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Excitement building for Amalie Motor Oil Gatornationals to open 2025 NHRA season
The countdown is on for the start of the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, and it doesn’t get much bigger than the season-opening Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, which kicks off the year March 6-9 at Gainesville Raceway.
With the NHRA set for its 74th season of racing in 2025, the countdown is on for the start of the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, and it doesn’t get much bigger than the season-opening Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, which kicks off the…
Redemption Time: 2025's hungriest Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle teams
In the third and final installment of a preseason report, we take a look at what are sure to be among the hungriest of Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle teams entering the 2025 season trying to rectify the issues they had last year.
It happens to the best of teams and organizations in every pro sport. A hard year. A down year. A downright hard year. No competition is as unforgiving in this regard as professional drag racing. The brutal abruptness of our beloved motorsport…
50 years ago: A look back at the highlights from the 1975 NHRA season
It’s time for our annual deep dive into the drag racing season 50 years ago, a semi-tradition we started a few years ago that gives us all a chance to either remember what it was like or, for our younger fans, to get a glimpse of the roads we traveled to get to today.
It’s time for my annual deep dive into the drag racing season 50 years ago, a semi-tradition I started a few years ago that gives us all a chance to either remember what it was like or, for our younger fans, to get a glimpse of the roads we traveled…
Crunching 2024's final Top Fuel stats
As we prepare to launch into 2025, let's take a deep dive into the statistics that helped shape the 2024 season. Who was quick, who was not, and what it all meant.
Compared to stick and ball sports, motorsports stats have traditionally been very limited due to the nature of competition. For years, drag racing statskeepers would track wins and losses and average time, elapsed time, and speed averages, but that…
Quartet of NHRA Southeast Division member tracks set to host Sick Week 2025
The 2025 Sick Week drag and drive event is set to take place at NHRA Southeast Division member tracks in Florida and Georgia.
The battle to determine America’s quickest and fastest street legal cars will continue as Sick Week 2025 Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive returns to four NHRA member tracks; South Georgia Motorsports Park, Bradenton Motorsports Park, Orlando…
Chris King set to rep NHRA at Milwaukee Admirals' Motorsports Night
NHRA Funny Car driver and team owner Chris King will participate in the Milwaukee Admirals’ Motorsports Night, Jan. 10, joining fellow professional racers from NASCAR and IndyCar as guests at an American Hockey League game.
NHRA Funny Car driver and team owner Chris King will participate in the Milwaukee Admirals’ Motorsports Night, Jan. 10, joining fellow professional racers from NASCAR and IndyCar.
The Admirals, who play in the American Hockey League, will…
Legendary Darlington Dragway joins NHRA member track family In Division 2
NHRA officials are pleased to announce the addition of Darlington Dragway to the NHRA Member Track Network, bringing the historic facility to the NHRA’s Southeast Division (Division 2) for the first time.
NHRA officials are pleased to announce the addition of Darlington Dragway to the NHRA Member Track Network, bringing the historic facility to the NHRA’s Southeast Division (Division 2) for the first time.
Located in Hartsville, S.C., the track…
Top 5 Mark Oswald moments
Mark Oswald's Hall of Fame career in drag racing came to an amazing end at the 2024 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals as part of the Matco Tools team’s Top Fuel championship, but Oswald’s roots go way back.
Antron Brown joins Kelley Earnhardt on Business of Motorsports podcast
Reigning NHRA Top Fuel champ Antron Brown recently joined Kelley Earnhardt on Dirty Mo Media’s Business of Motorsports podcast, touching on a variety of topics.
Reigning NHRA Top Fuel champ Antron Brown recently joined Kelley Earnhardt on Dirty Mo Media’s Business of Motorsports podcast, touching on a variety of topics, including his journey from motocross to becoming a four-time NHRA Top Fuel…
Redemption Time: A look at the hungriest Funny Car teams of 2025
Funny Car racing in 2024 was a wild shootout as everyone was chasing Austin Prock, but there were some teams whose struggles to keep pace became evident. Here's a look at those teams and what they might do for a better 2025. Second in a series.
It happens to the best of teams and organizations in every pro sport. A hard year. A down year. A downright hard year. No competition is as unforgiving in this regard as professional drag racing. The brutal abruptness of our beloved motorsport…
Redemption Time: A look at the hungriest Top Fuel teams of 2025
There was a lot of individual misery across all classes in NHRA Drag Racing last season, and many teams are looking for some redemption in 2025. In the first of a four-part series, we take a look at which Top Fuel teams are looking to put 2024 in the rearview mirror and how they can do it.
It happens to the best of teams and organizations in every pro sport. A hard year. A down year. A downright hard year. No competition is as unforgiving in this regard as professional drag racing. The brutal abruptness of our beloved motorsport…
Top 5 moments from Jordan Lazic's Pro Mod championship
The 2024 battle for the championship in the Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by LearnEV+ was wide open with no driver winning more than once, but Jordan Lazic pulled it out in the end. Here's a look at five big moments that helped make that happen.
Pulling into the Pre-Stage Beam for the 2025 NHRA season
On this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast powered by Speedmaster, host Brian Lohnes takes a deep dive into a myriad of news, headlines, topics, rumors, and speculation for the 2025 season.
On this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast powered by Speedmaster, host Brian Lohnes takes a deep dive into a myriad of news, headlines, topics, rumors, and speculation for the 2025 season.
After a holiday break, this show is…
Alexis DeJoria will join JCM Racing for 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Series season
Alexis DeJoria is taking her talents and the Bandero Premium Tequila Funny Car to Joe Maynard’s JCM Racing team for the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.
Alexis DeJoria is taking her talents to Joe Maynard’s JCM Racing team for the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.
