by Bobby Bennett Mon, 2017-10-30 18:02
There's little Don Schumacher and John Force will agree on.
The titans of nitro racing found common ground during final eliminations of the NHRA Toyota Nationals. They said one another's actions are an embarrassment to the sport.
The source of their common ire can be traced to a second-round drag race where newly christened point leader Robert Hight extended his point lead with a victory over John Force under questionable circumstances.
Mon, 2017-10-30 18:00
E3 Spark Plugs, an industry leader in spark plug technology, has been named the series sponsor for NHRA Pro Mod racing. The E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service will feature 12-races during the coming season and will feature a second visit to Texas during the year as well as a change to the qualifying procedures.
The series will race at the Texas Motorplex, Oct. 4-7 during the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals in their 3,000 horsepower cars that include ’67 Mustangs, ’68 Firebirds and ’69 Camaros, as well as a variety of late model American muscle cars.
Written by Tracy Renck, photos by Roger Richards Mon, 2017-10-30 12:00
Matt Hagan’s mini slump is over.
Hagan, a two-time nitro Funny Car world champion driver (2011, 2014), broke out of his funk with a victory at the NHRA Toyota Nationals Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Written by Susan Wade, photos by Roger Richards Mon, 2017-10-30 12:00
Terry McMillen left Las Vegas this weekend with a wife, a Wally, and a wonderful antidote to a wicked case of Valley Fever.
McMillen, the popular underdog who’s starting to bite, scored his first NHRA Top Fuel victory Sunday at the Toyota Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Written by Susan Wade, photos by Roger Richards Mon, 2017-10-30 08:00
Eddie Krawiec is floating in the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle stratosphere.
He rose to the top of the qualifying order, took his points lead to a virtually untouchable level with one race remaining in the schedule, and soared into the sport’s outer orbit Sunday with his final-round victory against Hector Arana Jr. at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Written by Tracy Renck, photos by Roger Richards, Jeff Burghardt Mon, 2017-10-30 08:00
Needing a clutch performance to set the stage for his fourth career NHRA Pro Stock world championship, Greg Anderson delivered Sunday.
Anderson clocked a 6.698-second elapsed time at 204.70 mph to beat Bo Butner, who slowed to 15.506 seconds.
NHRA Communications Sun, 2017-10-29 22:00
Troy Coughlin earned his third NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series world championship on Sunday during the season ending event for the category at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the NHRA Toyota Nationals. This weekend’s Pro Mod racing is presented by Real Pro Mod Association which is the season ending event for the category.
Coughlin earned the crown when he defeated Mike Castellana, his nearest competitor in points during the second round of eliminations.
NHRA Communications, photos by Roger Richards, Jeff Burghardt and Mike Burghardt Sun, 2017-10-29 22:00
Top Fuel veteran Terry McMillen piloted his dragster to his first career victory Sunday at the 17th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Matt Hagan (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Eddie Krawiec (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also earned victories in their respective categories at the fifth of six playoff events during the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship.
Written By Susan Wade Sun, 2017-10-29 20:05
Graham Light, the NHRA’s senior vice-president of racing operations, told Competition Plus Saturday that its Pro Stock fields will remain at 16 cars for 24 races next season.
Details of the meeting among NHRA decision-makers and Pro Stock owners and drivers two weeks ago at the Texas Motorplex, near Dallas, remain confidential.
However, Light said, “It was a positive meeting. It was good to see the great majority of the teams all came together for a common solution. We’re obviously concerned about the dropping of entries in Pro Stock as they are. They submitted us some ideas. One of them is a new engine platform that Glen Gray of our Tech Department is working with a few of the teams to evaluate, and that’s a possibility. As a result of the input, we’ve decided we will run 16 car fields at all 24 national events next year.”
Written by Susan Wade, photos by Mike Burghardt Sun, 2017-10-29 18:00
Larry Dixon was unhurt Sunday at the NHRA Toyota Nationals following a fluke starting-line accident during the final round of Top Alcohol Funny Car eliminations at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Afterward, he came to the media room and told Competition Plus, “If you can tow it back to the trailer, it’s not that bad.”
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