Pedregon Talks About Stepping Into TV Booth
Tony Pedregon This extended Q&A marks the third in a series with FOX Sports motor sports personalities to be highlighted over the next several months. Two-time NHRA Funny Car champion … Read More
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New ownership confident it will revive NHRA Kansas Nationals
Coughlin at Topeka in 2013 After nearly two years in limbo, Heartland Park Topeka has new ownership. That should excite local race fans as it virtually guarantees the NHRA Mello … Read More
Kalitta Motorsports, Toyota expand relationship
Kalitta Motorsports has announced the expansion of its relationship with Toyota. In addition to teaming with the DHL Toyota Camry Funny Car driven by Del Worsham and the Patrón-backed Toyota … Read More
JFR And Simpson Performance Products Extend Sponsorship Through 2018
At the conclusion of the PRI Show in Indianapolis John Force Racing and Simpson Performance Products agreed to extend their sponsorship through the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series … Read More
Shawn Langdon To Remain With DSR
Shawn Langdon Shawn Langdon has been hired to drive full time in 2016 for Don Schumacher Racing in the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, giving DSR a world … Read More
Mopar, Don Schumacher Racing continue NHRA Funny Car partnership
Mopar will continue to fuel its winning partnership in the NHRA Funny Car class with Don Schumacher Racing during the 2016 campaign. Don Schumacher first raced a Mopar-powered Funny Car … Read More
Mopar Announces Enders and Coughlin to Carry NHRA Pro Stock Banner in 2016
Enders and Coughlin livery for 2016 A pair of champions will team up and carry the Mopar banner in 2016, as back-to-back NHRA Pro Stock champ Erica Enders and five-time … Read More
John Force Racing’s Brittany Force, Jon Schaffer Included In Drag Illustrated’s 30 Under 30
Force and Schaffer John Force Racing Top Fuel driver Brittany Force and Funny Car crew chief Jon Schaffer were announced yesterday as members of the inaugural Drag Illustrated magazine’s 30 … Read More
NHRA Making Changes To Comp Eliminator
GLENDORA, Calif. — Bolstering its initiative to increase sportsman participation, NHRA is announcing changes for Competition Eliminator beginning in 2016. Changes are being made to the Competition Index Control system … Read More
Graham Rahal and Courtney Force tie the knot
Graham Rahal, three-time race winner in the IndyCar Series, and Courtney Force, the winningest female driver in NHRA Funny Car history, tied the knot next to the sandy beaches of … Read More
NHRA TV ratings declined last year of ESPN contract
The TV audience for the NHRA Mello Yello series on ESPN declined in the cable sports network’s last season of national event coverage. The average household viewership on ESPN/ESPN2 for … Read More
NHRA, FOX Set 2016 TV Schedule
Officials from NHRA and FOX Sports have unveiled the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series television schedule highlighted by 17 live Sunday finals shows, including four on the FOX … Read More
NHRA Honors Champions In Hollywood
Four multi-time world champions, Antron Brown, Del Worsham, Erica Enders and Andrew Hines, were the headliners who were crowned Monday evening during the 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series … Read More
Worsham, Hines Win Titles in NHRA Finale at Pomona
Del Worsham hoists his first NHRA Funny Car title Del Worsham collected his first-career NHRA Mellow Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car title on Sunday with a victory in the … Read More
Brown, Capps, Anderson, Savoie On Pole At Pomona
Antron Brown Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Ron Capps (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Jerry Savoie (Pro Stock Motorcycle) captured the top qualifying positions in Saturday's final qualifying sessions … Read More
Torrence, Johnson Jr., Gray, Stoffer Lead Pomona Qualifying
Billy Torrence Billy Torrence (Top Fuel), Tommy Johnson, Jr. (Funny Car), Shane Gray (Pro Stock) and Karen Stoffer (Pro Stock Motorcycle) raced to the top of the speed charts in … Read More
PEAK announces major sponsorship expansion of John Force Racing
PEAK announcement John Force Racing and PEAK announced a major expansion of their sponsorship agreement today to include full-season primary sponsorship of John Force's Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car. This … Read More
Dote Racing Shutters Top Fuel Team
Dote Racing announced late Tuesday that they will be taking a hiatus from the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series in 2016. In 2013, driver Leah Pritchett joined Dote Racing … Read More
Tony Pedregon named analyst for NHRA on FOX in 2016
Tony Pedregon NHRA and FOX Sports officials announced Saturday that two-time Funny Car world champion Tony Pedregon will provide the analysis and color commentary for FOX Sports’ television coverage of … Read More
Antron Brown and Erica Enders Clinch NHRA Titles
Antron Brown celebrates his second Top Fuel World Championship at Las Vegas Antron Brown and Erica Enders won NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series world championship titles in their respective … Read More
Brown, Johnson, Jr., Enders, Savoie No.1 at Las Vegas
Antron Brown Top Fuel driver Antron Brown and Pro Stock racer Erica Enders are in position to earn world championship titles Sunday as both drivers raced to No. 1 qualifying … Read More
Brown, Johnson, Jr., Enders, Savoie Lead Vegas NHRA Qualifying
Antron Brown Was Fastest in Top Fuel Qualifying at Las Vegas Top Fuel points leader Antron Brown raced to the qualifying lead Friday at the NHRA Toyota Nationals at The … Read More
Worsham, Enders extend points leads with Dallas wins
L-R: Crampton, Worsham, Enders, Savoie Rhonda McCole AutoImagery Erica Enders became the winningest female in a single season in NHRA history with her victory in Pro Stock Sunday at the … Read More