Race Wrap: 2015 Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals

The epic conclusion to the Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals as weather pushed it into Monday, October 5 Santa Ana, CA (October 13, 2015) - The 17th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA All-Ford World Finals started with rainy weather as over 800 racers and show participants converged on … [Read more...]

NHRA’S GRAHAM LIGHT INDUCTED INTO CANADIAN DRAG RACING HALL OF FAME

Graham Light, NHRA’s senior vice president of racing operations, was one of 38 luminaries honored Oct. 9 as an inaugural inductee into the Canadian Drag Racing Hall of Fame in Montreal. The 28 living and 10 posthumous legends who were inducted included racers, crew chiefs, mechanics, track … [Read more...]

Barker Bags Inaugural NHRA Top Sportsman National Championship

GLENDORA, Calif. –Jeffrey Barker has earned himself a national championship and a little bit of NHRA history as the veteran Southeast Division driver has locked up the inaugural NHRA Top Sportsman championship. Earlier this year, NHRA announced the formation of the national championship title for … [Read more...]

REIGNING FUNNY CAR WORLD CHAMPION MATT HAGAN KNOWS HE NEEDS COUNTDOWN WINS STARTING AT AAA TEXAS NHRA FALLNATIONALS

ENNIS, Texas – Matt Hagan has said all along that he believes at least two wins are necessary in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship to win a series crown. Realizing that, the reigning Funny Car world champion also knows time is running out to get those … [Read more...]

10/13/15 Drag Racing News

Super Chevy (blog) This 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle Super Stocker is a Real Racing Rarity Super Chevy (blog) For patriarch Dave Stobbe, his involvement continues in drag racing, also behind the wheel of a Chevrolet, racing a 1963 Corvette Super Gasser since ... Flag as … [Read more...]

THRILL OF THE COUNTDOWN HAS REIGNING TOP FUEL WORLD CHAMPION TONY SCHUMACHER IN HOT PURSUIT OF ANOTHER SERIES CROWN, EXCITED FOR AAA TEXAS NHRA FALLNATIONALS

ENNIS, Texas – In his ideal world, everyone would be chasing reigning Top Fuel world champion Tony Schumacher as he made a push towards his ninth NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series world championship. But as it currently stands, Schumacher is going to have to do the chasing, and that’s perfectly … [Read more...]

MEYER, LINDBERG WIN AT THUNDER VALLEY RACEWAY

Noble, Okla., – The Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series crowned champions for the Thunder in the Heartland event at Thunder Valley Raceway Park. Randy Meyer and Jonnie Lindberg took the honors in the alcohol classes. Meyer, Spring Hill, Kan., took down local racer Shayne Lawson, Broken Arrow, Okla., in … [Read more...]

ORLANDO TAKES TEAM TITLE; FIVE HEADING TO SUMMIT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

COMMERCE, Ga. – Orlando Speed World Dragway won the NHRA Southeast Division Summit Racing Series Team Championship in a close battle with Montgomery Motorsports Park and Music City Raceway while Brandon Jarrell led the list of individual winners at the Southeast Division Summit Finals at Atlanta … [Read more...]

10/12/15 Drag Racing News

Monday time-waster: Watch '60s vintage local drag-racing gold Autoweek Dig this, baby: Dragging on the street is for cold-beer-drinking and blue-jeans-wearing squares -- or something. This video, filmed sometime around ... Flag as irrelevant Waupaca County … [Read more...]

Champions Crowned at the Summit Racing Equipment World Finals featuring Nitro Jam at Memphis International Raceway

MILLINGTON, Tennessee (October 11, 2015) - The 12th and final International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series race of the season took place at Memphis International Raceway. The Summit Racing Equipment World Finals featuring Nitro Jam set the stage to crown four Nitro Jam World … [Read more...]