by Bobby Bennett Jr. Sun, 2024-09-15 23:03
by Tracy Renck: Photos courtesy of NHRA Sun, 2024-09-15 08:44
A year ago, Pro Stock star Dallas Glenn entered the NHRA’s six-race Countdown to the Championship in the No. 1 position in the points standings.
Unfortunately for him, he didn’t end up on top – he came in sixth in the points standings after losing in the first round in four of the races.
Glenn has a chance to erase the 2023 Countdown memories this year as he once again starts the Countdown in the No. 1 spot. He took the first step in changing his narrative by qualifying No. 1 with a 6.530-second elapsed time at 209.43 mph in Q3 Saturday at the Pep Boys Nationals in Reading, Pennsylvania.
by Tracy Renck: Photos courtesy of NHRA Sun, 2024-09-15 08:42
Since Gaige Herrera joined NHRA powerhouse Vance & Hines Pro Stock Motorcycle team at the beginning of the 2023 season his results have been mind-boggling.
That trend has continued in the start of the six-race Countdown to the Championship at the Pep Boys Nationals.
Herrera, riding the RevZilla/Mission/Vance & Hines Suzuki, clocked a blistering 6.743-second elapsed time at 200.20 mph in Q3 on Saturday. That was stout enough to earn the No. 1 qualifying spot at the Pep Boys Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania.
by Bobby Bennett Jr.; Photos courtesy of NHRA Sat, 2024-09-14 23:01
Justin Ashley secured his first No. 1 qualifier of the 2024 NHRA season on Saturday at Maple Grove Raceway during the 39th annual Pep Boys NHRA Nationals. He led the Top Fuel category in front of a sellout crowd.
Austin Prock (Funny Car), Dallas Glenn (Pro Stock), and Gaige Herrera (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also earned top qualifying spots at the 15th of 20 races in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. This event marks the first of six in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.
Ashley’s 3.713-second pass at 333.49 mph from Friday in his Scag Power Equipment/Toyota dragster held up through Saturday’s qualifying. The former Rookie of the Year, currently second in points, will face Smax Smith in Sunday’s eliminations.
by Tracy Renck; Photos courtesy of NHRA Sat, 2024-09-14 07:06
There’s no question Top Fuel driver Justin Ashley has unfinished business.
The last two seasons Ashley won nine races – six in 2023 and four in 2022 – but only one of those wins [Dallas] came in the Countdown to the Championship.
As a result, Ashley came up short of winning the ultimate prize of an NHRA world championship.
Ashley is trying to change that narrative in 2024, and he took a baby step toward that goal, snaring the provisional pole Friday at the Pep Boys Nationals with a 3.713-second elapsed time at 333.49 mph in Q2 at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pa. It’s the first race in the six-race Countdown to the Championship.
by Tracy Renck; Photo courtesy of NHRA Sat, 2024-09-14 07:04
The dream continues for Austin Prock.
Just 11 days after winning the prestigious U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, Prock shows no signs of slowing down.
Prock captured the provisional No. 1 position at the Pep Boys Nationals on Friday with a 3.849-second elapsed time at 338.43 mph in Q2 at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pa.
This is the first race in the six-race Countdown to the Championship.
by Bobby Bennett Jr.; Photos courtesy of NHRA Fri, 2024-09-13 21:26
Austin Prock, Funny Car points leader, recorded the fastest run of his career Friday at Maple Grove Raceway, taking the provisional No. 1 spot at the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals.
Prock stopped the timers at 3.849 seconds at 338.43 mph in his Camaro Funny Car.
Justin Ashley (Top Fuel), Erica Enders (Pro Stock), and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also hold provisional No. 1 qualifying spots at the 15th race of the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. This race marks the start of the Countdown to the Championship, the six-race playoff that determines season champions.
Fri, 2024-09-13 14:22
There are multiple types of stories in drag racing. Those you can tell, and those you shouldn’t. Then there are those you tell to win a trophy.
For almost a decade, some of drag racing’s greatest storytellers came together for a good old-fashioned yarn-spinning competition where the first liar almost always took the prize. The scary part about it was that the stories were accurate with some embellishments.
Over the next couple of weeks, we plan to bring you the best of these stories, some in word and some in video. - Editor
by Tracy Renck Fri, 2024-09-13 14:17
Yes, that was "Kid Chaos" Kyle Koretsky racing at the U.S. Nationals earlier this month.
Koretsky was competing in the NHRA's new Factory X division, an advanced version of the Factory Stock Showdown.
Koretsky, was driving Rob Smith’s COPO Camaro, and he was upended by eventual race winner Aaron Stanfield in the first round.
Stanfield clocked a 7.186-second time at 191.43 mph to defeat Koretsky who came across the finish line at 7.388 seconds at 185.61 mph.
by Tracy Renck Thu, 2024-09-12 12:19
No one can say Eric Latino doesn’t like to try something new.
The accomplished Pro Mod racer changed his racing path by switching to Pro Stock last year and it was a full-fledge investment he made to become a key member of KB Titan Racing.
“Out of the Pro Mod compared to the Pro Stock, Pro Mod's really fun to drive. The difference is these (Pro Stock cars) things are pretty cool,” Latino said. “Just the consistency, clutching this thing, shift it. You've got to shift this thing on the money. You hit the limiter you shave off two to three hundredths. It's really all about precision driving. So, we're doing good. It took me a long time, man. I did six, seven races last year and it wasn't until (Richmond) Virginia (this season) where I got a handle on the car, and we qualified No. 2.
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