This weekend “The Zoo” will be open at Brainerd International Raceway, site of the 38th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Minnesota. This is the 17th race on the calendar and marks the penultimate competition before NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship playoffs begin at Reading, Penn. in September.
In between NHRA Mello Yello races, many nitro teams like to test. Some stay after an event to try out different parts while they’ve still got tents and haulers set up to accumulate data and prep cars between rounds; others go to match-race events to work on their skills in anticipation of the next NHRA event.
Robert Hight has now won 50 NHRA Funny Car races, which is about one-third of his father-in-law John Force’s tally.
The new 2020 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody package is being unveiled the day before activities get underway at Bandimere Speedway.
Last year’s rendition of the Dodge Mile-High Nationals on the Bandimere Speedway dragstrip just west of Denver, Colorado was monumental for several reasons, particularly in the Funny Car class.
The 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season reaches its halfway point once this weekend’s Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals are completed at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. Weather permitting, quick times will be set, rivalries will continue as NHRA marks the return of both Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle after a three-race hiatus.
Until this past weekend, Bob Tasca III’s most recent NHRA Funny Car victory came in the fall of 2012 at Dallas Motorplex against Matt Hagan.
Hard to believe this is only the 19th time NHRA’s Mello Yello series has encamped at Bristol Dragway, home of the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals.
Crew chief shuffles are nothing unusual in most NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series seasons.
After a three-week hiatus, the stars of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series were rolling hot this weekend at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the first four-wide drag race of the 2019 season.
