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Stream Every 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Event, Plus Watch Select Sportsman Series Events, And The Entire 2022-2025 Season. Also See Historic Races From The Vault. Live Video Will Be Available Every Day Of Racing For All NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Events.
The last time — well, the only other time — that Jordan Vandergriff raced down the Pomona dragstrip was in Top Fuel in 2019, and he enters Saturday as the No. 1 qualifier, driving the Cornwell Quality Tools Chevrolet formerly driven by the guy he beat in that first round seven years ago, Austin Prock.
If the racers are right — and they usually are — the final day of qualifying at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals will erase much of what was accomplished Friday like an overnight rain shower, as all three low qualifiers insist that their field-leading Friday numbers would not remain atop the field.
Leah Pruett jumped to the top spot in Top Fuel at the 66th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals. Jordan Vandergriff (Funny Car) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) are also the provisional No. 1 qualifiers at the third of 20 races during the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.
The NHRA National Dragster photographers were all over In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip on the opening day of qualifying for the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals, capturing all of the action on and off the racetrack.
News, notes, quotes, and photos from the opening day of the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals, race 3 of the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. Updated throughout the day.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LUCAS OIL NHRA WINTERNATIONALS
The Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals will mark the 1,000th Funny Car race in NHRA history, and NHRA will present a special trophy to the winner in addition to one of the keepsake NHRA 75th Anniversary Wallys, and Funny Car racers are eager to get their hands on it.
Ron Capps got his hands on his first special diamond Wally for NHRA’s 75th Anniversary season at the most recent race in Phoenix. As sweet as that was, there’s a chance for even more at this weekend’s Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals.
bproauto has formed a partnership with Chad Green Motorsports and recent NHRA Gatornationals Funny Car champion driver Chad Green for NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series events beginning this weekend at the famed Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals.
Following the rained-out In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series will return to its ancestral homeland in Pomona, Calif., for the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals. This week, the PlayNHRA Favorites include Shawn Langdon and Matt Hagan in Top Fuel and Funny Car, while Dallas Glenn and Greg Anderson share top billing in Pro Stock.
Top Fuel driver Ron August Jr. will begin his 2026 season at this weekend’s Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals in Pomona teamed with Larry Antaya Racing and receiving support from Fire Protection Management Inc., Pleasanton Ready Mix, Kleen Blast, CSA Gym, and California Air Inc.
Fifty-five years ago, Don Garlits' Top Fuel win in a rear-engine dragster at the 1971 NHRA Winternationals changed the class and the sport. Since the summer of 1972, the last 974 Top Fuel winners have all had the engine behind them. Here's a look at that transitional time in class history.
Dragster Insider
NHRA National Dragster Editor Phil Burgess takes readers on a journey through NHRA history to tell “the stories behind the stories”
The Sports Report
NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor Kevin McKenna offers news, analysis, and personality profiles on Sportsman racers in the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series
Top 5 Lists
NHRA's Brian Lohnes ranks some of the great drivers and moments in NHRA history in these insightful videos
Stump Bob
NHRA historian and statistician Bob Frey tackles fan questions about some of the most interesting NHRA stats
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