Rules and procedures for the new Fast Friday series at The Strip.

Rain at 7:30 p.m. Saturday forced race officials to revise the B&M Las Vegas Bracket Nationals schedule. The four-day Thanksgiving holiday series -- including the $32,000 winner-take-all Ultimate Gambler race -- will resume and conclude on Sunday.

Eliminations for the season-ending Pacific Street Car Association (PSCA) World Finals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway have been postponed due to rain and cold. The field has been frozen and will the event will be concluded on Friday, February 25, 2005, on the first day of the 2005 PSCA season-opener at The Strip. Also falling victim to the weather was The Strip's 2004 Outlaw Super Quick finale, which also was to be held today. Due to the cancellation, points leader Carl Cannavo of N. Las Vegas has been declared 2004 Super Quick champion.

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Although it took a day longer than expected because of rain, the Short Line Express Markets Las Vegas Gambler Shootout at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway concluded Monday night. The event, the last of 45 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events on the 2004 calendar, featured a record 980 cars, including Top Alcohol Dragsters and Top Alcohol Funny Cars.

Rain forced drag strip officials to postpone today¿s eliminations for the NHRA Division 7 Finals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to Monday morning, Nov. 8. Eliminations will resume at 7 a.m., weather permitting. Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car eliminations will resume at 10:30 a.m. The first round of eliminations for all sportsman classes were completed when the rain began in the afternoon and continued into the evening.

John Force qualified seventh and clinched his 13th NHRA Funny Car championship and David Grubnic defeated Larry Dixon to claim his first Bud Shootout. No. 1 Qualifiers included Scott Kalitta (Top Fuel), Del Worsham (Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock) and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock Bike).

Scott Kalitta raced to the qualifying lead in Top Fuel Friday at the ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals. Eric Medlen, Jason Line and GT Tonglet also were qualifying leaders in their respective categories at the $1.8 million race, the 22nd of 23 events in the $50 million NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. Kalitta powered his dragster to a 4.491 second run at 333.00 mph at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Kalitta Motorsports claimed the top three spots in the field, as teammates Doug Kalitta (4.499) and David Grubnic (4.506) were second and third respectively in the 16-car lineup.

Of all of the records he has set in his 27 years on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series tour, John Force's streak of having qualified a Castrol GTX® Funny Car for 344 consecutive NHRA national events may be the most impressive of all. That streak will be the focal point of this weekend's fourth annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway where drag racing's biggest winner is expected to clinch an unprecedented 13th championship for himself and an amazing 12th straight title for his team.

Six-time NHRA POWERade champion Kenny Bernstein has been selected to be the Grand Marshal for the 20th annual Budweiser Shootout. It is the first time the special bonus event for Top Fuel has had a Grand Marshal. Bernstein has one of the most successful sponsor relationships in motorsports history. Budweiser has sponsored Bernstein for nearly 30 years. As a driver Bernstein collected 69 national event victories in addition to his six championship. He remains the only driver in history to win a championship in both nitro categories.

Larry Dixon is looking to hit the quarter-mile jackpot in Las Vegas this weekend. Of the eight NHRA events held in Sin City, the 35-time NHRA winner has reached the money round four times and been the last man standing flanked by the Vegas showgirls three times. Dixon and the Miller Lite team look for a return visit to the final round at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when the NHRA POWERade Series makes its final visit of the 2004 season in the Nevada desert, Oct. 28-31, for the fourth annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals.

After capturing the 2004 NHRA POWERade Top Fuel world championship two weeks ago, Tony "The Sarge" Schumacher will have a couple of new goals in mind when he takes to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway here this weekend for the ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals. With a victory in Las Vegas, the driver of the United States Army Top Fuel dragster can set a new standard for most wins in a single season in Top Fuel. Additionally, he will be attempting to win his first Budweiser Shootout, which is a special all-star race that showcases eight of the best-performing Top Fuel teams in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.

Rock 'n' roll guitar legend Carlos Santana will appear at the NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals on Sunday, Oct. 31, to cheer on Cruz and Tony Pedregon who will be racing in Santana-themed Funny Cars. Santana will sign autographs at the Pedregon Racing souvenir trailer in the pits on Sunday at approximately 12:30 p.m.

