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National Hot Rod Association

Index National Hot Rod Association

The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a drag racing governing body, which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada. [1]

54 relations: American Hot Rod Association, Ardmore, Oklahoma, Atlanta Dragway, Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, Blaine Johnson, Brainerd International Raceway, Brownsburg, Indiana, California, Canada, Darrell Russell (dragster driver), Drag racing, Emergency medical technician, Ennis, Texas, Eric Medlen, Famoso Raceway, Fireball Roberts, Funny Car, Gainesville Raceway, Gateway Motorsports Park, Glendora, California, Great Bend, Kansas, HANS device, Indiana, International Hot Rod Association, John Force, John Lingenfelter, Kenny Bernstein, Lee Shepherd, Lucas Oil Raceway, National Electric Drag Racing Association, NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, NHRA U.S. Nationals, Nomex, North America, Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Pacific Raceways, Pat Austin, Pro Stock, Pro Stock Motorcycle, Pro Street, Racing suit, Santa Ana Drags, Scott Kalitta, Sonoma Raceway, Sports governing body, Texas Motorplex, The Wally, Tony Schumacher (drag racer), Top Fuel, Tulsa, Oklahoma, ..., United States, United States Hot Rod Association, Wally Parks, 41xx steel. Expand index (4 more) »

American Hot Rod Association

The American Hot Rod Association, also known as the AHRA, was founded in Pennsylvania, headquartered in Kansas for much of its existence, and is located In Tennessee as of 2017.

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Ardmore, Oklahoma

Ardmore is a business, cultural, and tourism city in and the county seat of Carter County, Oklahoma, United States.

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Atlanta Dragway

Atlanta Dragway is a drag racing facility located in Banks County, Georgia, just north of Commerce, Georgia.

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Auto Club Raceway at Pomona

Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, also known as Pomona Raceway, is a racing facility located in Pomona, California that features a quarter-mile dragstrip.

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Blaine Johnson

Blaine H. Johnson (May 22, 1962 – August 31, 1996) was a professional drag racer.

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Brainerd International Raceway

Brainerd International Raceway is a road course, and dragstrip racing complex North West of the city of Brainerd, Minnesota.

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Brownsburg, Indiana

Brownsburg is a town in Hendricks County, Indiana, United States.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Darrell Russell (dragster driver)

Darrell J. Russell (September 20, 1968 – June 27, 2004) was an American NHRA drag racer.

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Drag racing

For the drag queen reality competition program, see RuPaul's Drag Race. Drag racing is a type of motor racing in which automobiles or motorcycles (usually specially prepared for the purpose) compete, usually two at a time, to be first to cross a set finish line.

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Emergency medical technician

Emergency medical technician (EMT) and ambulance technician are terms used in some countries to denote a health care provider of emergency medical services.

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Ennis, Texas

Ennis is a city in eastern Ellis County, Texas, United States, located south of Dallas.

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Eric Medlen

Eric Medlen (August 13, 1973 – March 23, 2007) was an NHRA Fuel Funny Car driver.

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Famoso Raceway

The Famoso Raceway dragstrip is located north of Bakersfield, California, and is known historically as the home to the annual March Meet, also known as the U.S. Fuel and Gas Championships.

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Fireball Roberts

Edward Glenn "Fireball" Roberts Jr. (January 20, 1929July 2, 1964) was an American stock car racer.

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Funny Car

Funny Car is a type of drag racing vehicle and a specific racing class in organized drag racing.

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Gainesville Raceway

Gainesville Raceway is a quarter-mile dragstrip just outside Gainesville, Florida.

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Gateway Motorsports Park

Gateway Motorsports Park (formerly Gateway International Raceway) is a motorsport race track in Madison, Illinois, just east of St. Louis, Missouri, United States, close to the Gateway Arch.

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Glendora, California

Glendora is a city in the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County, California, east of downtown Los Angeles.

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Great Bend, Kansas

Great Bend is a city in and the county seat of Barton County, Kansas, United States.

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HANS device

A HANS device (Head and Neck Support device), also known as a head restraint, is a safety item compulsory in many car racing sports.

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Indiana

Indiana is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America.

