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Another career year brings Steve Torrence his fourth straight Top Fuel crown

Steve Torrence and “them Capco boys” won 11 of the 20 events –- including his milestone 50th in the class –- and led the points after 18 of the 20 races en route to their fourth straight Top Fuel world championship.
31 Dec 2021
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
2021 world champion profile
Steve Torrence
In 2018, Steve Torrence won his first Top Fuel championship. He repeated in 2019 and, in the process, became the first driver to win all six races in the Countdown to the Championship. He won his third straight title last year, in a pandemic-…
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Greg Anderson adds a fifth Pro Stock championship to his impressive résumé

Greg Anderson won his fifth NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Pro Stock championship in 2021 but had to fight to the bitter end in order to make it happen. 
30 Dec 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
2021 world champion profile
Greg Anderson
Achieving any measure of sustained success in Pro Stock has never been easy, and it appears to only get more difficult with each passing year. No one knows that better than Greg Anderson, who won his fifth NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series…
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Rachel Meyer wins family's third Top Alcohol Dragster title in dramatic fashion

Rachel Meyer deftly slipped into her sister Megan's two-time championship-winning car and rode their father Randy’s powerful tune-up to yet another world championship, the family's third straight in Top Alcohol Dragster.
29 Dec 2021
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
2021 world champion profile
Rachel Meyer
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: The all-conquering Meyer Racing A/Fuel Dragster reaches the final round of the fall Las Vegas national event and stages up for a winner-take-all race with the world championship hanging in the balance.…
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Sean Bellemeur, Killer Bs survive the battles to win third TAFC championship

The Killers Bs -- driver Sean Bellemeur, team owner Tony Bartone, and tuner Steve Boggs –- not only won their third NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car championship in four years but clinched it in dramatic fashion late in the season.
29 Dec 2021
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
2021 world champion profile
Sean Bellemeur
In every championship season, there is a defining moment, that instance in time to which a driver or a team can point as a game-changing juncture in its fate. Sean Bellemeur has zero problems remembering his in a season that earned the Killers Bs…
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Jose Gonzalez overcomes adversity en route to Pro Mod world championship

After an early-season crash, Jose Gonzalez likely wouldn’t have been considered a candidate to have one of the most dominating seasons in E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service history.
27 Dec 2021
Josh Hachat
2021 world champion profile
Jose Gonzalez
After an early-season crash, Jose Gonzalez likely wouldn’t have been considered a candidate to have one of the most dominating seasons in E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service history, especially when a new car…
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After several near-misses, Jerry Emmons connects for Stock championship

Since the late 1990s, Jerry Emmons has practically had a reserved parking spot in the Top 10, finishing among the leaders in Super Stock and Stock nearly a dozen times, including a career-best No. 3 in 2006. In 2021, his name ended up atop the list as the Stock world champion.
27 Dec 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
2021 world champion profile
 Jerry Emmons
Since the late 1990s, Jerry Emmons has practically had a reserved parking spot in the Top 10, finishing among the leaders in Super Stock and Stock nearly a dozen times, including a career-best No. 3 in 2006. Moreover, the Emmons team, which also…
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Luke Bogacki’s monster Super Gas season ends with third world title

To win an NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series championship is one thing, but to rack up 734 points, as Super Gas titlist Luke Bogacki did in 2021, suggests someone capable of racing on a whole different level.
26 Dec 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
2021 world champion profile
Luke Bogacki
To win an NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series championship is one thing, but to rack up 734 points, as Luke Bogacki did in 2021, suggests someone capable of racing on a whole different level. From a statistical standpoint, what Bogacki was able to…
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Blake Peavler’s breakout year ends in Top Dragster world championship

Blake Peavler would have been the first to admit he didn’t enter the 2021 Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers season with championship aspirations and ended up enjoying a season not many could have predicted.
24 Dec 2021
Josh Hachat
2021 world champion profile
Blake Peavler’
Blake Peavler would have been the first to admit he didn’t enter the 2021 Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers season with championship aspirations. The 28-year-old Olney, Ill., native would have called the year a massive success just…
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Christopher Dodd joins elite company after second straight Super Comp world title

