Women in Motorsports: Leah Pruett
All it takes is 3.6 seconds for Leah Pruett to cover the length of the drag strip at 335 mph. Her road to becoming an NHRA Top Fuel driver – a whole heck of lot longer than that.
Pro Racing Rules for 2020
The top professional racing series, while they’re only a small percentage of the total racing universe, represent the trends that get passed down to other grassroots level divisions.
Mobil 1 to Return to NHRA Racing
Mobil 1 will return to the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Mello Yello Drag Racing Series in 2020. ExxonMobil, in partnership with Toyota Racing Development (TRD), will become Kalitta Motorsports’ official lubricant partner in 2020.
Erica Enders is the 2019 NHRA Pro Stock World Champion
By claiming a third world championship, Enders joins Angelle Sampey and Shirley Muldowney as the only females in NHRA history to win three world titles.
NGK Becomes Official Spark Plug of Kalitta Motorsports
The marketing partnership, which will officially begin in 2020, will see every race car in the Kalitta Motorsports stable use NGK Spark Plugs in all NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events.
NHRA Stars Celebrate 50 Years of Pro Stock
To kick off the 50th anniversary of Pro Stock, the 2019 NHRA Breakfast will bring the superstars of this highly competitive category together to discuss “50 Years of Pro Stock.”
NTK Named Entitlement Sponsor of NHRA NTK Carolina Nationals
NTK will serve as entitlement sponsor of the NHRA NTK Carolina Nationals Oct. 11-13 at zMAX Dragway. The race is the third Countdown to the Championship event in the NHRA’s six-race postseason.
E3 Spark Plugs Extends NHRA Sponsorship Through 2024
Supporting NHRA racing across all platforms, E3 continues the company’s longstanding and successful partnership as NHRA’s Official Spark Plug and Official Ignition Products through 2024.
540 cid Vortech Blower Top Sportsman Engine
Oakley Motorsports sponsors the Top Sportsman / Top Dragster classes for Division 3 in NHRA. The shop is well-known for building nitrous engines in those classes, however, as centrifugal blowers have been getting more and more popular, shop owner Phillip Oakley knew he’d have to try his hand at one of those engine builds. The result is this 540 cid Vortech Blower Top Sportsman engine. Find out the details of this very powerful engine build!
LT1 NHRA Stock Eliminator Engine
With a mechanical engineering background and racing in his blood, Brandon Page was destined to become an engine builder. The Clemson and SAM Tech grad opened Page Racing Engines just a year and a half ago, but has already been churning out engine builds like this LT1 NHRA Stock Eliminator engine. Find out what went into the build!
SEMA Expands NHRA Youth Outreach
SEMA is expanding its youth outreach efforts by partnering with the NHRA’s Youth & Education Services (YES) Program. This initiative enables SEMA to reach and introduce students to the excitement and opportunities in motorsports, whether as a spectator, career or an overall lifestyle.
NHRA Announces Patterson Elite as Top Qualifier Sponsor
The NHRA’s West Central Division welcomes back Patterson Elite Performance as the title sponsor to the NHRA West Central Top Qualifier Bonus Award for 2019. This season will mark the third consecutive year for this partnership.
