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Robert Hight, Mike Salinas, Aaron Stanfield take NHRA Arizona Nationals wins
Robert Hight won his second straight Funny Car title of the season while Mike Salinas (Top Fuel) and Aaron Stanfield (Pro Stock) scored their first wins of the new season to close out an amazing weekend of racing at the NHRA Arizona Nationals.
Robert Hight won his second straight Funny Car title of the season while Mike Salinas (Top Fuel) and Aaron Stanfield (Pro Stock) scored their first wins of the new season to close out an amazing weekend of racing at the NHRA Arizona Nationals…
NHRA Arizona Nationals Sunday photo gallery
The NHRA National Dragster photographers were all over Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park on the final day of the NHRA Arizona Nationals, capturing all of the action on and off the racetrack at the second stop of the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season,
NHRA Arizona Nationals Sunday News and Notes
News, notes, quotes, photos, and video from final eliminations day at the NHRA Arizona Nationals.
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Teammates Brittany Force and Austin Prock faced off for the second straight weekend, this time in round one instead of the semifinals, and Force got her revenge with a stout 3.671 at…
NHRA Arizona Nationals Sunday preview
If the two qualifying of qualifying at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park that set the field for today’s final eliminations for the NHRA Arizona Nationals are any indication, Sunday raceday will be a war.
If the two qualifying of qualifying at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park that set the field for today’s final eliminations for the NHRA Arizona Nationals are any indication, Sunday raceday will be a war.
The qualifying lead changes hands multiple…
Steve Huff powers his electric dragster to sizzling 191-mph pass in Phoenix
In the first of many electric-vehicle exhibition passes that NHRA fans will see this season courtesy of Pep Boys, Steve Huff powered his dragster to a sizzling speed of 191 mph Saturday at the NHRA Arizona Nationals.
Doug Kalitta, Matt Hagan, Kyle Koretsky will lead Phoenix fields into Sunday battle
Cool conditions and a tight racetrack provided equal parts high performance and high drama on the final day of qualifying for the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, where Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan (Funny Car), and Kyle Koretsky (Pro Stock) will lead their fields into Sunday’s final eliminations.
Cool conditions and a tight racetrack provided equal parts high performance and high drama on the final day of qualifying for the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, where Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan (Funny…
NHRA Arizona Nationals Saturday photo gallery
The NHRA National Dragster photographers were all over Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park on the second day of the NHRA Arizona Nationals, capturing all of the action on and off the racetrack at the second stop of the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season,
Local hero Jim Maroney is carrying on his family's Arizona nitro tradition
Arizona race fans have been cheering on the Maroney name since the 1970s when Jack Maroney fielded Funny Car at local dragstrips, but their new nitro hero is his son, Jim Maroney, who is trying to make a big impression with Phoenix friends, family, and fans with his Gilbert, Ariz.-based American Flow Tech Top Fueler.
Arizona race fans have been cheering on the Maroney name since the 1970s when Jack Maroney fielded the Blind Faith Funny Car at local dragstrips like long-defunct Beeline Dragway, but their new nitro hero is his son, Jim Maroney, who is trying to…
Green light: Chad Green goes all-in for full-season 2022 campaign in Funny Car
Chad Green’s transformation from full-time Pro Mod racer to full-time Funny Car racer is now complete as the Midland, Texas-based racer has committed to a full season on the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series tour.
Chad Green’s transformation from full-time Pro Mod racer to full-time Funny Car racer is now complete as the Midland, Texas-based racer has committed to a full season on the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series tour with his Bond Coat Mustang.…
NHRA Arizona Nationals Saturday preview
With one get-reacquainted run down the Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park track under their belts Friday, teams will know more of what to expect for today’s final two qualifying sessions of the Arizona Nationals.
With one get-reacquainted run down the Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park track under their belts Friday, teams will know more of what to expect for today’s final two qualifying sessions of the Arizona Nationals.
