Fan Fotos: Connecticut Dragway
Indy 1970
More Things That Aren't Here Anymore
Things That Aren't Here Anymore
Remembering Norm Weekly, Mart Higginbotham
Your dads (and moms)
Father's Day
The Ramchargers
Talking 'Otie,' terminology, skyjackings, and more
More Killers from Kenosha
A history of AMC Funny Cars
A Case of the Gremlins
Still more Vega panels ...
Remembering five fallen friends
More Vega panels
So, I heard you guys have been Wondering …
No more wonderin' about the Wonder Wagon story
How much Jake can you take?
Jake Johnston: Funny Car's "what if?" guy
The two Tommy Larkins
The Bobby Vodnik story, plus more Cassidy Bros.
Vodnik, Garlits, and the Mysterious Winternationals
The Cassidy brothers
Neither wind, nor snow …
Remembering Pat Garlits
In-car video
More in-car photos
Get on board!
Farewell, "Friendly Fran"
Gordie Bonin, your memories
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South Georgia Motorsports Park, NHRA eager for return of Southern Nationals
At a press conference during the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals, South Georgia Motorsports Park owner Raul Torres and NHRA President Glen Cromwell each shared their visions and expectations for success for next year's NHRA Southern Nationals at the famed Georgia facility.
When the NHRA announced its 2026 Mission Foods Drag Racing Series schedule for its 75th anniversary season, many Southeast fans were thrilled to see one of their favorite tracks, South Georgia Motorsports Park, on the list for a renewal of NHRA’s…
Despite his Countdown chances, Brayden Davis eyes the long game
Rookie Brayden Davis is a star on the rise in the Pro Stock Motorcycle category, and in his mind, the best is yet to come.
This much we already know; Brayden Davis has talent, and quite a bit of it. In just a handful of outings in the Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series, Davis has proven that he can handle a 200-mph Pro Stock Motorcycle with the best of them. The…
Friday News & Notes from the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals
News, notes, quotes, and more from the opening day of Professional qualifying at the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals Friday. Updated throughout the day.
UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE DAYDrivers in the Mission Foods DragRacing Series will get their first of five shots at the famed Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park dragstrip this event, with two more sessions each of…
Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals Friday photo gallery
The NHRA National Dragster photographers were all over Lucas Oil Raceway Indianapolis Raceway Park on Friday of the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals, capturing all of the action on and off the track.
Five months after Gainesville wreck, Tripp Tatum returns to Top Fuel competition
Five months after crashing his car in round one of the season-opening NHRA Gatornationals, Tripp Tatum is back in the Top Fuel wars, making a dramatic comeback at the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals.
It has been nearly six months since Tripp Tatum last put his throttle foot down on his Top Fuel dragster at the season-opening NHRA Gatornationals, but the second-generation racer will finally be back on the track at the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA…
Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals Friday Preview
The regular season for the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series concludes this weekend with the running of the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals, the sport’s biggest and most prestigious drag race.
The regular season for the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series concludes this weekend with the running of the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals, the sport’s biggest and most prestigious drag race.The event is No. 14 of 20 races this…
Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Series opens Road to the Championship in Indy
The Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series returns in a major way at the world’s biggest drag race, kicking off its four-race “Road to the Championship” playoffs as part of this weekend’s 71st annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals.
Back in action for the first time in two months, the Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series returns in a major way at the world’s biggest drag race, kicking off its four-race “Road to the Championship” playoffs as part of this weekend’s 71st…
Thursday news and notes from the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals
News, notes, quotes, and photos from the second day of the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at historic Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
After a strong start on Wednesday with time trials and qualifying in Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas, and the Sox & Martin Hemi Challenge, racing continued at Indy on Thursday beginning with class eliminations and moving on to the…
Beckman to bring Brute Force to Cornwell Quality Tools U.S. Nationals
Two-time Indy winner Jack Beckman’s PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Funny Car to carry iconic John Force paint scheme for The Big Go.
The iconic blue Brute Force paint scheme that announced to the world in the mid-1970s that John Force had arrived on the NHRA drag racing scene will adorn the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevy Funny Car of Jack Beckman during this week’s Cornwell…
Legends Nitro Series brings nostalgic Funny Car racing to U.S. Nationals
For the first time, the popular Legends Nitro Series presented by Extreme Steel Inc. and Modern Warriors will showcase 1970s-style Funny Car racing at the world’s premier drag racing event, the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals.
