After a hard-fought battle at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park, three drivers proved that a lot of hard work and a little patience can lead to an end to a dry spell.
Hagan, Butner, and Kalitta have a good weekend at the Winternationals; John and Brittany Force both walk away from crashes.
It’s time – the 2018 NHRA season has started testing, and that means the exciting races of the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series are close behind.
The fifth race in the Countdown to the Championship battle gave a Top Fuel veteran his first win of the 2017 season, while two championship contenders found their way back to Winner’s Circle at the 17th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Four races are left in the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. Dodge and Mopar drivers have had an up-and-down season, but have overall had a strong showing to date.
Car owner Don Schumacher has to be beaming with pride. Two of his nitro race teams are undefeated in 2017.
It was a clean sweep at the season-opening Circle K NHRA Winternationals, with all the No. 1 qualifiers taking wins at the famed California dragstrip.
The rest of Matt Hagan’s 2016 NHRA Funny Car season can be summed up in the words of a famous Elvis Presley record – ‘It’s now or never.’
Antron Brown is turning the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel Championship into a runaway. Matt Hagan wouldn’t be denied against Ron Capps, while Drew Skillman drove to victory in Pro Stock and Eddie Krawiec is riding to two-wheel stardom.
Tony Schumacher wins record-breaking 10th Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals.
