Hernandez, Patrick, Gahm, Gilbertson Confirmed For Fourth Nitrojam.com Spring Blast at The Rock

Reigning IHRA Pro Stock World Champion Robert Patrick of Fredericksburg, Va., and reigning NHRA Pro Modified Champion Josh Hernandez of Conroe, Texas, are among more than 40 drivers committed to… (snip) One of the major pre-season tests for pros from both the NHRA and IHRA, the NitroJam.com Spring Blast also will feature the national record-holding … Read more

Hawley renews Funny Car license, plans to compete at Gatornationals

It’s been 18 years since two-time Funny Car world champion and multiple national event winner Frank Hawley has driven a nitro Funny Car, but this week he proved that driving a Funny Car is like riding a bike – you don’t forget how. On Wednesday, the legendary drag racing school instructor completed two stellar runs … Read more

Fans Can Race Against Top NHRA Drivers on Infineon Raceway’s Kart Track for Charity

NHRA POWERade Drag Racing stars Gary Scelzi, Rod Fuller, Matt Guidera and Cory McClenathan will battle for supremacy on Infineon Raceway’s lightning-quick kart track on Saturday, March 8, and 50 lucky race fans are invited to join them. Infineon Raceway will host the 6th annual NHRA Tour de Charity on its 16-turn, three-quarter mile kart … Read more

2008 Countdown to the Championship website launched

With the first race of the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series in the books, NHRA.com has relaunched its Countdown to the Championship Web site. Throughout the season, the site will feature updated points and standings, post-event wrap-ups, a dedicated newsletter, and Countdown-related news and feature stories… Click here to visit the NHRA 2008 Countdon … Read more

NHRA PREVIEW: Back to the starting line

What a strange, star-crossed year 2007 was for the National Hot Rod Association. It saw the institution of the NHRA’s touted, complex countdown formula that pared the championship field to the final race. It also saw the complex sale of the NHRA’s pro-racing assets to a group called HD Partners, which, if it hadn’t recently … Read more

Black History Month Spotlight: Sonny Shipmon

Herb McCandless and Sonny Shipmon reached speeds and heights so rarified in drag racing that their distinguished accomplishments are set to become stamped into immortalization today. The Burlington legends are among the five members who comprise the second class of inductees for the North Carolina Drag Racing Hall of Fame. “For people to recognize the … Read more

Force, happy to be back to racing, is already counting many victories

Fourteen-time Funny Car champion John Force didn’t lose his flair for the dramatic or his passion for NHRA POWERade drag racing in last September’s dramatic accident that sidelined him for four months. He thrilled the faithful at the season-opening CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals by waiting until the last qualifying session to make the field … Read more