Written by Susan Wade, photos by Roger Richards Mon, 2021-11-01 19:40
Oh, that happy-go-lucky Steve Johnson . . .
After he defeated red-lighting Karen Stoffer for his third Pro Stock Motorcycle triumph of the Camping World Drag Racing Series season Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the Dodge//SRT Nationals, he received along with his special-edition black Wally trophy an oversized casino chip replica to commemorate the NHRA’s 1,000th race.
Photos by Roger Richards Mon, 2021-11-01 17:00
Lyle Barnett capped off his rookie season in the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service in impressive fashion, taking his second victory in three races as part of this weekend’s Dodge//SRT NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The event was the last of 11 events during the 2021 E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series season.
Photos by Roger Richards Sun, 2021-10-31 18:55
Written by Tracy Renck, photo by Burghardt Photos Sun, 2021-10-31 18:55
Reigning NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion Matt Smith is aiming to win his third world title in four years and fifth overall.
The veteran from King, N.C. did his part to keep his lead by grabbing the No. 1 qualifying position at the Dodge//SRT NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil at the Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He currently holds a slim 25-point lead over Angelle Sampey and a 56-point advantage over third place Steve Johnson.
Sun, 2021-10-31 18:00
Joe Welch, ran to his second Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown No. 1 qualifier of the season this weekend at the Dodge//SRT NHRA Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Welch made his quickest run on Friday night. Tonight he backed it up with the quickest run of the final session to solidify his position as the Factory Stock team to beat on race day. His qualifying effort was not without challenges for the driver from Longboat Key, Florida.
“We had some bad luck on the first run and for some reason the RacePak didn’t record, and we lost all our data,” said Welch. “The second time up I stumbled, and we got no data again. The Challenger is running good but we are coming up here shooting blind. We have been battling with the combination of the two-step and the idle with this new supercharger. We are closing in on it. Once I get off the starting line, I am fine.”
Photos by Roger Richards, Burghardt Photos Sun, 2021-10-31 18:00
Sun, 2021-10-31 14:00
Point standings (top 10) following the 21st Annual Dodge//SRT NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the 19th of 20 events in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series -
by Susan Wade Sun, 2021-10-31 09:39
When Greg Anderson and the KB Racing team tried to manipulate the Pro Stock ladder at the Finals at Pomona, Calif., in 2019, taking a shot at the Elite Performance group, Jeg Coughlin labeled it “shenanigans.”
Those were legal shenanigans, and this weekend at Las Vegas, Elite boss Richard Freeman decided to give KB a dose of its own medicine.
“Happened to us in ’19,” Freeman said, asserting that turnabout is “fair play.”
Written by Tracy Renck, photo by Roger Richards Sat, 2021-10-30 19:00
Greg Anderson is the gold standard when it comes to NHRA’s Pro Stock class.
Anderson is the all-time wins leader in the class with 98 national event titles.
Written by Tracy Renck, photo by Burghardt Photos Sat, 2021-10-30 19:00
The top qualifying machine Brittany Force has become in 2021 kept churning at Dodge//SRT NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil at The Strip Las Vegas Motor Speedway Friday.
Force, in her Monster Top Fuel dragster, clocked a 3.693-second elapsed time at 333.41 to take the provisional No. 1 spot.
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