The J&A Services NHRA Pro Mod division joined the other professional classes of the sport and made their four-wide debut last weekend, and it was a rousing success. To be completely honest, the Pro Mods did better on their first try than some of the other classes. No confusion on …
Read More »Courtney Force Leads The Way For Four-Wide Nationals Today
NHRA Funny Car driver Courtney Force collected her third top qualifier of the season and re-wrote the track record book after topping the qualifying sessions for Sunday’s 8th-annual NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Concord, N.C. Clay Millican (Top Fuel), Jeg Coughlin (Pro Stock) …
Read More »Friday Qualifying Complete at Four-Wide Nationals
NHRA Four-Wide Nationals weekend is underway at the zMAX Dragway out in Charlotte. And a familiar last name, Force, tops the outstanding lineup you’ll see. Courtney Force had a terrible run in round one qualifying for Funny Car, hurt when her car veered left but made up for it in round two. …
Read More »NASCAR Drivers Experience NHRA Horsepower at zMax Dragway
It was straight-line-meets-circle-track Thursday morning (April 27) at Charlotte Motor Speedway and zMax Dragway in Concord, N.C., as the star drivers of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series got a chance to swap seats with some of the ace pilots from the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series and get themselves …
Read More »Nitro Shots: All In The Dysfunctional Family
Sure the racing was exciting this past weekend, but as is always the case when they happen, the big buzz was about the fight. In case you didn’t hear about it somehow, after Alex Laughlin and Tanner Gray faced off in eliminations, Gray apparently was unhappy with how Laughlin staged …
Read More »Nitro Shots: What’s a Champion Have to Do?
Last week I passed along the news that Shawn Langdon was moving to Kalitta Motorsports to drive a third Top Fuel entry effective immediately. The move from Don Schumacher Racing to Kalitta was prompted by a lack of sponsor support for his DSR effort. Langdon had yet to make a …
Read More »Nitro Shots: Drag Racing Comes in Many Flavors
Next week in Houston, a very interesting exhibition is set to take place. No, it’s not jet cars this time. It’s something from a whole different corner of the drag racing universe. Drag racing is actually quite the diverse sport and it takes many different forms on many different levels. …
Read More »Nitro Shots: How Many Youth Is a Movement?
One of the most talked about issues in the NHRA, just like in other series is the challenge of getting young people interested in motorsports. With drag racing, generating that interest is not only about the fans, but also about the participants. More than one driver of a certain age …
Read More »Nitro Shots: Viva Las Vegas
The NHRA Mello Yello Series is back in action again this weekend in Las Vegas with the DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals, the fourth race of the young season. An added element this weekend is the K&N Horsepower Challenge, a special bonus race for the Pro Stock class. If you …
Read More »Nitro Shots: Thank You For Your Support
NHRA drag racing has support series just like most other forms of motorsports (i.e. Monster Energy Cup and XFINITY, or Verizon IndyCar and Indy Lights), but there is one big difference between how these other support series function versus how things work in drag racing. In NASCAR, the XFINITY series …
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