Greg Anderson moves to number one in Pro Stock qualifying—watch the run and hear from the man
See the run, and watch the interview from Greg Anderson.
Scrappers Racing honors Blaine Johnson with Travers Tool Tribute Car
The Mike Salinas-led Scrappers Racing Top Fuel Dragster has donned the Travers Tool blue and gold scheme at this weekend's NHRA Sonoma Nationals as a tribute to the car that the late Blaine Johnson drove to victory in Sonoma in 1996.
Twenty-five years ago, Blaine Johnson, brother of Scrappers Racing tuning consultant Alan Johnson, won his final race in Top Fuel at Sonoma Raceway. Blaine beat Kenny Bernstein in the final round and unforgettably stopped the car on the end of the…
NHRA Sonoma Nationals Saturday preview
Fans are rolling in from all over the West Coast to Sonoma Raceway for Saturday's qualifying sessions at the 2021 NHRA Sonoma Nationals.
It couldn't be better to be back drag racing in California. That's the buzz in the pits, grandstands, and staging lanes at the 2021 NHRA Sonoma Nationals. And for good reason, today's second and third session of qualifying of Top Fuel, Funny Car,…
Brittany Force, Ron Capps, Matt Hartford, and Andrew Hines are Friday night’s top qualifiers in Sonoma
Perfect weather, record speeds, and full-capacity California crowd made the night session at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals a smash success.
Most people think Sonoma, Calif., is wine country, but motorsports fans know better—it’s horsepower country.
After last weekend’s race in Denver where the air was thin and the trap speeds were low, the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series…
Division 1 schedule changes; Virginia Motorsports Park adds doubleheader
Following the recent cancellation of the Northeast Division/East Region event at Atco Dragway, NHRA has announced adjustments to its Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series schedule.
Following the recent cancellation of the Northeast Division/East Region event at Atco Dragway, NHRA has announced adjustments to its Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series schedule.
Virginia Motorsports Park will now host a doubleheader event, Sept.…
Watch now! Super Stock qualifying from Sonoma Nationals
Watch a field of Super Stock cars run at the 2021 NHRA Sonoma Nationals
NHRA Sonoma Nationals Friday preview
This weekend the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series returns to Sonoma Raceway to mark the relaunch of professional drag racing in California.
Tricky Tipster: The grapes of wrath
It's hard to find a more perfect setting for a Camping World NHRA Series event than Sonoma Raceway and it's lush vineyards and rolling hills. That's especially true for Steve Torrence, Matt Hagan, Greg Anderson, and Matt Smith, this week's favorites.
Stop us if you’ve heard this before but you can’t sweep the Western Swing unless you win the first race. Yeah, we know it’s an old quote but it’s entirely true which means that heading into this weekend’s NHRA Sonoma Nationals, only Steve Torrence…
Nitro Time Machine: Don Prudhomme wins Top Fuel at 1992 Sonoma Nationals
NHRA legend Don Prudhomme is best known for his four Funny Car championships, but he also was a great Top Fuel racer at both ends of his career, including this victory at the 1992 Sonoma Nationals.
Division 5 doubleheader completes at Heartland Motorsports Park
The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series West Central Division wrapped up a doubleheader weekend at Heartland Motorsports Park by crowning nine more winners including Doug Enegsl in Comp and Billy Torrence in Super Comp.
The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, West Central Division event at Heartland Motorsports Park:
COMPETITION ELIMINATOR
Doug Engels, Watertown, S.D., '08 Dragster, D/DA, 7.512,…
Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Top Sportsman champion Curt Fredrich
A decade after winning his first national event in Columbus, Curt Fredrich struck again in Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers. Driving his ’68 Camaro, Fredrich, the reigning Division 3 champion, ran right on his 6.75 dial in the…
Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Top Dragster champion Al Kenny
Al Kenny, the father of Super Gas runner-up Jason, won for the ninth time in his career and first since 2018 in Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers. Kenny prevented Bertozzi from his second double-up with an outstanding performance…
Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Super Gas champion Jeremy Mason
Six of the nine NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series champs crowned in Norwalk were former or current world champs, including Super Gas winner Jeremy Mason, who won his title in 2019. Mason added the Norwalk title to his résumé after defeating…
Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Super Comp champion John Labbous Jr.
