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J.R. Todd breaks down a hectic Seattle win

On this episode of the NHRA Insider powered by Speedmaster, Seattle Funny Car winner J.R. Todd joins the show to tell the inside story of how his team overcame some potentially crippling issues to win the Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways.
Peak Performance Sportsman Racer of the Month
Ty Gaynor

Peak Performance Sportsman Racer of the Month: Ty Gaynor

Last month, Phil Unruh was crowned the Peak Performance Sportsman Racer of the Month after his double at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. With that in mind, it should be no surprise that Ty Gaynor is July’s Peak Sportsman Racer of the Month after pulling off a similar feat at the Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals in Seattle.
Top 25 Alcohol Drivers
Top 25

The salute continues: NHRA's Top 25 Alcohol Drivers, Part 4

NHRA’s 75th Anniversary salute to its racers continues with the next collection of great racers, a list of NHRA’s Top 25 Alcohol Drivers. Here's the fourth group of five, which includes some of the sport's great driver/tuners/builders.
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Motion Performance Raceway

NHRA adds Motion Performance Raceway to Member Track Network

Motion Performance Raceway at Gimli Motorsports Park, located in Gimli, Man., in Canada, has joined the NHRA Member Track Network as part of the West Central Division (Division 5).
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Tom Bayer

Tom Bayer’s School of Drag Racing coming to Indianapolis and Bakersfield

The weekend after the world’s biggest drag race at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Tom Bayer’s School of Drag Racing will host a special two-day licensing class in Indianapolis on Sept. 11-12.
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Countdown

Seven more drivers have clinched Countdown to the Championship berths

As a result of competition at the Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals, seven more drivers locked in their positions in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship playoffs.
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Brainerd

NHRA Brainerd Nationals set for penultimate race of 2026 regular season

With the end of the 2026 NHRA regular season approaching, this year’s NHRA Brainerd Nationals at famed Brainerd International Raceway on Aug. 20-23 will again serve as a key stop and the penultimate event before the NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs.
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Ron Capps

Ron Capps crowned ‘King of Nitro’ in all-RCM final round at Night Under Fire

In an all-Ron Capps Motorsports final round between teammates Ron Capps and Maddi Gordon, Capps raced to victory to earn the inaugural “King of Nitro” title Saturday night at Summit Motorsports Park’s 49th annual Night Under Fire.
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Member Track

NHRA welcomes new Swamp Bottom Dragstrip to South Central Division

Swamp Bottom Dragstrip, a new, state-of-the-art facility currently being built in Columbia, Miss., has joined the NHRA Member Track Network as part of the South Central Division (Division 4).
DRAGSTER Insider
Steve Ambrose

Remembering Steve Ambrose

Steve Ambrose never drove a nitro-fueled dragster or Funny Car, and you may not even know his name, but he was as true a racer as anyone who did. Racing with lifelong friends on a team that continued to innovate and experiment, he personified what a racer is. NHRA National Dragster's Phil Burgess remembers him.
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Doug Herbert

Former NHRA Top Fuel star Doug Herbert has eyes set on 500-mph Bonneville mark

Multitime NHRA Top Fuel national event winner Doug Herbert has his eyes set on a 500-mph tribute to his late father, Chet, and sons Jon and James when he powers his The Beast NextGen streamliner on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Wendover, Utah, in the not-too-distant future.
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Antron Brown

Antron Brown set to inspire Scouts at Scouting America National Jamboree

Four-time NHRA Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown will trade the dragstrip for the mountains of West Virginia this week when he visits the 2026 Scouting America National Jamboree and encourages thousands of Scouts to chase their dreams through leadership, integrity, and perseverance.

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