Author Archive: Darr Hawthorne
New Contingency Program For NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series
Lucas Oil Products Inc., a longtime supporter of Sportsman racing, unveiled a new contingency program for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, honoring Sportsman racers across the country. The new...
New NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Logo Unveiled
NHRA to incorporate design into “MY NHRA” national marketing campaign The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series logo is getting a bold new makeover in 2016. In coordination with Mello Yello’s...
Tuesday Night With BangShift Chad On The Nitro Report! Get Your Dose!
Tonight, watch BangShift’s Chad Reynolds when he joins Donnie Couch and Darr Hawthorne and Bruce Barker on the Nitro Report from the West Coast Funny Car Factory Studios tonight December 29th at...
Last Minute Christmas Stocking Stuffer! Moroso Pro Series Tire Pressure Gauges
Are you still frantically searching for that perfect holiday gift for yourself or that performance fiend in your neighborhood? Moroso Performance Products has an answer! When you’re drag racing,...
Lucas Oil To Launch Worldwide Racing TV Network!
Lucas Oil has announced the worldwide launch of LucasOilRacing.TV, the first streaming TV network dedicated solely to the world of motorsports – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The new network,...
Tucson Dragway Joins NHRA Member Track Network
NHRA officials announced today that Tucson Dragway, in Tucson, Ariz., has joined the NHRA Member Track Network as part of Division 7, the Pacific Division. Located just south of Interstate 10 on the...
Pair Of Pro Stock Champions To Drive With EFI Mopar HEMI® Power
Words by JEGS and FCA Communications A pair of champions will team up and carry the Mopar banner in 2016, as back-to-back NHRA Pro Stock champ Erica Enders and five-time overall Pro Stock title...
Team Kalitta Adds Rob Flynn To Awesome Crew Chief Stable!
Words by Cody Poor/Kalitta Motorsports Coming off the team’s highly lucrative 2015 season, Team Kalitta takes a step to ensure that success continues. Effective immediately, Rob Flynn has returned...
NHRA Announces Changes To Competition Index Control System
Photos by Jeff Burghardt Words from NHRA Communications Bolstering its initiative to increase sportsman participation, NHRA is announcing changes for Competition Eliminator beginning in 2016....
Del Worsham Fulfills His Funny Car Championship Dream!
Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt A twenty-six-race schedule is a grind for any race team, but when a team hits their stride going into the playoffs, often it’ll end up in a shootout with...
Worsham, Beckman & Johnson Jr. Will Decide The NHRA Funny Car Championship
Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt Words by NHRA Communications The NHRA Funny Car World Championship is down to the wire between Del Worsham, Jack Beckman and Tommy Johnson Jr. Sunday at the...
John Force Racing And PEAK Announce Major Sponsorship Expansion
Photos by Mike Burghardt Words by JFR Media John Force Racing and PEAK announced a major expansion of their sponsorship agreement today to include full-season primary sponsorship of John Force’s...
Big Finish For 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series! – Friday Report
Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt With post card perfect weather and a light Friday spectator crowd at historic Auto Club Pomona Raceway, the first round of funny car qualifying for the Auto...
