News By Topic: National Hot Rod Association

NHRA: Jeg Coughlin wants to put the Cutlass to bed with a win

Feb 18, 2001

Jeg and Troy Coughlin began the final day of qualifying for the NHRA CSK Nationals focused on improving. Both drivers and their team worked toward being in the top eight qualifying positions. Jeg started the final day of qualifying in the No. 6 position and Troy was in the No. 13 spot. ... Continue reading

NHRA's 50 GREATEST DRIVERS: Ken Veney, Number 46

Feb 18, 2001

Ken Veney would rank among the all-time greats of drag racing as a driver even if he'd never been a crew chief. Interestingly, he could rank as high as a crew chief if he had never driven. Behind the wheel of his Alcohol Funny Cars and Dragsters, Veney was drag racing's seventh-winningest driver when he retired in 1985 ... Continue reading

NHRA: Dunn, Bazemore and Edwards Leaders at Firebird International

Feb 17, 2001

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Mike Dunn led all Top Fuel competitors Friday after the first day of qualifying at the 17th annual Checker Schuck's Kragen Nationals at Firebird International Raceway, the second race of the NHRA's 50th Anniversary season. Whit Bazemore and Mike Edwards also were leaders in their respective categories ... Continue reading

NHRA 50 Greatest Drivers: Number 47, Billy Meyer

Feb 14, 2001

Billy Meyer simply was born to be bold. Son of Paul Meyer, founder of one of the country's largest motivational institutes, Meyer grew up on the power of positive thinking, and eventually built a successful business empire with auto racing at its hub. As a teen-ager, Meyer burst onto the auto racing scene and made a na ... Continue reading

Chuck Etchells' Comments On Dave Schultz

Feb 13, 2001

(Note: The followiung is also attached in text format.) Contact: Jon G. Knapp Phone: (704) 662-3121 Fax: (704) 662-3021 CHUCK ETCHELLS OFFERS HIS THOUGHTS ON THE PASSING OF DAVE SCHULTZ Putnam, Conn., February 12, 2001 - Chuck Etchells, owner and driver of the Kendall Oil/Matco Tools Camaro Z28 Funny Car, today release ... Continue reading

NHRA: Pro Stock Motorcycle Champion Schults Passes Away

Feb 13, 2001

Six-time NHRA Winston Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Dave Schultz, the winningest two-wheel competitor in NHRA history, died late Saturday, Feb. 10, following a six-month battle with colon cancer. He was 52. Schultz, a 45-time NHRA national event winner, claimed Pro Stock Motorcycle championships in 1987, '88, '91, '93, ... Continue reading

NHRA: Russell Looks to Amato's History at Firebird

Feb 12, 2001

It took Joe Amato 13 tries to achieve his first NHRA Top Fuel victory, in 1983 at Sanair, Canada, and he then promptly backed it up with another win in his very next race, at Englishtown, N.J. Darrell Russell became just the third driver in NHRA history to win his first professional event, Feb. 4 at Pomona, and now att ... Continue reading

FMDRS Results Saturday 2/10/01 Houston, Texas

Feb 11, 2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAG RACING SERIES - SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION HOUSTON RACEWAY PARK, BAYTOWN, TEXAS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2001 HOWARD,FLEMING LEAD THE WAY AT SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION OPENER BAYTOWN, Texas - The persistent rain and high winds that plagued Houston Raceway Park yesterday have passed a ... Continue reading

FMDRS Results 2/09/01 Houston, Texas

Feb 11, 2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAG RACING SERIES - SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION HOUSTON RACEWAY PARK, BAYTOWN, TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2001 RAIN AND HIGH WINDS DELAY SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION OPENER BAYTOWN, Texas - Mother Nature was the only thing to make it on the track today at the South Central Division opener ... Continue reading

NHRA 50 Greatest Drivers: Malcom Durham, Number 48

Feb 9, 2001

In 1947, Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier when he became the first African-American player to sign a Major League contract. In the 1960s, Malcolm Durham became drag racing's first black superstar. Raised on a family farm in Goldsboro, N.C., Durham gained his initial mechanical experience work ... Continue reading

NHRA: For 50 years, NHRA has been Motorsports Melting Pot

Feb 8, 2001

GLENDORA, Calif. - As the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) celebrates its 50th Anniversary in 2001, it can take pride in a storied history as motorsports' great melting pot. While other professional sports were making headlines in the 1950s and '60s for many complex minority issues, NHRA was becoming a leader in tha ... Continue reading

NHRA celbrates 50 great years of Hot Rodding in 2001

Feb 8, 2001

GLENDORA, Calif. -- Wally Parks founded NHRA in 1951 to unify the ever-growing number of car clubs assembling around the country and to take this new breed of race car enthusiast off the street and into a safe, organized racing venue. Working with civic leaders and local law enforcement, Parks began building nationwide ... Continue reading

NHRA Timeline: 50 Years of Power (1951-2001)

Feb 8, 2001

1951 - NHRA founded by Wally Parks. 1952 -- NHRA sanctions Pomona Drag Strip at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds under the auspices of Pomona Police Chief Ralph Parker. 1954 -- NHRA creates the Safety Safari, a team of drag racing ambassadors and officials who tour the country to introduce the sport to new audiences. ... Continue reading

NHRA's 50 Greatest Drivers: Elmer Trett, Number 50

Feb 8, 2001

Elmer Trett was to Top Fuel Motorcycle racing what Jimi Hendrix was to the electric guitar - a virtuoso, a pioneer, a genius and an innovator. For the better part of 30 years, no one could match Trett's knack for innovation or his ability to make a fuel-burning motorcycle perform. Trett wasn't just the driving force be ... Continue reading

NHRA's 50 Greatest Drivers: Richard Tharp, Number 49

Feb 8, 2001

In the 1960s and '70s, an era which produced some of drag racing's most colorful characters, none was more colorful than Richard Tharp, the talented Texan who won the 1976 NHRA Winston Top Fuel championship for Paul Candies and Leonard Hughes. Tharp developed a reputation early on for driving anything on the track. In ... Continue reading