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Hight expands NHRA Funny Car lead at Las Vegas(Las Vegas, NV) Robert Hight raced to his third victory of the season Sunday at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals and is on the verge of winning his first Funny Car world championship crown. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
Edwards close to NHRA Pro Stock crown(Las Vegas, NV) Mike Edwards earned his category leading 15th No. 1 qualifying position in Pro Stock Saturday at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals and now sits only a few points away from clinching his first NHRA world championship trophy. Larry Dixon, Matt Hagan, and Hector Arana also were No. 1 qualifiers at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
Dixon and Hagen top Friday NHRA qualifying at Las Vegas(Las Vegas, NV) Larry Dixon raced to the Top Fuel qualifying lead Friday at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals. Matt Hagan, Mike Edwards and Hector Arana also led their categories at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event, the fifth of six races in the Countdown to 1, NHRA’s championship playoffs.
Storylines abound at 'The Strip'(Las Vegas, NV) As the Countdown to 1, NHRA’s championship playoffs, comes to the season’s penultimate race in Las Vegas, each professional category in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series features its own dramatic storyline. In Top Fuel, every championship contender is gunning to remove a category dominator from the throne he has held for the past five seasons. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
NHRA eye on safety(Glendora, CA) NHRA announced today its technical initiatives for 2010, which are designed to improve safety, as well as reduce unwanted downtime at events due to leakage on the track. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
Edwards takes firm stand at Virginia(Dinwiddie, VA) Pro Stock driver Mike Edwards went wire-to-wire at the NHRA Virginia Nationals, earning the maximum 150 points, to all but clinch his first career NHRA Full Throttle Series world championship. The other winners at the 22nd of 24 races in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series were Del Worsham (Funny Car) and Brandon Bernstein (Top Fuel). PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
Dixon puts pressure on Schumacher at NHRA Virginia Nationals(Dinwiddie, VA) Second-place Larry Dixon closed the gap between himself and Top Fuel points leader Tony Schumacher with his fourth straight No. 1 qualifier on Saturday at the NHRA Virginia Nationals.
Force Hood and Cory Mac fire opening shots in Virginia(Dinwiddie, VA) Ashley Force Hood solidified her status as the Funny Car points leader with a 4.094-second pass at 307.79 mph to secure the provisional pole on the first day of qualifying at the NHRA Virginia Nationals. The other provisional No. 1 qualifiers at the 22nd of 24 races in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series were Cory McClenathan (Top Fuel) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock). CREDIT: NHRA
McClenathan continues quest for first NHRA title in Virginia(Dinwiddie, VA) Now that veteran driver Cory McClenathan is in the hunt for a world championship title, he’s not changing anything about his approach to race weekends.
Arend wins in memory of Scott Kalitta(Millington, TN) Jeff Arend and Funny Car team owner and NHRA icon Connie Kalitta celebrated an emotional, tearful victory Monday at the rain-delayed O’Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals at Memphis Motorsports Park. PHOTO CREDIT: NHRA
Memphis NHRA eliminations postponed until Monday(Millington, TN) Persistent rain showers throughout the day Sunday forced NHRA officials to postpone eliminations for the O’Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals at Memphis Motorsports Park until Monday.
Dixon takes advantage of new NHRA bonus point system at Memphis (Millington, TN) Top Fuel driver Larry Dixon took advantage of NHRA’s new qualifying bonus point system and earned the maximum 12 points for the second consecutive race during two days of qualifying at the O’Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals presented by Pennzoil.
