On tv
NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION this is what i race. i drive a jr dragster. but NHRA holds all sorts of drag racing events
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nitro / methanol / petrol!
Nhra, Top Fuel Eliminator.
As the dates (and often the locations) on the schedule change from year to year, it is best to check the NHRA website for the latest schedule. In the related links below, I have provided a link to the schedules page of the NHRA website.
GRR TV - 2005 Hanging at the NHRA Jr- Drag Nats Part 2 1-17 was released on: USA: 29 December 2005
GRR TV - 2005 Hanging at the NHRA Jr- Drag Nats Part 1 1-16 was released on: USA: 17 December 2005
In Pro Stock drag racing, the minimum weight for a car, including the driver, is 2,350 pounds. The NHRA Pro Stock racing champion for 2013 was Jeg Coughlin, and the person with the most NHRA Pro Stock wins is Warren Johnson with 97.
Larry Dixon was top fuel dragster champion in 2010, finishing the year with 2684 points. He beat 2009 champion Tony Schumacher by 102 points. Dixon won 12 races in 2010, including 3 in the Countdown to the Championship
NHRA Current record is 5.77 at 258.7mph
currently Nhra Top Fuel Dragster (4.42@336mph 1/4mile)(3.735@332mph 1000'), fastest time ever record on a drag strip was 3.86@386mph rocket powered funny car at santa pod dragstrip in 1984, before rcoket cars were banned. Fastest quater mile time(not on a drag strip) was at El Mirage, rocket power dragster 3.225@392mph in 1977