Friday’s great conditions…
Cummings, Hool, Cashio lead Nitro on the Bayou winners at No Problem Raceway
Matthew Cummings, Kris Hool, and Scott Cashio led the list of winners as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series South Central Division hosted Nitro on the Bayou at No Problem Raceway Park. L\\
The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division Nitro on the Bayou:
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
Matthew Cummings, Delray Beach, Fla., 5.188, 277.26 def. Aaron Cooper,…
Doug Kalitta, Robert Hight, Erica Enders heat up chilly day in the Arizona desert
Nitro thunder returned to Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park after a near-two-year absence for the opening day of qualifying at the NHRA Arizona Nationals. Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) and Winternationals champs Robert Hight (Funny Car) and Erica Enders (Pro Stock) lead their respective fields.
Nitro thunder returned to Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park after a near-two-year COVID-related absence for the opening day of qualifying at the NHRA Arizona Nationals. Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) and Winternationals champs Robert Hight (Funny Car) and…
NHRA Arizona Nationals Friday photo gallery
The NHRA National Dragster photographers were all over Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park on the opening day of the NHRA Arizona Nationals, capturing all of the action on and off the racetrack at the second stop of the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season,
Clay Millican battling to stay qualified for Pep Boys Top Fuel All-Star Callout
As he battles for every possible point to stay ahead of Shawn Langdon and Doug Kalitta and among the elite eight to qualify for the big-bucks Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout, Clay Millican has a lot on his mind.
As he battles for every possible point to stay ahead of Shawn Langdon and Doug Kalitta and among the elite eight to qualify for the big-bucks Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout, Clay Millican can’t help look back to last summer and wonder “What…
Force and Phoenix: Racing together since 1984, and looking for much more
For nearly 40 years, John Force has crossed the desert from his Southern California base to race in Phoenix, running national events and match races since the facility now known as Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park opened in early 1984.
For nearly 40 years, John Force has crossed the desert from his Southern California base to race in Phoenix, running national events and match races since the facility now known as Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park opened in early 1984 as Firebird…
Qualifying at Arizona Nationals will set Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Stars Callout field
There’s a lot more on the line for Top Fuel drivers in qualifying at the NHRA Arizona Nationals than just making the 16-car field. The event is the final chance for drivers to earn a spot in the eight-car field for the Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout.
There’s a lot more on the line for Top Fuel drivers in qualifying at the NHRA Arizona Nationals than just making the 16-car field. The second event of the season is the final chance for last year’s Top 10 finishers to earn a spot in the eight-car…
Remembering Barry Setzer
Barry Setzer, who for two years in the early 1970s was the owner of the quickest and fastest Funny Car on the planet, passed away Jan. 31 at age 79.
As an impressionable, almost-teenage drag racing fam in the early 1970s whose primary contact with the sport was through the many monthly magazines, Barry Setzer was a bit of an enigma. His name was everywhere in 1972 and ’73, plastered on the…
NHRA Arizona Nationals Friday preview
Race teams from the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series will head back into battle less than a week after the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com. The tour began its eastward move from California with a short hop to Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park for the NHRA Arizona Nationals.
Race teams from the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series will head back into battle less than a week after the glorious start to the 2022 season at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com. The tour began its eastward…
Tricky Tipster: NHRA Arizona Nationals
Last week, at the season-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com., Justin Ashley, Robert Hight, and Erica Enders delivered wins in Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock, respectively. Tricky Tipster, NHRA’s wizard of odds, had Ashley and Hight among the favorites at 5-1, while Enders was valued at 4-1, second among Pro Stock racers.
