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NHRA President Glen Cromwell really didn’t have a big picture or blueprint once coronavirus barged in by mid-March. Instead, he had a kaleidoscope. The slightest twist of circumstance gave his potential season a constantly changing pattern. Somehow he and his drastically pared-down staff navigated the season, got lucky with an
Not everyone can acquire a sponsor the way NHRA Pro Stock owner-driver Alan Prusiensky did last season. While Prusiensky was engine testing his race car on the dynamometer at his Rockaway, N.J., shop, a fuel line came loose and sprayed fuel all over the dyno booth. He emptied two full-sized
Funny Car’s Jack Beckman always say drag racers have “no friends from burnout to turnout.” But Cruz Pedregon, the two-time class champion, found out how tight the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series family is this week as it prepared for the Dodge NRHA Finals season finale at The Strip
The Hummer EV makes its debut this week while Fisker taps a major supplier and the NHRA suffers a tragic loss. Here’s what’s happening in the car world: FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK Seeing electric cars silently whirring around the streets isn’t a surprise anymore, and the next big EV battle
Defending NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Pro Stock champion Erica Enders inched closer to a possible fourth championship with a win on Saturday night. Enders’ path to the win in the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Pennzoil began at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Ill.,
Chris Blair, executive vice president and general manager at World Wide Technology Raceway, near St. Louis, describes himself as a “glass-half-full” kind of leader. Racers are reacting to Tuesday’s announcement that the NHRA is severely cutting purses again, while asking teams to travel to Florida, Illinois, Texas, and Nevada for
Kris Thorne and Steve Matusek escaped unhurt from separate first-round accidents Sunday during Pro Modified eliminations at the Denso NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. Thorne walked away unhurt after eliminating top qualifier Jason Scruggs on a holeshot (with a slower elapsed time, thanks to his outstanding
Rookie NHRA Mello Yello Series Top Fuel driver Justin Ashley can expect a shipment of pizzas from Chicago’s iconic Lou Malnati’s to his Long Island home soon. His Saturday match-up with T.J. Zizzo—their completion of eliminations from the rain-interrupted Lucas Oil Summernationals in July at Indianapolis—crowned a first-time winner .
NHRA will restart the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series with back-to-back weekends of competition at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis to kick off a 17-event season completion. The first two races – the Winternationals at Pomona and Arizona Nationals – were completed before the coronavirus pandemic knocked all U.S. motorsport
NHRA will restart the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series with back-to-back weekends of competition at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis to kick off a 17-event season completion. The first two races – the Winternationals at Pomona and Arizona Nationals – were completed before the coronavirus pandemic knocked all U.S. motorsport