Erica Enders-Stevens reclaimed the Pro Stock points lead with one race remaining by earning a major victory at the NHRA Toyota Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday. Spencer Massey in Top Fuel, Del Worsham in Funny Car, and Andrew Hines in Pro Stock Motorcycle also were winners at the penultimate
With just two races left in the NHRA Countdown, John Force and crew chief Jimmy Prock are going their separate ways. Prock submitted his resignation effective at the end of the 2014 race season. But Force demanded the resignation occur immediately. “I approached him, and he couldn’t give me an answer,” Force was quoted as
Three-time NHRA Funny Car champion and former NASCAR team owner Raymond Beadle died Monday. Bang Shift reported Beadle had been dealing with medical complications. Beadle was wildly popular among race fans during the golden age of drag racing, winning the NHRA Funny Car championship three years in a row from 1979-1981, and also winning the
Matt Hagan took over the Funny Car points lead by racing to victory Sunday at the NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway near Reading, PA. Tony Schumacher in Top Fuel, Rodger Brogdon in Pro Stock, and Eddie Krawiec in Pro Stock Motorcycle also were winners at the fourth of six playoff events during the NHRA Mello
Courtney Force raced to her second consecutive Funny Car victory in the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship playoffs Sunday at the NHRA Midwest Nationals. Antron Brown inTop Fuel, Dave Connolly in Pro Stock, and Jerry Savoie in Pro Stock Motorcycle also were winners at Gateway Motorsports Park near St. Louis, MO in the
Tony Schumacher and his Top Fuel dragster team are rounding into championship form as he raced to his second victory in as many days, this time winning the NHRA FallNationals Sunday at Texas Motorplex. Courtney Force in Funny Car, Dave Connolly in Pro Stock, and Andrew Hines in Pro Stock Motorcycle were also winners in
NHRA’s six-race Countdown to the Championship playoff field is all set after the U.S. Nationals wrapped up yesterday in Indianapolis. Alexis DeJoria defeated John Force in the Funny Car finals, making her—and the event’s other three victors—all first-time winners of the tradition-rich Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event at Lucas Oil Raceway. Richie Crampton in
The U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis have been described as the “Super Bowl of drag racing.” As the NHRA’s biggest event, the U.S. Nationals have provided some of the sport’s biggest moments. This weekend, as the 60th edition of the U.S. Nationals take place, the NHRA has decided to commemorate the event’s top moments. Chances are
Summit Racing Chevrolet Camaro pilot Jason Line had a very fast car on Sunday at Brainerd International Raceway and it paid off as he returned to the Pro Stock points lead for the first time since winning the season opener. He was on a tremendous ride in Minnesota as he barreled through eliminations at the
Jason Line earned his second consecutive victory, defeating Greg Anderson in an all-Summit Racing Pro Stock final at the 27th annual NHRA Northwest Nationals in Seattle. Line, in his Summit Racing Equipment Chevy Camaro, defeated Anderson on a holeshot with a run of 6.611 seconds at 210.67 miles-per-hour to Anderson’s losing effort of 6.608 at 210.54. “It
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