ROBERT HIGHT AND AUTO CLUB READY TO BEGIN CHAMPIONSHIP DEFENSE AT NHRA WINTERNATIONALS
POMONA, Calif. (Feb. 05, 2020) — After clinching their third Funny Car world championship at last year’s Auto Club NHRA Finals, Robert Hight and the Automobile Club of Southern California Chevrolet Camaro SS team are entering the 2020 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Season on a high note. Continue reading ROBERT HIGHT AND AUTO CLUB READY TO BEGIN CHAMPIONSHIP DEFENSE AT NHRA WINTERNATIONALS →

BRITTANY FORCE MORE THAN READY TO KICK-OFF 2020 NHRA SEASON WITH MONSTER ENERGY
POMONA, Calif. (Feb. 05, 2020) — Back in the driver’s seat of the Monster Energy dragster in which she won the 2017 Top Fuel world championship, racing phenom Brittany Force and her David Grubnic and Mac Savage led crew are headed to the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals this weekend eager to keep up the momentum from the 2019 season. Continue reading BRITTANY FORCE MORE THAN READY TO KICK-OFF 2020 NHRA SEASON WITH MONSTER ENERGY →

Jeg Coughlin Jr. looking to pick up where
he left off with another win in Pomona
POMONA, Calif. (Feb. 4) — Five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. is hoping to open the 2020 Mello Yello Championship Drag Racing Series the same way he closed last year’s season — with a victory on the hallowed grounds of Auto Club Raceway. Continue reading Jeg Coughlin Jr. looking to pick up where he left off with another win in Pomona →

NHRA® Team Report
NHRA Winternationals – Pomona
Pre-Race Report

It’s been a productive off-season for Cruz Pedregon and team, and he says he’s looking forward to a strong showing at the 60th Annual Winternationals. Cruz named Eric Lane co-crew chief in early December to join Nick Casertano and made the addition of team member Trace Cole to work on the body and tires of the Snap-on Dodge® Funny Car. Continue reading Cruz Pedregon–Pomona Advance →

Mopar Dodge//SRT in the Staging Lanes for 2020 NHRA Season

Mopar and Dodge//SRT are back on track for the 2020 National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, starting February 6-9 at the 60th annual NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, California
Mopar and Dodge//SRT reprise roles as event title sponsors at four of 24 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series races
Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) to field four Dodge Charger SRT Hellcats in Funny Car and one Mopar Dodge//SRT Top Fuel Dragster
Fourth-generation Challenger Drag Pak to debut in 2020 Sportsman class Factory Stock Showdown
Mopar’s Career Automotive Program (CAP) will partner with NHRA’s Youth & Education Service (YES) program at 15 national events
Dodge Garage, a digital content hub for muscle-car and race enthusiasts, features highlights from the upcoming NHRA season
Watch Winternationals preview called “The Rundown” featuring DSR Top Fuel star Leah Pritchett at: www.dodgegarage.com/news/article/racing/2020/02/the-rundown-with-leah-pritchett-nhra-winternationals.html
@DodgeMoparMotorsports Instagram channel features Dodge//SRT Mopar drivers in NHRA action

February 4, 2020 , Auburn Hills, Mich. – Mopar and Dodge//SRT are just days away from kicking off another competitive season in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.
Commencing with the 60th annual NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, California, on February 6-9, the 2020 season’s 24-race calendar will see Mopar and Dodge//SRT once again divide title sponsorship duties at four NHRA national race events:

April 16-19 – Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals near Houston
July 17-19 – Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals in Denver
Sept. 17-20 – Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals in Reading, Pennsylvania
Oct. 29-Nov. 1 – Dodge NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas
This year’s spotlight will be on the full-time HEMI®-powered entries from Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) in both Funny Car and Top Fuel classes, continued Mopar and Dodge//SRT brand support in the NHRA’s Sportsman classes, as well as on the debut of a fourth-generation Challenger Drag Pak.

