The 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season is off and rolling. In the second event of the season, the 34th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals in Phoenix, AZ, Pro Stock driver Chris McGaha, Funny Car driver Courtney Force, and Top Fuel driver Steve Torrence all hoisted Wally trophies as winners in their respective classes.
The NHRA kicked off its 2018 season with the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals two weeks ago. We gave you a recap of the top NHRA class winners here, but here’s a rundown of the Sportsman class winners. (All images/Auto Imagery) Super Gas – Kevin McClelland As the son of legendary NHRA announcer Dave McClelland, Kevin
Pro Stocker Bo Butner wasted little time proving to racing fans that last year’s championship was no fluke when he captured his sixth career win Sunday at the season-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona in Pomona, CA. Top Fuel’s Doug Kalitta and Funny Car’s Matt Hagan were also winners Sunday
It’s not every day that we hear about a 1970s Chevy econobox that can go wheel-to-wheel with some of the world’s most iconic sports cars. So when French race car driver Nicolas Grue told us about his Monza, our ears understandably perked up. Grue races his Monza in the French Saloon Cars Trophy series, where
When it was announced that Englishtown, New Jersey’s Old Bridge Township Raceway Park Dragstrip was closing, drag race fans began wondering what would happen to the NHRA’s Summer Nationals event scheduled to be held there this year. The NHRA just answered. There will be a new event added to the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series calendar,
(Updated: 11 a.m. ET on 1/18/18) Track officials at Englishtown, NJ-based Old Bridge Township Raceway Park (or simply “Englishtown” for short) announced that it is ceasing all drag racing operations immediately. The historic track was set to host the NHRA’s 49th-annual Summernationals in June. The racetrack is located in the highly populated greater New York
Dan Gurney, one of the most famous race car drivers in history, passed away yesterday. Gurney was both an experienced car builder and driver, competing in the Formula 1, NASCAR, Can-Am and IndyCar race series, racing for Lotus, Porsche, McLaren, BRM, and his own All American Racers teams. Gurney’s career includes several Formula 1 and
Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, OH is undergoing a $1.6 million track reconstruction project that will make the racing surface entirely concrete from the starting line through the finish line, to improve drainage, aesthetics, and speed. Track reconstruction will begin in February 2018 and SMP officials say the project will be finished in time for
Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, OH was named Track of the Year by NHRA’s North Central Division over the weekend at annual Land of the Winners Awards Banquet. It is the 18th time that Summit Motorsports Park has been given Track of the Year recognition by a major racing sanctioning body— eight times
At the request of the race teams, NHRA Pro Stock competitors will be allowed to run any NHRA-accepted body and engine combination for the 2018 season, NHRA officials announced. That means teams can run a Chevy motor in a Dodge body or a Dodge motor in a Chevy body, or (gasp!) a Ford motor in
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