Archives for June 2013

MELLO YELLO SERIES RESULTS SUNDAY FROM ROUTE 66 RACEWAY IN CHICAGO

SCHUMACHER, HAGAN, COUGHLIN AND RAY EARN MELLO YELLO SERIES VICTORIES AT O’REILLY AUTO PARTS ROUTE 66 NHRA NATIONALS IN CHICAGO JOLIET, Ill. – Tony Schumacher raced to the Top Fuel victory in spectacular fashion Sunday as his U.S. Army dragster’s 8,000-horsepower engine exploded in a huge … [Read more...]

NHRA NEWS: MELLO YELLO SERIES RESULTS SUNDAY FROM ROUTE 66 RACEWAY IN CHICAGO

SCHUMACHER, HAGAN, COUGHLIN AND RAY EARN MELLO YELLO SERIES VICTORIES AT O’REILLY AUTO PARTS ROUTE 66 NHRA NATIONALS IN CHICAGOJOLIET, Ill. – Tony Schumacher raced to the Top Fuel victory in spectacular fashion Sunday as his U.S. Army dragster’s 8,000-horsepower engine exploded in a huge fireball … [Read more...]

MELLO YELLO SERIES RESULTS SATURDAY FROM ROUTE 66 RACEWAY IN CHICAGO

CAPPS RECORDS FIRST THREE-SECOND FUNNY CAR RUN IN ROUTE 66 RACEWAY HISTORY TO LEAD NHRA MELLO YELLO SERIES QUALIFYING Lucas, Edwards and M. Smith also earn No. 1 qualifying positions at O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Route 66 Nationals in Chicago JOLIET, Ill. – Ron Capps led a parade of three-second … [Read more...]

6/30/13 Drag Racing News

News Drag racing museum revs up memories Ocala Not only is there a drag racing museum, where you can see just about every car Don "Big Daddy" Garlits ever applied a wrench or a heavy foot to, there also is a classic car museum on the property. One ticket gets you into both … [Read more...]

JEGS AUTOMOTIVE, INC. EXTENDS TITLE RIGHTS SPONSORSHIP OF JEGS ALLSTARS THROUGH 2016

JOLIET, Ill. (June 29, 2013) – JEGS Automotive, Inc., has extended its agreement with the NHRA as title sponsor of the JEGS Allstars event, it was announced today. The extension will keep the JEGS name on the race-within-a-race bonus program for the best of the best NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing … [Read more...]

NHRA NEWS: MELLO YELLO SERIES RESULTS SATURDAY FROM ROUTE 66 RACEWAY IN CHICAGO

CAPPS RECORDS FIRST THREE-SECOND FUNNY CAR RUN IN ROUTE 66 RACEWAY HISTORY TO LEAD NHRA MELLO YELLO SERIES QUALIFYINGLucas, Edwards and M. Smith also earn No. 1 qualifying positions at O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Route 66 Nationals in ChicagoJOLIET, Ill. – Ron Capps led a parade of three-second Funny … [Read more...]

NHRA NEWS: JEGS AUTOMOTIVE, INC. EXTENDS TITLE RIGHTS SPONSORSHIP OF JEGS ALLSTARS THROUGH 2016

JOLIET, Ill. (June 29, 2013) – JEGS Automotive, Inc., has extended its agreement with the NHRA as title sponsor of the JEGS Allstars event, it was announced today.The extension will keep the JEGS name on the race-within-a-race bonus program for the best of the best NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series … [Read more...]

6/29/13 Drag Racing News

News Drag racing fever reaches Lobatse Mmegi Online Hot on the heels of the Toyota 1,000 kilometres Desert race last weekend, motor sport lovers are in for another adrenaline rushing weekend as the second round of the drag race gets under way in Lobatse tomorrow. See all stories on this topic … [Read more...]

FORCE, SCHUMACHER, EDWARDS AND POLLACHECK LEAD O’REILLY AUTO PARTS NHRA ROUTE 66 NATIONALS QUALIFYING FRIDAY IN CHICAGO

JOLIET, Ill. – John Force kept his recent hot streak going Friday at Route 66 Raceway by powering to the qualifying lead in Funny Car at the O’Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by Super Start Batteries. Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel), Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) and Scotty Pollacheck … [Read more...]

NHRA NEWS: MELLO YELLO SERIES RESULTS FRIDAY FROM ROUTE 66 RACEWAY IN CHICAGO

FORCE, SCHUMACHER, EDWARDS AND POLLACHECK LEAD O’REILLY AUTO PARTS NHRA ROUTE 66 NATIONALS QUALIFYING FRIDAY IN CHICAGOJOLIET, Ill. – John Force kept his recent hot streak going Friday at Route 66 Raceway by powering to the qualifying lead in Funny Car at the O’Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 NHRA … [Read more...]