2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series

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2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Season was announced on 6 June 2017.

This is the 63rd season of the National Hot Rod Association's top drag race competition. There will be 24 Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock events, and 16 Pro Stock Motorcycle events.

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Schedule

* Final that aired on tape delay. Ennis, TX race can be moved to FS1 if MLB Postseason scheduling does not require a playoff match on the last day.

Additional Rules for Special Races

4 Lines : Residents of Four States in Las Vegas and Charlotte in spring will compete with cars on four lanes.

• All cars will qualify on every path because the four tracks will be used in qualifying.
• Three rounds by car using all four lanes.
• In Rounds One and Two, two top drivers (four) will advance to the next round.
• The pair is set as follows:
  • Race One: 1, 8, 9, 16
  • Contest Two: 4, 5, 12, 13
  • Race Three: 2, 7, 10, 15
  • Contest Four: 3, 6, 11, 14
  • Semifinal One: Top two on Race One and Race Two
  • Semifinals Two: Top two in Race Three and Race Four
  • Final: Top two in Semifinal One and Semifinals Two
• The path selection is determined by the time in the previous round. In the first half, the choice of path is determined by the fastest time.
• Drivers who ride in Round One and Two will receive 20 points for each round of progress.
• In Round Three, the winner of the race will be declared the winner of the race and will collect 40 points. Runner-up will receive 20 points. The third and fourth place drivers will be credited as a semi-final loser.

1.5 : Final A. AS and Auto Club Final will experience 50% increase in race points. The drivers who qualified but were eliminated in the first half received 30 points, and each round won a score of 30 points. The top four receive 10, 9, 8, and 7 points, respectively, for qualifying positions, with 5-6 drivers receiving 6 points, 7-8 drivers receiving 5 points, 9-12 receiving 4 points, and 13-16 received 3 points. Also, the big four, not three, the driver after each session received points for the fastest time in each round (4-3-2-1).

Event changes

On January 16, 2018, Old Town Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey suspended all drag racing operations at the facility due to ongoing security issues and increased maintenance costs. Two weeks later, the NHRA Summernationals are scheduled to take place there in June, announced to be transferred to Virginia Motorsports Park in Petersburg, Virginia. The last NHRA professional event took place at VMP in 2009.

Due to a series of date changes of NASCAR Monster Energy Series, NHRA changed the dates of various rounds to avoid conflict. The race at Joliet was moved to early June, as the normal date has been moved to a NASCAR meeting near the Chicagoland Speedway, and the Countdown dates in Reading and Charlotte were exchanged from the date Charlotte will be too close to the NASCAR races just playoff races.

2 : Due to bad weather throughout the day, Final Elimination Round at Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals in Topeka, Kansas did not start until around 7 PM CDT on May 20, 2018. After the mist began to settle during the second round of pro racing, it postponed until the next day at 10 AM CDT when the semifinal and final rounds are held.

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References

src: houstonraceway.com

External links

• Official website
• Drag Race Central Latest NHRA News and Analysis

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