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When it comes to famous Walts in the world, movie lovers have Walt Disney, bookworms have Walt Whitman, and basketball fans have Walt Frazier. Drag racing recently lost two of its favorite Walts, Walt Austin and Walt Stevens, within a month over September and October.
03 Nov 2023
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
When it comes to famous Walts in the world, movie lovers have Walt Disney, bookworms have Walt Whitman, and basketball fans have Walt Frazier. Drag racing recently lost two of its favorite Walts, Walt Austin and Walt Stevens, within a month over…
NHRA has announced the five NHRA Camping World Drag Racing competitors in contention for the 2023 NHRA Rookie of the Year award: Chase Van Sant, David Cuadra, Eric Latino, Dan Mercier, and Jerry Tucker .
NHRA has announced the five NHRA Camping World Drag Racing competitors in contention for the 2023 NHRA Rookie of the Year award.
Pro Stock Motorcycle’s Chase Van Sant is one of the five candidates for the annual award that names the sport’s…
Dean Hall sealed the victory for the Division 7 team by a narrow margin when he drove his Korbel Corvette to the Top Sportsman victory. Hall ran a 6.856 on his 6.85 dial. Opponent Brandon Miller, seeking to join the short list of drivers to double…
In addition to leading the Right Trailers Top Sportsman national standings, Brandon Miller also went back-to-back at the JEGS Allstars in Top Dragster. Both Miller and opponent Rusty Baxter of Division 5 both ran right on their respective dials, but…
Division 3’s Rusty Cook won his second straight and third overall JEGS Allstars Super Gas title, racking up a near-perfect run consisting of a .003 reaction time and an e.t. of 9.909 to defeat Division 7’s Steve Parsons.
Division 4’s Mark Powers claimed top honors in Super Comp with an 8.292 to 8.92 final-round decision over Division 7’s Tanner Theobald, a race that wasn’t as close as those numbers would indicate considering Powers’ substantial starting-line…
Six times, Joe Sorensen has qualified for the JEGS Allstars team in Stock and the Division 6 racer finally went the distance with a great final round performance that included a .001 light and a 10.617 on his 10.60 dial. Runner-up Jeff Lopez, the…
Division 6 rep Troy Olsonawski had one of the longest tows to race in the JEGS Allstars, but he returned with the biggest prize after topping reigning champ Mike Crutchfield in the Super Stock final. Olsonawski put his popular station wagon into the…
Chase Williams, representing the host Division 4 team, scored in Comp eliminator with his B/DA entry, running a strong (-54) 6.69 to defeat the (-.51) 6.46 of reigning world champ and Division 7 representative Ryan Priddy.
In his first JEGS Allstars appearance, three-time Top Alcohol Funny Car champ Sean Bellemeur, representing the North Central Region, drove to a 5.412 to 5.440 win over Central Region runner Kyle Smith.
Julie Nataas won the JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Dragster crown for the third straight year as part of a monster weekend for her OTG/Randy Meyer Racing team. The Central Region star defeated Mike Coughlin from the North Central Region in the final, 5.…
For the third time this season, Greg Stanfield parked his Rod Shop Factory X Camaro in the winner’s circle. Stanfield, a winner in six different classes, defeated 2012 Pro Stock world champ Allen Johnson in the final, 7.025 to 7.099.
Today's guests include:
Mike Finnegan Troy Coughlin Jr Tom Bailey, Aydan Bailey, and Bob Sean Taylor— Castine/M2 Machines Ralph Mondeaux. and Troy Coughlin Jr—Jegs Lon Damon-Lincoln Electric Clay Millican Brad New-…
Kyle Rizzoli and Brandon Miller joined the list of 2023 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series world champions during last weekend’s NHRA Nevada Nationals in Las Vegas.
02 Nov 2023
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
Kyle Rizzoli and Brandon Miller joined the list of 2023 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series world champions during last weekend’s NHRA Nevada Nationals in Las Vegas. Rizzoli, the championship leader for most of the season, wrapped up the title in…
Curt Fredrich made an extremely competitive run in the final of Right Trailers Top Sportsman with a .021 light and a 6.523 on his 6.51 dial to deny part-time Pro Stock racer and recent Charlotte champ his second win of the season.
In the Right Trailers Top Dragster final, Holden Laris bagged his fourth career win after a red-light start by Dane Ward, last-year’s eighth ranked driver. Laris was ready for almost anything with a .004 package.
Just two months after winning in Super Gas at his homestate Brainerd event, Donnie Durenberger won his second national event, wheeling his Sea Foam/Bishop’s Performance Nova to the Super Street title in Dallas, using a .007 reaction time and a 10.…
Trevor Larson collected his ninth career victory and his sixth in Super Gas after he drove his SeaFoam Engine Treatment Corvette to a 9.92 to 9.94 final-round victory over four-time tour winner Steve Collier. Larson also has scored wins in Super…
Michael Holcombe completed a homestate Texas two-step in Super Comp, following up his 2022 Houston win with a victory in Dallas, defeating David Long, 8.91 to 8.92. Holcombe also was the runner-up earlier this season in Bristol.
Two of the best Stock drivers in the history of the South Central Division squared off in the Dallas final with Jerry Emmons stopping reigning world champ Jimmy Hidalgo Jr. Emmons, now an eight-time winner in Dallas, finished with a 10.514 on his 10…
Tyler Wudarczyk helped secure his Top 10 spot in the Super Stock standings by beating past world champion Vic Penrod, who fouled by .009-second in the final.
Jim Greenheck scored his second win of the season in Comp and the fourth of his career with his C-Tech Manufacturing C/AA '12 Camaro, pounding out a (-.48) 7.16 to defeat three-time Shaun Vincent, who slowed in his C/TA S-10 in the final.
A day after clinching his second straight and third overall Top Alcohol Funny Car championship, Doug Gordon won his sixth Wally of the season and the 26th of a driving career that will conclude this season by defeating two-time Top Alcohol Dragster…
Julie Nataas put a capper on an amazing weekend that included her third straight JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Dragster win and the clinching of the world championship by winning Sunday’s big show in a big way with a devastating 5.12 to defeat Norwalk…
Chad Pekrul is now a three-time NHRA national event champion following his final-round win over Kyle Firestone in Right Trailers Top Sportsman. Pekrul posted a 6.61 on his 6.59 dial while Firestone broke out by four thousandths.
Twenty years after his first final-round appearance, in Brainerd in 2003, Al Gavlovsky made good the second time around, wheeling his ’63 Corvette to the Super Gas title in a thrilling final round. Gavlovsky was a thousandth of a second from being…
Trene Cressonie, who just missed earlier in the season in Brainerd, added his second career national event victory in Super Comp, taking an easy final-round lap after 2019 world champ Jeremy Mason fouled by .005-second.
Racer and promoter Tyler Bohannon grabbed his third win of the season in Stock by driving his Corvette past veteran Lyn Smith in the final round. Bohannon used a .010 light and a 10.415 on his 10.41 dial to get the job done.
Jay Story, a runner-up in Denver the last two seasons, broke through for his first national event win when he topped Brenda Grubbs in a close double-breakout Super Stock final round. Story helped himself with a nearly-perfect .007 light.
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