For the first time, the popular Legends Nitro Series presented by Extreme Steel Inc. and Modern Warriors will showcase 1970s-style Funny Car racing at the world’s premier drag racing event, the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil…
NHRA announces historic 2026 schedule for 75th Anniversary season
With the addition of two new tracks to the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series schedule for its 75th anniversary celebration, NHRA has announced its 2026 schedule for the highly anticipated milestone season.
With the addition of two new tracks to the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series schedule for its 75th anniversary celebration, NHRA has announced its 2026 schedule for the highly anticipated milestone season.Set to celebrate 75 years of…
Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown championship chase could swing in Indy
Heading into the biggest race of the Flexjet NHRA Factory Stock Showdown, Mark Pawuk is carrying a two-race winning streak, but the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals has a way of derailing momentum.
Heading into the biggest race of the Flexjet NHRA Factory Stock Showdown, Mark Pawuk and the Empaco Dodge Challenger are carrying a two-race winning streak. The Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals has a way of derailing momentum. Pawuk has…
Austin Prock looking for four big scores at Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals
Reigning Funny Car world champ Austin Prock could walk away a four-time winner at this weekend’s Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals, locking up the regular-season championship, wins in both the PlayNHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout and Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge, and a second straight Indy win.
After an impressive first 13 races of the year, Austin Prock has the chance to put an incredible bow on a dominant regular season at this weekend’s Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.The defending world…
Legendary KB Racing Pro Stock team owner Ken Black passes away
Ken Black, the Las Vegas-area businessman whose support helped launch the Pro Stock career of six-time world champion Greg Anderson and the Pro Stock powerhouse KB Racing engine-building business, passed away Aug. 26.
Ken Black, the Las Vegas-area businessman whose support helped launch the Pro Stock career of six-time world champion Greg Anderson, passed away Aug. 26. He was 79.With Black’s backing, KB Racing became a dominant force in NHRA Pro Stock competition…
Wednesday News & Notes from the Cornwell Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals
News, notes, and photos from the opening day the 71st annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Since last year’s event, things have changed at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, and it’s not hard to tell the most obvious improvement as the latest edition of the Parks Tower stands front and center on the starting line. The new tower, more…
Torrence, Stewart, Alexander, Coughlin, Hull kids to run Baby Walker Nationals
The Baby Walker Nationals, a showcase for pre-adolescent champions-to-be, returns to the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series tour next week on the undercard of the 71st annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals.
Three years after it debuted to rave reviews in Houston, the Baby Walker Nationals, a showcase for pre-adolescent champions-to-be, returns to the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series tour next week on the undercard of the 71st annual Cornwell…
Watch the Division 6 Summit Racing Series Finals for free on NHRA.tv
NHRA fans can watch the Division 6 NHRA Summit Racing Series event from Rad Torque Raceway for free starting Thursday on NHRA.tv.
NHRA fans can watch the Division 6 NHRA Summit Racing Series event from Rad Torque Raceway for free starting Thursday on NHRA.tv.Presenting sponsors of NHRA.tv Sportsman coverage from the event are Strange, Summit, Holley, and Laris Motosports…
First regular-season championships, Countdown berths on the line in Indy
The Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals is the final race of the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series regular season and the gateway to the Countdown to the Championship playoffs, and the plotlines of both of those stories will factor heavily over Labor Day weekend.
They say there’s no race quite like Indy, and this year’s Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals will live up to the event’s 70-year tradition, packed with drama on a number of fronts that go beyond who will claim bragging rights at the sport’s…
2025 Sportsman Appreciation Dinner at Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals
A huge celebration of Sportsman racers, teams, and the racing partners that support this sport kicks off the Biggest Drag Race in the World!
Indy Top Fuel dominator Tony Schumacher returns to drag racing's biggest stage
Tony Schumacher, Top Fuel’s winningest driver and also the most successful driver in NHRA U.S. Nationals history, returns to competition at this weekend’s Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals.
An argument could be made that Rick Ware Racing is best positioned for Top Fuel success at the world’s biggest drag race, this weekend’s Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.After all, they have the…
Sunday sales at Princess Pink Lemonade Stand benefit Riley Children's Hospital
The daughters of some of the most prominent drivers competing at the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals will assemble Sunday morning to support the Princess Pink Lemonade Stand from which beverages will be poured in return for cash donations to Riley Children's Hospital.
