by RPMHD | Nov 15, 2017 | Drag Racing, NHRA
Southern California native Robert Hight clinched his second Funny Car World Championship. He won his first eight years ago in 2009 at this very event. It’s a special occasion not just because it’s his second championship, but it came at his primary sponsor’s event,...
by RPMHD | Nov 15, 2017 | Drag Racing, NHRA
It took thirty-five years for a woman to sit atop the Top Fuel throne again, but Brittany Force was the woman for the job. There are now only two women in the history of NHRA Drag Racing to win a world championship in Top Fuel. In 1977, 1980, and 1982, racing legend...
by RPMHD | Nov 13, 2017 | Drag Racing, NHRA
POMONA, Calif. (November 12, 2017) Nine long months. Twenty-four excruciating events. We’re back at the racetrack where the season first season began, for the conclusion of the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. It was an emotional day as not only were there...
by RPMHD | Nov 11, 2017 | Drag Racing, NHRA
POMONA, Calif. (November 11, 2017) The raceday fields are set for the final race of the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. With championships on the line in Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock, qualifying high on the ladder and being low of each round was...
by RPMHD | Nov 11, 2017 | Drag Racing, NHRA
POMONA, Calif. (November 10, 2017) It’s hard to believe that the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series kicked off the 2017 season at the Auto Club Raceway at Pomona nine months ago. We find ourselves at that very racetrack for the final race of the season. With...