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International Hot Rod Association

The International Hot Rod Association, also known as IHRA, is the second largest drag racing sanctioning body after the NHRA.

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John Force

John Harold Force (born May 4, 1949 in Bell Gardens, California) is an American NHRA drag racer.

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John Lingenfelter

John Earl Lingenfelter (October 6, 1945 in East Freedom, Pennsylvania – December 25, 2003 in Decatur, Indiana) was an NHRA driver, engineer and tuner.

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Kenny Bernstein

Kenny Bernstein (born September 6, 1944) is an American drag racer and former NASCAR and IndyCar team owner.

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Lee Shepherd

Lee Alan Shepherd (August 30, 1944 – March 11, 1985) was an American drag racing driver from Arlington, Texas.

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Lucas Oil Raceway

Lucas Oil Raceway (formerly Indianapolis Raceway Park and O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis) is an auto racing facility in Brownsburg, Indiana, about 10 miles west of downtown Indianapolis.

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National Electric Drag Racing Association

The National Electric Drag Racing Association (NEDRA), a Special Chapter of the Electric Auto Association, and exists to increase public awareness of electric vehicle (EV) performance and to encourage through competition, advances in electric vehicle technology.

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NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series

The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series is a drag racing series organized by the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA).

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NHRA U.S. Nationals

The Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals (commonly U.S. Nats) is an NHRA-sanctioned drag racing event, generally considered to be the most prestigious drag racing event in the world due to its history, size, and purse, held annually at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis in Brownsburg, Indiana.

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Nomex

Nomex is a flame-resistant meta-aramid material developed in the early 1960s by DuPont and first marketed in 1967.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Old Bridge Township Raceway Park

Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, originally known as Madison Township Raceway Park, is an American auto racing facility located in Old Bridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, (with an Englishtown ZIP code), in the New York metropolitan area.

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Pacific Raceways

Pacific Raceways is a mixed-use road racing and drag racing facility near Kent, Washington.

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Pat Austin

Pat Austin (born November 12, 1964) is a retired American drag racer.

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Pro Stock

Pro Stock is a class of drag racing featuring "factory hot rods".

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Pro Stock Motorcycle

Pro Stock Motorcycle, formerly known as Pro Stock Bike is a motorcycle drag racing class that is the two-wheeled equivalent of Pro Stock.

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Pro Street

Pro Street is a style of street-legal custom car popular in the 1980s, usually built to imitate a Pro Stock class race car.

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Racing suit

A Racing Suit or Racing Overalls, often referred to as a Fire Suit due to its fire retardant properties, is the clothing worn in various forms of auto racing by racing drivers, crew members who work on the vehicles during races, track safety workers or marshals, and in some series commentators at the event.

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Santa Ana Drags

Santa Ana Drags was the first drag strip in the United States.

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Scott Kalitta

Scott D. Kalitta (February 18, 1962 – June 21, 2008) was an American drag racer who competed in the Funny Car and Top Fuel classes in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.

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Sonoma Raceway

Sonoma Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway and Infineon Raceway is a road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains in Sonoma, California, USA.

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Sports governing body

A sports governing body is a sports organization that has a regulatory or sanctioning function.

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Texas Motorplex

The Texas Motorplex is a quarter mile drag racing facility located in Ennis, Texas, United States, 40 miles south of downtown Dallas.

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The Wally

The Wally is the trophy awarded to winners of an NHRA national event.

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Tony Schumacher (drag racer)

Tony Schumacher (born December 25, 1969), is an American drag racer who is an eight-time NHRA Champion.

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Top Fuel

Top Fuel dragsters are the quickest accelerating racing cars in the world and the fastest sanctioned category of drag racers, with the fastest competitors reaching speeds of and finishing the runs in 3.64 seconds.

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Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Hot Rod Association

The United States Hot Rod Association (USHRA) is an organization owned by Feld Entertainment that markets various motorsports.

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Wally Parks

Wallace Gordon "Wally" Parks (January 23, 1913 – September 28, 2007) was the founder, president, and chairman of the National Hot Rod Association, better known as NHRA.

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41xx steel

41xx steel is a family of SAE steel grades, as specified by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hot_Rod_Association

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