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(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

Bob Glidden, drag racing legend and member of the NHRA Hall of Fame, passed away Sunday. He was 73. Glidden’s career spanned over 25 years, and included 85 event wins and 10 series championships throughout the 1970s and 80s. “Everyone in the NHRA community is saddened to learn the news of Bob’s passing,” said NHRA

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

Brittany Force won the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Top Fuel championship Sunday, the first Top Fuel title for John Force Racing, cementing her place in history as only the second female to win the Top Fuel class following Shirley Muldowney’s third championship in 1982. “I can’t believe we’re here, it just seems like

Bo Butner has overcome the odds more than once in his life and he did so again with a thrilling come-from-behind march to the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock title. Butner entered Sunday’s event—the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals—trailing Anderson by 40 points, meaning he’d need to win two more rounds

LAS VEGAS, NV — After a three-year hiatus from NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series sponsorship following Ford Racing’s exit from NHRA’s premier racing series after the 2014 season, the Blue Oval will be back in NHRA in 2018, sponsoring Bob Tasca III, who will pilot a Ford Mustang Nitro Funny Car next season. Ford

Defending Pro Stock world champion Jason Line found himself in the winner’s circle for the second time this season and 27th time of his career, after running a 6.548-second pass at 211.20 miles per hour in his Summit Racing Equipment Chevrolet Camaro to take down Drew Skillman who lost on a red-light start. “The truth

NHRA Funny Car driver Alexis DeJoria will retire from NHRA drag racing following the conclusion of the 2017 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series on November 12 in Pomona, CA. DeJoria, 40, said she’s leaving NHRA racing in order to focus on her family. “It’s one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make and