Brainerd Brings NHRA Championship Changes
The road to NHRA’s Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship became more crowded after last weekend’s 44th annual Brainerd NHRA Nationals.
The road to NHRA’s Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship became more crowded after last weekend’s 44th annual Brainerd NHRA Nationals.
As we wait for that Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Brainerd round to roll in another week from now, it’s time to reflect on the regular season titles and money at stake after both Brainerd and The Big Go – the Toyota NHRA U.S. Nationals – on Labor Day weekend.
Only Sonoma, Seattle, Brainerd and Indianapolis remain to crown a regular season champion in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle. NHRA awards nearly $400,000 to the regular season titleholders
The weather didn’t win, but it sure tried, stopping action both Friday and Sunday. But it wasn’t enough to stop the vaunted Safety Safari from keeping the track operational and giving both competitors and fans a show.
Three rounds of Mission Foods Drag Racing Series competition is complete for both Top Fuel and Funny Car.
No one can dispute the success of NHRA’s inaugural visit to Maryland International Raceway in Mechanicsville, MD.
This next quarter will go by so quickly that we’ll have to give it our full attention, starting with this weekend’s visit to Route 66 Raceway and the Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK.
With a quarter of NHRA’s Mission Foods Drag Racing Series competitions in the book, this 75th anniversary season is looking to be one for the record books, even if those record books don’t count for points as they once did.
The Mission Foods Drag Racing Series’ Lucas Oil Winternationals suffered a weekend filled with strange occurrences and what seemed like a bazillion stoppages on all three days of competition.
NHRA feted two first-time Mission Foods Drag Racing Series champions and a pair of repeat titleholders, one day after the season was called on account of rain.