Eight drivers have their sights set on winning the second annual AMS Staff Leasing Pro Mod Shootout, to be held in conjunction with NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals, October 28-31, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Complete 2005 schedule for The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Latest update: January 26, 2005

The world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales are in town and are guests of Las Vegas Motor Speedway until Saturday. The popular draft horse ¿hitch¿ will leave this weekend for an engagement in California but will return to participate in the Bud Shootout festivities which are an added attraction of the annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at LVMS, Oct. 28-31. The public is invited to visit the world¿s most famous draft horses. The Clydesdales, an Anheuser-Busch mainstay since 1933, are housed in a special hospitality tent at the drag strip.

The 2004 Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series came to a close on Saturday, Oct. 2, at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The season finale, which doubled as the National Dragster Challenge, awarded the coveted NHRA ¿Wally¿ trophy to all final-round winners. Chris Naffziger, The Strip¿s 2003 Super Pro champion, won the final and its $2,000 first prize. Runner-up was Becky Phlegar of Las Vegas, who just happens to be married to The Strip¿s 2004 Super Pro champion, John Phlegar.

Complete schedule for The Strip at LVMS including NHRA national events, Jerry's Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series, Short Line Express Markets Jr. Drag Racing Series, B&M Racing Series, AHDRA, PSCA, Hankook Tire Drifting Series, Rockabilly Rod Reunion and Midnight Mayhem (The Strip's safe alternative to illegal street racing).

Bill Dudley, 62, of Las Vegas swept the Sport Compact category, winning the final round of competition and the Jerry¿s Nugget Reaction Time Bonus Award and clinched his eighth Las Vegas drag racing title during tonight¿s Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Dudley has earned four Street championships and four Sport Compact titles. Jerry Mock won the Super Pro finale over Mark Piel and Bob Coulter defeated Robin Harris for Pro honors. Dave Wade scored the Street win and former Motorcycle champion Leo Shaver defeated Eric Danielson Jr. for bike honors.

Out-of-towners held the upper hand at the Sept. 4-5 NHRA Jr. Dragster Division 7 event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Brad Hartman, of Gilbert, Ariz., claimed the Jr. 8-9 category while Ryan Diosdado of San Diego won the Jr, 10-12 class. The Jr. 13-14 final was won by Nicholas Wimer of Redlands, Calif., and Thomas Redding Jr. of Palmdale, Calif. aced the Jr. 15-17 showdown. Local racers were shut out of final rounds this weekend with the exception of Saturday morning¿s LVMS Short Line Express Markets NHRA Jr. Drag Racing Series Thunder finale, contested by Luke Winters and John Klutz, both of Las Vegas. Winters won the race and Ryen Lamb of Henderson earned No. 1 Qualifier status for the Thunder division.

John Phlegar of Las Vegas drove his 1972 Chevelle to another victory Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the eighth edition of the 2004 Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series. Phlegar¿s Marie Callender¿s-sponsored Chevrolet defeated the Kruse & Raymond Beretta driven by Don Kruse of Las Vegas for the title. Dennis Evans did his sponsor proud by winning the Pro category. Evans¿ 1972 Dodge Challenger is sponsored by Jerry¿s Nugget Casino, which also sponsors the bracket-racing series at The Strip. Ron Winters claimed the Street title and Kahea Woods won the Motorcycle finale with a perfect reaction time of .400. Billy Fraker topped Jerry Chester for Sport Compact honors.

For the fifth consecutive year, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host two NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series events in 2005. The 2005 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule, released today, contained some minor changes from the traditional NHRA dates at LVMS. The NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals will move to April 14-17 in 2005. All past spring events have been held the first weekend in April. Next year¿s NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals will take place on Oct. 20-23. This season¿s event is scheduled for Oct. 28-31. The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway again will host preseason testing dates prior to the start of the 2005 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season. The fourth annual Nitro Blast-Off will be held January 28-30 at The Strip at LVMS. The Strip also has added a second weekend of testing, February 4-6, to allow race teams a final opportunity to prepare for NHRA¿s season-opening event in Pomona.

Two drag racers from Las Vegas ¿ and a third who lives in Arizona but is a regular at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway ¿ claimed victory during the Calvert Racing PSCA Summer Nationals Saturday night. Sal Cachia of Las Vegas won the Pacific Street Car Association's Borla Trophy class in his 1955 Chevrolet by defeating Bill Dudley in the final round. Las Vegan Chris Naffziger, The Strip's defending Super Pro champion, won the Bracket 1 category over Henderson's Bryan King. Dan Reaume, of Kingman, Ariz., is a regular competitor in The Strip's Jerry Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series and won Saturday night's Payton Index finale over Las Vegas' Alfred Sweeting.

