NHRA News

26th Jul 2010

Morrison, CO, United States (AHN) - Allen Johnson may have struggled this season but he always seems to know his way to the Winner's Circle at Bandimere Speedway.

Johnson scored his first Pro Stock win of the season and his third victory in in the last four years Sunday at Bandimere as Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel), Robert Hight (Funny Car) and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Motorcycle) all scored...

19th Jul 2010

Sonoma, CA, United States (AHN) - One year was enough.

Former Funny Car champion Ron Capps ended his year-long winless streak Sunday in the 23rd annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals at Infineon Raceway.

Joining Capps as class winners were Larry Dixon (Top Fuel), Jeg Coughlin (Pro Stock) and Michael Phillips (Pro Stock Motorcycle).

"It's all confidence and confidence is...

13th Jul 2010

Kent, WA, United States (AHN) - NHRA officials are investigating an accident that killed Top Alcohol driver Mark Niver Sunday in the NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways.

Niver, winner of two national events, is the second NHRA driver killed at an event this season and third person killed at an NHRA event -- a spectator was hit and killed by a tire from a crashed car in Arizona...

29th Jun 2010

Norwalk, OH, United States (AHN) - Larry Dixon, Tim Wilkerson and Matt Smith were all class winners, but it was Greg Anderson who scored his first Pro Stock victory of the season Sunday at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals.

Anderson, a three-time world champ, pocketed more than $125,000 on the weekend after sweeping the eliminations and Saturday's K&N Horsepower Challenge...

14th Jun 2010

Englishtown, NJ, United States (AHN) - Rain delayed the finals a day, but Larry Dixon didn't let Mother Nature get in the way of a potential career season when he scored his sixth Top Fuel win of the year Monday in the NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.

Bob Tasca, Mike Edwards and Michael Phillips jpined Dixon as class winners at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing...