Pomona 2 Recap With the season finally getting wrapped up at its last stop on the 2017 NHRA tour, it again brought us to sunny Pomona, CA for the 53rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals. This event usually attracts people from all over the country, 1 because racers need to get there last “fix” in before cold temps and the months of offseason hits. And 2 because the following MondayRead More

Vegas 2 Recap The 2nd to last stop for the ‘17 NHRA National Event tour was back to Las Vegas, NV for the Toyota Nationals, which looked to be a great place for any drag racer to spend their Halloween weekend with warm weather and no rain in the forecast. Time trials were scheduled to begin Thursday at 8am, as usual with stock, then to have time trials run toRead More

Dallas Recap The 22nd stop on the 2017 NHRA Mellow Yellow tour brought us to Texas Motorplex in Dallas, TX for the final AAA Insurance sponsored event, the Fall Nationals. This event always has great racing temperatures with some of the best competition you can have coming out of D4. The race itself was ran smooth and went right along, start to finish. The .90 cars showed their support andRead More

St. Louis Recap The 21st stop on the 2017 NHRA Mellow Yellow tour brought us to Gateway Motorsports Park in St. Louis, MO for the 1st of 2 AAA Insurance sponsored events. The AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals quotas were the best I have seen all year with every class meeting or exceeding the NHRA 55 car allowance. Also this weekend we would see the ever so popular factory showdownRead More

Reading Recap The 20th stop on the 2017 NHRA Mello Yellow tour and the final stop for the right coast brought us to Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, PA for the 33th annual Dodge Nationals. This is the first time in a few years that the forecast for this even did not have a drop of rain in the area. In years past this even was run a week orRead More

Carolina Nationals Recap As the Carolina Nationals came to a close this past weekend, and we are starting to hit tracks for the second time on the tour, it means only a few more weekend of racing. Then it’ll be time for teams to tear down, freshen, upgrade and build back up for the 2018 season which is only 5 short months away. This weekend was another beautiful race weekendRead More

Brainerd Recap The last race before “The Big Go” at Indy landed us in Brainerd, MN for the Lucas Oil Nationals. This event is one that some drivers could use to blow off some mid season steam with the ever so popular “zoo”. But with the biggest race all year coming up in a few weeks, drivers also use this event to test and see how their cars fare comparedRead More

Seattle Recap And that’s a wrap for the 2017 “western swing”, the 30th Annual Northwest Nationals in Seattle, WA is the 3rd and final stop on the left side swing, along with the 16th event of the 2017 NHRA Mello Yellow tour. With 16 events now in the books and only 8 to go, this unfortunately means that this season is now 2/3rds the way over. This race is againRead More

Sonoma Recap With only 10 races to go in the 2017 NHRA Mello Yellow tour the Toyota Sonoma Nationals in Sonoma, CA was the next stop on the 24 race journey, and also marked the 2nd stop on the western swing. The “wine tour” Nationals went along as smooth as planned with cars getting all of their scheduled runs and the beautiful California weather did not disappoint, having perfectly sunnyRead More

Denver Recap The 14th stop on the NHRA Mello Yellow tour and the 1st stop on the western swing brought us to Denver, CO for the Mopar Mile-High Nationals. This event was a usual 3 day event that had all the sportsman classes that we are all so familiar to seeing, even with the addition of Super Street cars. Quotas for this event were set low at 45-55 for everyRead More

Chicago Recap The Fallen Patriots Route 66 Nationals presented by K&N filters in Joliet, IL is the next stop on the 2017 NHRA Mello Yellow tour. This 4 day event would host every sportsman class the NHRA has to offer, this being because Joliet is also the home of the Jegs All-Star race. Beautiful weather and a lot of great racing is pretty much all this weekend had to offer,Read More