NHRA Announces Four-Lane Racing at Inaugural NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
Team Mopar race fans can catch a sight never before seen—Mopar HEMI®-powered NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car and Pro Stock drivers competing in four-lane racing battles in an official NHRA national event. NHRA recently announced that for the first time in national event history, qualifying and eliminations for Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle at an NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event will be conducted four-wide instead of two.
The inaugural NHRA Four-Wide Nationals is scheduled for March 25–28 at zMAX Dragway near Charlotte, N.C. The unique event comes just four months after NHRA conducted its first-ever four-lane exhibition at a national event, where nearly 30,000 horsepower blasted off at zMAX Dragway during the September running of the NHRA Carolinas Nationals.
"We had so much positive feedback from our fans and drivers after the four-lane exhibition last September that we were comfortable adding this unique twist to an official NHRA national event," said Tom Compton, president, NHRA. "Once again, NHRA will be making history at zMAX Dragway. With all four of our Full Throttle Series categories competing in four-wide racing it will certainly be a spectacular event to see."
"It’s definitely a unique approach," said Team Mopar NHRA Pro Stock driver Allen Johnson. "It should generate a ton of publicity for the sport."
The rules for the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway will be as follows:
- Qualifying will be conducted using four lanes
- Each category winner will be determined in three rounds of eliminations
- The two drivers to cross the finish line first in each of the four first rounds of eliminations will advance to the second round
- The two drivers to cross the finish line first in each of the two second rounds of eliminations will advance to the final round
- Each final round will feature four drivers in each category, and the single driver to cross the finish line first in the final will be declared the winner of the race, the second runner-up and so on.
Tickets for the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals are available by calling (800) 455-3267 or by visiting http://www.charlottemotorspeedway.com on the Web.