2026 16th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - New Tracks, Lot's of Team Changes, Here We Go!!!

2026 16th Annual FABO NHRA "Pick 'Em" Game - New Tracks, Lot's of Team Changes, Here We Go!!!

Here's your day-late Tuesday before the race notice for the middle event of the so-called "Eastern Swing", the eighth event of the 2026 NHRA season, the 13th annual NHRA New England Nationals presented by bproauto at New England Dragway
Please post your picks before Professional qualifying starts so you will be eligible for all event bonus points. The first of the scheduled four rounds of Pro qualifying is scheduled to start at 5:00pm EDT (2:30pm PDT) on Friday.

nhra.com shows the following entry counts for the professional categories:
16 Top Fuel (Rit Pustari will be making his first runs of the 2026 NHRA season)
16 Funny Car (Phil Burkart will be seen driving for the first time this season)
16 Pro Stock (Brandon Miller will have his Mopar on the strip again)

Pro Stock Motorcycle will not compete at this event.

The current weather forecast shows great stuff for the weekend:
* Friday should be mostly sunny and mid-80s when Q1 Pro qualifying starts at 5:00pm local time, cooling off to the mid-70s when Q2 starts at 7:30pm local time.
* Saturday shows partly sunny to mostly cloudy and mid-80s when the Mission Foods 2Fast2Tasty Challenge races start Q3 at 12:30pm local time, and mid-70s for the Mission Foods 2Fast2Tasty Challenge finals and Q4 at 3:00pm. The current forecast also shows a 36-45% chance of rain for a couple of hours on Saturday evening starting around 6:00pm.
* The Sunday forecast is for mid-60s and up to a 60% chance of rain from the morning up to about 4:00pm. Final eliminations may be on Monday. We will just have to wait and see and hope the forecast improves.
* If eliminations roll over to Monday, the forecast is for sunny all day with a temp of about 70F at 11:00am and a high of 77F about 2:00pm.

The combination of low temps for final eliminations and the relatively low altitude should result in some outstanding conditions for racing.

The current television schedule for the New England Nationals...
* Qualifying Show 1: 8:00-9:30pm EDT (5:00-6:30pm PDT), Friday, June 5 on FS1
* Qualifying Show 2: 10:00-11:00pm EDT (7:00-8:00pm PDT), Saturday, June 6 on FS1
* Final eliminations: 3:00-6:00pm EDT (Noon-3:00pm PDT), Sunday, June 7 on FOX

All television coverage will also re-air at later times. Check www.nh ra.com.

Don't miss out!