Norwalk Recap The 12th stop on the 2017 NHRA Mello Yellow tour marks the half way point in the season, bringing us to beautiful Norwalk, OH for the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals. This 4 day event is one of the racer favorites and it showed by quotas being maxed out in pretty much every class. Could it be because of the stunning facility, great staff/track or the all you canRead More

Bristol Recap “There is one thing you can count on at the Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol hot and humid, but always great racing.” With low car counts at the last few races and quotas for this event being set at only 55 entries for the majority of the sportsman classes, it was good to see the racers show some support and meeting or exceeding these set quotas. Racing beganRead More

Epping Recap The 5th Annual New England Nationals in Epping, New Hampshire was the 10th and next stop on the 2017 NHRA Mello Yellow tour. This 3 day event had mostly D1 racers lined up early and eager after their 2nd divisional stop the week prior. Car participation this weekend was depressing with quotas being set at 60 entries and not one single class being full, and some being onlyRead More

Topeka Recap The 8th stop on the 2017 NHRA Mello Yellow tour brought us to Heartland Park in Topeka, KS for the 29th annual Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties. This 3 day event is one of the more condensed events on the tour as it only hosts 5 out of the 8 sportsman classes that we see at the various events throughout the season. To go along withRead More

Atlanta Recap Stop “Lucky #7” on the NHRA Mello Yellow tour brought us to Commerce, GA for the Southern Nationals presented by Lucas Oil Products. This event was a 3 day race that had the usual sportsman classes that we are all so accustom to seeing but also added Super Street into the mix for their 2nd stop on the National tour. Quotas for this event were lower than usualRead More

Charlotte 1 Recap Ladies and Gentlemen, as sad as it is for me to say, we are now ¼ of the way through the 2017 NHRA Mellow Yellow season after this stop at the beautiful “4-Wide” zMax Dragway in Charlotte, NC. Quotas were set at the usual 55 in all classes except Stock which was set at 65, but they would host the factory showdown cars as they made theirRead More

Houston Recap The SpringNationals at Royal Purple Raceway in Houston, Texas was the next stop on the 2017 NHRA Mello Yellow tour. This 3 day event had racers lined up early as usual, all eager to get started with time runs and eventual eliminations. Mid 80s Texas heat would start the weekend which eventually dropped for Sunday into the lower 70s, but racers were hoping that the typical hurricane likeRead More

The 4th stop on the 2017 NHRA National Event tour was in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Denso Spark Plug Nationals. At this event all of the class quotas were pretty much full or just an entry or two shy at 64-65 cars, the weather looked to be great with sunny skies and 70 degree temperatures, and after all it is Vegas right? Unfortunately Mother Nature had other plans, theRead More

The second stop on the 2017 NHRA national tour was in scenic Chandler, Arizona. Unlike the prior event, Phoenix was only a three day event hosting every class but Competition eliminator. Even with all of the sportsman class quotas being held to 60 or 65 cars, the only classes that were “full” or at quota on race day were Super Comp and Top Sportsman. The weekend went very smooth withRead More

At the 2017 NHRA season opening Circle K Winternationals in Pomona, California, we saw 65 primarily west coast drivers in each class from all generations battling it out for the Wally. The week started out with bright sun and typical 70 degree weather, but by midway through the weekend it had turned to 50 degrees and rain. The NHRA staff did a great job moving the program along while keepingRead More