The daughters of some of the most prominent drivers competing in this week’s 71st annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park will assemble Sunday morning to support the Princess Pink Lemonade Stand from which…
Meant to be: Tony Mandella scores magical win in late Don Kennedy's car
Sometimes the outcome of a drag race has nothing to do with reaction times or dial-ins, or speed. Sometimes they’re just meant to be, as was the case when Tony Mandella drove the late Don Kennedy's car to the Super Stock win at Beech Bend Raceway.
Sometimes the outcome of a drag race has nothing to do with reaction times or dial-ins, or speed. Sometimes they’re just meant to be.When Tony Mandella saddled up in Don Kennedy’s GT/DA Sunfire at the Division 3 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series…
Tricky Tipster, Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals
The PlayNHRA oddsmakers have set the lines for this week's Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at historic Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. Here are the odds for each class.
For drag racers and drag racing fans, there is no event bigger, more important, or more prestigious than the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals. A Labor Day tradition at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park since 1961, an Indy win can define…
Alex Laughlin to accrue points for Buddy Hull and Jim Dunn Racing in Indy
While driver Buddy Hull continues to recover from a left-hand injury suffered earlier this season, the Jim Dunn Racing/Blaze Exhaust Probes Funny Car will be piloted at the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals by Alex Laughlin.
While driver Buddy Hull continues to recover from a left-hand injury suffered earlier this season, the Jim Dunn Racing/Blaze Exhaust Probes Funny Car will be piloted at the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals by a driver who knows how to win…
The Big Go big preview with The Insiders
Tony Pedregon and Kevin McKenna join host Brian Lohnes to talk about all aspects of the 2025 Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals, and it's a banger of a chat.
A new tower, testing mishaps, Countdown to the Championship controversy, teams that are fast when it's cold and teams that are cold when it's fast, this episode has it all. Tony Pedregon and Kevin McKenna join host Brian Lohnes to talk about…
Matt Stutzman, medal-winning 'Armless Archer,' will compete at U.S. Nationals
Paralympic gold medalist Matt Stutzman, known worldwide as the “Armless Archer” for his remarkable achievements in competitive archery without the use of arms, will make NHRA history when he competes in Top Sportsman at the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals.
Paralympic gold medalist Matt Stutzman, known worldwide as the “Armless Archer” for his remarkable achievements in competitive archery without the use of arms, will make NHRA history when he competes in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the Cornwell…
Funny Car stars gear up for PlayNHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout in Indianapolis
Eight top Funny Car drivers will battle it out for big honors in the PlayNHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout specialty race on Sunday at the 71st annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Since the 1960s, nitro-burning Funny Cars have had NHRA fans on the edge of their seats, watching the incredible machines power to big speeds and fast times. On Sunday at the 71st annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil…
Nataas to drive Worsham’s Funny Car in Indy on 20th anniversary of double win
Twenty years after Del Worsham and his father, Chuck, “doubled up" in Indy, winning the Skoal Showdown and the U.S. Nationals, Julie Nataas will sit in the cockpit of Del's Funny Car in an attempt to again win the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals.
Twenty years ago, Del Worsham and his father, Chuck, stunned the Funny Car class by winning both the Skoal Showdown bonus event and the NHRA U.S. Nationals on the same weekend, a rare “double-up” that earned him $225,000 and a permanent place in…
Kalitta Motorsports, DHL, Kalitta Air partner in 2025 'Race to End Hunger'
Kalitta Motorsports, longtime partner DHL Express, and Kalitta Air are partnering again to accelerate the fight against food insecurity by helping working families, children, and senior citizens facing hunger through the now-familiar six-race program: the Race to End Hunger.
Kalitta Motorsports, longtime partner DHL Express, and Kalitta Air are partnering again to accelerate the fight against food insecurity by helping working families, children, and senior citizens facing hunger through the now-familiar six-race…
Westerfield, Ramay lead Woodburn Nostalgia Summer Nationals winners
Shane Westerfield, Wayne Ramay, and Brad Woodard led the list of winners as the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series was in action at Woodburn Dragstrip for the Nostalgia Summer Nationals.
The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series Nostalgia Summer Nationals:NOSTALGIA FUNNY CARShane Westerfield, Fullerton, Calif., '69 Camaro, 5.608, 262.64 def. Jeff Arend, La Verne,…