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Rain halts first day Gatornationals action(Gainesville, FL) Persistent rain showers and a forecast for more showers and thunderstorms throughout the day forced NHRA officials to postpone Thursday’s scheduled racing at the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals at historic Gainesville Raceway.
Multi-time NHRA champion Sampey retires (Glendora, CA) Angelle Sampey, the winningest woman in professional motorsports history, has announced her retirement as a professional drag racer. Sampey, who totaled 41 victories during a 13-year NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle career, said she’s planning to pursue other career opportunities while looking to start a family with her fiancé, Seth Drago. PHOTO CREDIT: Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Dunn
Cory Mac goes for Gator Gold(Gainesville, FL) Veteran Top Fuel driver Cory McClenathan, who has accomplished much during his highly-decorated NHRA racing career, still needs to check off two pesky items that stand out near the top of his drag racing bucket list. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
McClenathan and Beckman claim delayed NHRA wins at Phoenix(Chandler, AZ) Teammates Cory McClenathan and Jack Beckman earned Top Fuel and Funny Car victories respectively as the NHRA Arizona Nationals concluded Monday under overcast skies, a sparse crowd and a subdued atmosphere, a day after a female spectator was killed by a wheel that broke off a dragster.
Spectator killed following drag racing crash(Chandler, AZ) A female spectator died Sunday evening after being hit by a tire that broke loose from a Top Fuel dragster after it wrecked during a first-round race in the NHRA Arizona Nationals near Phoenix. PHOTO CREDIT: Mark J. Rebilas, US Presswire
Bad weather forces NHRA Arizona Nationals to Monday completion(Chandler, AZ) Weather delays moved racing into the early evening and deteriorating conditions forced the postponement of action Sunday at the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Firebird Int’l Raceway outside of Phoenix. NHRA officials called a halt to Sunday’s action after three rounds of Top Fuel and Funny Car and one round of Pro Stock.
Force and Schumacher top NHRA runs at Firebird(Chandler, AZ) John Force continued to show that he’s back to his old form Saturday at the NHRA Arizona Nationals as the 14-time NHRA Funny Car world champion raced to his first No. 1 qualifying position in more than two years. Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) also earned No. 1 positions in their respective categories. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
Kalitta and Hagan top nitro qualifying at Phoenix(Chandler, AZ) Doug Kalitta continued his early-season resurgence Friday at Firebird International Raceway with a 3.825-second pass at 317.05 mph to earn the provisional No. 1 qualifying position in Top Fuel at the 26th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals.
Force back to winning form(Chandler, AZ) NHRA Funny Car legend John Force’s Castrol GTX High-Mileage Ford Mustang can cover a dragstrip’s race distance in a little over four seconds at more than 300 mph. However, that isn’t the performance that the 14-time world champion is most proud of. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
Force, Dixon, Edwards triumph at 50th Winternationals(Pomona, CA) Funny Car star John Force ended a 20-month victory drought Sunday, winning the 50th running of the Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals. Larry Dixon captured Top Fuel, while defending national pro stock champion Mike Edwards was also victorious. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
McClenathan, Hight, Edwards earn NHRA Winternationals poles (Pomona, CA) Reigning NHRA Full Throttle champs Robert Hight and Mike Edwards held on throughout qualifying to the top spots they first earned Thursday and Cory McClenathan took back the lead he lost Friday as qualifying concluded at the 50th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
Dixon tops Friday Winternationals qualifying(Pomona, CA) Larry Dixon joined Robert Hight and Mike Edwards as the provisional pole-sitters after the second of three days of qualifying at the season-opening Kragen O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals presented by Valvoline on Friday. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
