NHRA announces purse increase, ’09 schedule
NHRA has released its 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series schedule today featuring 24 events. In addition, NHRA announced an event purse increase in excess of $1.3 million. Beginning … Read More
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NHRA has released its 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series schedule today featuring 24 events. In addition, NHRA announced an event purse increase in excess of $1.3 million. Beginning … Read More
NHRA has announced the members of its safety task force created to investigate, analyze and determine ways to implement the initiatives recently outlined by NHRA to continue to enhance safety. … Read More
Starting this weekend in Denver, NHRA Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car teams will race to 1,000 feet, instead of the traditional 1,320-foot quarter-mile. The change comes as NHRA continues … Read More
A flower-laden U.S. cargo plane headed for Miami crashed near the Colombian capital on Monday, killing two people on the ground, according to local authorities. None of the plane's U.S. … Read More
Four-time NHRA World champion Gary Scelzi joined Dave Despain on Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain on SPEED Sunday to discuss NHRA’s response and investigation into the death of driver Scott … Read More
Kasey Kahne, Sprint Cup Championship contender, and Gary Scelzi, 2005 NHRA Funny Car Champion, will be the featured interviews on Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain on Sunday night, July 6. … Read More
Kevin and DeLana Harvick have decided to table their plans to field a Top Fuel team in NHRA competition. In April, the Harvicks and NHRA veteran Bob Vandergriff Jr. said … Read More
As the investigation continues into the tragic accident that took the life of driver Scott Kalitta, NHRA has announced that beginning at the Mopar Mile High Nationals in Denver, Colo., … Read More
Funny Car drivers Gary Scelzi and Melanie Troxel were disqualified from the event after NHRA Tech officials discovered loose ballast in their cars following their qualifying runs in the first … Read More
The opening day of qualifying at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals was cut short Friday as water from more than a dozen inches of rain that have fallen in … Read More
While still conducting its investigation into the details of last week's tragic accident that took the life of driver Scott Kalitta, NHRA announced today some of its initial findings and … Read More
Scott Kalitta was our champion, our hero and our friend. He was a son, a father, a husband, a cousin, a friend, and a racer. He, along with his father, … Read More
The New Jersey State Police and the National Hot Rod Association will conduct separate investigations into the accident that killed Funny Car driver Scott Kalitta at Old Bridge Township Raceway … Read More
After the tragic death of their teammate and family member, NHRA Funny Car driver Scott Kalitta, last Saturday, the remaining Kalitta Motorsports drivers, Doug Kalitta, Dave Grubnic, and Hillary Will, … Read More
A public memorial service to celebrate the life of Scott Kalitta will be held this Thursday, June 26th at 7:00 p.m. at: Ernsthausen Performing Arts Center 350 Shady Lane Drive … Read More
Five-time POWERade Series world champion Tony Schumacher raced to his first win at Englishtown in 12 years of competition at the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals. The event was overshadowed by … Read More
UPDATE #2 The NHRA issued the following release regarding Scott Kalitta's fatal accident during the NHRA Supernationals in Englishtown, N.J. On behalf of everyone at NHRA, we are deeply saddened … Read More
After months of grading and preparation, crews on Monday evening will begin pouring the 3,000 cubic yards of concrete for the four-lane, quarter-mile dragstrip at zMax Dragway @ Concord. The … Read More
MUSKOGEE, Okla. — A Muskogee man who was struck by a pickup truck outside an NHRA race in Kansas has died. Kristi Pankratz, a spokeswoman for the Topeka, Kan., police, … Read More
Bruton Smith, CEO and Chairman of Speedway Motorsports, Inc., will be a featured guest on Wind Tunnel this Sunday, June 15. Speedway Motorsports owns some of the most popular tracks … Read More
At the center of the pulse of Los Angeles' entertainment heartbeat, the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City will be the site where 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series world champions will … Read More
Melanie Troxel became the first female driver and 14th overall to win in both nitro classes, beating Mike Neff in the Funny Car final Sunday night in the rain-delayed O'Reilly … Read More
Ashley Force Ashley Force put a new face on Funny Car drag racing Sunday by becoming the first woman to win a national race in a category that once was … Read More
In the world of heads-up professional drag racing, perhaps nothing exemplifies the dog-eat-dog nature of the sport better than words, “Go Full Throttle or Go Home!" Beginning in 2009, that's … Read More
NHRA congratulates Danica Patrick on her recent IndyCar Series victory in Japan, as she joins a long list of NHRA female racers who have won major auto racing events dating … Read More