DeJoria will join Maynard’s multicar operation, where she will pilot the Bandero Premium Tequila Funny Car.…
25 questions and question marks we have heading into the 2025 season
The new season is just about two months away, kicking off with the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, March 6-9. Here’s a look at 25 things we’re thinking about and questions we have ahead of the season launch.
Happy New Year, and welcome to 2025. The new season is just about two months away, kicking off with the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, March 6-9, and there are a whole lot of interesting storylines to look forward to.
Here’s…
McKinney Corp. remains a busy place ahead of 2025 NHRA season
McKinney Corp. is currently preparing a number of race cars for NHRA teams in the Mission Foods and Hot Rod Heritage Drag Racing Series.
Murf McKinney enjoyed a successful career as a Funny Car driver before starting his chassis business in 1981. Since then, McKinney’s chassis shop in Lafayette, Ind., has turned out some of the most competitive and successful race cars in the history…
5 freaky Funny Car moments from 2024
If there is one single category that is able to deliver thrills, spills, and chills at nearly the same time on the same run, it's nitro Funny Car. Here's a list of five freaky Funny Car moments from 2024.
TV schedule: Enjoy NHRA on FOX Drag Racing highlights through January
The 2024 racing season may be over, but there's still plenty of NHRA Drag Racing to enjoy during the holiday season with repeats from NHRA on FOX national event coverage as well as several "best of" programs throughout the month of January.
The 2024 racing season may be over, but there's still plenty of NHRA Drag Racing to enjoy during the holiday season with repeats from NHRA on FOX national event coverage as well as several "best of" programs throughout the month of January…
Happy New Year from the NHRA
As we rev up for another incredible season of NHRA Drag Racing, we want to thank you — our racers, fans, sponsors, and partners — for making this sport a powerhouse of passion, performance, and community.
As we rev up for another incredible season of NHRA Drag Racing, we want to thank you — our racers, fans, sponsors, and partners — for making this sport a powerhouse of passion, performance, and community.
2025 is shaping up to be an unforgettable…
Looking back at 2024 and ahead to 2025 and beyond with NHRA's Glen Cromwell
After a thrilling and successful 2024 season, NHRA President Glen Cromwell sat down to discuss highlights of the year, including a new series sponsorship from Mission Foods, incredible performance on the racetrack, and new initiatives that are helping shape the future of the sport.
After a thrilling and successful 2024 season, NHRA President Glen Cromwell sat down to discuss highlights of the year, including a new series sponsorship from Mission Foods, incredible performance on the racetrack, and new initiatives that are…
Top 5 underdog moments in Top Fuel
During the 2024 season, we had some thrilling underdog moments in the Top Fuel category. Here's a look back at five of the biggest moments where smaller teams punched on the heavyweight level in competition.
Closing out 2024 with the Insiders
It's the final NHRA Insider Podcast powered by Speedmaster of 2024 and your favorite insiders, Tony Pedregon and Brian Lohnes, are taking you out in style.
It's the final NHRA Insider Podcast powered by Speedmaster of 2024 and your favorite insiders, Tony Pedregon and Brian Lohnes, are taking you out in style.
The two hit some of the high points of 2024 including the people and…
Top 5 pedal jobs of 2024
Of all the skills that are difficult to master and perfect in professional drag racing, pedaling a tire-smoking race car is perhaps at the top of the list, which is why when we see it done well, and we want to highlight it.
Top 5 holeshots of 2024
When it comes to the starting line, the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series is as brutal as it comes as every driver has an aggressive mindset, and even those who aren't always on top of their class' reaction-time average are capable of dialing up a gem now and then.
Happy Stats-Mas! Unwrapping some mind-blowing stats from the 2024 season
Now that the dust has settled and the Christmas gifts have been opened, we thought it a good time to pore over the figures, the facts, and the interesting occurrences of 2024 one last time.
Now that the dust has settled, the PRI show has concluded, the Christmas gifts have been opened, and the racing world has entered into a couple weeks of lull as it should, we thought it a good time to pore over the figures, the facts, and the…
Happy Holidays from the NHRA
As the holiday season fills the air with joy and togetherness, the NHRA family would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude and warmest wishes to all those who make this incredible journey possible.
As the holiday season fills the air with joy and togetherness, the NHRA family would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude and warmest wishes to all those who make this incredible journey possible.
To our fans, who bring energy and excitement to…
5 greatest victories of Austin Prock's 2024 Funny Car championship season
Austin Prock and the Cornwell Tools team scored eight wins en route to the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series championship, and five of them really stood out in our memories.
The 5 most important runs of Greg Anderson's 2024 championship season
Greg Anderson didn't win the championship just by taking a winner-take-all final-round decision at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, but rather that was just the culmination of several other key runs during the stretch run.
Resilience pays off for Shawn Cowie with first Alcohol Dragster championship
Three times over a decorated career in Top Alcohol Dragster, Shawn Cowie had to settle for a bitter second-place championship finish, but 2024 was the year it all came together for his long-overdue first world championship.
When you grow in the cold and snowy climes of British Columbia and run a towing service with more than 30 trucks, you learn a bit about being resilient. When you survive a broken neck, back and head injuries, and a mangled leg from a horrifying…
Killer Bs win fourth Alcohol Funny Car championship with perfect season
Sean Bellemeur and the Killers Bs team — led by team owner Tony Bartone and tuner Steve Boggs — won their fourth Top Alcohol Funny Car world championship in 2024 and their second with a perfect score.
Sean Bellemeur and the Killers Bs team — led by team owner Tony Bartone and tuner Steve Boggs — won their fourth Top Alcohol Funny Car world championship in 2024 and their second with a perfect score of seven national event wins and three regional…