Written by Tracy Renck, photo by Burghardt Photography Sat, 2019-07-27 08:00
Things keeping going nitro Funny Car driver Robert Hight’s way during the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Series season.
Hight arrived at the Sonoma (Calif.) Nationals first in the points standings on the strength of four wins and seven No. 1 qualifying positions.
Written by Tracy Renck, photo by Burghardt Photography Sat, 2019-07-27 08:00
Under the bright lights at the Sonoma (Calif.) Nationals Friday night, veteran Top Fuel driver Clay Millican took center stage.
Millican clocked 3.698-second elapsed time at 330.96 mph to take the provisional No. 1 qualifying spot in his Parts Plus dragster.
by Tracy Renck Fri, 2019-07-26 19:25
Following one’s dreams is not as easy as it seems.
Jordan Vandergriff, however, has to pinch himself these days because he’s in his first year driving a Top Fuel dragster in NHRA’s Mello Series for his uncle Bob Vandergriff Jr.
by Tracy Renck; Photo by Richard Brady Fri, 2019-07-26 11:33
Mike Salinas, despite missing three races – Atlanta, Topeka, Kan., and Epping, N.H. – is still sixth in the points standings. He has two wins this season at Las Vegas and Bristol, Tenn.
“Our deal is one round at a time and go up there and we will find out at the end. We’re not thinking too far ahead of ourselves,” Salinas said. “We are not missing any more races this season. We put our systems in place so we could be gone. This season has been a dream come true. I have been stalking Alan (Johnson) for 15 years and he didn’t know it.”
Salinas may not be looking ahead in the sense of championship points, but he is in terms of future endeavors. He's acknowledged planning on obtaining a Pro Stock Motorcycle license so he can race against his daughter, Jianna Salinas.
by Ian Tocher Fri, 2019-07-26 09:59
by Tracy Renck; Photo by Richard Brady Fri, 2019-07-26 09:25
Making a name for yourself in the highly-competive NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle class is not easy.
Yet, that’s exactly what Ryan Oehler is trying to do. Oehler, who is competing on a Buell with an EBR body, arrived in Denver tied for sixth in the points with Angie Smith, but left in seventh.
by Tracy Renck; Photos by Richard Brady Thu, 2019-07-25 16:02
Last weekend, Matt Smith, a three-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion, had a problem.
Smith, the reigning world champion, wasn’t happy about the perennial powerhouse Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson team of Andrew Hines, Eddie Krawiec and Angelle Sampey getting to debut a new FXDR body over the weekend at the Mile-High Nationals – a race Hines won.
by Thomas Pope; Photos by Whit Bazemore, Richard Brady Wed, 2019-07-24 23:13
Wed, 2019-07-24 11:19
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Wed, 2019-07-24 04:00
Keeping a relationship of team involvement alive and well for more than a decade, the Lescure Company of Concord, California, will sponsor Jim Dunn Racing at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals.
Coming off of a busy weekend in the first segment of NHRA’s Western Swing at Denver where it hosted Cattleman’s Cut Beef Jerky spokesperson, Carmen Electra, the team is happy to get back to their home state and settle into near sea level racing conditions.
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