Funny Car
After amassing 12 NHRA World Championships and 267 event wins (150 Funny Car, 111 Top Fuel, three Pro Stock and three Factory Super Stock) since 2003, Mopar Dodge//SRT and DSR are ready to race into their 18th season together. All four DSR Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car entries wrapped up last year’s campaign in the top 10 after earning a combined 11 victories. The 2020 DSR driver lineup remains unchanged, as does the ultimate goal: more wins and the addition of another Funny Car championship.

Teammates Jack Beckman and Matt Hagan made solid runs in the NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship to put both drivers in position to vie for the championship title at the season finale.

While Beckman and his Infinite Hero Foundation Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat didn’t get to repeat his 2012 World Championship title win, he did finish runner-up in the 2019 Funny Car standings by capping off the year at Pomona with his first-ever home track win to earn his second victory of the year. “Fast Jack” also started the Countdown in Reading, Pennsylvania, with a Wally trophy at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil race.

Hagan, a two-time NHRA World Champion (2011 and 2014), looks to start 2020 where he left off, by building on the momentum of his third-place finish in the 2019 NHRA Countdown. He and his team took the Mopar/Pennzoil/Sandvik Coromant Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat to victory circle four times last season with wins at Phoenix, Epping, New Hampshire, and two more during the playoffs at the Dallas FallNationals and Las Vegas at the Dodge NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil.

2017 Funny Car Champion Ron Capps drove his HEMI®-powered Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat to three wins last year to put him firmly in the Top 10 in points for a 15th consecutive season. Capps’ sixth-place finish in the standings was also highlighted by his performance at the 35th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway, earning his 24th career No. 1 qualifier honor with a track record and career-best run of 3.837 seconds at 339.28 mph, the second fastest speed in NHRA history.

DSR teammate Tommy Johnson Jr. finished eighth overall with two trips to the victory circle in the Make-A-Wish Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat, earning win lights at Chicago and Denver’s Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil. This season he will campaign in the MD Anderson Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat.
Among the additional HEMI-powered entries expected to also battle in the competitive 2020 Funny Car category is Cruz Pedregon who, for a second consecutive year, will compete full-time aboard a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat.

Top Fuel
DSR’s Mopar Dodge//SRT Top Fuel Dragster returns to competition this season with Leah Pritchett at the helm. Pritchett drove her HEMI-powered dragster to the final round win at Brainerd, Minnesota, then scored a pair of No. 2 qualifier positions before earning the top qualifier spots at both the Dodge NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the season finale at Pomona to finish a career-best fourth place in the Top Fuel championship rankings last season.

Sportsman Class
The Mopar Contingency Program continues its long-running support of the NHRA Sportsman class racers through 2020 with monetary awards for drivers who win or finish runner-up while running a Mopar contingency decal and using specified parts, including the brand’s valve covers, intake manifolds and cylinder heads. For a fourth consecutive year, the Dodge Top Finisher Awards will provide $500 to Stock Eliminator and Super Stock drivers who advance the furthest at the wheel of a Mopar-powered Dodge, Chrysler or Plymouth race car at all 24 NHRA national events.

Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak
DSR will once again campaign two Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak entries in the 2020 Factory Stock Showdown, an eight-race series in the Sportsman class, that will see the Mopar and Dodge//SRT racetrack-only factory-built vehicles compete in a heads-up contest against Ford Mustang Cobra Jets and Chevrolet COPO Camaros.

Drivers Leah Pritchett and Mark Pawuk will both return for a third season of competition with the team. This time, however, in a new, fourth-generation version of the Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak car, unveiled at the 2019 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show.

The first V-8 Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak made its Sportsman class debut in 2009 and was followed up with a race-ready V-10 package in 2011. A third-generation 2015 Challenger Drag Pak introduced the first supercharged 354 HEMI and a naturally aspirated 426 Gen-III HEMI to competition, and ran 8.0-second ETs
right out of the box.

In 2018, Pritchett sped to the first official 7-second run aboard the third-generation Challenger Drag Pak and amassed three wins on her way to capturing the 2018 NHRA Factory Stock Showdown World Championship. In 2019, a runner-up finish at the season finale in Dallas secured a second-straight Top 10 finish.

