NHRA news: Greg Anderson wins first race of season, takes $25K in K&N Horsepower Challenge; Larry Dixon grabs seventh win; Schumacher up for best driver ESPY; and more.
NHRA news: Larry Dixon collects his sixth Top Fuel win of the season and Bob Tasca earns his first win of the season in Funny Car at the 41st annual NHRA SuperNationals
at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park; NHRA signs Lucas Oil as the presenting sponsor of the NHRA Unleashed events that will take place across the country; and upcoming events announced by the NHRA.
Dixon takes his fifth win of the season and Hagan wins second of Career in Chicago; Edwards earns sixth win of the season; and upcoming NHRA event dates announced.
With the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing series entering into a seven races
in eight weeks stretch in the 2010 schedule, the competition is heating up,
and so are the storylines—proof enough that this week’s United
Association Route 66 NHRA Nationals at Route 66 Raceway will be filled
with plenty of excitement and action in all four categories of the NHRA
Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.
Robert Hight earns third-consecutive win of the season and Tony Schumacher takes the 100th drag racing win for the U.S. Army team; tickets for the highly anticipated NHRA Unleashed event in Indianapolis will go on sale to the general public on Saturday, May 29; upcoming race dates and locations; and more news from the NHRA.
Larry Dixon powered his Al-Anabi Racing dragster past the likes of
Steve Torrence, T.J. Zizzo, Tony Schumacher and Brandon Bernstein to
pick up his 52nd career win in the Top Fuel category and fourth win of
the season at the 30th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern
Nationals at Atlanta Dragway.
Brandon Bernstein, Jack Beckman and Tim Wilkerson look to grab precious championship points in Georgia; NHRA unleashed enters into agreement with Outlaw Racing Street Car Association; upcoming dates for NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.
News from the NHRA: Warren Johnson earns 97th career win and third at Gateway International Raceway; Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Michael Phillips holds off former world champs Matt Smith and Eddie Krawiec en-route to his first win of the season, fourth of his career; and NHRA names Fox Sports Net as the television home for NHRA Unleashed.
Dixon looks to maintain his points lead in Top Fuel heading into St. Louis; Gateway International Raceway and NHRA are providing a 15% discount to active-duty and retired service members for this weekend’s AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals; NHRA has rescheduled the conclusion of the NHRA Arizona Nationals for most competitors in the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series to Monday, July 19, following the 23rd annual Fram Autolite NHRA Nationals at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, scheduled for July 16–18; and more news from the NHRA.
John Force takes win in Vegas snapping his spring curse on the strip; NHRA will go four-wide in Charlotte in all four Full Throttle categories for 2011; and more news from the NHRA.