Former NHRA Chief Starter Rick Stewart Passes Away
Only the second man to serve as chief starter for the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), Rick Stewart passed away on April 1 at age 80.
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Only the second man to serve as chief starter for the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), Rick Stewart passed away on April 1 at age 80.
With three races in the can for the Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock combatants in NHRA’s Camping World Drag Racing Series – Pro Stock Motorcycle began at the third contest, the Amalie Motor Oil Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla. – the scenery is decidedly different from the past few years.
NHRA’s Camping World Drag Racing Series will say goodbye to racing in the Phoenix, Arizona area next year, likely in February, when it holds its final race at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park.
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After exiting the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla. via a red-light foul in the second round of Constant Aviation Pro Mod competition during the season starter last weekend, Mark Pawuk needed to get back to center in his Don Schumacher Racing Empaco Equipment 2021 Dodge Challenger Mopar Drag Pak.
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NHRA’s Amalie Motor Oil Gatornationals are always a must-see event. This year reverting to its status as the third race in a 22-event campaign, the Gators promise action from start to finish on the track and in the pits.
That ideology hasn’t left NHRA over the course of seven decades, but the manner in which street vehicles are introduced to the racing environment, and the way they are both produced and enhanced for racing purposes has developed massively over the years.
Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park was full of NHRA action! With all the biggest names in Drag Racing like Hagan, Force, Salinas, Hight and many more! Check out some of the action!
The 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing series kicked off with the Winternationals in Pomona, CA.