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Elite Motorsports Pro Stockers to run exhibition at Division 5 National Open

Seven Elite Motorsports Pro Stock drivers, including six-time and reigning world champion Erica Enders, will make a special appearance at the NHRA Division 5 National Open doubleheader this weekend at Rock Falls Raceway in Wisconsin.
08 Aug 2024
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Erica Enders
Seven Elite Motorsports Pro Stock drivers will make a special appearance at the NHRA Division 5 National Open doubleheader this weekend at Rock Falls Raceway in Wisconsin. Six-time and reigning world champion Erica Enders, three-time 2024…
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NHRA Racer Advantage program features extensive benefits and special offers

An exciting part of every NHRA membership is the NHRA Racer Advantage program, which offers a multitude of benefits and special offers designed specifically for NHRA racers and members.
08 Aug 2024
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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NHRA Racer Advantage Program
An exciting part of every NHRA membership is the NHRA Racer Advantage program, which offers a multitude of benefits and special offers designed specifically for NHRA racers and members. By earning an NHRA Competition License and becoming an NHRA…
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NHRA stars set to appear at Roadkill Nights powered by Dodge this weekend

The ninth edition of MotorTrend presents Roadkill Nights powered by Dodge is set to return to M1 Concourse in Pontiac, Mich., on Saturday, Aug. 10. The unique event will feature appearances by NHRA racers Matt Hagan, Leah Pruett, and Ida Zetterstrom.
08 Aug 2024
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Ida Zetterstrom
The ninth edition of MotorTrend presents Roadkill Nights powered by Dodge is set to return to M1 Concourse in Pontiac, Mich., on Saturday, Aug. 10. The unique event includes street-legal drag racing in big-tire and small-tire classes, a muscle car…
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Giant August issue of National Dragster packed with race coverage, features

The August 2024 issue of NHRA National Dragster, a whopping 196 pages packed with national event coverage and a slew of interesting feature stories, is now online in digital format and in the mail in its traditional print format to NHRA Members around the world.
08 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Issue 8
READ THE ISSUE The August 2024 issue of NHRA National Dragster, packed with national event coverage and a slew of…
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2024 NHRA Awards Ceremony returns to Pechanga Resort Casino

For the third consecutive year, the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Awards Ceremony is headed to the Pechanga Resort Casino in the heart of scenic Southern California Wine Country. 
08 Aug 2024
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Awards Ceremony
For the third consecutive year, the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Awards Ceremony is headed to the Pechanga Resort Casino in the heart of scenic Southern California Wine Country.  The 2024 ceremony will take place on Monday, Nov. 18…
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2024 Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals Top Dragster winner Thomas Bayer

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
116:59
Thomas Bayer collected Wally No. 13 and his third at Sonoma Raceway after defeating David Myhre in the final of Right Trailers Top Dragster. Bayer killed the Tree with a .002 light and ran a 6.130 on his 6.10 dial to seal the win.
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2024 Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals Top Sportsman winner David Cook

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
116:27
David Cook’s pursuit of the Right Trailers Top Sportsman championship got a big boost when he topped Jeff Gilette in the final round. Cook got the best of the double breakout match with a 6.678 on his 6.68 dial while Gilette ran .006 under his 6.81…
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2024 Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals Super Gas winner Ryan Giacone

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
108:22
Five years after scoring his breakthrough win in Super Street at the 2009 Chicago event and two years after a Super Comp runner-up in Sonoma, Ryan Giacone claimed Super Gas honors back in Sonoma winning a double-breakout final-round contest with…
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2024 Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals Super Comp winner Allison McKoane

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
99:31
Allison McKoane won her second NHRA national event crown on Jerron Settles’ close -.001 foul start in the final round. McKoane previously was a Super Comp winner at the spring Las Vegas event in 2022.
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2024 Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals Stock winner Paul Calvert

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
94:06
Paul Calvert’s U/SA Mustang may have been the slowest car in Stock competition at the Denso Sonoma Nationals, but it was also one of the most consistent and Calvert did just job to outlast the field. In the final, Calvert ran right on his 13.90 dial…
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2024 Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals Super Stock winner Jim Grossi

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
82:07
Jim Grossi Jr. saved his best for last with a nearly unbeatable package in the Super Stock final that included a .004 light and an 8.500 on his 8.50 dial to knock out five-time world champ Justin Lamb, who was just .014-second behind at the stripe.
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2024 Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals Comp winner Josh Lee

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
118:21
Josh Lee scored his first career national event win in impressive fashion, winning wire-to-wire in Comp from the No. 1 qualifying spot with his Honda-powered H/A Bantam. Lee claimed the Wally after final-round opponent Steve Graham fouled in his Pro…
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2024 JEGS SPORTSnationals Top Sportsman winner Bill Yates

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
148:19
Bill Yates, who previously made history as the first Super Comp winner at the NHRA U.S. Nationals, scored again in Right Trailers Top Sportsman after Lester Johnson was a no-show for the final. Yates was dialed with a 6.786 on his 6.76 prediction.
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2024 JEGS SPORTSnationals Top Dragster winner Anthony Bertozzi

