NHRA has confirmed plans to return to racing in mid-July, relaunching its Mello Yello Drag Racing Series and associated programs with events on back-to-back weekends at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis.The two events will be run on consecutive weeks, July 11-12 and July 18-19, at the home of the newly-sponsored...

Clay Millican remained a contender for the Top Fuel world championship byvsecuring his 10th No. 1 qualifying position on the season Saturday afternoon at the NHRA Toyota Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.Tommy Johnson Jr. (Funny Car), Jeg Coughlin Jr. (Pro Stock) and Hector Arana Jr. (Pro...

The Mello Yello Drag Racing Series eliminations at the 30th annual Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals were postponed by NHRA officials due to inclement weather conditions following an eight-hour rain delay at the start of the day.Racing in the Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock categories as well as the...

Greg Anderson raced to victory in the K&N Horsepower Challenge at the 19th annual DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals on Saturday afternoon at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.Anderson's 6.731-second pass at 205.47mph in his Summit Racing Equipment Chevrolet Camaro bested the defending world champion Bo Butner who...

Racing burst back on the tube last weekend, but facing extra competition this year from the Winter Olympics, FOX's 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series audience got off to a slow start at Daytona.Sunday's Advanced Auto Parts Clash on FOX Sports 1 eclipsed qualifying coverage for the Daytona 500 on...

Leah Pritchett unofficially ran the fastest Top Fuel pass on Saturday at NHRA Nitro Spring Training at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park located outside of Phoenix. The 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series returns to the facility for the NHRA Arizona Nationals Feb. 23-25 for the second event of...

Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J. has announced that it will no longer host any drag racing events at its facility, effective immediately. This includes the NHRA Summernationals, which had been scheduled to take place this June.The Napp family owned and operated business announced the move as part...

John Force Racing has confirmed that Brian Corradi and Daniel Hood will be co-crew chiefs on the Courtney Force-driven Advance Auto Parts Chevy Camaro for the 2018 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.Corradi joins Hood, who last year tuned Courtney Force to seven No. 1 qualifying spots and five runner-ups en...

At the request of its teams, NHRA will allow Pro Stock racers to run any currently approved engine combination in any currently approved body, regardless of the manufacturer, during the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season."The NHRA Technical Department worked very closely with the Pro Stock teams and...

One of the last big racing weekends of the year with NASCAR, Formula 1 and NHRA produced mixed numbers TV-wise.The Championship 4-deciding Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix scored a 2.24 rating on NBC, averaging 3.6 million viewers. That's down from a 2.41/4.0m for this race last year...