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NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Returns With Two Indianapolis Events
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NHRA Drag Racing will return to the world stage in mid-July, relaunching its Mello Yello Drag Racing Series and associated programs with events on back-to-back weekends at the famed Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis.
The two events will be run on consecutive weeks, July 11-12 and July 18-19, and serve as the launch point for 15 more NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events that will follow, beginning with a visit to Seattle. The season will conclude with the crowning of the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series champions November 13-15, at the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.
“We’re excited for our Mello Yello Series to return to action, not just for the racers and fans but also for everyone who loves and supports NHRA Drag Racing,” NHRA President Glen Cromwell said. “Because we are an outdoor sport, we feel comfortable opening these Indianapolis events to a limited number of fans who are the lifeblood of our sport and following the guidance of the state of Indiana to resume racing.”
The Indianapolis events, both of which will be televised on the FOX Broadcast Network, will be open to a limited number of spectators, with offers being extended via email to NHRA members and 2020 U.S. Nationals ticket holders. The first event, July 11-12, will feature all four Mello Yello classes – Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle – while the second event, July 18-19, will feature Top Fuel and Funny Car along with the E3 Spark Plugs Pro Mod Series presented by J&A Service, Mickey Thompson Tires Top Fuel Harley Series, and the SAMTech.edu NHRA Factory Stock Showdown. Neither event will include Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competition.
The revised 2020 schedule will consist of 19 total events, with 17 of those events being contested when the series resumes in July. The first four events – both Indianapolis events as well as the Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals in Seattle and the Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil – will be broadcast on the FOX Broadcast Network.
Sixteen of the events on the revised schedule will be condensed to two-day competition schedules for the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series classes due to economic and logistical factors. This will entail one day of qualifications (two rounds) on Saturday and Final Eliminations on Sunday. Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series classes will begin racing on Friday.
The events in Chicago; Norwalk, Ohio; Richmond, Va.; Epping, N.H.; and Sonoma, Calif., and the spring events in Las Vegas and Charlotte, N.C. that were originally scheduled for the 2020 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season had to be canceled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The NHRA Southern Nationals in Atlanta, previously canceled, has been returned to the 2020 schedule in late August.
The JEGS Allstars competition, originally scheduled as part of the Chicago event, and the Mickey Thompson Tires Pro Bike Battle, originally scheduled as part of the Sonoma event, will both be contested at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals.
As previously announced, due to the compressed schedule, points will not be reset after the Denso Spark Plugs U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.
REVISED 2020 MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING SERIES SCHEDULE (subject to change)
July 11 - 12 | NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing at Lucas Oil Raceway (PSC/PSM) | Indianapolis
July 18 -19 | NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing at Lucas Oil Raceway | Indianapolis
July 31-Aug. 2 | Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals (PSC/PSM) | Seattle
Aug. 7-9 | Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals (PSM) | Denver
Aug. 14-16 | Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals | Brainerd, Minn.
Aug. 21-23 | Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals (PSC) | Topeka, Kan.
Aug. 28-30 | NHRA Southern Nationals | Atlanta
Sept. 3-6 | Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals (PSC/PSM) | Indianapolis
Sept. 11-13 | Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals (PSC/PSM) | Reading, Pa.
Sept. 18-20 | NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals (PSC/PSM) | Charlotte
Sept. 25-27 | Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals (PSC/PSM) | Gainesville, Fla.
Oct. 2-4 | AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals PSC/PSM | St. Louis
Oct. 9-11 | NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals (PSC/PSM) | Bristol, Tenn.
Oct. 16-18 | AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals (PSC/PSM) | Dallas
Oct. 23-25 | Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals (PSC/PSM) | Houston
Oct. 30-Nov. 1 | Dodge NHRA Nationals (PSC/PSM) | Las Vegas
Nov. 13-15 | Auto Club NHRA Finals (PSC/PSM) | Pomona, Calif.
For more information, visit nhra.com.
The two events will be run on consecutive weeks, July 11-12 and July 18-19, and serve as the launch point for 15 more NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events that will follow, beginning with a visit to Seattle. The season will conclude with the crowning of the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series champions November 13-15, at the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.
“We’re excited for our Mello Yello Series to return to action, not just for the racers and fans but also for everyone who loves and supports NHRA Drag Racing,” NHRA President Glen Cromwell said. “Because we are an outdoor sport, we feel comfortable opening these Indianapolis events to a limited number of fans who are the lifeblood of our sport and following the guidance of the state of Indiana to resume racing.”
The Indianapolis events, both of which will be televised on the FOX Broadcast Network, will be open to a limited number of spectators, with offers being extended via email to NHRA members and 2020 U.S. Nationals ticket holders. The first event, July 11-12, will feature all four Mello Yello classes – Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle – while the second event, July 18-19, will feature Top Fuel and Funny Car along with the E3 Spark Plugs Pro Mod Series presented by J&A Service, Mickey Thompson Tires Top Fuel Harley Series, and the SAMTech.edu NHRA Factory Stock Showdown. Neither event will include Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competition.
The revised 2020 schedule will consist of 19 total events, with 17 of those events being contested when the series resumes in July. The first four events – both Indianapolis events as well as the Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals in Seattle and the Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil – will be broadcast on the FOX Broadcast Network.
Sixteen of the events on the revised schedule will be condensed to two-day competition schedules for the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series classes due to economic and logistical factors. This will entail one day of qualifications (two rounds) on Saturday and Final Eliminations on Sunday. Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series classes will begin racing on Friday.
The events in Chicago; Norwalk, Ohio; Richmond, Va.; Epping, N.H.; and Sonoma, Calif., and the spring events in Las Vegas and Charlotte, N.C. that were originally scheduled for the 2020 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season had to be canceled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The NHRA Southern Nationals in Atlanta, previously canceled, has been returned to the 2020 schedule in late August.
The JEGS Allstars competition, originally scheduled as part of the Chicago event, and the Mickey Thompson Tires Pro Bike Battle, originally scheduled as part of the Sonoma event, will both be contested at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals.
As previously announced, due to the compressed schedule, points will not be reset after the Denso Spark Plugs U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.
REVISED 2020 MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING SERIES SCHEDULE (subject to change)
July 11 - 12 | NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing at Lucas Oil Raceway (PSC/PSM) | Indianapolis
July 18 -19 | NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing at Lucas Oil Raceway | Indianapolis
July 31-Aug. 2 | Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals (PSC/PSM) | Seattle
Aug. 7-9 | Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals (PSM) | Denver
Aug. 14-16 | Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals | Brainerd, Minn.
Aug. 21-23 | Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals (PSC) | Topeka, Kan.
Aug. 28-30 | NHRA Southern Nationals | Atlanta
Sept. 3-6 | Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals (PSC/PSM) | Indianapolis
Sept. 11-13 | Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals (PSC/PSM) | Reading, Pa.
Sept. 18-20 | NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals (PSC/PSM) | Charlotte
Sept. 25-27 | Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals (PSC/PSM) | Gainesville, Fla.
Oct. 2-4 | AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals PSC/PSM | St. Louis
Oct. 9-11 | NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals (PSC/PSM) | Bristol, Tenn.
Oct. 16-18 | AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals (PSC/PSM) | Dallas
Oct. 23-25 | Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals (PSC/PSM) | Houston
Oct. 30-Nov. 1 | Dodge NHRA Nationals (PSC/PSM) | Las Vegas
Nov. 13-15 | Auto Club NHRA Finals (PSC/PSM) | Pomona, Calif.
For more information, visit nhra.com.
