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Arizona Nationals: Cool conditions bring big speeds to desert
CHANDLER, Ariz. (Feb. 23, 2018) – It was a day when the National Hot Rod Association’s Top Fuel drivers played a game called Whaddaya Got? Tony Schumacher produced the fastest 1,000-foot pass in NHRA Top Fuel history to cap a fast opening day of the NHRA Arizona...
Welcome to The Recliner Report!
Event #1--The 58th Annual Lucas Oil Winternationals from Pomona, California! Woo-hoo! Grab your nachos and cold beverages, kids, and welcome to the brand-new, cooler than ice, fresh-out-of-the-box Recliner Report! Over the next few minutes, (If you’ll hang in there...
Millican, Hagan set records at NHRA Winternationals
By Lee Elder POMONA, Calif. (Feb. 10, 2018) – Clay Millican set a national Top Fuel record Saturday and qualified first in the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals Presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com at Auto Club Speedway at Pomona. The event was drag racing’s season...
Millican, Beckman, Skillman top Q1 pro charts at Pomona
By Lee Elder POMONA, Calif. (Feb. 9, 2018) – Clay Millican launched his 2018 NHRA Top Fuel season by posting the best qualifying pass of the season’s opening day at the Lucas Oil Winternationals presented by Protecttheharvest.com at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona....
NHRA Spring Training Day 3
CHANDLER, Ariz. (February 2, 2018) If there was one word to sum up the third day of Nitro Spring Training it would be consistency. On average, drivers made at least three passes each which allowed for the crew chiefs to get a stable hold of their tune-ups. With...
NHRA Spring Training Day 2
CHANDLER, Ariz. (February 1, 2018) Now that we’re into the second day of Nitro Spring Training we got to see many more full passes than yesterday. The drivers and teams managed to dust off the cobwebs that come with not being on a racetrack in two in a half months....
NHRA Spring Training Day 1
CHANDLER, Ariz. (January 31, 2018) The 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series is fast approaching with little over a week to go until the first race of the season in Pomona. Dozens of Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock teams loaded up their haulers and...
Steve Torrence: The People’s Champion
Let’s make one thing clear: Steve Torrence is a fighter. This doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone that knows him. At the age of seventeen, Torrence was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He underwent radiation and chemotherapy treatments for months before...
A Champion Crowned: Eddie Krawiec
When you think of dominance in the Pro Stock Motorcycle category there’s a chance you think about Screamin’ Eagle Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson. And for good reason; they’ve amassed nine world championships in 13 years. Team rider Andrew Hines has five of his...
A Champion Crowned: Bo Butner
Ask just about any of NHRA’s 35,000 sportsman competitors what their favorite professional class is; they’re likely to tell you it’s Pro Stock. For one long-time fan of the class, his dream just became his reality. In only his third year of competing in the Pro...
