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The June 2026 issue of NHRA National Dragster magazine, featuring race coverage from a trio of national events, is now online in digital format and in the mail in its traditional print format to NHRA Members around the world.

As the racing season hits high gear, this issue is packed with results from across the NHRA spectrum, highlighted by an Eastern Swing in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, with coverage of the Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by Peak, the inaugural NHRA Potomac Nationals presented by JEGS, and the NHRA New England Nationals presented by bproparts. All three races were packed with drama, deserving winners, and wild action that’s captured throughout the issue.

Austin Prock’s breakthrough win in Maryland was high on that list, and Prock shares the story behind the team’s trials and tribulations leading up to the big moment in this issue’s Five Minutes With interview.

National Dragster Editor Phil Burgess took a look at the trio of events through a different lens, marveling at how, at each race, the NHRA community came together to heal and comfort.

Three-time world champ Luke Bogacki’s Science of Winning column takes a deep dive into his selection process in contributing to the Top 50 Sportsman Racers vote, while Elon Werner describes how he’s trying to help the independent Pro racer through public relations and other opportunities.

Reigning Comp eliminator world champ Jeff Taylor’s hot start helped make him May’s Sportsman Racer of the Month over a crowded class of contenders, while the Racing Technology feature gets its hands dirty with a look at the do’s and don’ts of hand cleaners.

There’s also extended coverage of events in both the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series and the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series.

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