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During Friday's qualifying at the Texas NHRA FallNationals, NHRA officials crowned Sean Bellemeur the world champion in Top Alcohol Funny Car for the fourth time in his career. The driver of the Bartone Bros. Camaro previously won championships in 2018, 2019, and 2021 and is just the third racer to win four titles in the class.

Thousands of fans descended on Railyard Park in downtown Waxahachie, Texas, for the annual Pre-Stage Fan Fest with over 100 of the sportsman and professional racers for free autographs and photos in advance of the NHRA Texas FallNationals.

News, notes, quotes, and photos from the first day of Pro qualifying at the NHRA Texas FallNationals at Texas Motorplex. (Updated throughout the day)

The NHRA National Dragster photographers were all over Texas Motorplex on Friday of the Texas NHRA FallNationals, capturing all of the action on and off the racetrack.

As Top Fuel racer Shawn Reed winds down what was his first full-season campaign, the veteran nitro racer has plenty to look back on and plenty to look forward to.

Camrie Caruso planned to win races and secure a spot in the top 10 in 2024. An early season crash curtailed those plans, but she’s back on track and eager to re-establish herself in the highly competitive field.

Three-time Funny Car champion Ron Capps, who picked up wins in Dallas in back-to-back seasons in 2021 and 2022, will be looking to make a splash this weekend as the Texas NHRA FallNationals opens the second half of the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.

With just three races remaining in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series 2024 Countdown to the Championship, every move is magnified. All moves will be center-stage as the Texas NHRA FallNationals cap the entertaining Stampede of Speed at Texas Motorplex.

Defending world champion Erica Enders has the chance to match legendary driver Warren Johnson with a victory at this weekend’s Texas NHRA FallNationals, which would make her just the second in class history to win the event three straight years.

On Wednesday night before the 39th annual NHRA Texas FallNationals the 2023 Mission Foods Drag Racing Series event winners were honored one last time for their respective historic achievements. To

The stage is set to crown champions in the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series and all the excitement takes place at the 59th annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at legendary In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip on Nov. 14-17.

With three races remaining in the Countdown to the Championship, the odds have been posted for this week's Texas NHRA FallNationals, where Antron Brown, Austin Prock, Erica Enders, and Gaige Herrera are listed as pre-race favorites by the oddsmakers at Alt Sports Data.

The October 2024 issue of NHRA National Dragster, packed with national event coverage and championship drama, is now online in digital format and in the mail in its traditional print format to NHRA Members around the world.

As the 2024 season races toward a conclusion, drag race fans can also look forward to a pair of nostalgia-themed events, the California Hot Rod Reunion and the Nitro Revival, both coming to California in the coming weeks.

NHRA has officially announced the eight NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series competitors in contention for the 2024 NHRA Rookie of the Year award. 

Every year for the last 39 years, NHRA’s best Sportsman drivers have come together for the annual JEGS Allstars competition. They will compete for more than $125,000 in prize money at the upcoming Texas NHRA FallNationals. Here is a closer look at this year’s contestants.

On this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast powered by Speedmaster, host Brian Lohnes is joined by Christie Meyer Johnson, general manager and co-owner of the Texas Motorplex, as well as NHRA on FOX's Tony Pedregon. 

NHRA Sportsman racing's top drivers will compete for individual and team honors at the 40th annual JEGS Allstars during the Texas NHRA FallNationals. Here's a class-by-class look at the rosters.

Eight-time world champion Tony Schumacher is back in the world title hunt and heading to one of his favorite tracks on the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series tour, a combination that could bode well for the longtime Top Fuel star.

Tim Wilkerson. J.R. Todd. Jack Beckman. Tony Schumacher. Alan Johnson. Tony Pedregon. The names are familiar but the positions they held 16 years ago are much different than today as we take a look back at the Top 5 Moments from the 2008 Texas NHRA FallNationals.

Speedway Motorsports, the parent company of Charlotte Motor Speedway and Bristol Motor Speedway, leapt into action in the wake of Hurricane Helene to assist in relief efforts, and NHRA and its race teams are also offering their help.

Both reigning world champ Doug Kalitta and red-hot class rookie Tony Stewart will be running special back and gold liveries at the Texas NHRA FallNationals, saluting Mobil 1’s 50th anniversary, a fitting tribute to a Texas-based company at an event set in the heart of the Lone Star State. 

Don Thomas, Joe Lisa, and Houston Raikes led the list of winners as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series South Central Division competed at Texas Motorplex for the makeup event at Pine Valley.

The rain-delayed completion of the Division 4 event from Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park took place at Texas Motorplex just before the Texas NHRA FallNationals.