DragCoverage.com Internet Magazine
Posted Mar.25

For the first time ever in NHRA national event history, the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series will hold an entire event, qualifying and eliminations, using four lanes instead of the traditional two. At the very special and history-making inaugural event, the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, the first of two races in the season held at zMAX Dragway, drivers in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag racing series will go head-to-head-to-head-to-head, to compete for valuable points toward the Full Throttle world championships and a chance to hoist the coveted Wally at the end of eliminations on Sunday. With all the excitement that an event like this brings it’s only understandable that the drivers are pumped and ready to end their week off and hit the track in Concord, N.C. “We’re going four wide. Wow,” said Top Fuel dragster pilot Antron Brown. “We experienced it already last year and we made a good showing in the four wide exhibition even though we didn’t have the results we were looking for during the regular race.”

“With two 8,000-horsepower nitro-breathing dragsters or Funny Cars on the ready line, it’s bone-rattling,” said Top Fuel pilot Brandon Bernstein. “But with 32,000 horsepower on the starting grid, it’s pretty indescribable.”

“It’s going to be exciting,” said 14-time Funny Car world champion and NHRA legend John Force. “You’re talking over 30,000 horsepower at one time. You’re talking over 1,200 mph out there on that racetrack.”

“The qualifying is going to be pretty crazy and interesting,” said Top Fuel pilot Cory McClenathan. “We’re there to put a show on, and obviously everybody wants to win the race. I think the roar of three other dragsters, when you’re in your own car, is going to be a real rush.”