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New Agreement Provides NHRA its Biggest Television Platformin the Sport’s History GLENDORA, CA – September 17, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – The National Hot Rod Association and FOX Sports have announced a multi-year extension of their agreement to telecast all NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing series competitions across FOX, FS1 and FS2 well into […]

GLENDORA, CA – September 16, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) –  NHRA has partnered with Precision Metal Art, a home decor brand specializing in high quality metal art designs, for a full line of NHRA themed metal art. The licensing partnership was secured by JRL Group, NHRA’s licensing agency. The exciting new metal art collection […]

Diecast Collectibles Program to launch at Walmart early September GLENDORA, CA – September 9, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) –  JRL Group, Inc., NHRA’s exclusive licensing agency, has secured a licensing partnership between NHRA and Castline Inc. for a series of NHRA diecast collectables under their M2 Machines brand. The NHRA is the world’s largest […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – September 7, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) –  Defending E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series world champion Stevie “Fast” Jackson rolled to his first win of the 2020 season on Sunday, beating Todd Tutterow in the final round of the 66th annual DENSO Spark Plugs U.S. Nationals at Lucas […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – September 7, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Shawn Langdon powered to his first Top Fuel victory since 2016 on Sunday at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, capping off an impressive weekend with a win at drag racing’s biggest race, the 66th annual DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals. Jack Beckman (Funny […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – September 6, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Funny Car driver Matt Hagan gave Don Schumacher Racing its 350th career win, beating teammate Jack Beckman in the final round of the rain-delayed Lucas Oil NHRA Summernationals, which was completed during final qualifying of Saturday’s DENSO Spark Plugs U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – September 6, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Chad Green scored his first career E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series victory on Saturday, beating Jason Scruggs in the final round of the postponed Lucas Oil Summernationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. The final was moved to the DENSO […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – September 5, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Coming off his first career win at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, veteran Funny Car standout Ron Capps stayed hot, racing to the No. 1 spot during Friday’s opening qualifying session of the prestigious 66th annual DENSO Spark Plugs U.S. Nationals. Shawn Langdon (Top […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – September 4, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) –  Chad Green will have the chance to do something unique at this weekend’s prestigious DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, and that’s win twice in the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A […]

GLENDORA, CA – September 3, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – NHRA announced today the remainder of the 2020 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. In collaboration with all stakeholders, NHRA plans to hold six national events to complete the 2020 season. The 2020 NHRA season has looked very different due to the global […]

GLENDORA, CA – September 2, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) –  – The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum officials announced today the cancellation of the 2020 California Hot Rod Reunion presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif. “We made this difficult decision as we see the […]

MELVILLE, NY – September 2, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Rookie of the Year contender Justin Ashley announced today that MANSCAPED™ will be added to his 11,000 horsepower Top Fuel dragster as a major associate sponsor. The marketing partnership will cover the remainder of the 2020 NHRA Mello Yello Drag […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – September 1, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – It’s the biggest weekend of the NHRA Mello Yello Series season and Ron Capps is feeling plenty of momentum as he prepares to race on the sport’s grandest stage. The former Funny Car world champion won at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis for the […]

NHRA optimistic about the balance of 2020 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule GLENDORA, CA – August 17, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NHRA and Maple Grove Raceway have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil. “We are extremely […]

Former Champion Sampey Earns 43rd Career Pro Stock Motorcycle Victory INDIANAPOLIS, IN – August 10, 202 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Harley-Davidson® Screamin’ Eagle®/Vance & Hines rider Angelle Sampey charged to a final-round win in Pro Stock Motorcycle competition at the Dodge NHRA Indy Nationals presented by Pennzoil at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis. The […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – August 10, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) –  Ron Capps picked up his first career win at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, racing to the Funny Car victory on Sunday at the Dodge NHRA Indy Nationals presented by Pennzoil and also giving the longtime standout a win at every track on the […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – August 10, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Jonathan Gray raced to his first career E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series victory since 2017 on Sunday as at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, slipping past Bo Butner in the final round as part of the Dodge NHRA Indy Nationals […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – August 9, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWIre) – Veteran Top Fuel driver Terry McMillen qualified No. 1 for the first time in his NHRA career on Saturday, powering to the top spot during the final qualifying session of the Dodge NHRA Indy Nationals presented by Pennzoil at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – August 6, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – By advancing to the final round of the first race of the 2020 season in the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service, Jason Scruggs and Chad Green put themselves in position to win their first career race […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – August 5, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – As NHRA continues its return to racing, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing series teams are gearing up for their third race at Lucas Oil Raceway for the Dodge NHRA Indy Nationals presented by Pennzoil, Aug. 6-9. In the Top Fuel division, veteran driver […]