Drag Racing
Fields set for NHRA Fallnationals
By Lee Elder ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 6, 2018) – Clay Millican earned his 19th top qualifier award, taking the top step on the eliminations ladder in Top Fuel for the NHRA AAA Texas Fallnationals at the Texas Motorplex. Eliminations will be held Sunday. Millican nearly...
Coughlin, Millican, Johnson Jr and Smith lead NHRA qualifying in Texas
By Lee Elder ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 5, 2018) – Jeg Coughlin jumped onto the hot seat when he snagged the top spot on top of the NHRA Pro Stock qualifying list at the AAA Texas Fallnationals Friday. With two qualifying sessions to come Saturday, Coughlin is in position...
Pages torn from a reporter’s notebook
By Lee Elder TOP FUEL Brittany Force’s crew has put a new front end on Force’s dragster and the car will have a new color scheme in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. … Doug Kalitta is still searching to be the top qualifier for the 50th time in his career....
Gray to leave drag racing for stock cars
By Lee Elder Tanner Gray, the NHRA Pro Stock points leader, will race full time in NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series East in 2019, the NHRA said Wednesday. The second-year professional and third-generation NHRA racer will drive for the DGR Crosley team in the East...
NHRA: Smith beats Tonglet for PSM lead, Hight wins while exploding
By Lee Elder MADISON, Ill. (Sept. 23, 2018) – Matt Smith beat LE Tonglet to take the points lead in Pro Stock Motorcycle as the NHRA completed an explosive at the AAA Insurance Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park. Steve Torrence, Robert Hight and Tanner...
NHRA: Hight snags 60th top qualifier award with final pass
By Lee Elder MADISON, Ill. (Sept. 22, 2018) – Robert Hight plucked the top qualifier award out of the early evening air in Funny Car as the field was set for the AAA Insurance Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park. Hight was part of the final pair of...
NHRA: Millican on a mission this weekend
By Lee Elder MADISON, Ill. (September 21, 2018) – Clay Millican has a point to make this weekend. After collecting nearly point available in the four qualifying sessions for the Top Fuel Category at the Dodge Nationals in Reading, Pennsylvania, Millican lost to...
Jim Oberhofer fired by Kalitta Motorsports
From Kalitta Motorsports Kalitta Motorsports announced today that crew chief Jim Oberhofer has been released by the team from his position over seeing the Top Fuel dragster raced by Doug Kalitta. The news came two days after Kalitta’s TAD car lost to Clay Millican...
NHRA: Mass hysteria as Countdown begins
By Lee Elder READING, Pa. (Sept. 16, 2018) – Funny Car racer Jr. Todd summed the day up after the first round of eliminations when he said, “There’s blood in the water today.” Then he won the race. The opening round of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship, the...
NHRA: Countdown pressure is on
By Lee Elder READING, Pa. (Sept. 15, 2018) – Drag Racing’s playoffs have started. The first race in the NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship is this weekend’s Dodge Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway and the pressure has ramped up on the professional teams in the...