Toyota NHRA Driver Shawn Langdon Breaks Pacific Raceways Record
5 Aug 2013, 15:05 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Shawn Langdon shattered the Pacific Raceways record and topped the qualifying rounds on Saturday at the NHRA Northwest Nationals. It was a close call as Langdon posted an exact 3.765 seconds time...
Ford to Drop NHRA Sponsorship in 2014
1 Aug 2013, 13:54 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford Motor Company has announced it will stop team sponsorships and support in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Mello Yellow Series at the end of the 2014 season “Ford is not getting...
Toyota Sponsors Autumn NHRA Races in Las Vegas
10 Jul 2013, 08:06 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota is already the tile sponsor of the TOYOTA NHRA Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ, and we’ve recently learned that it will sponsor the NHRA event at ...
Dragster’s Bodywork Blows Off, Flies Into Crowd
24 Apr 2013, 12:53 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Drag racing is one the most dangerous sports on four wheels... and that’s a fact. And while new safety regulations and advanced technologies have reduced the number of injuries among drivers a...
Record Indy Winner Purse Offered by Mopar HEMI Challenge
16 May 2011, 15:19 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Mopar, the automobile parts and service arm of Chrysler Group, announced today it as decided offers Mopar-powered Super Stock/A-HEMI (SS/AH) competitors a record $15,000 winner’s purse and a t...
2011 Mopar V-10 Challenger Drag Pak Sets NHRA Record
9 Apr 2011, 12:07 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Dave Thomas set record with a 9.43/143.90 pass in his 2011 Mopar Challenger Drag Pak at the NHRA Division 1 National Open event at Atco RAceway this week, Mopar announced. Thomas captured both the E...
Krawiec and Harley V-Rod Win at Gainsville
15 Mar 2011, 11:12 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Harley-Davidson Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines rider Eddie Krawiec opened the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Series Pro Stock Motorcycle drag racing season with a victory. Krawiec posted the quicke...
Tony Schumacher Wins 2008 Driver of the Year Award
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Tony Schumacher became only the 3rd NHRA driver to ever win the Driver of the Year award in the history of North American racing. The man who dominated the field in the last two seasons inside the N...
Morgan Lucas Secures GEICO Sponsorship for 2009
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / In a time when many are looking for ways to secure their financial funding for the upcoming season, Morgan Lucas can stop worrying. GEICO Inc, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, have just announced...
Jeff Perley Joins the Johnsons at J&J Racing Dodge
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Allen Johnson looks set to improve himself inside the NHRA Pro Stock Series next year, following his team's latest 'acquisition' in terms of crew management. J&J Racing Dodge anno...
Krawiec and Harley V-Rod Set New Record at Pomona
16 Nov 2010, 15:45 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The final race of the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship concluded with Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines rider Eddie Krawiec setting a new NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle elapsed-...
NHRA Driver Mark Niver Killed at Pacific Raceway
12 Jul 2010, 08:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 60-year old Top Alcohol driver Mark Niver was killed this Sunday in a crash at the Pacific Raceways, during the NHRA Northwest Nationals, after his dragster ran off the end of the racetrack and cras...
NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series to Use Honda Generators
30 May 2010, 09:16 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Honda Power Equipment just announced a new sponsorship agreement with the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) to provide durable, dependable power to the NHRA's Full Throttle Drag Racing Series...
Sox and Martin Collector Series Hemi Cuda Released
3 May 2010, 12:01 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ronnie Sox and Buddy Martin are two figures which have heavily influenced the late 1960s era of the NHRA Super Stock and Pro Stock drag racing, as they collected dozens of wins with their “inf...
NHRA Goes Green - Used Racing Oil to Be Recycled as Street Oil
20 Apr 2010, 14:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) isn’t only focused on burning fuel and rubber to kill drag strip times as you might think. If we look one inch next to the track (where the association...
2011 Mustang GT Offered in Ford Sweepstakes
12 Mar 2010, 09:42 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Ford has prepared a special reward for all its U.S. racing fans: the carmaker’s customer service division has launched the “Mustang 5.0 fever” Sweepstakes, offering enthusiasts and...
NHRA Museum - First American to 400MPH 50th Anniversary Tribute
4 Feb 2010, 11:09 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Fifty years ago, race driver Mikey Thompson was setting an important motorsports milestone at the Bonnevile Speedway, reaching 406.6 mph, the fastest speed that an American driver had ever traveled ...
Arana is the Pro Stock Motorcycle NHRA Champion
18 Nov 2009, 13:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Hector Arana clinched his first Full Throttle NHRA Championship by riding his powerful Lucas Oil Buell V-Twin drag bike. The 51-year-old lifted the cup the past weekend at...
Mike Edwards Wins Pro Stock, Jeg Coughlin Ends Season on Top
16 Nov 2009, 09:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The winner of the 2009 Pro Stock championship is Mike Edwards, after topping the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona. The race itself was only a formality for Edwards, who was named NHRA Full Throttle P...
Jeg Coughlin Pleased with 2009 Season, Upset Over Title Loss
10 Nov 2009, 10:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following a seven race wins streak in the regular season and a five months long monarchy, JEGS.com driver Jeg Coughlin finds himself in the middle of a puzzling situation: he is the driver with the ...