The NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series event for Group 1 classes from Rocky Mountain Raceways that was canceled due to rain will not be rescheduled for the 2016 racing season.  Group 1 classes include A/Fuel, Jr. Fuel and 7.0 Eliminator.
 
Officials reviewed several options, along with input from many racers.  With consideration to possible locations, dates and costs to racers, the decision was made to not reschedule the event.

The studio that uses the Stunt Man Association most often is Universal Studios. Brad Beason and Dennis Bishop, vehicle-effects producers for the Fast & Furious films found themselves sourcing upwards of six different companies in order to provide SFI and FIA-certified fuel systems for all these vehicles.

While they had originally been using aluminum cells, they were experiencing real issues, and started working with Fuel Safe Racing Cells®. But the fuel pump, fuel regulator, plug-in wire harness, and feed line were still sourced from multiple places, making the process time- consuming and expensive. With the next Fast & Furious film approaching, Bishop reached out to Mike Torvik at Fuel Safe and asked if it was possible to create a custom, all-in-one package for their safety and certification needs.

NHRA announced the angle of the headers on Funny Cars would become standardized starting with the Mopar Mile-High Nationals, outside of Denver, Co. 

In a memo issued to teams on July 12, NHRA's tech department said, "Effective immediately the minimum header angle will be 32 degrees. Additionally, there will be a maximum header pipe O.D. of 2.75 inches as well as the I.D. must remain constant beginning 8 inches below the header flange to the exit of the header (i.e. stepdown headers not permitted).

Mixing business with pleasure, it is an exercise that is so often cast in a negative light.

How often are we told not to let work interfere with our hobbies and the things we are passionate about away from the hustle-and-bustle of daily office life.

But what if your business is your pleasure?

The last time Leah Pritchett raced in a dragster on "the mountain" it was powered by a five-horsepower Briggs & Stratton engine in a chassis less than 150 inches long.

This time instead of being a teenager competing in the NHRA Jr. Dragster youth program at Bandimere Speedway near Denver, she will be in a 10,000-horsepower, 300-inch Don Schumacher Racing Top Fuel dragster.

After a decade of "maternity leave" in her native Australia, Top Fuel sensation Rachelle Splatt will return to the racetrack later this season, Auto Action's John Doig has reported.

 

Splatt is the first woman in the world to clock a 300-mph pass, and it came in NHRA competition March 6, 1994, at Houston.

 

She will field her own team with a dragster, transporter, and parts package from Lamattina Team Farm Racing. Her schedule has not been announced, nor has any word about whether she plans to enter any NHRA races.

Billy Harper is a proven Pro Modified veteran having competed in every major race series for the last two decades. 

The successful businessman from Paducah, Ky., has experienced a resurgence of late, jumping out to a commanding point lead while racing in the IHRA's rebirth of their Pro Modified division. 

Harper, who is tuned by another Pro Modified veteran in Dennis Radford,  has won two of the four IHRA events this year, and has such a commanding lead in points that it will be nearly impossible for competition to catch him.

John Force and Brittany Force wrapped up two days of testing today at Lucas Oil Raceway in advance of the Western Swing. John Force made numerous passes in his PEAK Antifreeze & Coolant Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car each day. The 16-time champion saw dramatic performance improvements on both a cool and hot race track conditions. The Monster Energy Top Fuel dragster made one pass on Tuesday and multiple passes on today also seeing improvement and consistently quick early numbers.

During the debut of the Circle K Funny Car at the Atlanta NHRA national event in May, the car’s engine exploded and sent the Mopar body 100 feet into the air.  Jim Dunn Racing driver, John Hale, experienced no injuries and coasted down the track being slowed by parachutes.  Since then a new Funny Car body has been prepared with the same bright red graphics and the highly recognizable Circle K logo for the upcoming NHRA Mopar Mile High Nationals in Denver.

The chances of a sixth alternate getting called up to the show are mighty slim in drag racing. 

The chances of a sixth alternate getting called up, and winning are simply unheard of.

Consider Top Alcohol Dragster racer Chris Demke as the exception to the rule.