News By Topic: National Hot Rod Association

NHRA: Dixon, Force take top qualifying awards at Autozone Nationals

Sep 23, 2001

September 23, 2001 MILLINGTON, Tenn. -- NHRA Winston Top Fuel championship leader Larry Dixon earned his second No. 1 qualifying position of the season Saturday at the AutoZone Nationals. John Force, Jim Yates and Mike Coughlin also will lead their respective categories into the $1.9 million race, the 19th of 24 events ... Continue reading

NHRA: Pep Boys renews NHRA title sponsorship

Sep 22, 2001

September 22, 2001 GLENDORA, Calif. - Pep Boys , the nation's leading full-service automotive aftermarket retail and service chain, today announced that it has agreed to another title sponsorship with the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). Under the terms of this new agreement, the association's October 4-7 event at ... Continue reading

NHRA to donate funds from souvenir sales to Red Cross

Sep 20, 2001

September 20, 2001 GLENDORA, Calif. -- To provide support for last week's victims of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania, the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) has announced it will donate 50 percent of all its souvenir revenues from this weekend's 14th annual AutoZone Nationals, in M ... Continue reading

NHRA announces expanded Pro Modified exhibition schedule for 2002

Sep 20, 2001

September 20, 2001 GLENDORA, Calif. - The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) will expand its current Pro Modified exhibition schedule to eight races in 2002. In addition to all five events the class competed at in 2001, the schedule will feature stops at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in New Jersey, the fabled Natio ... Continue reading

NHRA: Team Jeg's is ready for late season charge

Sep 19, 2001

September 19, 2001 Last year, Team Jeg's was on top of the world in Memphis after clinching the 2000 NHRA Winston Championship. Memphis proved to be one of the most memorable stops on the tour for Team Jeg's. Mike Coughlin won in Pro Stock Truck and younger brother Jeg followed up with a win in Pro Stock. It was the fi ... Continue reading

NHRA: Championships on the line at Memphis Motorsports Park

Sep 18, 2001

September 18, 2001 MILLINGTON, Tenn. - As in any other sport, when the end of an NHRA season approaches, certain teams in competition become mathematically eliminated for the championship. As the NHRA's season enters the final stretch of its 50th Anniversary celebration, many competitors are making their last efforts f ... Continue reading

NHRA: Worsham geared for career best season

Sep 18, 2001

September 18, 2001 MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Del Worsham didn't win a single Funny Car event during the 2000 season. Since 1991, he had compiled only three career victories and finished no higher than sixth in the Winston points standings. Worsham isn't giving a repeat performance this season. The 31-year-old from Chino Hill ... Continue reading

NHRA: Yates reviving champhionship career

Sep 18, 2001

September 18, 2001 MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Entering the 2000 season, Jim Yates had earned two NHRA Winston Pro Stock championships, won at least one national event for five straight years, and his 22 career wins ranked him fifth all-time among Pro Stock competitors. Then the 2000 racign season began. By the conclusion of t ... Continue reading

NHRA's 50th anniversary season continues in Pennsylvania

Sep 15, 2001

September 4, 2001 MOHNTON, Pa. - The practical single-horsepower carriages and wagons that are a way of life in the rolling hills of eastern Pennsylvania won't be able to compete with the 6,000 horsepower nitro-burning 330 mph pieces of machinery that are preparing to invade the area. Large crowds, record-setting perfo ... Continue reading

NHRA: Bazemore's late season surge turning heads

Sep 15, 2001

September 15, 2001 MOHNTON, Pa. - Entering the 2001 season, there once again was a clear cut favorite among all competitors for the NHRA Winston Funny Car crown: John Force. Force might be the consummate favorite, but Whit Bazemore is going to make him earn it. The Indianapolis resident will try and continue his impres ... Continue reading

NHRA'S 50 GREATEST DRIVERS: Number 11; Mickey Thompson

Sep 13, 2001

September 13, 2001 In terms of energy and innovation, no other hot rodder contributed more to the sport than Mickey Thompson. Not only was he one of the all-time greats in drag racing lore, but he also made his mark at the Indianapolis 500, Bonneville, off-road competition, and a wide variety of motorsports competition ... Continue reading

NHRA announces postponement and rescheduling of Keystone Nationals

Sep 12, 2001

September 12, 2001 GLENDORA, Calif. (Sept. 11, 2001) - In light of today's tragic events, the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) has decided to postpone this week's NHRA Keystone Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pa. The NHRA Keystone Nationals has been rescheduled for the weekend of October 4-7. NHRA expre ... Continue reading

NHRA: Team Firebird earns team title for second year in a row in Boise

Sep 10, 2001

September 10, 2001 BOISE, Idaho -The NHRA Summit Racing Series Northwest Division Finals concluded at Firebird Raceway on Sunday with champions being crowned in Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman and Motorcycle/Snowmobile eliminator categories. With more than 550 drivers, representing 16 NHRA Northwest Division member tracks, c ... Continue reading

NHRA FMDRS: Rain forces Tri State Raceway eliminations to be carried to Monday

Sep 10, 2001

September 10, 2001 EARLVILLE, Iowa -Rain wreaked havoc on the scheduled events at Tri-State Raceway for the third consecutive day. The NHRA Federal-Mogul-Drag Racing Series event presented by Winnebago, which boasted 530 cars, was supposed to finish eliminations late this afternoon. Unfortunately, rain put an end to th ... Continue reading

Notes From D6 NHRA Summit Racing Series Finals

Sep 10, 2001

News and Notes from the NHRA Summit Racing Series Northwest Division Finals 09/09/01 Among the class racers competing at this years NHRA Summit Racing Series Finals was Stock Eliminator racer Jody Lang. With a top 10 finish in National standings last year, and a handful of national and divisional event victories to his ... Continue reading