Archives for 2017

COCA-COLA EXTENDS ITS SPONSORSHIP WITH NHRA AS SPONSOR OF PREMIER SERIES UNDER MELLO YELLO® BRAND

INDIANAPOLIS (August 31, 2017) – Mello Yello, The Coca-Cola Company’s popular citrus-flavored soft drink brand, will extend its relationship with the world’s largest motorsports sanctioning body by continuing its longstanding association as sponsor of NHRA’s premier series. Racquel Mason, vice … [Read more...]

Chevrolet Performance Challenge Series Final Results from NMCA Ohio

Chevrolet Performance Challenge Series Race Wrap from the 16th Annual Honeywell Garrett NMCA All-American Nationals (August 30, 2017 Santa Ana CA) - Drivers of the Chevrolet Performance Challenge Series and NMCA joined forces to deliver a double … [Read more...]

FIVE-TIME PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE WORLD CHAMP ANDREW HINES KNOWS HOW SPECIAL A WIN IS AT PRESTIGIOUS CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE U.S. NATIONALS

​ Hines looking to hit stride, pick up first class win since victory at the Big Go in 2016 INDIANAPOLIS – Andrew Hines remembers begging his father, Byron, to take him to the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals for as long as he can remember. Nearly three decades later, the five-time Pro Stock … [Read more...]

NHRA Northwest Division Summit Drag Racing Series Coming to Woodburn Dragstrip

WOOD​BURN DRAGSTRIP TO HOSTS 2017 NHRA SUMMIT RACING ET FINALS WOODBURN, Ore. – NHRA’s top drag racers from tracks across the Northwest division will be at Woodburn Dragstrip to square off in head-to-head competition at the 40th annual NHRA Summit Racing Series Northwest Division Finals, … [Read more...]

NHRA WEST CENTRAL DIVISION AND NORTHWEST DIVISION TO FINALIZE 2018 JEGS ALLSTAR TEAMS IN 2017

GLENDORA, Calif. (Aug. 30, 2017) – The move of the Fallen Patriots NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by K&N to early June on the 2018 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Schedule has also shifted the yearlong JEGS Allstar points battle for the 2018 event. Due to this, NHRA announced today that both … [Read more...]

COURTNEY FORCE AND TERRY MCMILLEN CLAIM LOTTERY STARTING SPOTS IN NHRA TRAXXAS NITRO SHOOTOUT AT INDY

INDIANAPOLIS — Courtney Force and Terry McMillen secured the No. 8 positions in the NHRA Traxxas Nitro Shootout following a special lottery drawing held today during a press conference in downtown Indianapolis to preview the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals and the lucrative specialty event held … [Read more...]

8/30/17 Drag Racing News

FBI offering reward in triple homicide at drag racing event Minneapolis Star Tribune 13 during a drag racing event in the town of Paris. They were shot at close range as they stood near a concession area in the parking lot of Great ... $25K reward offered in Great Lakes Dragaway murder of 3 … [Read more...]

The PDRA 2018 Schedule is Here

PITTSBORO, N.C. (August 29, 2017): The world’s premier eighth-mile organization proudly announces its 2018 schedule. For four years the Professional Drag Racers Association has worked with some of the nation’s top facilities to produce successful events and build a solid reputation of incredible … [Read more...]

NMRA All-Ford World Finals Coming to Beech Bend Raceway

Wild Heads-Up Drag Racing, Street Outlaws TV Celebrities, All Ford Car Show, Huge Vendor Midway, True Street & MORE! Santa Ana, CA (August 28, 2017) - It all comes down to one last weekend of drag racing—September 28-October 1, 2017 at the 19th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA … [Read more...]

BATTLE FOR 10TH SPOT IN FUNNY CAR TO BE DECIDED AT PRESTIGIOUS CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE U.S. NATIONALS

Standouts Alexis DeJoria, Cruz Pedregon, Jim Campbell, Jonnie Lindberg and Del Worsham all fighting for final Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship spot at the Big Go INDIANAPOLIS – In a loaded Funny Car class, Alexis DeJoria hopes she is hitting her stride at the perfect time. The 2014 … [Read more...]