Drag Racing
Jordan Vandergriff to race for BVR in Top Fuel
From media reports LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Oct. 27, 2018) – Jordan Vandergriff, the nephew of NHRA Nitro class veteran Bob Vandergriff, will join the family firm (so to speak) when he pilots a Top Fuel car in 2018. Jordan Vandergriff, 23, will drive a Bob...
Butner to leave Pro Stock
By Kelly Wade LAS VEGAS (October 27, 2018) – Reigning NHRA Pro Stock champion Bo Butner made his professional debut in the factory hot rod class in 2015, and the NHRA Toyota Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be the 88th Pro Stock race of his...
NHRA: Round 1 qualifying at Vegas
By Lee Elder LAS VEGAS, Nev (Oct. 25, 2018) – NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Eddie Krawiec came to the Toyota NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway third in the Countdown to the Championship standings, 56 points out of the lead. Krawiec made up...
Steve Torrence wins again, nears Top Fuel title
By Lee Elder CONCORD, NC (Oct. 14, 2018) – Steve Torrence all but locked up the NHRA Top Fuel championship by winning the NHRA Carolina Nationals at ZMAX Dragway Sunday. Torrence has won every race in the NHRA’s Countdown, the first time a driver has won four...
B. Force, Johnson, Skillman, Krawiec top qualifiers
By Lee Elder CONCORD, NC (Oct. 13, 2018) – Brittany Force accomplished everything she could have when she stormed down the ZMAX Dragway and snagged the Top Fuel top qualifier position for Sunday’s eliminations in the NHRA Carolina Nationals. Force’s run was a...
Krawiec tops PSM charts at ZMAX
By Lee Elder CONCORD, NC (Oct. 12, 2018) – Eddie Krawiec led Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying after Friday’s first two rounds and pulled closer to leader LE Tonglet in the PSM Countdown as the chances to get points begin to dwindle. Krawiec, Erica Enders (Pro...
NOTES TORN FROM A REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
By Lee Elder The NHRA Carolina Nationals at Z-Max Dragway mark the 22nd race on the 24-race NHRA schedule for 2018. … At mid-week, the entry list on the NHRA website shows 18 entries in both Top Fuel and Funny Car, 14 in Pro Stock and 23 in Pro Stock Motorcycle. …...
Pritchett wins NHRA Factory Stock Showdown title
From MOPAR media October 7, 2018, Auburn Hills, Michigan – Leah Pritchett clinched the 2018 NHRA Factory Stock Showdown championship in her Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals near Dallas, racing to her third consecutive win of the...
NHRA: Hight, Steve Torrence, Gray and Tonglet win in Texas
By Lee Elder ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 7, 2018) – Robert Hight survived an explosive finish to his last race, had a little surgery along the way and won his second straight AAA Texas Fall Nationals in the NHRA’s Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. Hight’s Funny Car exploded...
RPMHD interviews Jim Oberhofer
ENNIS, Texas (Oct.6, 2018) -- Veteran NHRA nitro car tuner Jim Oberhofer granted RPMHD’s Michael Dennis an exclusive interview this weekend during the AAA Texas Fallnationals at the Texas Motorplex. Oberhofer, who was recently fired by Kalitta Motorsports, was...