John Labbous Jr. joined teammates Anthony Bertozzi and Joe Santangelo in the crowded winner’s circle when he scored the Super Comp title. Driving Bertozzi’s dragster, Labbous, who is currently ranked in the top three in Super Comp and Super Gas…
Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Stock champion Joe Santangelo II
Team Bertozzi’s second win came in Stock at the hands of Jpe Santangelo II, who drove his A/SA ’69 Camaro to a win against Don Belles, who also fouled. Santangelo now has 18 national event wins to his credit, including three at Summit…
Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Super Stock champion Anthony Bertozzi
Two-time NHRA world champion Anthony Bertozzi has had a lot of memorable days at the races but few, if any, can match the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, where he enjoyed an almost perfect weekend. Bertozzi won in Super Stock and was a…
Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Comp champion Bruno Massel Jr.
In addition to his two world championships, Bruno Massel Jr. is now a 14-time national event winner in Comp following his final-round win against Ronnie Bohn. Massel, in his turbocharged CC/AT Cobalt, won the final with a (-.459) 7.311 against…
Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car champion D.J. Cox
D.J. Cox scored for the first time since the 2016 season in Top Alcohol Funny Car after he defeated Bob McCosh in the final round. Cox got a single run in the first round but later had his work cut out for him with tough battles against Annie…
Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster champion Matt Cummings
Matt Cummings emerged from a very competitive field to claim his first Top Alcohol Dragster title behind the wheel of the McPhillips family entry. Cummings topped Will Smith, James Stevens, and current championship contender Rachel Meyer before…
One down, two to go for Swing sweep hopefuls Torrence, Hagan, and Smith
With their wins at the Dodge//SRT Mile-High NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil in Denver, Steve Torrence, Matt Hagan, and Matt Smith are each one-third of the way to a Western Swing sweep. Here's what they'll need to do to complete it.
What’s the hardest part of sweeping the Western Swing? Is it trying to win in Denver, where the high-altitude climate messes with everyone’s combination? Or is it Sonoma, where everyone is already a bit ground down and the parts beat up after a hot…
Dodge//SRT Mile-High NHRA Nationals Top Sportsman champion Jimmy Lewis
Jimmy Lewis, the winner in Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers was by far the most experienced winner in Denver with 10 wins to go along with the 1998 Super Gas world title. Now in Top Sportsman, Lewis drove his Pontiac GXP to the…
Dodge//SRT Mile-High NHRA Nationals Top Dragster champion Kari Stark
There were 10 women entered in Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers, and the final featured two of them, with Kari Stark taking on Betsy Peek. Driving one of the quickest cars in the class, Peek left .003-second too soon and drew a…
Dodge//SRT Mile-High NHRA Nationals Super Street champion Tim Schell
Tim Schell was a runner-up in Super Gas in Denver in 2001 and got his first win two decades later when he drove his ’75 Duster to the Super Street title. The Arvada, Colo., resident cruised to the win after Arizona’s Dave Thompson red-lighted in…
Dodge//SRT Mile-High NHRA Nationals Super Gas champion Darin Dolezal
The Super Gas final was settled on the starting line after Jeremy Siffring fouled, sending Darin Dolezal to victory in his second career final round. The runner-up at the infamous ’92 Phoenix race, Dolezal recorded a 10.495 on the 10.50 index…
Dodge//SRT Mile-High NHRA Nationals Super Comp champion Shannon Nicoletti
Shannon Nicoletti, of nearby Lakewood, Colo., joined the list of first-time national event winners in Super Comp thanks to a strong final-round performance against Mitch Mustard. Nicoletti grabbed a slight lead at the start and drove to a 9.557…
Dodge//SRT Mile-High NHRA Nationals Stock champion Dwayne Scheitlin
Dwayne Scheitlin went to the Stock final at the 2017 Sonoma race but finished as a runner-up to world champion Brian McClanahan. He finally got his long-awaited first win in Denver by besting Craig Maddox in Stock in a matchup of old vs. new…
Dodge//SRT Mile-High NHRA Nationals Super Stock champion Kayla Mozeris
Kayla Mozeris joined her father, Comp winner Joe, as a Denver winner with win her second national event title and first in Super Stock. Kayla defeated Ed Niquette, Elisha Boyd, and Jim Thune to reach the final and then finished the job by…
Dodge//SRT Mile-High NHRA Nationals Comp champion Joe Mozeris
Joe and Kayla Mozeris made history at the Dodge//SRT Mile-High NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil with a rare father-daughter winner’s circle after Joe won in Comp eliminator and Kayla captured the Super Stock title.
Joe Mozeris has…