Permatex Continues Sponsorship of Follow A Dream Race Team for 2016 NHRA Racing Season
Permatex will continue its long time sponsorship of the Follow A Dream Race Team as the team’s corporate sponsor for the 2016 NHRA Championship Top Alcohol Funny Car Series. The Follow A Dream team enters the new season on the heels of a 2nd place finish in the Eastern Region and a 7th place finish nationally in 2015.
WELD to Continue its NHRA Contingency Program for Drag Racing
WELD continues its longtime support for the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) by announcing its 2016 NHRA contingency program. This year WELD will pay contingency on the latest and most technically advanced WELD Racing wheels: Delta-1, Black Draglite, Full Throttle and TT63.
Ladies of NHRA to Highlight 2015 SEMA Show NHRA Breakfast
The 2015 NHRA Breakfast at the SEMA Show will celebrate the success of women in drag racing. Featured drivers will include Erica Enders, Courtney Force, Alexis DeJoria, Leah Pritchett and legendary Shirley Muldowney.
Holley EFI Selected To Power NHRA Pro Stock Teams In 2016
Holley EFI has been selected by the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) to power all Pro Stock teams starting in 2016. NHRA Pro Stock’s transition to electronic fuel injection is part of several changes the NHRA is making in an effort to make the class more relevant from a technology standpoint, increase spectator appeal, and enhance the overall pit experience for fans of the 200-mph factory hot rod class.
NHRA Announces Peter Clifford Promoted to President
The National Hot Rod Association announced that Peter Clifford, the organization’s longtime executive vice president and general manager, has been promoted to president. Clifford succeeds Tom Compton, who announced his retirement from the NHRA following 15 years as president.
World SBC Heads Accepted for NHRA Super Stock
World Products S/R cylinder head, part number 042650, has recently been added to the NHRA accepted products list for Small Block Chevrolet engines in NHRA Super Stock.
NHRA Top Fuel Teardown
TJ Zizzo’s top fuel crew tears their engine down to a bare block in just over 7 minutes at NHRA Las Vegas Nationals.
WIX Filters Renews Cruz Pedregon Sponsorship for 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series
WIX Filters has become a major associate sponsor of two-time NHRA Funny Car Champion Cruz Pedregon for the 2015 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. Pedregon’s record-setting Toyota Camry will don WIX’s colors and iconic logo for all twenty four races this season.
Fel-Pro MLS Head Gaskets Help Seal Erica Enders-Stevens’ Historic NHRA Championship
Erica Enders-Stevens became the first woman to win the NHRA Pro Stock class championship when she out-dueled series runner-up Jason Line in the final round of the Auto Club Finals at Auto Club Raceway, Pomona, Calif., in mid-November. Enders-Stevens joins just two other women to have won NHRA Championships.
NHRA Supports Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge
The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), whose professional drag-racing teams employ some of the nation’s top auto technicians, is supporting the next generation of auto experts through the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge. The NHRA has donated its table at the 2014 SEMA Show Banquet to the top two teams competing in the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge.
Shirley Muldowney to Attend 60th Anniversary of NHRA US Nationals
Scheduled for Labor Day weekend (Aug. 27 – Sept.1), the three-time NHRA national drag racing championship title holder with 18 career victories and the first female winner at Indy, Shirley “Cha Cha” Muldowney will attend this year’s spectacular to reunite with her fans and accept a presentation scheduled for Saturday. More than three decades after
VP Out, Sunoco In as NHRA Official Fuel For 2015
The NHRA has announced an agreement whereby Sunoco has been named the official fuel of NHRA beginning in 2015. The following is a response to the announcement by VP’s president, Alan Cerwick: As NHRA’s official fuel through the end of the 2014 season, VP Racing Fuels will continue to service the remaining NHRA races in
NHRA Champ John Force To Visit with Darton Sleeves at PRI Show
Force will share stories on his career and the sport of drag racing at Darton Sleeves’ booth #2301 John Force, 15 time world NHRA Funny Car Champion, will be appearing at the Darton Sleevesbooth, #2301, at the Performance Racing Industry(PRI) trade show in Indianapolis, Friday December 13, 2013 from 2 to 4 PM, to talk about his career,
Stars from NASCAR, IndyCar, ALMS and NHRA to Compete in Red Bull Kart Fight at PRI
One of the most exciting events at PRI this year will take place outside the exhibit halls of the racing trade show. With Red Bull as the title sponsor and a driving force, stars from NASCAR, IndyCar, ALMS, Grand-Am, NHRA and other series will compete in one of the most unique and star-studded races on
Lucas Oil Products Acquires Naming Rights to NHRA-Owned Indianapolis Facility
The multi-year track-entitlement agreement gives Lucas Oil Products naming rights to the facility, host of the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil and the Kroger SpeedFest, which showcases NASCAR Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series races as well as USAC and ARCA Series races during a single weekend. Selected as one of the
Pat Musi to Return to NHRA after 21 Year Hiatus
Musi last ran an NHRA professional category at the same event in 1989, some 21 years earlier. Back then he competed in Pro Stock where the cars were powered by naturally aspirated 500ci engines and ran low-7s at 195 mph. Musi’s return to action will be behind the wheel of a nitrous-gulping 2009 Dodge Stratus
‘Big Daddy’ Don Garlits to Return to NHRA Drag Racing
“Big Daddy” Don Garlits is making a comeback to NHRA competition forthe first time since 2003, driving his Dodge Challenger Drag Pak byMopar into the heat of NHRA Stock eliminations at the Mac Tools U.S.Nationals on Labor Day weekend. His historic first run in the Drag Pakwill be on Wednesday, Sept. 2, in A/Stock Automatic
Snap-on Becomes Sponsor of NHRA
Snap-on, the premier-tool company in the world, will become a sponsor of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), the premier drag racing series in the United States. “Our customers have really enjoyed and benefitted from the great relationship we have with our Snap-on NHRA drivers so it is just natural that we get more involved
NHRA Sport Compact Engine Builds
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