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LAS VEGAS, NV – November 2, 2019 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – A day after setting the track speed record, Funny Car championship hopeful Jack Beckman made the quickest run in The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway history on Saturday, earning the No. 1 qualifying spot at the 19th annual Dodge NHRA Nationals Presented […]

LAS VEGAS, NV – November 2, 2019 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Brittany Force made the fastest run in NHRA Top Fuel history on Friday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, blazing to the provisional No. 1 spot during qualifying at the 19th Dodge NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil. J.R. Todd (Funny Car), […]

LAS VEGAS, NV – November 1, 2019 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) –  Steven Whitely didn’t expect his 2019 season in the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service to go the way it has, but a strong showing in Charlotte has him excited he can end the year on […]

LAS VEGAS, NV – October 31, 2019 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – There’s usually a variety of emotions racing at Las Vegas with a potential NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series championship on the line. Relaxed is usually not one of them, but that’s precisely how Jerry Savoie feels heading to one of his favorite […]

GLENDORA, CA – October 31, 2019 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) –  Tickets are now on sale for the third annual Virginia NHRA Nationals. This event marks the eighth stop on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing tour. After a successful return to the series schedule in 2018, the event will take place May 29-31 at […]

GLENDORA, CA – October 31, 2019 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) –  One of the most widely known and prestigious weekends on the Sportsman racing calendar, the JEGS NHRA SPORTSnationals, will be back at National Trail Raceway on July 18-19, 2020. After a three-year hiatus from National Trail Raceway, the race made a return to the […]

LAS VEGAS, NV – October 31, 2019 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) –  This year marks the second straight season Deric Kramer has advanced to the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship. It doesn’t take much more than a cursory glance at the numbers to know this year has been far more productive for the […]

LAS VEGAS, NV – October 30, 2019 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) –  The way Matt Hagan figures it, if he’s fortunate enough to end his 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season with a few wins, he’ll head into the offseason with plenty of good feelings at the very least. If three straight victories […]

LAS VEGAS, NV – October 29, 2019 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) –  There is a Torrence who has the most wins thus far in the NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship, but it’s not the same Torrence as the one who clinched the Top Fuel world title a year ago in Las Vegas. It’s […]

GLENDORA, CA – October 26, 2019 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) –  A diverse field of seven rookie drivers representing the four NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series categories, Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle, were announced by NHRA officials and the Automobile Club of Southern California as the eligible candidates for […]

LAS VEGAS, NV – October 24, 2019 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – The plan for Jack Beckman is to have a chance to race for a NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series world championship at the final race of the season. But for that to happen, the former Funny Car world champion knows he must […]

POMONA, CA – October 22, 2019 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) –  With points-and-a-half in play and world championships on the line, fans can count on the most intense racing action of the season as the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series closes out its thrilling 2019 season with the 55th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals, […]

ENNIS, TX – October 21, 2019 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – It was a Texas-sized celebration for Billy Torrence on Sunday at Texas Motorplex, as the Top Fuel Texan powered to the victory at his home track during the 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals. Matt Hagan (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Jerry […]

ENNIS, TX – October 20, 2019 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Brittany and John Force both raced to the No. 1 spot in their respective classes Saturday at Texas Motorplex during the 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals, as they try to become the first father-daughter combo in NHRA history to win at the same […]

ENNIS, TX – October 19, 2019 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) –  It was an all-Force Friday during NHRA Prime Time qualifying at Texas Motorplex, as Brittany and John Force powered to the provisional top spots in Top Fuel and Funny Car, respectively, during the opening night of qualifying at the 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA […]

ENNIS, TX – October 17, 2019 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) –  A solid, consistent 2019 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season has Eddie Krawiec in contention for another world championship. But the three-time Pro Stock Motorcycle world champ knows he has to be great the rest of the way for that to happen, including at […]

ENNIS, TX – October 17, 2019  – (Motor Sports NewsWire) –  It’s every racer’s goal to be peaking at the right time when the Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship arrives and Erica Enders has been the perfect example of that during the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. After an up-and-down regular […]