Pritchett is scheduled to take her new generation race-ready 2020 Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak for its first competitive run in March at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Florida.

Mark Pawuk earned No. 1 qualifier honors in St. Louis (2018) and Indianapolis (2019) and drove to two final round appearances in 2018 at Norwalk and Indianapolis. He looks to race at all eight events this season aboard his Empaco Equipment Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak.

Mopar Career Automotive Program (CAP)
After partnering with the NHRA’s Youth & Education Service (YES) program at seven national race events in 2019, the Mopar Career Automotive Program (CAP), an FCA program established in 1984 with the aim of developing the next generation of automotive service technicians, has committed to participate in 15 events this upcoming season.

The NHRA’s YES program provides exposure to exciting career paths, including automotive (technician) careers, to both middle school and high school students with a day at the race track. Students receive information from CAP representatives, as well as highly engaging speeches from Mopar Dodge//SRT drivers.

“The partnership with YES dovetails into our efforts to show those following the Mopar CAP program just how far they can go, whether it’s building a career with one of our 2,600 dealerships or working on one of our brands in the racing industry,” said Keith Yancy, who heads the Mopar CAP program. “The need for these skills is intense and the statistics show that demand for automotive technicians will only increase over time.”

Mopar CAP offers tailored service technician courses through 100 certified training institutions, such as universities, colleges, community colleges and technical centers. The curriculum is designed to immediately place students in FCA dealerships upon graduation. There are more than 9,000 active students enrolled in the Mopar CAP program.

Dodge Garage: Digital Hub for Drag Racing News
Fans can follow all the NHRA’s action this season at Dodge Garage, the one-stop portal for Dodge//SRT and Mopar drag racing news. The site includes daily updates and access to an online racing HQ, news, events, galleries, available downloads and merchandise. For more information, please visit www.dodgegarage.com. Watch DSR Top Fuel star Leah Pritchett in “The Rundown” as she previews the NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at www.dodgegarage.com/news/article/racing/2020/02/the-rundown-with-leah-pritchett-nhra-winternationals.html.

@DodgeMoparMotorsports on Instagram
The @DodgeMoparMotorsports Instagram channel continues to share content capturing Dodge//SRT Mopar drivers in action in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, NHRA Sportsman grassroots racers competing in classes such as Factory Stock Showdown, Stock and Super Stock, as well as additional motorsports series.

Mopar
Mopar (a simple contraction of the words MOtor and PARts) is the service, parts and customer-care brand for FCA vehicles around the globe. Born in 1937 as the name of a line of antifreeze products, the Mopar brand has evolved over more than 80 years to represent both complete care and authentic performance for owners and enthusiasts worldwide.

Mopar made its mark in the 1960s during the muscle-car era, with Mopar Performance Parts to enhance speed and handling for both road and racing use, and expanded to include technical service and customer support. Today, the Mopar brand’s global reach distributes more than 500,000 parts and accessories in over 150 markets around the world. With more than 50 parts distribution centers and 25 customer contact centers globally, Mopar integrates service, parts and customer-care operations in order to enhance customer and dealer support worldwide.

LIVE Late Model Dirt Action
Featured on Lucas Oil Racing TV
With eight LIVE racing broadcasts featured during this month, there’s sure to be plenty of wheel-to-wheel racing on Lucas Oil Racing TV (LORTV) to keep any motorsports fan on the edge of their seat.

February’s LIVE racing schedule will include door-banging action from throughout the Southeast as the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series drivers showcase their speed and talent to kick off the opening rounds of the 2020 season. The LIVE broadcasts kicked off February 1st from Golden Isles Speedway before heading 270 miles south to Tampa, Florida, for a LIVE showing of the final two days of racing from the 44th Annual Wrisco Winternationals presented by Lucas Oil.