Qualifying for the second annual Garrett Turbo NHRA Sport Compact Nationals was held on Friday night during less-than-ideal conditions. But the evening's uncharacteristic weather conditions ¿ high humidity punctuated by flashes of lightning and scattered showers everywhere except at the track ¿ did nothing to slow the NHRA Summit Sport Compact Series competitors. In fact, eight new track records were set during qualifying. Track records are nice, but national records are what grab headlines. As it turned out, Friday's qualifying session was merely a teaser for Saturday's straight-line speedfest.

Despite unfavorable weather conditions, eight new track records were set during qualifying for the second annual Garrett Turbos NHRA Sport Compact Nationals. Although rain never fell at the track, qualifying was delayed due to lightning and winds in the area.

The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will kick off its second annual Turbos By Garrett NHRA Sport Compact Nationals with a free driver autograph session and car show at the Hard Rock Café in Las Vegas on Thursday, July 15, from 6-10 p.m. NHRA Summit Sport Compact Series stars Abel Ibarra, Kenny Tran, Leslie Durst, Ali Afshra, Ara Arslanian and Paul Efantis will sign autographs from 8-10 p.m. More drivers are expected to participate. The Hard Rock Café is located at 4775 Paradise Road.

Project Mayhem, the award-winning sport motorcycle stunt team, will return to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the second annual Turbos By Garrett NHRA Sport Compact Nationals July 16-17. The Las Vegas-based stunt team will be a featured act at the event while making their first appearance of 2004 at The Strip. Project Mayhem will perform three shows during the two-day event.

Matt Hartford, driver of the Summit Racing 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier, has experienced the thrill of victory, winning the NHRA Modified championship in 2002, one year after capturing the IDRC Pro RWD title. He also has experienced the agony of defeat, capturing just one "Wally" trophy in the last two years since returning to the Pro RWD ranks. The Phoenix native currently sits seventh in the NHRA Summit Sport Compact Series point standings, although he has yet to reach a final round this year.

The Las Vegas drag racing community will participate in a special benefit race at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday, July 10. The race, called Dash for Darrell, will be held during The Strip¿s NHRA King of the Track Pajama Party Classic. All proceeds from the fundraiser will be donated to the Darrell Russell Memorial Fund. Russell was a professional NHRA Top Fuel Dragster driver who died June 27 from injuries suffered in an accident earlier that day at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Ill. Russell won the inaugural NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip in 2001.

Schedule for the second annual NHRA Desert Sport Compact Nationals; NHRA Summit Sport Compact Series at The Strip at LVMS July 16-17 (including SONY Stylefest car show presented by Euro Entertainment).

The NHRA Summit Sport Compact Series will return to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the second annual NHRA Desert Sport Compact Nationals July 16-17. The premier drag-racing series for sport compact cars is accompanied at each meet by the SONY Stylefest lifestyle event, which includes a car show, stereo competition, bikini contest, hip-hop DJs and rappers and midway attractions. This year¿s Las Vegas event also will include the fourth round of the Hankook Tires Drifting Series at The Strip¿s Drift Arena and a special compact cars-only Midnight Mayhem. Midnight Mayhem is The Strip¿s safe alternative to illegal street racing.

Former Super Pro champion John Phlegar of Las Vegas drove his 1972 Chevelle to another victory Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the fifth edition of the 2004 Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series. Phlegar, who also earned No. 1 Qualifier status, defeated Corey LeClair of Las Vegas for the title. Scott Machael of Las Vegas drove his 1963 Dodge Polara to victory over Kevin Baker to claim the Pro finale. Bill Culver of North Las Vegas scored his second victory of the season in the Street division. Former Motorcycle champion Leo Shaver defeated Eric Danielson in the final round and Bill Dudley claimed yet another Sport Compact trophy.

John Phlegar of Las Vegas defeated Bob Farnum to claim his first final-round victory of the 2004 season in the Super Pro division at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Phlegar, a former Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series champion, ran 128.41 mph/10.077 sec. in his Marie Callender¿s 1972 Chevelle to Farnum¿s 171.948 mph/7.948 sec. breakout run. It was Phlegar¿s night to shine as he also earned No. 1 Qualifier status and won the Run-for-the-Money competition. Phlegar defeated his wife, Becky, in the semi-final for the right to face Farnum in the final round.

