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Steady 3.90 barrage carries Matt Hagan's Dodge Charger to third win of season

Matt Hagan and crew chief Dickie Venables put together a string of four 3.90-second runs separated by just nine-thousandths of a second to win their third race of the season and boost their bid for a late-season championship run.
20 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Matt Hagan
Matt Hagan and crew chief Dickie Venables put together a string of four 3.90-second runs separated by just nine-thousandths of a second to win their third race of the season and boost their bid for a late-season championship run. At the wheel of the…
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Greg Anderson wheels Summit Camaro to career win No. 94 in Pro Stock

Greg Anderson entered this weekend in eighth place and knew he needed a good weekend at the AAA Texas FallNationals to remain part of the Pro Stock championship battle, and his determination showed with a sterling effort behind the wheel en route to career win No. 94.
20 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Greg Anderson
Greg Anderson entered this weekend in eighth place and knew he needed a good weekend at the AAA Texas FallNationals to remain part of the Pro Stock championship battle, and his determination showed. Using his right foot to extreme advantage,…
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Jerry Savoie's White Alligator Suzuki takes a bite out of points deficit with win

Jerry Savoie continued his push for a second Pro Stock Motorcycle championship by taking out points leader Andrew Hines in the semifinals and Eddie Krawiec in the final round to become the first racer in the 2019 Countdown to win more than one event,
20 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Jerry Savoie
Jerry Savoie continued his push for a second Pro Stock Motorcycle championship by taking out points leader Andrew Hines in the semifinals and Eddie Krawiec in the final round to become the first racer in the 2019 Countdown to win more than one event…
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AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals Sunday photo gallery

NHRA National Dragster photographers Jerry Foss and Randy Anderson were all over Texas Motorplex on the final day of the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals, providing a gallery's worth of photos from on and off the track.
20 Oct 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Gallery
Photo Gallery
On Saturday night before the final day, the annual Drag Racing Association of Women Auction was held in the Texas Motorplex Champions Club, where Bob Frey and Alan Reinhart served as auctioneers. …
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Chris Holbrook closes out SAM Tech.edu Factory Stock season with convincing win

Chris Holbrook collected his first win of the season in the SAM Tech.edu Factory Stock Showdown following a final round win over reigning series champion Leah Pritchett at the AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals in Dallas.
20 Oct 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
Race coverage
Chris Holbrook
Chris Holbrook collected his first win of the season in the SAM Tech.edu Factory Stock Showdown following a final round win over reigning series champion Leah Pritchett at the AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals in Dallas. Holbrook, in his Varsity Ford…
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Top Fuel veteran Cory McClenathan honored as first Texas Motorplex Legend

Three-time Texas Motorplex Top Fuel winner and 34-time Top Fuel NHRA national event winner Cory McClenathan was honored as the first recipient of the Texas Motorplex Legend award during the pre-race ceremony at AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals.
20 Oct 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Cory McClenathan
Three-time Texas Motorplex Top Fuel winner and 34-time Top Fuel NHRA national event winner Cory McClenathan was honored as the first recipient of the Texas Motorplex Legend award during the pre-race ceremony at AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals …
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Pre-race interviews: Erica Enders, Steve Johnson, Shawn Reed, and Paul Lee

Erica Enders, Steve Johnson, Shawn Reed, and Paul Lee all took to the Texas Motorplex stage during pre-race activities at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals to discuss their careers and their race weekends with host Alan Reinhart.
20 Oct 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
Race coverage
Erica Enders
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Two years later, Richie Stevens Jr. is back home again in Pro Stock

Richie Stevens didn’t expect to get a call from Alan Prusiensky this week asking him to drive his Pro Stock car at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals, but it didn’t take him long to say yes.
20 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Richie Stevens Jr.
Richie Stevens didn’t expect to get a call from Alan Prusiensky this week asking him to drive his Pro Stock car at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals, but it didn’t take him long to say yes. Prusiensky, who suffered a broken back in a high-speed…
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For Brittany Force, communication with crew has been a key to their success

It didn’t take long for the chemistry to heat up between Brittany Force and her new crew, led by David Grubnic and Mac Savage, and good communications has been the key to their success their season.
20 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Brittany Force
It didn’t take long for the chemistry to heat up between Brittany Force and her new crew, led by David Grubnic and Mac Savage, who were hired in the 2018-19 offseason to try to get Force and her Advance Auto Parts Top Fueler back to the…
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AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals Sunday preview

Welcome to Raceday for the 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals. After two days of exciting qualifying at Texas Motorplex, the racers are playing for keeps and big points today in the fourth of six events in the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship playoffs.
20 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Dallas
Welcome to Raceday for the 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals. After two days of exciting qualifying at Texas Motorplex, the racers are playing for keeps and big points today in the fourth of six events in the 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing…
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John Force makes it a family sweep of nitro qualifying poles with BlueDef Camaro

