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The 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Season was announced on June 6, 2017. [1]It was the 63rd season of the National Hot Rod Association's top drag racing competition. There were 24 Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock events, and 16 Pro Stock Motorcycle events.
The 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Season was announced on June 8, 2016. [1]It was the 62nd season of the National Hot Rod Association's top drag racing competition. There were 24 Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock events, and 16 Pro Stock Motorcycle events.
The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series is a drag racing series organized by the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). It is the top competition series of the NHRA, comprising competition in four classes, including Top Fuel Dragster , Funny Car , Pro Stock , and Pro Stock Motorcycle .
1 2016 / 2017 ANDRA Championship Drag Racing Calendar. 2 Results. 3 See also. ... Pro Stock Motorcycle R1 Sunday 18 December 28-29 January 2017 Australian Nationals
Motorcycle racing: 1936 Speedway World Champion – the first motorsport World Champion. [4] 2016 Jack Young: Motorcycle racing: Two time Speedway World Champion. [4] 2017 Leigh Adams: Motorcycle racing: Ten times Australian Solo Champion, 1992 World Under-21 Solo Champion. [5] 2017 Kevin Bartlett: Open-wheel racing
Motorcycle drag racing (also known as "sprints") involves two participants lining up at a dragstrip with a signaled starting line. Upon the starting signal, the riders accelerate down a 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.40 km) or 1 ⁄ 8 mile (0.20 km) long, two lane, straight paved track where their elapsed time and terminal speed are recorded.
Sportbike motorcycle drag racing involves racing motorcycles, often imported from Japan. Many sportbikes such as the Suzuki Hayabusa , the Kawasaki ZX-14, or the BMW S1000RR can perform a 1/4-mile drag race in the 9-second range with little to no modifications. 1/8th-mile racing is also popular in some parts of the country.
NHRA and Fox Sports jointly announced that starting in 2016 the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series will be televised by Fox Sports 1 (FS1). The channel will provide coverage of Friday and Saturday qualifying and Sunday eliminations for each NHRA Mello Yello Series event, with a minimum of 16 Sunday eliminations shows to be presented in a live ...