Jerry Mock of Las Vegas swept the Super Pro class at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday night in the Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series. Mock, a native of West Seneca, N.Y., drove his red 1970 Chevrolet Nova to victory over Doug Schneider of Las Vegas. Jerry also won the Jerry¿s Nugget Reaction Time Bonus for posting the best reaction time on a winning run in the first round of eliminations and also was the Super Pro class¿ No. 1 Qualifier. Mock¿s first victory of the 2004 season was especially sweet since the record number of Super Pro entries (51) bumped the winner¿s share of the purse to $1,000.

Twenty-year-old drag racer Scott Parks of Burlingame, Kans., is hoping that Christmas will come a little early this year at next weekend¿s Goodguys/K & N Filters 16th Nitro Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Instead of arriving in a neatly-wrapped package though, the present he wishes to receive will be in the form of a small white piece of paper -- an official time slip from LVMS. He¿s looking to become drag racing¿s first six-second Junior Fuel racer.

Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series points race No. 2, Short Line Express Markets NHRA Jr. Dragster points race No. 2, Las Vegas F-Body Night at the drags, Diesel Hot Rod Association, Motorcycle Madness.

Winners from the inaugural Hankook Tire Drifting Series event at LVMS.

Winners: Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel Dragster), Phil Burkart Jr. (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock), Morgan Lucas (Top Alcohol Dragster), Cy Chesterman (Top Alcohol Funny Car), Vince Deceglie (Comp Eliminator), Mark Faul (Super Stock), Todd Barton (Super Comp) and Todd Stewart (Super Gas).

Doug Kalitta of Ann Arbor, Mich., ran the fastest speed in NHRA history ¿ 335.57 mph (4.483 sec.) ¿ during second-round qualifying for the fifth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Amazingly, Kalitta¿s record run did not secure the No. 1 Qualifier position. Shortly after Doug¿s pass, cousin Scott Kalitta and Brandon Bernstein ran the quickest side-by-side pairing in NHRA history ¿ 4.472 sec./333.74 mph to 4.479 sec./333.66 mph ¿ to capture the first and second qualifying berths. Scott¿s pass of 4.472 sec. also set a new track record.

According to Station Casinos¿ oddsmaker Micah Roberts, defending NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Pro Stock champion Greg Anderson is the odds-on favorite -- at 7-to-5 -- to win Sunday¿s NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals Pro Stock finale. With 7-to-5 odds, anyone who bets on Anderson isn¿t going to win much money if he wins. Then again, since Anderson has won the last two NHRA Pro Stock events at The Strip ¿ and has two wins in three races this season ¿ you¿d be silly to bet against him.

"Do I think I can win? Yes," said Force, who is favored by Las Vegas oddsmakers to win Sunday's NHRA Funny Car finale.

Pro Stock standout Jeg Coughlin, Jr. once again showed why you never count him out to be a threat on race day. The two-time NHRA Pro Stock champion posted his best finish to date by scoring a runner-up finish at the last event. Jeg moved up two spots to land in the No. 4 position in the 2004 NHRA POWERade championship standing after three events.

In seven outings at The Strip, Yates' best showing is runner-up in April 2001. He was a semifinalist in October 2001 and April 2002. With good test results and a chassis responding to changes, Yates just might be in the running for the race win this time around. He'll roll the dice and take his chances.

In a city where people roll the dice 24 hours a day, Del Worsham might be seen as a real gambler when he makes the switch to the new Chevy Monte Carlo Funny Car body this weekend's NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals in Las Vegas. After all, Worsham is headed to The Strip fresh off back-to-back wins in Phoenix and Gainesville, and those wins were just the two latest victories in a string of 13 such triumphs he has posted since the beginning of the 2001 season. For Worsham, all of this recent success has come with the venerable Pontiac Firebird body atop his racecar, but the driver of the red Checker, Schuck's, Kragen Funny Car doesn't see the move to the Monte Carlo as a risky proposition at all.

Tommy Johnson Jr. has reached the pinnacle of NHRA drag racing on many different levels. The second generation racer from Iowa is one of 13 drivers to have earned NHRA victories in both the Top Fuel and Funny Car categories, the two premier classes in the sport of drag racing. He also drove an alcohol Funny Car to an NHRA national event victory in 1988.

A positive Tim Wilkerson is looking forward to being strapped into the beautiful Levi, Ray & Shoup (LRS) Monte Carlo this weekend at the fifth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Wilkerson is coming to the fourth race of the 23-race season in one of the best situations he has found himself in during his Funny Car career.