John Force reached another milestone in his amazing career, locking down his 160th career No. 1 qualifying effort thanks to his Friday run of 3.834 and joined daughter Brittany as a low qualifier at the event.
19 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
John Force
John Force reached another milestone in his amazing career, locking down his 160th career No. 1 qualifying effort thanks to his Friday run of 3.834. Force and his BlueDef Camaro had a mixed Saturday, with a tire-smoker in Q3 and a 3.937 in Q4 that…
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Brittany Force scores eighth No. 1 of the season with strong performances

Although Brittany Force and crew chief David Grubnic are known for their nighttime qualifying heroics, they showed in the heat of the day Saturday that they’re tough under fire, too, recording the best run of the day, 3.691, and held the No. 1 spot with their Friday 3.651 blast.
19 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Brittany Force
Although Brittany Force and crew chief David Grubnic are known for their nighttime qualifying heroics, they showed in the heat of the day Saturday that they’re tough under fire, too, recording the best run of the day, 3.691 to back up their Friday…
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Matt Smith stays atop bike field, but Jerry Savoie emerges as a threat in the heat

Matt Smith stayed atop the Pro Stock Motorcycle field after his dazzling 6.776, 200.22-mph Friday night blast, but a so-so Saturday in the heat put him behind the performance curve of Jerry Savoie, who ruled the day.
19 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Matt Smith
Matt Smith stayed atop the Pro Stock Motorcycle field after his dazzling 6.776, 200.22-mph Friday night blast, but a so-so Saturday in the heat put him behind the performance curve of Jerry Savoie, who ruled the day. Savoie had the best e.t. of…
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Jeg Coughlin Jr. keeps his Camaro atop the Pro Stock pack on a hot Saturday

Everyone knew that Saturday’s hot and humid weather would slow the Pro Stock cars, which it did by an average of about a half-tenth from Friday’s nighttime session, but Jeg Coughlin Jr. showed that his JEGS.com team has a mastery of both.
19 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Jeg Coughlin Jr.
Everyone knew that Saturday’s hot and humid weather would slow the Pro Stock cars, which it did by an average of about a half-tenth from Friday’s nighttime session, but Jeg Coughlin Jr. showed that his JEGS.com team has a mastery of both by making…
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AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals Saturday photo gallery

NHRA National Dragster photographers Jerry Foss and Randy Anderson were all over Texas Motorplex on the second day of the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals, providing a gallery's worth of photos from on and off the track.
19 Oct 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
Photo Gallery
Reading Top Fuel winner Richie Crampton and the DHL crew warmed their mount before the opening qualifying pass Saturday. After a tire-smoking first run Friday, Tommy Johnson Jr. and the Make-A-Wish…
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Alex Laughlin vs. Mother Nature vs. grasshoppers vs. the field

Alex Laughlin’s plan for the weekend was complicated, but manageable. Then Mother Nature got involved. Twice.
19 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Alex Laughlin
Alex Laughlin’s plan was complicated but manageable. Compete in his supercharged Speed Society Corvette at the No Mercy event at South Georgia Motorsports Park, put down some qualifying runs Thursday, fly to Texas for Friday’s first two qualifying…
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Three days that may have saved Matt Smith's season and his bid for a repeat title

Matt Smith made Texas Motorplex history Friday night when he powered his Denso EBR to the track’s first 200-mph Pro Stock Motorcycle pass but it was the result of a lot of behind-the-scenes work in the three days between events.
19 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Matt Smith
Matt Smith knew something was wrong, he just didn’t know what. His normally potent Denso EBR struggled in qualifying at the NTK NHRA Carolina Nationals, ranking just 13th, followed by a first-round exit. He had already watched his name plummet…
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Kebin Kinsley is back, and the Texas team is 'going for the jugular' for their fans

Kebin Kinsley returned to action Friday for his first runs in the Roger Hennen Motorsports Top Fueler since the Houston SpringNationals in April, but, as Kinsley says, "When Roger goes, he goes for the jugular.” They enter Saturday in the No. 15 spot looking to improve on their Friday 3.81 pass.
19 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Kebin Kinsley
Kebin Kinsley returned to action Friday for his first runs in the Roger Hennen Motorsports Top Fueler since the Houston SpringNationals in April. The team had planned to run more events this season but wounded some cylinder heads in Houston which…
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AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals Saturday preview

Welcome to Day 2 of the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals and the final two rounds of qualifying to set the fields for Sunday’s final eliminations. Warmer temperatures are forecast so teams will spend a lot of effort working on their Sunday tune-ups.
19 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Dallas
Welcome to Day 2 of the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals and the final two rounds of qualifying to set the fields for Sunday’s final eliminations. After a track-record-setting day Friday, today’s forecast calls for warmer temperatures, which means that…
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Kimbrough, Worner, and Doll lead winners at Division 2 Rockingham event

