by Lee Elder | Dec 3, 2018 | Drag Racing, News, NHRA
From media sources POMONA, Calif. (December 3, 2018) – Three-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Angelle Sampey has left Liberty Racing and is looking for a new ride, the NHRA has reported. Sampey, who retired from racing in 2008 and returned in 2014, is a 42-time...
by Lee Elder | Nov 29, 2018 | Drag Racing, News, NHRA
By Kelly Wade FLOYDS KNOBS, Ind. (November 29, 2018) – As the 2018 season of NHRA’s Mello Yello Drag Racing Series wound down, 2017 Pro Stock world champion Bo Butner made a decision to shift gears and step back from the class. The longtime Sportsman racer...
by Lee Elder | Nov 11, 2018 | Drag Racing, News, NHRA
By Lee Elder POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 11, 2018) – J.R. Todd and Matt Smith grabbed NHRA championships on the final day of the 2018 National Hot Rod Association season on a dramatic day at the Auto Club Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. The championships were decided...
by Lee Elder | Nov 10, 2018 | Drag Racing, News, NHRA
By Lee Elder POMONA, Calif. (November 10, 2018) – Tanner Gray clinched the 2018 NHRA Pro Stock championship Saturday during qualifying for the season finale, the NHRA Auto Club Finals from Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Matt Smith (in Pro Stock Motorcycle), Jeg Coughlin...
by Lee Elder | Nov 10, 2018 | News, NHRA, Paddock
From NHRA Media GLENDORA, Calif. (November 10, 2018) – NHRA announced today that in 2019, the Pro Stock category will compete in 18 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, which competitors believe is the “sweet spot” for the category. “We think the new...
by Lee Elder | Nov 9, 2018 | Drag Racing, News, NHRA
By Lee Elder POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 9, 2018) – Matt Smith collected every point he could find Friday and completed two the first two sessions of qualifying for the NHRA XXXX on top of the Pro Stock Motorcycle category charts. Smith leads the tightest NHRA Countdown to...
