by Lee Elder | Jul 28, 2018 | Drag Racing, News, NHRA
By Lee Elder SONOMA, Calif. (July 28, 2018) – Matt Smith won the Mickey Thompson Pro Bike Battle, a $25,000 special race within a race, to highlight the last day of qualifying for the NHRA Toyota Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway. Smith defeated Eddie Krawiec in the...
by Lee Elder | Jul 27, 2018 | Drag Racing, News, NHRA, Paddock
By Lee Elder SONOMA, Calif. (July 27, 2018) – Some tennis players like specific courts, even though they all measure the same. Some bowlers prefer a particular bowling establishment, for whatever reason. NHRA Top Fuel drag racing star Doug Kalitta likes racing...
by Lee Elder | Jul 22, 2018 | Drag Racing, News, NHRA
By Lee Elder MORRISON, Colo. (July 22, 2018) – Funny Car star John Force won his 1,300th career round win in the first round of the Dodge NHRA Mile High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway Sunday. Then he ran the total to 1,303 and won the event. It was Force’s...
by Lee Elder | Jul 21, 2018 | News, NHRA
By Lee Elder MORRISON, Colo. (July 21, 2018) – Leah Pritchett set a track record and secured the top spot on the Top Fuel eliminations ladder for Sunday’s Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Dodge NHRA Mile High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway. Pritchett’s 327.19 mph pass...
by Lee Elder | Jul 20, 2018 | Drag Racing, News, NHRA
By Lee Elder MORRISON, Colo. (July 20, 2018) – Racers are never satisfied. Even if they qualify first, they want to be faster. Greg Anderson (in Pro Stock), Courtney Force (Funny Car) and Leah Pritchett (Top Fuel) led their categories after Friday’s two sessions....
by Lee Elder | Jul 12, 2018 | Drag Racing, News, NHRA
By Lee Elder RPMHD reached out to Don Schumacher Racing Thursday regarding comments made by John Schnatter, founder of Papa John’s Pizza. A familiar face at NHRA events in recent seasons, Schnatter made insensitive comments during a recent business conference call...