Jim Kimbrough, Bryan Worner, and Allison Doll led the list of winners as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing SeriesvSoutheast Division 2 was in action at Rockingham Dragway.
18 Oct 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Division 2
The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Southeast Division event at Rockingham Dragway: COMPETITION ELIMINATOR Jim Kimbrough, Pace, Fla., dragster, C/ED, 9.377, 86.06  def. Lee…
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Brittany Force's track-record pass carries her to No. 1 spot in Dallas Top Fuel field

Put Brittany Force, crew chief Dave Grubnic, and the rocket-red Advance Auto Parts dragster on the starting line with cool conditions and a good track and great things will happen as they did Friday night at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals where she set the track record with a blast of 3.651.
18 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Brittany Force
Put Brittany Force, crew chief Dave Grubnic, and the rocket-red Advance Auto Parts dragster on the starting line with cool conditions and a good track and great things will happen as they did Friday night at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals where…
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John Force rides BlueDef Camaro to No. 1 spot with career-best 337-mph speed

18 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
John Force
John Force finished qualifying Friday night where he started, in the No. 1 spot for what, with warming temperatures expected Saturday, will be the fifth of the season and the 160th of his career after a sizzling 3.834 at 337.33 mph in his Peak…
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Elite Camaros of Jeg Coughlin Jr., Erica Enders lock down first two Pro Stock spots

18 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Jeg Coughlin Jr.
The double-barreled Elite Performance threat of Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Erica Enders ended up 1-2 after a dazzling side-by-side final dash of Pro Stock qualifying with Coughlin’s pink JEGS.com Camaro grabbing the No. 1 spot with a 6.509, a thousandth…
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Matt Smith's 200-mph blast carries his Denso EBR to No. 1 in Pro Stock Motorcycle

Reigning world champ Matt Smith flexed the muscles of his Denso-backed EBR, cracking off the first 200-mph Pro Stock Motorcycle pass at Texas Motorplex en route to grabbing the No. 1 qualifying spot.
18 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Matt Smith
Reigning world champ Matt Smith flexed the muscles of his Denso-backed EBR, cracking off the first 200-mph Pro Stock Motorcycle pass at Texas Motorplex en route to grabbing the No. 1 qualifying spot. Smith improved by a tenth on his opening pass of…
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AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals Friday photo gallery

NHRA National Dragster photographers Jerry Foss and Randy Anderson were all over Texas Motorplex on the opening day of the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals, providing a gallery's worth of photos from on and off the track.
18 Oct 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
Photo Gallery
Texas Motorplex hosted the Pre-Stage FanFest in Ennis on Thursday, allowing fans to interact with the stars of the NHRA before the start of the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals. Pro Stock heroes Greg Anderson, Jason Line, and Bo…
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WATCH: Kebin Kinsley fireballs the engine in the first qualifying session in Dallas

Texas-based Top Fuel racer Kebin Kinsley rode out a big fireball in the Hennen Motorsports dragster in the first qualifying session of the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals.
18 Oct 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
Kebin Kinsley
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Drew Skillman clinches SAMTech.edu Factory Stock championship

Drew Skillman clinched the 2019 SAMTech.edu Factory Stock Showdown championship at the close of qualifying Saturday at the AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals in Dallas.
18 Oct 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
Drew Skillman
Drew Skillman clinched the 2019 SAM Tech.edu Factory Stock Showdown championship at the close of qualifying Saturday at the AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals in Dallas. Following an impressive three-win season, Skillman built a commanding lead in…
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Lee Callaway ready to take the big stage in his Top Fuel debut this weekend in Dallas

Former national event-winning Top Alcohol Dragster driver Lee Callaway will join the ranks of NHRA Top Fuel drivers this weekend as he makes his debut in Scott Palmer’s Magic Dry dragster.
18 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Lee Callaway
Lee Callaway will join the ranks of NHRA Top Fuel drivers this weekend as he makes his debut in Scott Palmer’s Magic Dry dragster. The former national event-winning Top Alcohol Dragster driver completed his licensing last week and will campaign his…
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Consistent Eddie Krawiec still in the title hunt, but first season win would help

No racer really wants the pressure entering an event of a make-or-break weekend, but when the Countdown to the Championship passes its midpoint, that’s the agenda for a lot of title contenders, including former Pro Stock Motorcycle champ Eddie Krawiec.
18 Oct 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Eddie Krawiec
No racer really wants the pressure entering an event of a make-or-break weekend, but when the Countdown to the Championship passes its midpoint, that’s the agenda for a lot of title contenders, including former Pro Stock Motorcycle champ Eddie…
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What the teams had to say entering the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals

"This is one of the toughest eras in the sport’s history. If you get a win this year you will most likely have had to race easily three championship-caliber teams." -- Richie Crampton
18 Oct 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
Richie Crampton
JOHN FORCE RACING ROBERT HIGHT “This season has been pretty incredible. We’re nearing the end of the Countdown and we extended our points lead in Charlotte and this AAA Texas team, they really pulled together and did a…
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