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
73:44
Two-time world champ Anthony Bertozzi claimed the 33rd national event title of his amazing career when he topped fellow world champ Blake Peavler in the final of Right Trailers Top Dragster. Bertozzi highlighted the win with a perfect 7.150 on his 7…
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2024 JEGS SPORTSnationals Super Street winner Damien Hazelton

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
80:20
Reigning Division 3 Super Street champ Damien Hazelton, near lane, who lives just a few hours from National Trail Raceway, collected his biggest victory ever with a holeshot final-round win over two-time Columbus winner Rudy Matthews, 10.910 to…
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2024 JEGS SPORTSnationals Super Gas winner Lee Brewer

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
67:04
Lee Brewer broke through for his first career NHRA national event victory, driving his ’67 Camaro to a narrow double-breakout final-round conquest of Patrick Martin, 9.881 to 9.880. The final-round appearances were a first for both racers.  
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2024 JEGS SPORTSnationals Super Comp winner Jacob Smith

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
101:32
Jake Smith led a parade of first-time winners at the event, claiming his first Wally in a thrilling double-breakout bout with former Columbus event winner Rock Haas, 8.893 to 8.880.
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2024 JEGS SPORTSnationals Stock winner Caleb McFarland

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
70:22
Caleb McFarland pulled off an impressive feat by driving his manually shifted A/S Firebird to the Stock title in Columbus. The latest in a long line of McFarland family racers, Caleb won the final with a .007 light and a 10.396 on his 10.33 dial to…
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2024 JEGS SPORTSnationals Super Stock winner Irvin Johns

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
67:00
At the age of 80, Irvin Johns reset his own record as NHRA’s oldest national event champion. Johns, winner of the 2023 Chicago event, won the final with a 9.360 on his 9.22 dial after opponent Pete D’Agnolo slowed.
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2024 JEGS SPORTSnationals winner Comp winner Rodger Brogdon

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
114:43
Rodger Brogdon, previously a three-time winner in both Comp and Pro Stock, added a seventh Wally to his collection, leaving with a clutch .001 reaction time and powering his RoofTec Camaro to a (-.39) 7.36 to defeat three-time Atlanta winner Brian…
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2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Top Dragster winner Ed Olpin

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
58:37
Ed Olpin is now an 11-time national event winner after Kacee Bootsma red-lighted in the final of Right Trailers Top Dragster. Olpin previously won in Top Sportsman and Super Gas.  
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2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Top Sportsman winner Robert Strohm

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
67:35
Robert Strohm added a national event win to his 2021 JEGS Allstars title in Right Trailers Top Sportsman. In the final, Strohm squeezed by John Ermish in a narrow double-breakout.
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2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Super Street winner Jeff Jackson

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
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77:52
After winning back-to-back in Seattle in 2007 and 2008, Jeff Jackson returned to the Super Street winner’s circle in his familiar Mustang. His final-round opponent, Francesca Ward, who won the event in 2018, came without a thousandth of a second of…
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2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Super Gas winner Michael Dalrymple

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
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108:17
Super Gas winner Michael Dalrymple scored his third career national event win, all of which have come at Pacific Raceways, when he ran a near-perfect 9.909 in the final round to beat Josh Mellof. Dalrymple’s two previous wins came in 2009 (in Super…
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2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Super Comp winner Dale Green

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
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60:44
Seventeen years after a runner-up in Seattle in his first national event final-round appearance, Dale Green returned to get the job done in Super Comp. After wading through five tough rounds, the final was actually his easiest after multi-time…
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2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Stock winner Chris Hall

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
70:12
Chris Hall claimed a third national event win by beating Joe Sorensen in the Stock final. Hall got the best of the double breakout final with a 10.481 against his 10.50 dial.
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2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Super Stock winner Brad Burton

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
98:22
Brad Burton greatly improved his odds of winning the Super Stock world title following a win at his home track, Pacific Raceways. Burton defeated fellow world champ Jody Lang in the final with a 8.385 on his 9.36 dial.
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2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Comp winner Ryan Warter

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
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84:30
Second-generation Northwest Comp racer Ryan Warter collected his third national event win and his second at his home track when he defeated Dustin Lee in the final round. Warter, whose first career win also came in Seattle, in Stock, ran (-.45) 8.54…
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2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Maddi Gordon

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
37:40
Maddi Gordon made NHRA history as the 100th different woman to win an NHRA national event. The rookie driver, daughter of three-time Top Alcohol Funny Car world champ Doug Gordon, defeated Brian Hough for the momentous victory.
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2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster winner Casey Grisel

07 Aug 2024
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
52:09
Casey Grisel scored his long-awaited first national event win in Top Alcohol Dragster in the car tuned by legendary A/Fuel guru Jerry Darien. Grisel defeated two-time defending event champ Jackie Fricke in the final, beating her on a holeshot, 5.25…
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