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Longtime NHRA Funny Car crew chief Dickie Venables is the new crew chief for the J.R. Todd-driven Kalitta Motorsports DHL Funny Car.

Now that 2025 is here and the work is going full bore in race shops across the country, we thought it was a good idea to take a quick peek at seven of the biggest team personnel moves in the offseason leading into Gainesville to kick off the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series.

The chance to start the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Series with a strong statement is there for eight Top Fuel standouts who will compete in the Top Fuel All-Star Callout bonus race on Saturday, March 8 as part of the season-opening Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.

Although Gaige Herrera ran away to his second straight NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle championship, there were several other riders who shined in different statistical categories beyond the points standings. Here's a look at some of those stats.

Pro Stock in 2024 was a wide-open battle that came down to the last day of the season because none of the top teams dominated all of the performance stats that were spread widely among the top runners. Here's a look back at the final Pro Stock stats from last season.

Kalitta Air’s expertise helped build and service the mighty 10 Tanker DC-10s that have dropped fire retardant above Southern California.

No one driver and their skills were able to stop Austin Pock from winning the 2024 NHRA Funny Car championship, but what if you blended the best attributes of his competitors into one Super Racer? Would that stop Prock's rampage in 2025?

Knowing that Jack Beckman will be making the full pull in 2025, we decided to look at his career statistics to see where he stands and where he could stand in the event that he, his car, and his team perform to the exceptionally high level they were performing at in 2024.

Tickets are on sale for one of the most exciting races of the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season, as the NHRA New England Nationals heads back to traditional New England Dragway for another thrilling year of action May 30-June 1.

In the sport’s earlier years, Funny Cars were everywhere, and some of them were seldom seen outside of their region. Here’s a look back at a collection of Funny Cars from our archives that you might only have seen at your local track.

Today's Pro Stock ranks are largely dominated by Chevy Camaros, but over the 54-year history of the class, there have been a lot of models to reach the winner's circle, including the rarities included in this video.

Austin Prock was 2024's runaway Funny Car world champion and the driver who shattered the 340-mph barrier, but you may be surprised that he and his team didn't really dominate any performance stats, yet they were top three in most.

Women will be leading the charge at JCM Racing as headliners Alexis DeJoria and Ida Zetterström have been commissioned to assume the driving responsibilities for Joe and P.J. Maynard’s two-car operation in 2025. 

Denso will continue as the title sponsor of the annual NHRA national event at scenic Sonoma Raceway. This year’s race marks the 10-year anniversary of Denso serving as title sponsor for an NHRA national event.

On this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast powered by Speedmaster, Tony Pedregon and Kevin McKenna join host Brian Lohnes to talk all things offseason.

NHRA officials have announced the addition of Concho Valley Dragway, located in the heart of West Texas, to the NHRA Member Track Network in the NHRA’s South Central Division (Division 4).

With the wildfires devastating Southern California in the longtime backyard of the NHRA, NHRA and the American Red Cross have set up a dedicated site to accept donations to help those affected by this tragedy in their time of need.

The countdown is on for the start of the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, and it doesn’t get much bigger than the season-opening Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, which kicks off the year March 6-9 at Gainesville Raceway.

In the third and final installment of a preseason report, we take a look at what are sure to be among the hungriest of Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle teams entering the 2025 season trying to rectify the issues they had last year.

It’s time for our annual deep dive into the drag racing season 50 years ago, a semi-tradition we started a few years ago that gives us all a chance to either remember what it was like or, for our younger fans, to get a glimpse of the roads we traveled to get to today.

As we prepare to launch into 2025, let's take a deep dive into the statistics that helped shape the 2024 season. Who was quick, who was not, and what it all meant.

The 2025 Sick Week drag and drive event is set to take place at NHRA Southeast Division member tracks in Florida and Georgia.

NHRA Funny Car driver and team owner Chris King will participate in the Milwaukee Admirals’ Motorsports Night, Jan. 10, joining fellow professional racers from NASCAR and IndyCar as guests at an American Hockey League game.

NHRA officials are pleased to announce the addition of Darlington Dragway to the NHRA Member Track Network, bringing the historic facility to the NHRA’s Southeast Division (Division 2) for the first time.

Mark Oswald's Hall of Fame career in drag racing came to an amazing end at the 2024 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals as part of the Matco Tools team’s Top Fuel championship, but Oswald’s roots go way back.

Reigning NHRA Top Fuel champ Antron Brown recently joined Kelley Earnhardt on Dirty Mo Media’s Business of Motorsports podcast, touching on a variety of topics.

Funny Car racing in 2024 was a wild shootout as everyone was chasing Austin Prock, but there were some teams whose struggles to keep pace became evident. Here's a look at those teams and what they might do for a better 2025. Second in a series.

There was a lot of individual misery across all classes in NHRA Drag Racing last season, and many teams are looking for some redemption in 2025. In the first of a four-part series, we take a look at which Top Fuel teams are looking to put 2024 in the rearview mirror and how they can do it.

The 2024 battle for the championship in the Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by LearnEV+ was wide open with no driver winning more than once, but Jordan Lazic pulled it out in the end. Here's a look at five big moments that helped make that happen.

On this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast powered by Speedmaster, host Brian Lohnes takes a deep dive into a myriad of news, headlines, topics, rumors, and speculation for the 2025 season.