister Courtney and…
Interview with Dale Pulde
Dale Pulde might be your favorite Funny Car driver’s favorite Funny Car driver. Considered one of the most natural drivers in the Funny Car class, Pulde drove 70 different Funny Cars during his lengthy career, which began in 1966 while he was…
Force: New Camaro will be repaired, ready for Epping event
John Force damaged his new Chevy Camaro SS Funny Car in the second qualifying session Friday at the NHRA Kansas Nationals. Force launched hard but experienced tire shake, smoked the tires, and did a quick pedal job, but hit the left lane guardwall…
Drag racing legend Muldowney will undergo lung cancer surgery
Drag racing legend Shirley Muldowney, a three-time NHRA Top Fuel champion, has been diagnosed with lung cancer and will undergo surgery at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center in downtown Charlotte early Wednesday morning to remove her right…
Night at the Museum: The Dragmaster Dart
Dode Martin was a drag racer at early Southern California tracks when he met Jim Nelson at Paradise Mesa Drag Strip, where Nelson was an NHRA tech inspector. They became partners and created Dragmaster to build race-ready machines. Their first…
Record weekend
Heartland Park Topeka is lauded as having one of the best racing surfaces in the country, which helps set the stage for record-setting conditions when the right ambient air conditions present themselves. Its history is full of milestone…
JEGS NHRA SPORTSnationals returns to Kentucky
The 2016 JEGS NHRA SPORTSnationals presented by Quick Fuel will make its triumphant return to Beech Bend Raceway Park, May 27-29, to showcase competition in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. The JEGS NHRA SPORTSnationals will comprise…
Best of Topeka
The 2016 NHRA Kansas Nationals will very likely go down in the history books as one of the best races in the history of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. From the incredible Friday night qualifying that produced the quickest and fastest Funny…
Top 20 Funny Cars: Introducing No. 17
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, beginning the weekend of the Summit Racing…
NHRA viewership sets another high mark on FOX Sports 1 telecast
Last weekend’s Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway was the most-watched NHRA event in the modern TV landscape, delivering 1,367,000 viewers on Sunday’s finals show alone. The FOX Sports 1 telecast had…
Deconstructing the vote: 18-20
I hope you all saw the reveal last Sunday on NHRA.com (or Saturday on the FOX show) of our Top 20 Funny Cars catch-up. We unveiled Nos. 18 to 20 to catch up to Tony Pedregon’s separate list that he began a few weeks ago, and I thought it would…
Kennedy named NHRA Director of Multimedia Content
David Kennedy, who has spent the last two decades helping to build multiple automotive media brands, has been named NHRA director of multimedia content, it was announced by NHRA Vice President-Executive Producer and Chief Content Officer Ken…
Johnson feels team is on the cusp of something big
The process has taken longer than he would have hoped but former Pro Stock world champion Allen Johnson believes his team is headed in a direction that could lead to impressive results. Heading to a track where he has three victories and five final…
Tricky Tipster's Topeka 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 the NHRA: Shirley's Kids
Shirley's Kids is a 501(c)3 non-profit charity created to help children in need. Because its namesake, four-time world champion Shirley Muldowney, has lived her life in drag racing, the organization first seeks out deserving children within the…
Beckman ready for qualifying success to translate to victories
Jack Beckman already has four No. 1 qualifiers through seven events during the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. But what the 2012 Funny Car world champion really wants is his first victory of the season. After a record-breaking…
Tales from the Strip: Tony Pedregon
Two-time NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car world champion and current FOX NHRA Drag Racing analyst Tony Pedregon began his first full Professional campaign in 1996 behind the wheel of a second Funny Car for 16-time world champion John Force. It only took…
Event preview: NHRA Kansas Nationals
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads to the Midwest and historic Heartland Park Topeka for the eighth event of the 2016 season, the NHRA Kansas Nationals. The sprawling multipurpose facility has hosted an NHRA national event since 1989 and…
Take a ride down the dragstrip with Capps
What’s it like to cover 1,000 feet in less than four seconds in a nitro Funny Car, one of the most powerful vehicles in the world? “The Funny Car is the most unnerving, evil-handling, unpredictable race car,” said veteran driver…
Crampton enjoys busy stretch as team’s fortunes improve
Richie Crampton got the lift he needed to kick off one of the busiest stretches during the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. Now returning to the place where he has had prior success, the Top Fuel standout hopes it signals the first…
Crew Chief Confidential: Mike Neff
Mike “Zippy” Neff is the most accomplished tuner under 50 years old in the nitro ranks. He has won Funny Car championships as a crew chief with two different organizations and has even won 10 races as a driver. Neff’s rapid…
Coughlin knows turnaround is coming soon
The start to the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season wasn’t exactly what five-time Pro Stock world champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. envisioned. But betting against a driver who has 58…