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NHRDA CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SCHEDULE

TEXAS DIESEL NATIONALS
APRIL 15-16, 2016
The NHRDA kicks off the 2016 Championship Season at the 8th annual Texas Diesel Nationals.

DESERT DIESEL NATIONALS, Presented by Strictly Diesel
APRIL 30, 2016
The NHRDA makes its return to Phoenix Arizona for the Desert Diesel Nationals, presented by Strictly Diesel.

OKLAHOMA DIESEL NATIONALS
MAY 21, 2016
Mark your calendars as the NHRDA returns to the Tulsa Raceway Park for the 2nd annual Oklahoma Diesel Nationals.

DIESELS ON THE MOUNTAIN
JUNE 3-4, 2016
The action kicks off at Jefferson County Fairgrounds on Friday with truck and tractor pulls. Then Saturday the action is at Bandimere Speedway.

MIDWEST TRUCKIN NATIONALS
JULY 9, 2016
The NHRDA returns to Gateway Motorsports Park for the 3rd annual Midwest Truckin Nationals.

PACIFIC COAST DIESEL NATIONALS, Presented by ISSPRO
JULY 23, 2016
The NHRDA returns to Woodburn Dragstrip for the Pacific Coast Diesel Nationals, presented by ISSPRO.

JB’s CANADIAN DIESEL SHOOTOUT
AUGUST 6, 2016
The NHRDA returns to Castrol Raceway for the JB’s Canadian Diesel Shootout.

BIG SKY TRUCK FEST, Presented by G&J Diesel
JULY 23, 2016
The NHRDA returns to Yellowstone Dragstrip for the Big Sky Truck Fest, presented by G&J Diesel.

NHRDA WORLD FINALS
SEPT. 30 – OCT. 1
Come see who will be crowned the NHRDA World Champion at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis Texas.

NHRDA Pacific Coast Diesel Nationals

The Pacific Coast Diesel Nationals presented by ISSPRO turned out to be a great event as the NHRDA made their return to the west coast. The weather was perfect and the competitors were ready for action. In the MBRP Diesel Drag Racing series racers came from all over the Northwest as they converged on Woodburn Dragstrip to battle it out for the trophies. Jarid Volmer took home top honors in both Pro Street and Pro Stock. Rob Coddens took home the trophy in Super Street and the points lead. Local racer John Floyd Jr. took home the Sportsman diesel win.
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NHRDA Indiana Diesel Shootout

Once again the NHRDA will team up with the Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League to put on the sled pull at the NHRDA Indiana Diesel Shootout. But for the first time ever this sled pull will not only be a points pull for Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League it will also be a point’s pull for the NHRDA Diesel Sled Pulling Series. Pullers must be a current NHRDA member to be eligible for NHRDA Diesel Sled Pulling National Points and contingency money from the NHRDA contingency sponsors, the membership fee is $50.00 for the year. Competitors in Super Stock, 3.0 and 2.6 must earn points at a NHRDA Diesel Sled Pulling Series event to earn an invitation to the NHRDA World Finals on September 28th at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas. The NHRDA will have a booth right next to the PPL’s booth at the front gate to give all the pullers an easy way to sign up for their NHRDA membership and NHRDA contingency program.
 
Remember that the NHRDA World Finals is an invitation only and pullers wanting an invite must have pulled at a NHRDA Diesel Sled Pulling Series event during the 2013 season.

NHRDA World Finals Results

     Competitors and spectators traveled from all over the United States & Canada to converge upon the Texas Motorplex to see first hand who would be crowned NHRDA 2012 World Champion.
    The competition was fierce and between the raw carnage on the track and the  2 hour rain delay it looked as the World Finals would be in jepoardy of not finishing,  but the sun came back out and the Motorplex crew got the track dried and we finished the World Finals just in time for the next rain storm and night fall.

Marty Thacker

Top Diesel – World Champion
Marty Thacker pulled up in the final round against Jeff Dean in the Top Diesel class. Both drivers had been on their game all day and Thacker had already broken the world record in qualifying with his 6.69 at 216.27 mph.
Dean had the better light off the line but Thacker and the Hypermax team had the better car and he ran a 6.79 at 211.86 mph. With that run in the final he set the new Top Diesel World Record at 6.79 at 211.86 mph and Won his fist NHRDA World Champion Title.
Congrats to Marty and Team Hypermax !

Michael Pliska

Pro Stock – World Champion  
Michael Pliska is no stranger at both winning and driving the Dirty Max and he was up for the challenge this past weekend at the Motorplex. Brad owner of the Dirty Max stated he had made several changes to the truck and hoped it would break into the 7s.
Michael fought threw the field and the pro stock final was down to  Pliska and Steve Royalty. Pliska had a great reaction time and drove away with the win as Royalty had some issues and he slowed at half track while Team Dirty Max drove to their 1st World Champion Title.
Congrats to Michael , Brad and Team Dirty Max !

