Nitro Shots: US Nationals in the Books, Countdown Field Set
The biggest racing weekend of the NHRA year has passed, and after the dust settled, it was Terry McMillen, J.R. Todd, Tanner Gray and LE … Continue Reading
Nitro Shots: The Last Chance
This weekend is the biggest one of the NHRA schedule — the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals from Indianapolis. It’s the Daytona 500 or the Indy … Continue Reading
Nitro Shots: Sleeping on the Couch?
If you watched the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals last weekend from Brainerd, you were treated to something you can pretty much only find in the … Continue Reading
Nitro Shots: The Opening Act
This space is generally devoted to the Mello Yello Series classes, the pros in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle. Then, … Continue Reading
Nitro Shots: Countdown Critical
With the Western Swing of the NHRA schedule in the books, just two races remain before the start of the Countdown to the championship. Some … Continue Reading
Nitro Shots: Bike Bragging Rights
This past weekend in Sonoma, alongside the regular race, the Pro Stock Motorcycle class held its annual all-star event: the Mickey Thompson Tires Pro Bike … Continue Reading
Nitro Shots: Odds and Ends
The NHRA has released the 2019 Mello Yello Series schedule and things are pretty much unchanged from the 2018 iteration. Richmond is back, the Countdown once … Continue Reading
Nitro Shots: Is Line Dancing Western Swing?
OK, not exactly line dancing, but it is time for the Western Swing — the NHRA’s annual three-race trip to the West Coast, which begins … Continue Reading
Nitro Shots: U.S. Military Marches Off Into the Sunset
While Air Force is still in NASCAR, the other military branches left the sport. The sponsorships were viewed as a poor use of taxpayer-backed advertising … Continue Reading
Pace Laps: Destruction & Heartbreak in Daytona
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: Team Penske’s Poor Performance Daytona’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 didn’t move the needle on restrictor plate racing. But for those … Continue Reading