SHOE, HIGHT AND EDWARDS LEAD FRIDAY TOPEKA QUALIFYING
Tony Schumacher raced to the qualifying lead in Top Fuel Friday at the 25th annual NHRA Kansas Nationals.
Robert Hight (Funny Car) and Mike Edwards (Pro Stock) also were qualifying leaders at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event.
Schumacher, the series points leader in the 8,000-horsepower category, posted a 3.769 second run at 326.08 mph in his U.S. Army dragster to move from the bottom of the qualifying order up to the top of the 16-car field at Heartland Park Topeka.


Steve Torrence looks at the NHRA's Mello Yello Drag Racing Series as a three-part exercise.
When Dean Goforth launched his Jerry Haas-built '09 GXP on its fourth Extreme Pro Stock qualifying pass last month at Bristol (TN) Dragway, it left hard with its best 60-foot performance of the weekend, but things turned sour in a hurry for the 67-year old from Holdenville, OK.
For Jeff Mitchell, who along with Larry Pearce and David Hubbard, owns the X-Treme Drag Racing League (X-DRL), this weekend's Bash in the Bayou at Belle Rose, LA's No Problem Raceway is already shaping up to be a landmark event for the fledgling eighth-mile racing series.
Last year at the third annual K&N Spring Fling 20s presented by Sparco held at the famed Bristol Dragway, over 450 of the best racers from all over the United States and Canada made this one event the place to be if you’re into big time, high dollar bracket racing.
One of the biggest names in drag racing is heading south to race one of the sport’s most iconic race cars, the L.A. Hooker Outlaw Nitro Funny Car, at Sydney Dragway November 23, 2013.
FireIce, the industry's most efficient fire gel for firefighters, has partnered with Top Alcohol Funny Car driver Sean Bellemeur beginning with this weekend's NHRA Kansas Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka.
Tony Pedregon Racing and Herzog Contracting Corp., specialists in heavy/highway and railroad construction, announced they will partner for the NHRA Kansas Nationals May 17- 19.
Kalitta Motorsports has a long history of success at Heartland Park Topeka and Alexis DeJoria, driver of Team Kalitta’s Tequila Patrón Toyota Camry nitro Funny Car, hopes to keep the tradition alive this weekend at the 25th annual NHRA Kansas Nationals.
Glen Gray, NHRA’s Vice President, Technical Operations, in an interview with Competition Plus Wednesday, addressed the fines levied against Pro Stock drivers Greg Anderson and Rickie Jones Tuesday following the Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway.
Perhaps it was at Heartland Park Topeka last season when Allen Johnson first realized that winning an NHRA Pro Stock world championship title was in the realm of possibility for his Team Mopar Dodge Avenger team.

