NHRA Crew Chief Shuffle
Race teams always look for the “unfair advantage.” It’s no different in NHRA drag racing, where the crew chief shuffle is in high gear this fall.
Articles by Anne Proffit
Adios NHRA Funny Car Laid-Back Headers
NHRA is intent on policing laid-back headers in its Mello Yello Funny Car category. Initially, they spoke of limiting the minimum angle of the headers to 32 degrees, but settled on 40 degrees to start the 2018 Mello Yello season.
Retire? Who, Me?
Three-time NHRA J&A Pro Mod Drag Racing Series champion Rickie Smith proclaimed, in 2016 after winning his third championship, that 2017 was going to be his absolute, final season of racing. Asked over and over and over again if he was serious, Smith emphatically said that yes, this is it for sure.
Larry Dixon’s Dilemma
The curious tale of NHRA’s sanctions to its three-time Top Fuel world champion Larry Dixon might have its roots in the initial appearance, at Gainesville in March of this year, of Dixon’s eponymous team.
Dixon in Deep DooDoo with NHRA
Larry Dixon has been suspended indefinitely from the NHRA Mello Yello professional and Lucas Oil sportsman series following an NHRA rules violation.
Memo Gidley Returns to Daytona International Speedway
Four years after his near-fatal accident, Memo Gidley prepares to return to DIS for IMSA’s Historic Sports Car (HSR) Classic 24 Hour at Daytona.
NHRA Reverses One Ruling, Should Reverse Another
Just when we thought it was sensible to believe dictates that come from NHRA’s Glendora, Calif. offices, the sanctioning body has reversed its proclamation to shorten fields for Pro Stock in nine races during the 2018 season.
When the Race is Over, Testing Begins
With the SEMA show, one of the bigger trade shows for professionals in the motoring and motorsports businesses, going on in in Las Vegas, many NHRA competitors stayed over after the Toyota NHRA Nationals to get in some testing time before the season finale at Pomona in a week and a half.
Courtney Force is on a Mission
After 22 of 24 races in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Mello Yello Drag Racing Series 2017 campaign, Courtney Force, the driver of John Force Racing’s Advance Auto Parts Chevrolet Camaro SS, sits third in the championship.