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Don London claimed his first victory in the Right Trailers Top Dragster class with a final round performance against Chris Thode that included a .007 light and a 6.172 on his 6.14 dial.
Ted Kellner won his first national event in Super Gas in 1990 and is still a force in Right Trailers Top Sportsman. Kellner earned career win No. 4 by just .002-second in the final round against Ken Ratzloff.
Dennis Paz, who reached two finals in Sonoma, came away with the victory in Super Gas in his '41 Willys, putting together a spectacular package consisting of a .003 light and a 10.905 to defeat Evan Kowalski. Paz had previously been to four finals…
Parker Theobald kept his perfect national event final-round record intact, winning in his third straight money-round appearance in the Super Comp final. Theobald, now 3-0 in title bashes, was .006 on the Tree while opponent Matt Woodard had a…
Leo Glasbrenner won for the 11th time after wheeling his Camaro to the Sonoma Stock title. Glasbrenner won the final round after Pro Stock ace Bo Butner fouled behind the wheel of the DeFrank family’s Camaro.
One week after winning in Seattle, Justin Lamb scored again in Sonoma when he drove to the Super Stock title, winning his 31st NHRA Wally. Lamb ran right on his 8.97 dial in the final to stop Trey Vetter.
With each passing race, things seem to get better and better for Funny Car’s Chad Green, who made his first career final-round appearance at the most recent race in Sonoma.
With each passing race, things seem to get better and better for Funny Car’s Chad Green, who made his first career final-round appearance at the most recent race in Sonoma.
Heading into this weekend’s Menards NHRA Nationals presented by…
Defending Top Fuel champion Brittany Force hasn’t been to a final round this season and has a win-loss record hovering around the .500 mark, but her veteran tuner David Grubnic isn’t sweating it. He’s confident that the best is still to come.
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In this bonus edition of the NHRA Insider, host Brian Lohnes talks with Ron Capps on the day before he is set to compete in the SRX stock car series on the dirt of Eldora Speedway in Ohio.
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Thirty years ago at Heartland Motorsports Park, Jim Epler became the first Funny Car driver to exceed 300 mph. Epler, now the Executive Vice-President of Phillips Connect, looks back on his historic achievement.
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NHRA fans can watch the Division 6 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series doubleheader event from Pacific Raceways for free starting Thursday on NHRA.tv.
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A year ago — and in his first season as a team owner — Heartland Motorsports Park was the place for a major moment for Top Fuel star Antron Brown. The three-time world champion hopes to continue that success at this year's event.
A year ago — and in his first season as a team owner — Heartland Motorsports Park was the place for a major moment for Top Fuel star Antron Brown. The three-time world champion won his first race as a team owner, setting the stage for Brown’s big…
Loaded with prestige, the world’s biggest drag race, the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals, returns to Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park on Aug. 30-Sept. 4 to close out the 2023 regular season in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series.
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Back-to-back Funny Car world champion Ron Capps is set for a busy week that could include victories in two entirely different forms of racing. The NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series star will race in this weekend’s Menard’s NHRA Nationals…
Brian Bohlander, Director of Marketing for Old World Industries and a competitive driver with more than three decades of racing experience, added another title to his ever-growing list of racing accomplishments: licensed NHRA driver.
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American Rebel has partnered with Tony Stewart Racing with a multiyear agreement with the Kansas-based company highlighting its residential safes on the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car of three-time champion Matt Hagan.
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American Rebel (…
Celebrating its 39th year in 2023, the popular JEGS Allstars competition will take place at the famed Texas Motorplex for the first time as part of the track’s Stampede of Speed and Texas NHRA FallNationals on Oct. 12-15.
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The unique specialty…
Jason Coan, Tyler Caheely, and Josh Wiseman, led the list of winners as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series North Central Division was in action tat Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
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COMPETITION ELIMINATOR
Jason Coan, Kokomo, Ind., '32 Altered, G/EA, 8.…
Tony Stewart, Matt Gill, and Santo Volpe led the list of champions as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Northeast Division was in action at Maple Grove Raceway
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COMPETITION ELIMINATOR
Santo Volpe, Clermont, Fla., '32 Bantam, A/EA, 7.958, 130.72 …
With a full-house win/runner-up/semifinal trio of finishes, J.R. Todd was the Funny Car star of the Western Swing, even if he did not gain a massive position improvement. Here's a look at how the top Funny Car players fared. Second in a multi-part series.
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The new episode of Driven follows the Vance & Hines and Matt Smith Racing Pro Stock Motorcycle teams through the All-Star Callout at the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals with a behind-the-scenes look at the exciting specialty event.
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04 Aug 2023
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
The Western Swing is history, and my bags are unpacked for a couple of weeks, allowing me to play a little catchup. A lot has happened since my last column three weeks ago, so here we go.
Steve Reyes’ newest drag racing history book arrived…
Five-time Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series champion Justin Lamb won in Seattle and Sonoma to claim the trophy on back-to-back weekends, lengthening a streak that has seen at least one national event win in each season since 2012.
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