Last week, at the season-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com., Justin Ashley, Robert Hight, and Erica Enders delivered wins in Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock, respectively. Tricky Tipster, NHRA’s wizard of…
USD Parts to sponsor Jim Dunn Racing at NHRA Phoenix event
Phoenix-based USD Inc., the southwest’s leading distributor of original equipment parts for Ford, General Motors, and Mopar, will sponsor the Jim Dunn Racing team at NHRA’s return to Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park,
Phoenix-based USD Inc., the southwest’s leading distributor of original equipment parts for Ford, General Motors, and Mopar, will sponsor the Jim Dunn Racing team at NHRA’s return to Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park,
USD has been a primary…
Better together: Chris and Mason McGaha
When Chris McGaha made his Pro Stock debut at the NHRA U.S. Nationals in 2011, he could not have fully envisioned how the years ahead would unfold. He did, however, have an inkling that he needed a second car, and he always knew that it would be his son, Mason, at the wheel.
When Chris McGaha made his Pro Stock debut at the NHRA U.S. Nationals in 2011, the Odessa, Texas, native could not have fully envisioned how the years ahead would unfold. He did, however, have an inkling.
"I always felt like I needed a…
A Quick Starter and A Comebacker
NHRA Winternationals Top Fuel winner Justin Ashley and returning Pro Stock champ Bo Butner join Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast.
Justin Ashley and Bo Butner join Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast.
Ashley talks about his highly impressive start at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com, where he took…
Justin Ashley looks to make it two in a row to open 2022 at NHRA Arizona Nationals
A week after opening the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season with a victory, Top Fuel rising star Justin Ashley will look to keep rolling and make it two wins in a row in 2022 in just his second career appearance at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park during this weekend’s NHRA Arizona Nationals.
A week after opening the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season with a victory, Top Fuel rising star Justin Ashley will look to keep rolling and make it two wins in a row in 2022 in just his second career appearance at Wild Horse Pass…
Nitro Time Machine: Frank Manzo dominates the 1997 Arizona Nationals
Top Alcohol Funny Car kingpin Frank Manzo kicked off the 1997 season by winning the first two events of the year including the Arizona Nationals in Phoenix.
Two years later, Pro Stock star Erica Enders is after another Phoenix win
The last time Erica Enders was at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park was two years ago, and she was holding a Wally as the Pro Stock winner, and Enders is now after the same success heading into this weekend’s NHRA Arizona Nationals.
The last time Erica Enders was at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, it was 2020, and she was holding a Wally as the Pro Stock winner en route to her fourth NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series world championship. That was two years ago, and Enders…
What happens when you’re both lucky and good? Just ask Top Sportsman winner Don Meziere
Top Sportsman racer Don Meziere opened the new season by winning his sixth NHRA national event title at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com, but it was far from easy
Don Meziere has now won six NHRA national events including three at Auto Club Pomona Raceway and none of them have come easily. In 2014, Meziere won his first national event in Super Comp, but he had to beat Steve Casner in the final by .015-second…
Matt Hartford's Plan of Attack: 'Suck less today than we did yesterday'
The 2022 season of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series is off and running, and Pro Stock driver Matt Hartford is tackling this year with a very direct approach.
The 2022 season of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series is off and running, and Pro Stock driver Matt Hartford is tackling this year with a very direct approach. The Phoenix-area businessman is the president and CEO of Total Seal Piston Rings…
Alex Miladinovich vowing comeback from car-destroying Pomona crash
Alex Miladinovich pretty much destroyed his Red Shirt Friday/Hot For Teacher Funny Car during Saturday qualifying at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals, but the popular SoCal independent is vowing to learn lessons from the accident and build back even better.
Thousands of hearts sank as fans and fellow racers watched local Funny Car hero Alex Miladinovich crash his Red Shirt Friday/Hot For Teacher Toyota during Saturday qualifying at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com,…
Nitro Time Machine: Final rounds from the 2020 Arizona Nationals
The 2020 Arizona Nationals, the final race before the pandemic postponed professional drag racing for five months, provided great final round racing in each of the Camping World pro categories.
Reflections on Pomona: Top teams grade their outings at season opener
As the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series stars prepare to put Pomona in the rearview mirrors, here's a compilation of their assessments about their weekends at the season opener.
The winners have been crowned at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com, with Justin Ashley, Robert…