The 21-time NHRA championship-winning team John Force Racing will start the 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series with next month’s opening round of the season.
General Motors confirmed on Thursday a restructuring of the administration of its motorsports programs, including a new director of its NASCAR efforts.
John Force has announced that his hugely successful eponymous NHRA team will “remain parked for the 2020 season in order to come back at championship caliber.”
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.
NHRA officials announced today that they are working with state and local officials as well as host tracks and teams on a revised Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule, which will be announced soon.
NHRA announces revised tentative schedule
In consideration of the COVID-19 global pandemic, NHRA officials announced today revisions to the 2020 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule.
NHRA puts season on 30-day hold
The National Hot Rod Association has decided to put its 2020 season on hiatus for at least a month as America attempts to halt the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
NHRA postpones most of Gatornationals due to coronavirus
A large portion of this week’s third event in the 2020 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series has been postponed to an as yet undetermined date as a result of the pandemic.
Johnson, Torrence, Enders win NHRA Arizona Nationals
Tommy Johnson Jr., Steve Torrence and Erica Enders emerged victorious from the 36th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in front of a sold out crowd.
Kalitta, Beckman, Coughlin win at 60th NHRA Winternationals
Doug Kalitta won the Top Fuel category at the 60th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com, with Jack Beckman and Jeg Coughlin clinching Funny Car and Pro Stock classes.
NHRA restructures Countdown points eligibility rules
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series competitors in the two premier series may earn their way into the Countdown to the Championship, by one of two ways in 2020.
Hight, Torrence are champions, Kalitta, Beckman take Pomona wins
Robert Hight, Steve Torrence, Erica Enders and Andrew Hines are the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series champions, but Doug Kalitta, Jack Beckman, Jeg Couglin Jr. and Jianna Salinas scored the final wins of the season at Pomona.
B. Force, Hagan, Enders, Smith win penultimate races of season
Brittany Force won Top Fuel during the 19th annual Dodge NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the 151st win for females in NHRA history, just moments after Pro Stock’s Erica Enders claimed the 150th. Matt Hagan (Funny Car) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) were the other winners.
Tanner Gray's 'odd' path from NHRA champ to NASCAR driver
Tanner Gray grew up in the world of drag racing but has never wavered in his desire to be a NASCAR driver.
B. Torrence, Hagan, Anderson, Savoie win NHRA FallNationals
Billy Torrence won at his home track, the Texas Motorplex, as Matt Hagan (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Jerry Savoie (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won in their respective categories.
Former NHRA champ Tanner Gray to run Martinsville Truck race
Former NHRA champion Tanner Gray’s next NASCAR venture will take him to the Gander Outdoors Truck Series.
Torrence, Hight, Kramer, Hines win at Concord
Steve Torrence took over the Top Fuel points lead in the Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship with victory, as Robert Hight, Deric Kramer, and Andrew Hines also won in their respective categories in the North Carolina Nationals
Langdon, B. Torrence, Enders, Stoffer conquer St. Louis
An all-Kalitta Motorsports Funny Car final round saw Shawn Langdon beat J.R. Todd in the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway as Billy Torrence, Erica Enders and Karen Stoffer conquered their categories.
Beckman, Crampton, Line, Savoie win NHRA in Reading
Maple Grove Raceway saw Jack Beckman score his first Funny Car win in over a year, while Richie Crampton captured Top Fuel, Jason Line conquered Pro Stock and Jerry Savoie took Pro Stock Motorcycle honors.
J. Force, Kalitta, Laughlin, Savoie win at U.S. Nationals
John Force, 16-time Funny Car champion John Force took his fifth Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway Park at Indianapolis, as Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel), Alex Laughlin (Pro Stock) and Jerry Savoie (Pro Stock Motorcycle) won their respective categories.
Pritchett, Capps, Line win Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals
Leah Pritchett, Ron Capps and Jason Line were the winners at Brainerd, MN, with Line winning a race for the 16th straight season – a new NHRA record.
Force after 150th win: “The monkey taught me so much”
John Force says that waiting 25 races for his 150th NHRA Funny Car triumph was a monkey on his back which “drives you nuts”, after clinching his landmark triumph at Pacific Raceways on Sunday.
John Force scores 150th Funny Car win
John Force powered to his 150th Funny Car win on Sunday at the Magic Dry Absorbent NHRA Northwest Nationals in Kent, WA, while JFR teammate and rookie Austin Prock picked up his first Top Fuel win and Matt Hartford won in Pro Stock.
Hight scores 50th Funny Car win at Sonoma
Robert Hight finished off a standout weekend by racing to his 50th career Funny Car win at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway, as Billy Torrence won Top Fuel, Greg Anderson took Pro Stock honors and Andrew Hines prevailed in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
Johnson Jr., Torrence, Anderson, Hines win at Bandimere
The first race in NHRA’s ‘Western Swing’ at Bandimere Speedway, CO., in the Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil saw Tommy Johnson Jr. (Funny Car), Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle) win their classes.