News By Topic: National Hot Rod Association

NHRA: Team Jeg's is ready for more in Pro Stock

Mar 29, 2001

March 29, 2001 Jeg Coughlin will return to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as the defending Champion of the inaugural NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals and is eager to add his name to the list again. Troy Coughlin also would like to add his name to the list of winner's at one of the premier Motorsports facilities i ... Continue reading

NHRA's 50 GREATEST DRIVERS: Number 35, Terry Vance

Mar 28, 2001

March 28, 2001 Long before Matt Hines and Angelle Savoie became the main attractions in the Pro Stock Motorcycle category, and even before the late Dave Schultz and John Myers fought the first of their many historic battles, Terry Vance was the undisputed ruler of motorcycle drag racing. Vance and longtime partner and ... Continue reading

NHRA announces special events for 50th anniversary celebration at US Nationals

Mar 28, 2001

March 28, 2001 GLENDORA, Calif. - Fireworks, car club gatherings, duels and lucrative bonus shootouts are several of the featured attractions planned for the 47th annual U.S. Nationals as the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) continues its year-long 50th anniversary celebration. The U.S. Nationals, the most prestigio ... Continue reading

NHRA's 50 GREATEST DRIVERS: Number 36, Blaine Johnson

Mar 27, 2001

March 27, 2001 There's no telling how many races and championships Blaine Johnson would have won had his life not been cut short in a crash at the 1996 U.S. Nationals. Seven championships and 53 NHRA national event victories -- the sum of his career numbers and those of Gary Scelzi since Scelzi took over the wheel of t ... Continue reading

NHRA Unveils Owner's Cup Program

Mar 27, 2001

March 27, 2001 GLENDORA, Calif. - The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) announced today the creation of the first-ever NHRA Owner's Cup championship. The new season-long program will grant a separate championship award to individual team owners in three of NHRA's professional categories whose team earns the most poin ... Continue reading

NHRA: Race Results, O'Reily Nationals, Houston

Mar 26, 2001

March 26, 2001 BAYTOWN, Texas -- Final finish order (1-16) for professional categories at the 14th annual O'Reily Nationals presented by Pennzoil at Houston Raceway Park. The $1.6 million race is the fourth of 23 events in the $50-million NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series. TOP FUEL: 1. Mike Dunn; 2. Larry Dixon; 3. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Worsham, Dunn, Warren Johnson, Savoie and Daniels record victories at Houston Raceway Park

Mar 26, 2001

March 26, 2001 BAYTOWN, Texas - Del Worsham scored his fourth career NHRA Funny Car victory at Sunday's O'Reilly Nationals presented by Pennzoil at Houston Raceway Park, the fourth race of the NHRA's 50th anniversary season. Mike Dunn, Warren Johnson, Angelle Savoie and Randy Daniels also won their respective categorie ... Continue reading

NHRA: Team Jeg's makes turn around at O'Rielly Nationals

Mar 26, 2001

March 25, 2001 In the opening round Mike Coughlin and his yellow and black Jeg's Mail Order Chevrolet S-10 squared off against John Lingenfelter in a battle of the mail order giants Mike and his Jeg's machine left the starting line first by 073 seconds (.419 to .492). He never left the middle of the groove and rocketed ... Continue reading

NHRA: Jeg's cars look toward Las Vegas

Mar 26, 2001

March 25, 2001 The conditions improved for the Pro Stock field on raceday. The humidity, air temperature and corrected altitude were all lower by substantial amounts. In the opening round Troy Coughlin and his yellow and black Jeg's Mail Order Chevrolet Cavalier faced off against fellow Ohio driver Mark Pawuk. Troy lau ... Continue reading

NHRA: Warren Rockets to 83rd Career Victory in Houston

Mar 26, 2001

For Release: March 25, 2001 Contact: Rick Voegelin/831-761-2201 THE WARREN REPORT: Warren Johnson GM Goodwrench Service Plus Race Report from the NHRA O'Reilly Nationals QUICK RESULTS: Qualified: 2nd Finished: Winner Points: 1st Warren Rockets to 83rd Career Victory in Houston HOUSTON, March 25, 2001 - Warren Johnson s ... Continue reading

NHRA: O'reilly Nationals Qualifying Results, Texas

Mar 25, 2001

March 25, 2001 BAYTOWN, Texas -- First-round pairings for professional eliminations Sunday for the 14th annual O'Reily Nationals presented by Pennzoil at Houston Raceway Park, the fourth of 24 events in the $50-million NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series. Pairings based on results in qualifying, which ended Saturday. Top F ... Continue reading

NHRA: Worsham claims top qualifying position in Funny Car at O'reilly Nationals

Mar 25, 2001

March 25, 2001 BAYTOWN, Texas - Del Worshan held on to the top spot in Funny Car after Saturday's final qualifying at the NHRA's O'Reilly Nationals presented by Pennzoil. Worsham needed a quarter-mile run of 4.810 seconds at 313.22 mph in his Checker Schuck's Kragen Pontiac Firebird to earn his first top qualifying pos ... Continue reading

NHRA: John Coughlin stays home with family

Mar 24, 2001

March 24, 2001 Team Jeg's Pro Stock Truck driver John Coughlin will be absent from the action at the NHRA O'Reilly Nationals this weekend. "I decided to stay home and help out my wife," said John. "My wife gave birth to our little girl 10 days ago. My wife and son have the flu and as you can expect she can use all the ... Continue reading

NHRA: Troy Coughlin leads Team Jeg's into day two

Mar 24, 2001

March 24, 2001 Houston Raceway Park is a track that Team Jeg's has had plenty of success at. Jeg and Troy Coughlin come this year armed with new Chevy Cavaliers. The team knows that the new cars are better and everyone in yellow and black is looking forward to a strong weekend. During the first qualifying session Troy ... Continue reading

NHRA: Mike Dunn turns a 331.61 mph pass at Houston Raceway Park

Mar 24, 2001

March 24, 2001 BAYTOWN, Texas. - Mike Dunn stole the show Friday at the NHRA's O'Reilly Nationals presented by Pennzoil with a first-round qualifying pass of 331.61 mph, the fastest in NHRA history. Gary Scelzi, Del Worsham, Mike Edwards, Antron Brown and Bob Panella led their respective divisions at the $1.8 million N ... Continue reading