Terry Haddock is anxious to participate in this weekend's fifth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. For Haddock it means a weekend of racing the Barrett Enterprises Funny Car, something he hasn¿t done for several weeks. Haddock, who is only running a 14-race season, sat out the Mac Tools Gatornationals and had to watch the action on TV.

When former Funny Car champion Cruz Pedregon rolls up to the starting line at this weekend's NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals in Las Vegas, he will be sporting a new look. With the Advance Auto Parts colors still vibrantly shinning, Pedregon will be debuting a brand new Chevrolet Monte Carlo body.

"Racing is my business, my way of earning a living. As such, I try to make it as cost-effective as I can. That includes occasionally using our national event track time to test various components."

The Bernstein family has cashed in at ¿The Strip¿ at Las Vegas Motor Speedway quite frequently. Six-time NHRA champion Kenny Bernstein has won two of three outings at the SummitRacing.com Nationals, and he shared victory circle with son Brandon in 2001 when Brandon piloted an alcohol dragster to winner¿s circle the same day. The Bernstein duo became the first father and son in NHRA¿s 50-year history to win their categories at the same national event, an accomplishment Kenny counts among his top two most cherished memories.

"We're confident of our chances at Las Vegas and that things will head back in our direction. There also are a lot of things that excite me about the SummitRacing.com Nationals."

A total of 549 entries (in nine classes) have been filed for the April 1-4 NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Classes include Top Fuel Dragster, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car, Competition Eliminator, Super Stock, Super Comp and Super Gas. The event is the fourth stop on the 23-race 2004 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule.

Veteran NHRA Funny Car driver Del Worsham will be a busy man when his plane touches down in Las Vegas next week. Worsham will attempt to earn his third victory of the 2004 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car season, defend his points lead and educate local students on the danger of illegal street racing.

The Pacific Street Car Association Spring Sizzler at The Strip March 26-28 includes All-Motor Sport Compact and Midnight Mayhem.

Complete schedule for the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

With the 2004 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season opener in Pomona, Calif., just a few days away, a number of pro teams took one final opportunity to test at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway before heading to the K&N Filters NHRA Winternationals.

Don Kruse of Las Vegas swept both rounds of Super Quick competition this weekend as the 2004 Jerry¿s Nugget Championship Drag Racing Series opened at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Kruse defeated Bob Farnum of Las Vegas on Saturday and Ken Phillips, also of Las Vegas, on Sunday. Carl Cannavo of Las Vegas earned No. 1 Qualifier status both days.

¿Hot Rod¿ Fuller of Las Vegas saved the day for the local racers by winning the final $5,000 Super Pro check Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Friday and Saturday¿s first-place payoffs went to California-based teams. Fuller¿s Valvoline-sponsored dragster defeated Mike Blodgett, who won Friday night. The Strip¿s overall champions for the three-day B&M Vegas Bracket Championship were Mike Blodgett (Super Pro) and Scott Huntsman.

Midnight Mayhem is The Strip¿s safe alternative to illegal street racing. Midnight Mayhem is open to any licensed driver with proof of insurance. Open to any street-legal car or bike. $10 to race, $5 for spectators. Each Midnight Mayhem meet includes a car show, hip-hop DJs and midway attractions.

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No doubt about it: John Force's race team has undergone some serious changes over the winter. Tony Pedregon won the 2003 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car title, then departed to join brother Cruz in a two-car family effort. Unless you're in insider, Eric Medlen is not a household word in the sport. But Force recognized talent and tapped the former crewmember to fill some mighty big shoes.

Defending NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Funny Car champion Tony Pedregon will debut his new Quaker State Pontiac at The Strip Jan. 29-Feb. 1. The Strip¿s third annual Drag Racing Blast-Off offers a unique opportunity: NHRA professional teams will be able to test before the 2004 season begins and their fans can see the new cars and their favorite drivers.

NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series driver Gary Scelzi will debut his all-new HEMI Oakley Dodge Funny Car at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway¿s third annual Drag Racing Blast-Off, Jan. 29-Feb.1. Scelzi will embark from Don Schumacher Racing's Indianapolis race shops on a Dodge-sponsored promotional tour en route to The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for pre-season testing Jan. 29-31.

See full story for complete schedule and lane assignments. NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series pro test session Jan. 29-Feb. 1 -- Testing open only to NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series professional teams, NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Sportsmen and NHRA Summit Sport Compact Series classes.