Philip Palmer

Pro Street – World Champion
Philip Palmer and Team Green came to Texas in hopes of being the first ever 2 Time World Champion!
Pro Street was shaping up to be one of the best final rounds of the day.  Philip Palmer had already run a 9.11 (quicker than the current record) and Payton Hugie had just clicked off a 9.20 in the semi-finals.  Hugie though had some mechanical issues on that run and had to tow the truck back to the pits and they were frantically trying to get it started for the Finals.
Philip Palmer and Team Green decided they did not want to win Worlds by default so they decided to wait for Hugie and Team H&S to get their truck running.  By a miracle the H&S truck fired up and as they sped down the staging lanes towards Philip Palmer , Mother Nature said sorry boys and dumped rain for the next 10 minutes as the sun went down upon the Motorplex. After looking at the radar and realizing another big storm was minutes away President Randy Cole was making plans to finish the race on Sunday , then Payton Hugie pulled him aside and said their motor was severally hurt and that they didn’t really have a chance to beat Team Green , Plus since Philip had been such a great competitor and gentleman to wait for him that he wanted to do the gentleman thing and return the favor and let Palmer stage the truck and win his Second Pro Street World Championship.
Congrats to Philip and Team Green !
 
Roger Smith

Super Street – World Champion
Roger Smith drove over 40 hours from Alberta Canada in hopes his Ford would be competitive in the most brutal class in the NHRDA Super Street.  The class had 2 former world champions and 4 previous national record holders.  This class had some many heavy hitters no one knew who to put their money on as we headed into eliminations.
In the Finals Roger faced off against one of the top racers and defending World Champion Idaho, Rob Coddens.  Coddens got off the line first with the better reaction time, but Smith had the better truck and he drove around Coddens to pick up the World Finals win and the title of Super Street World Champ.  Smith ran a 10.19 at 133 mph to Coddens 10.78 at 143.57 mph.  Congrats to Roger Smith and I bet that 40 hour drive home wont be so bad as you look at your World Champion Trophy!

Dave Bolwar

Super Diesel – World Champion
Dave Bolwar was another competitor that had to drive a long distance and had plenty of time to think while he drove all the way from Boise, ID on what his game plan was going to be at the World Finals.
Dave decided he was going to cut good lights and run the number and all day Saturday that is what he did as he took out the top competitors in the nation.
Then in the finals he came face to  face with  Ryan Milliken from Navarre, FL at the World Finals in Dallas, TX, that is meeting in the middle.  Their reaction times were almost identical off the starting line, but Bolwar ran closer to the 11.90 index with a 11.95 to Milliken’s 11.99.
Congrats to Dave Bolwar and your 1st World Championship Title !

Verlon Southwick

Sportsman – World Champion
Verlon Southwick looked like he was going to wrap up the National Points Championship in the sportsman category as he needed to win just 2 rounds to clinch the points championship while he was also trying to win the World Championship.
Thoughout the day you could see why Verlon was leading the National points chase as he was deadly on both his reaction and dial times as he won round after round and did secure the national title by 1/4 final round action.
The Sportsman World Championship came down to a final round appearance by the 2012 National Champion Verlon Southwick and George Peppard. Southwick had the advantage off the line and that is all he needed to take the win. Southwick becomes the first ever driver to win both the World Championship and the National Championship in the same season.
Congrats to Verlon Southwick !

National Points Championships heats up as competitors head to the Texas Motorplex for the NHRDA World Finals !

National Points Championships heats up as competitors head to the Texas Motorplex for the NHRDA World Finals !
2012 MBRP Performance Exhaust Diesel Drag Race Series
 
Top Diesel

John Robinson heads to the World Finals ranked #1 in the nation and holding onto a slim 40 point lead over Brad Ponci.  Robinson is  really is looking forward to the World Finals since it is in his home state of Texas and hoping to capture his first National Championship Title.
But since the World Finals is a double points event,  mathematically Brad Ponci, Jared Jones and Marty Thacker all have a shot at the Top Diesel points championship.  Stay tune … 
 
Pro Stock

Congratulations to Graydon Udelhoven and Team Dirty Max  as they seem to have wrapped up their 1st National Championship Title in Pro Stock category. Winning at Phoenix , Indianapolis and Brainerd has given the Dirty crew enough points that only Rob Coddens has a chance to catch him.  It is highly doubtful as Rob would have to win the World Finals , while Graydon would have to break in qualifying.  I guess in 2 weeks we will find out. 
 
 
Pro Street

Jarid “The Iron Man” Vollmer has been dominating the pro street category this year with back to back wins at both Redding Dragstrip and Mission Raceway.  Jarid heads to the World Finals with 60 point lead over Rob Coddens and says he is close to breaking into the 8s.
Vollmer drives the Bully Dog Pro Street Truck and says he is ready to win both his 1st National Points Championship and also bring home his 1st World Championship back to Idaho.
 
Super Street

National Record Holder , 2011 World Champion , 2011 Divisional Champion when you are talking about Super Street category one name seems to always come up and that is Rob Coddens and the Maxed out crew as they have dominated this category since its conception.
Rob heads to the Motorplex with a 150 point lead over Daryl Bruneau and has his sights set on his 1st National Points Championship but more importantly he wants to be the first ever 2  time World Champion.
 
Super Diesel

Back in March Verlon Southwick predicted that he would not only be the 2012 Super Diesel National Champion but that he would also repeat as Super Diesel World Champion.
With wins in Phoenix , Texas and Edmonton looks like Verlon is his way to making his statement come true by winning both titles and putting his name into the history books.
 
Sportsman

Verlon Southwick looked like he was going to wrap up the National Points Championship in the sportsman category as he continued his win streak at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton. But then he looked in his mirror and saw Rony Vandenberg coming out of no where and Rony has made up a ton of ground and pulled within 150 points heading to the World Finals so keep your eye on both of these guys.  If Verlon does pull this off he will be the 1st ever competitor to win Championships in 2 different categories.  Good Luck Verlon!