A year ago, Christopher Dodd was seemingly unbeatable, racking up five Super Comp victories en route to his first world championship in the class. The victories didn’t come as frequently in 2021, but thanks to a number of consistent performances, the end result was the same,
22 Dec 2021
Josh Hachat
2021 world champion profile
Christopher Dodd
A year ago, Christopher Dodd was seemingly unbeatable, racking up five Super Comp victories en route to his first world championship in the class. The victories didn’t come as frequently in 2021, but thanks to a number of consistent performances…
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Ron Capps overcomes challenges to win second Funny Car world championship

Ron Capps won a second NHRA Camping World Funny Car world championship with new crew chiefs and new driving procedures, proving once again that he is among the elite in class history.
07 Dec 2021
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
2021 world champion profile
Ron Capps
It’s no secret that driving a Funny Car can be daunting even under the best of conditions. A short-wheelbased, 11,000-hp nitro roller skate known to shake or smoke the tires, veer wildly around in its lane, or erupt in a volcanic engine explosion —…
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Fifth title puts Matt Smith among all-time Pro Stock Motorcycle greats

When he clinched his fifth NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Pro Stock Motorcycle title in Pomona, it was simply a validation of Matt Smith's greatness, both as a rider and a world-class tuner.
07 Dec 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
2021 world champion profile
Matt Smith
When he clinched his latest NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Pro Stock Motorcycle title in Pomona, Matt Smith said that his goal was to be included in any discussion revolving around the class’s all-time greats. Smith believes that his career…
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Aaron Stanfield successfully defends Factory Stock Showdown championship

Following a season where he won five of six events and practically coasted to his first title in the Constant Aviation NHRA Factory Stock Showdown, Aaron Stanfield knew that winning a second title would be difficult, but he might not have anticipated the battle that ensued in 2021. 
07 Dec 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
2021 world champion profile
Aaron Stanfield
Following a season where he won five of six events and practically coasted to his first title in the Constant Aviation NHRA Factory Stock Showdown, Aaron Stanfield knew that winning a second title would be difficult, but he might not have…
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Dream season delivers third Comp world championship to Bruno Massel Jr.

After adapting to a new combination and solving some early mechanical gremlins, Bruno Massel Jr.joined a short list of Comp racers to win three world championships with a dominating season.
07 Dec 2021
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
2021 world champion profile
Bruno Massel Jr.
Bruno Massel Jr. lives in two worlds. There’s Racing Bruno, a multi-time NHRA Comp world champion and aspiring Pro Stock pilot, and there’s TV Bruno, who hosts two DIY auto-buildup shows and serves as a pit reporter for NHRA on FOX national event…
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A quarter century later, Greg Stanfield wins his fifth Super Stock title

Greg Stanfield thought his days as an NHRA Super Stock champion were nothing more than a distant memory. He was mistaken. More than a quarter-century after winning his fourth Super Stock title in a five-year span, Stanfield is once again an NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series champion.
07 Dec 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
2021 world champion profile
Greg Stanfield
Greg Stanfield thought his days as an NHRA Super Stock champion were nothing more than a distant memory.  He was mistaken.  More than a quarter-century after winning his fourth Super Stock title in a five-year span, Stanfield is once…
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Late-season surge carried Jimmy Lewis to Top Sportsman championship

By the time the divisional race in Houston ended in early April, Jimmy Lewis figured his chances at a championship in Top Sportsman were already finished. He was wrong.
06 Dec 2021
Josh Hachat
2021 world champion profile
Jimmy Lewis
By the time the divisional race in Houston ended in early April, Jimmy Lewis figured his chances at a championship in Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers were already finished. He hurt a valve in his engine, and more than three…
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