NHRA Announces 2018 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Schedule

NHRA Announces 2018 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Schedule

Andrew Wolf
June 7, 2017

Photo by Marc Gewertz/NHRA

The National Hot Rod Association revealed today its 2018 Mello Mello Drag Racing Series schedule, which will once again feature 24 races from coast-to-coast, all broadcast exclusively on FOX Sports and the FOX national network.

As is tradition, the season will again begin and end at the Auto Club Dragway in Pomona, California, and while much of the schedule mirrors that of the current 2017 calendar, some jockeying has taken place during the early summer months.

The annual Route 66 Nationals in Joliet, Illinois, which currently takes place in early July, has shifted up in the schedule to the weekend of May 31- June 3. Likewise, the New England Nationals in Epping, New Hampshire, will take the place of Chicago event on July 6-8. The Englishtown, Bristol, and Norwalk events will maintain their place on the schedule before the series shifts to Epping and then on to the traditional Western Swing races in Denver, Seattle, and Sonoma, Calif.

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The Countdown to the Championship will again comprise six races: Charlotte, Reading, Pa., St. Louis, Dallas, Las Vegas, and Pomona.

The events at which the Pro Stock Motorcycle category and the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series will compete at have not yet been announced, but are likely to continue their count of 16 and 12, respectively.

2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Schedule
NHRA Mello Yello Series Regular Season
Feb. 8-11               NHRA Winternationals                                   Pomona, Calif.
Feb. 23-25             NHRA Arizona Nationals                                Phoenix
March 15-18          Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals          Gainesville, Fla.
April 6-8               DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals              Las Vegas
April 20-22            NHRA SpringNationals                                  Houston
April 27-29            NHRA Four-Wide Nationals                           Charlotte, N.C.
May 4-6                 NHRA Southern Nationals                              Atlanta
May 18-20             Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals                Topeka, Kan.
May 31-June 3        Route 66 NHRA Nationals                              Chicago
June 7-10               NHRA Summernationals                                 Englishtown, N.J.
June 15-17             NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals                      Bristol, Tenn.
June 21-24             Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals     Norwalk, Ohio
July 6-8                 NHRA New England Nationals                        Epping, N.H.
July 20-22             Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals                   Denver
July 27-29             Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals                      Sonoma, Calif.
Aug. 3-5               NHRA Northwest Nationals                              Seattle
Aug. 16-19            Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals                              Brainerd, Minn.
Aug. 29-Sept. 3     Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals               Indianapolis
NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship
Sept. 14-16            NHRA Carolina Nationals                               Charlotte, N.C.
Sept. 20-23            Dodge NHRA Nationals                                  Reading, Pa.
Sept. 28-30            AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals        St. Louis
Oct. 11-14             AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals                     Dallas
Oct. 25-28             NHRA Toyota Nationals                                  Las Vegas
Nov. 8-11              Auto Club NHRA Finals                                  Pomona, Calif.
Photos courtesy NHRA/National Dragster