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Erica Enders maintained her points lead in Pro Stock despite earning two fewer points than teammate Aaron Stanfield over the three-race Western Swing. Here's a look at the movers, shakers, and disappointments within the class. Last in a series.
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Ron Capps and Alexis DeJoria talk about Funny Cars and going more than 300 mph with Seattle Seahawks Cody Barton, Jordyn Brooks, and head coach Pete Carroll.
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After years of racing each other, the Prock and Tobler families unite in a Top Fuel dragster effort that pairs experience and talent in a potentially devastating combination for the competition.
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"Everything stays the same," said Joe Maynard of the Maynard family. "This [team has] a legacy of winning, we simply mean to maintain that legacy, and maybe create a little of our own."
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The three-race Western Swing is the gateway to the home stretch of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series regular season that sets the contenders for the six-race Countdown to the Championship playoffs and a pivotal time for teams trying to…
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There are only four dragstrips on the current NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series tour where Cruz Pedregon has yet to claim victory, and Seattle's Pacific Raceways is one of them.
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Remember the 1970s TV show, The Six Million Dollar Man? How scientists rebuilt astronaut Colonel Steve Austin after an accident to make him "Better, stronger, faster?" That’s the mantra that both Steve Torrence and Bob Tasca III have adopted this year in rebuilding their tune-ups. And it's paying off.
Remember the early 1970s TV show, The Six Million Dollar Man? How scientists rebuilt astronaut Colonel Steve Austin after an accident to give him bionic strength?
“We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him…
After growing up racing at Pacific Raceways, Pro Stock’s Dallas Glenn will get the chance to race at the track for the first time as a professional driver during this weekend’s 33rd annual Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals.
After growing up racing at Pacific Raceways, Pro Stock’s Dallas Glenn will get the chance to race at the track for the first time as a professional driver during this weekend’s 33rd annual Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals.
The reigning…
Brittany Force knocked one item off her bucket list when she won in Sonoma. Now the Top Fuel points leader will try to add another, this time at Pacific Raceways for this weekend’s Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals.
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NHRA: What is your challenge coming into this track? What's the thing you need to overcome at Sonoma?
Erica Enders: Absolutely zero success here in the past.
NHRA: What is it about this…
Defending Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion Matt Smith blistered the track record book in Denver en route to a win last weekend and now thas the chance to make it a great two-race span at his sponsor’s race, the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals.
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But now the five-time world champ has the chance to…
The sun's up at the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals and sportsman race engines will fire at 10:45 am (PDT). Tune in to NHRA.tv to see all the action and NHRA.com for all the coverage.
by Matt Hartford, NHRA Pro Stock Driver & CEO of Total Seal Piston Rings, and Lake Speed Jr., Certified Lubrication Specialist
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Pro Stock racer Dallas Glenn had a target on his back as reigning NHRA Rookie of the Year and has proven unflappable in the first half of the 2022 season, despite the watchful eyes of his competitors and a strange string of misfortune.
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Already on an incredible run this summer, Robert Hight now heads to the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway, where the Funny Car points leader has enjoyed some of his greatest moments, including a run of three straight victories.
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