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NHRA BRINGS BACK QUALIFYING WIN LIGHTS

 

As it turns out, the win light in qualifying is fashionable after all.

In an attempt to simplify drag race qualifying for the casual drag race fans, NHRA decided prior to the 2018 season to do away with the win light. The racers and race fans and racers still wanted a winner determined, even if it didn’t count in the win/loss column.

CAPPS GOES PATRIOTIC WITH PAINT SCHEME FOR EPPING

 

Ron Capps will be celebrating the star-spangled Fourth of July weekend at the NHRA New England Nationals with a patriotic livery on his NAPA Batteries Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat to support the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. Capps will also wear a special firesuit at the event,

JACKSON WEIGHS THE PROS AND CONS OF PRO MOD PARITY ADJUSTMENT

 

Stevie "Fast” Jackson was channeling his inner Scotty Cannon Wednesday afternoon, trying to figure out how to make his race-winning combination remain on the cutting edge with his supercharger overdrive cut from16.5-percent down to 14.55. Cannon had the rules changed on him when he raced Pro Modified almost two dozen times during his competitive years from 1991 until 1998.

INTERVIEW - RICKIE SMITH HOLDS COURT, PT. 2

TUNER AARON BROOKS KEEPING PLENTY BUSY

 

No one could blame Aaron Brooks for his head spinning.

The standout NHRA crew chief is insanely busy while working with numerous drivers.

SAMPEY FINDING HER GROOVE WITH THE HARLEY

 

It is a tale as old as time.

Good guy goes through life doing good, is tempted by a wicked figure or an evil power, and is faced with a dilemma - stay on the path of good or stray to the dark side? You see it in everything from Greek mythology with the Sirens who lure sailors to their deaths, to Star Wars with the temptation of Luke Skywalker by his father Darth Vader.

NHRA HANDS DOWN PARITY ADJUSTMENTS FOR PRO MOD

 

The NHRA Technical Department handed down rule adjustments to two of the three power adders in Pro Modified Tuesday afternoon.

KALITTA INKS NEW DEAL HEADED INTO EPPING

 

East Mountain Transport, a Florida-based supply chain solution provider, will join Kalitta Motorsports as a marketing partner beginning with the upcoming New England NHRA Nationals, July 5-7. The partnership will extend through the end of the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing season.

DEFENDING WSOPM CHAMPION SATTERFIELD SAYS EVENT IS HIGHLIGHT OF HIS SEASON

 

Three years into things and Clint Satterfield’s feelings on the DRAG ILLUSTRATED World Series of Pro Mod haven’t changed. If anything, he’s only enjoyed it more each year – if that’s possible.
 
“We can’t wait for this race,” Satterfield said. “That race makes our year.”

14-YEAR OLD NITRO CREWMAN HOLDING HIS OWN

 

Most 14-year-old boys spend a lot of time playing video games or are glued to their cellphones sending text messages, watching YouTube videos, or engaging in social media.

Dylan Winefsky, 14, doesn’t live that life – at all. He drives a Junior Dragster and has been traveling around the country over the last year working on Terry Haddock’s nitro Funny Car and Top Fuel Dragster crews.ling around the country over the last year working on Terry Haddock’s nitro Funny Car and Top Fuel Dragster crews.

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