NHRA DRAG RACING LEGEND JOHN FORCE INDUCTED INTO
NATIONAL MOTORSPORTS PRESS ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME
YORBA LINDA, Calif. (Feb. 03, 2020) — A successful test session at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway wasn’t the only thing NHRA 16-time Funny Car world champion John Force had to celebrate over the weekend. The legendary driver became the first drag racer to be inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame on Saturday evening.
Continue reading NHRA DRAG RACING LEGEND JOHN FORCE INDUCTED INTO NATIONAL MOTORSPORTS PRESS ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME →

Giovanni Scelzi Tackling Late Model Races Before Making ARCA Debut at New Smyrna Speedway

Inside Line Promotions – FRESNO, Calif. (Feb. 3, 2020) – Giovanni Scelzi’s 2020 season begins in Florida this week.

Scelzi, who recently was announced as a driver during select NASCAR ARCA Menards Series West events for Bill McAnally Racing, will split time between pavement and dirt this year. His first test comes this Friday and Saturday during the World Series of Asphalt at New Smyrna Speedway in New Smyrna, Fla., where he will pilot a late model for Mark Kraus. Thursday will offer a practice night. Continue reading Giovanni Scelzi Tackling Late Model Races Before Making ARCA Debut at New Smyrna Speedway →

Team JEGS Fast Facts for Pomona
Team JEGS
Pre-race notes
Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals
Auto Club Raceway Pomona
Pomona, Calif. (Feb. 6-9)

The JEGS Mail Order team will be represented at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals in Pomona by Jeg Coughlin Jr., who will be competing in Pro Stock, and Jeff Taylor, who will be driving the JEGS Mail Order Dodge Challenger Drag Pak in Stock Eliminator.

In Pomona, Coughlin will begin his pursuit of a sixth NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock title (and seventh overall). Coughlin will once again be racing as a member of the Elite Motorsports team. His Chevy Camaro will carry the familiar yellow and black colors of JEGS Mail Order along with the special edition JEGS 60th anniversary logo.
Continue reading Team JEGS Fast Facts for Pomona →

JOHN FORCE RACING COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL TEST SESSION AT THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
LAS VEGAS (Feb. 01, 2020) — The four hot rods of John Force Racing had a successful three-day test session at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway thanks to their hard work during the off season and some carried over momentum from 2019. Continue reading JOHN FORCE RACING COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL TEST SESSION AT THE STRIP AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY →

NARC NEWSLINE, February 2, 2020, By Jim Allen … Now that the Super Bowl hype is finally over, it’s time to get fired up for the sport that really gets our heart thumping and adrenaline flowing. Of course, that would be sprint car racing. The best thing about this time of year is that there’s a lot of moving components as sanctioning bodies release their schedules and race teams establish new partnerships, roll out new car designs, announce sponsorships and roll out their plans. Continue reading King of the West February Update →

Randy Meyer Racing Crowned 2019 Regional Champions, Driver, and Crew of the Year Awards

Jan 28, 2020 | Featured, Julie Nataas, Megan Meyer, Rachel Meyer, Randy Meyer, Special Announcements

This past weekend, the Kansas-based Randy Meyer Racing Team attended the annual Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Central Region awards ceremony in Kansas City, Missouri. Joining 28 other stars, ranging in ages from 6 years old to over 60, Megan Meyer was inducted into the Top Alcohol Dragster class’s list of champions for her third straight Central Region championship for the 2019 season. Continue reading Randy Meyer Racing Crowned 2019 Regional Champions, Driver, and Crew of the Year Awards →

We attended the Import Face off in Fontana this past weekend and had the quickest car at the event. The conditions were not the greatest due to the cold weather and fog. We ran a 6.00 et at 238 mph. We are gearing up for our next event in Bakersfield in a couple of weeks and will keep you posted.

IMSA WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP
ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA – TWELVE-HOUR REPORT
CORVETTE RACING DRIVER QUOTES
JANUARY 26, 2020

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 26, 2020) – Corvette Racing’s new mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette C8.R remained in the thick of the fight for Rolex 24 At Daytona honors as the opening round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship entered its second half.

