![]() NHRA results and news are featured in weekly livestreams, NHRA's Alan Reinhart and other NHRA stars including John Force, Ron Capps, Antron Brown, Steve Torrence, Greg Anderson, and Erica Enders all make frequent stops on the WFO Radio Podcast. It was a welcome birthday present for Hagans. Todd, recording a time of 3.926 seconds at 329 mph. As part of the National Hot Rod Association's Track Announcing team, Castello brings insights directly from the world of professional NHRA Camping World and Lucas Oil Series Drag Racing. In a matchup of the last two Gatornationals champions in Funny Car, Hagan bested 2021 winner J.R. ![]() ![]() Host Joe Castello has over 30 years in drag racing, and it shows. Since 1969, The traditional East Coast opener and the seasons first of 16 events for Pro Stock Motorcycle riders and first of 10 for Pro Mod racers. Interviews on WFO Radio have become part of winning for drivers in the NHRA #DragRacing Series. Plus, FIA Top Fuel record holder Ida Zetterstrom is on hand to talk about her NHRA aspirations. 1 The traditional East Coast opener and the season's first of 16 events for Pro Stock Motorcycle riders and first of 10 for NHRA Get. The event was held for the first time in 1970. NHRA's Alan Reinhart joins Joe Castello along with drivers Ron Capps, Justin Ashley, Austin Prock, and Paul Lee, who are participating in the pre-race test session. The Gatornationals is an annual National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) national drag racing event held each March at Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, Florida. The NHRA Factory Stock Showdown class eliminations will be run later today.On location from historic Gainesville Raceway, WFO Radio previews the 54th Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals. The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series returns to the swamps of Gainesville, Fla., March 17-20, for the AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals the third. Dennis Chaisson turned in a 7.856 at 177.25 to qualify 14 th and Alan Scruggs ran a 7.917 at 172.12 to qualify 15 th. Click here for a look at Pawuk’s record run on the NHRA website.įinally, two other Dodge Challenger Drag Paks qualified for the Gatornationals elimination rounds. Well, as mentioned above, the cold temperatures led to the perfect conditions for big power and solid traction. Two weeks later at the Gatornationals in Florida, '92 NHRA Rookie of the Year John Smith took home the gold, with a super-quick 7.68-second/ 173.7-mph run. Berge about that run and he confirmed that it was one of their cars, but he stated that the run was made in “ conditions that we likely won’t ever see during our race season”. It brings thousands of people to this Florida city every year. This annual hot rod event is the season opener for pro stock motorcycle riders and is one of the sport’s most revered events. This doesn’t come as a huge surprise, as one of the Don Schumacher Racing Dodge Challenger Drag Paks ran a 7.67 earlier this year in testing. The Gatornationals has been a calendar favorite since its inception in the 1970s and celebrated 50 years of NHRA drag racing at Gainesville Raceway in 2019. and MPH records with the 7.608 at 183.15 miles per hour while the third car in the DSR FSS stable – Warren Walcher – ran a 7.669 at 180.79 miles per hour and qualified 3 rd. As qualifying went on, Mark Pawuk set the class E.T. The 53rd annual Gatornationals will be highlighted by the inaugural Pep Boys All-Star Callout, which will feature the best in Top Fuel across three rounds of action as they compete for 130,000 in. Per Davies Facebook post, that record only lasted “about 90 seconds”, but he set the pace for the Team Mopar racers. Robert Hight topped Funny Car qualifying Saturday in the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in his bid to open the season with three straight victories. Challenger Drag Pak Quick in Qualifyingĭavid Davies was the first Dodge Challenger Drag Pak to set a record at the Gatornationals, running a 7.78 at 182.5 miles per hour – claiming the quarter mile speed record for the class sponsored by his company (Davies is the CEO of Constant Aviation) and qualifying 11th. ![]() Of course, in setting a pair of world records, Pawuk qualified in the top spot for Sunday’s Gatornational eliminations. Eliminations for the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals begin at 10 a.m. Most notably, Mark Pawuk drove his Dodge Challenger Drag Pak to a 7.608 at 183.15 miles per hour, setting the quarter mile elapsed time and speed records for the Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown class. ![]()
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