Richard Freeman had long thought about potentially fielding a nitro entry in NHRA competition, but it was an unlikely conversation that pushed him into action.It was a few years ago at Pomona that Freeman and his six-time Pro Stock champion, Erica Enders, approached NHRA President Glen Cromwell about her driving...

NHRA’s revamped race coverage on FOX Sports earned more than 300,000 additional viewers through the first two Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events of the season at Pomona on Feb. 14 and Phoenix on Feb. 28.“We’re extremely happy with the numbers from our first two events on FOX Sports 1,”...