Nicky Catsburg ran fourth in the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Corvette C8.R as the 12th hour came and went at Daytona International Speedway. Catsburg was in his second run of the race in the Corvette, following Antonio Garcia – who led the class during his stint – and Jordan Taylor – who held the fastest race lap for the GT Le Mans (GTLM) category. Continue reading IMSA WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA – TWELVE-HOUR REPORT →

CORVETTE RACING AT DAYTONA: Record Distance in C8.R Debut

· Garcia, Taylor, Catsburg finish fourth in GTLM
· No. 3 Corvette C8.R completes program-record distance in Rolex 24
· Gavin, Milner, Fässler fight through to finish after mid-race issues

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 26, 2020) – Corvette Racing’s new Chevrolet Corvette C8.R finished its maiden race with a fourth-place finish in the Rolex 24 At Daytona to start the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Continue reading CORVETTE RACING AT DAYTONA: Record Distance in C8.R Debut →

ECR Engines Claims Its Fourth Consecutive Cadillac DPi Win at the 2020 Rolex 24 at Daytona
Wayne Taylor Racing Earns Third Win in Just Four Years

WELCOME, N.C. (January 27, 2020) – The power of ECR Engines claimed its fourth consecutive Rolex 24 DPi victory for Cadillac this past weekend at Daytona International Speedway. Previously, ECR-powered Corvettes swept the podium in the 2014 Rolex 24 Grand-Am class. Continue reading ECR Engines Claims Its Fourth Consecutive Cadillac DPi Win at the 2020 Rolex 24 at Daytona Wayne Taylor Racing Earns Third Win in Just Four Years →

CORVETTE RACING AT DAYTONA: Second-Row Start for Corvette C8.R Debut
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 23, 2020) – Corvette Racing will roll off third and fourth in the first race for the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R following GT Le Mans (GTLM) qualifying for Saturday’s Rolex 24 At Daytona. A three-time winner of the Rolex 24, the Corvette Racing program hopes to start the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with a debut victory for the mid-engine Corvette.

Antonio Garcia set the quickest time for the team in the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Corvette C8.R that he shares this weekend with Jordan Taylor and Nicky Catsburg. Garcia’s time of 1:42.545 (124.979 mph) put him just 0.338 seconds off Nick Tandy’s pole-winning time. Continue reading CORVETTE RACING AT DAYTONA: Second-Row Start for Corvette C8.R Debut →

Acura Teams Begin Championship Defense at Rolex 24
Acura Team Penske seeks championship repeat and Rolex 24 victory
Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo begins chase for second consecutive GTD title
Twice-around-the-clock endurance classic opens the 2020 racing season on Saturday

TORRANCE, Calif. (January 20, 2020) – Acura Motorsports returns to Daytona International Speedway this weekend, as Acura Team Penske and Meyer Shank Racing begin their respective Daytona Prototype International and GT Daytona title defenses when the 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season kicks off with the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Continue reading Acura Teams Begin Championship Defense at Rolex 24 →

Giovanni Scelzi Pushes Through Adversity During Tough Chili Bowl Nationals

Inside Line Promotions – TULSA, Okla. (Jan. 21, 2020) – Giovanni Scelzi overcame numerous obstacles throughout a challenging 34th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals Presented by General Tire last week.

Scelzi, who was driving for Tucker-Boat Motorsports, was caught up in several wrecks while competing on the dirt bullring inside the River Spirit Expo Center.

“We were unlucky I guess,” he said. “Things happen in a hurry and you can be involved in other people’s crashes very easily so luck plays a big part in how your Chili Bowl goes.” Continue reading Giovanni Scelzi Pushes Through Adversity During Tough Chili Bowl Nationals →

CORVETTE RACING AT DAYTONA: By the Numbers

DETROIT (Jan. 22, 2020) – Corvette Racing begins its 22nd season of competition – and first with the mid-engine Corvette C8.R – this weekend with the Rolex 24 At Daytona to start the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. To mark the occasion, here are some facts and figures on the team’s history at both Daytona and as a whole. Continue reading CORVETTE RACING AT DAYTONA: By the Numbers →