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Matt Smith and Justin Ashley joined host Brian Lohnes on the NHRA Insider podcast to talk about recent developments in the class and within their own teams.
This episode of the NHRA Insider brings two of the NHRA high performers together for a discussion about Pro Stock Motorcycle and Top Fuel, not just in 2022 but over the last few seasons. The stories of Matt Smith and Justin Ashley are…
The FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon is set to hold its first-ever shootout specialty race, scheduled for Friday and Saturday of the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in August.
The FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon is set to hold its first-ever shootout specialty race during the 2022 campaign.
The D-Wagon NHRA Pro Mod Shootout will take place on Friday and Saturday of the Lucas Oil NHRA…
In Charlotte, Corey Michalek joined the short list of drivers who have won a Top Alcohol Dragster race in the four wide format. Michalek joined NHRA's Brian Lohnes to discuss his victory and his plans for the rest of the season.
In his first NHRA event of the season, Scott Neal claimed his first win in Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers. Neal won the final over Zach Sackman with a solid .016 light and a 7.164 on his 7.15 dial. Sackman was appearing in…
Jason Bator collected his first career national event victory, wheeling his ’70 Chevelle past two-time winner Keith Mayers and his Porsche 944 in a double-breakout decision. After nearly identical reaction times, Bator turned on the win…
Craig Porter made it two straight wins at zMAX Dragway as last fall’s NHRA Carolina Nationals champ and scored again with his Porter Performance Mustang. In the final, Rusty Cook, a two-time series winner, got the better of two good lights…
Michael Handras, who was turned away in the final round of last year’s fall Charlotte event, went the distance this time with his NitroFish dragster for his first national event win, and he did so emphatically, tying a great .008 reaction…
Following a round-three finish at the Division 2 event in Gainesville, Daren Poole-Adams finally went the distance and claimed his first NHRA national event title. Poole-Adams won the final over Jack Zimmerman’s classic ’70 Challenger with…
A decade after his first national event win in Charlotte, Joe Lisa collected his second NHRA national event Wally following a final-round win over Jeff Longhany. Lisa’s win was fueled by a .001 light in the final, helping seal a double-…
Tom Ratliff scored his first career national event win and the 11th for the Treadwell family when he wheeled the Treadwell Farms E/ED past Bill Skillman in the final. Ratliff, Super Comp runner-up at the 2008 NHRA Southern Nationals, ran a…
Reigning world champion Sean Bellemeur and the Steve Boggs-led Bartone Bros. Killer Bs stung the field for their third straight time at zMAX Dragway. The defending event champ notched his first win of the season, fending off D.J. Cox Jr.,…
Corey Michalek collected career win No. 2, both of which have come at zMAX Dragway, when he won the final-round quad over, respectively, Jasmine Salinas, Megan Smith, and Taylor Vetter. Michalek, who also won this event in 2014 (when it…
Corey Michalek collected career win No. 2, both of which have come at zMAX Dragway, when he won the Top Alcohol Dragster final-round quad over, respectively, Jasmine Salinas, Megan Smith, and Taylor Vetter. Michalek, who also won…
Past JEGS NHRA Cajun SPORTSnationals champ Mark Jones picked up his second NHRA national event Wally when he topped Wayne Landry in Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers. Jones, driving one of the quickest cars in the field,…
Following a runner-up finish at the 2013 JEGS NHRA Cajun SPORTSnaitonals, Chris Arnold earned a long-awaited first national event win in Houston, and he did it in style with a win against world champion Darian Boesch in the final.…
Seventeen years after scoring his first career national event win, at the 2005 event at Houston Raceway Park, Chris LeBlanc came full circle for his fourth career win – three of which have come in Super Street – eking out a final-…
Keith Purvis, a longtime competitor at Houston Raceway Park, said goodbye to his hometown track in grand style with his first national event win. Purvis pushed his Pontiac-powered Clark Freight Lines Firebird to a near-perfect 9.903…
Michael Holcombe, who got his drag racing career started at age 8 in Jr. Dragsters at Houston Raceway Park back in 1994, used his intimate knowledge of the famed facility to his advantage in the final round, putting together an eight-…
Reigning Stock world champ Jerry Emmons kicked off his title defense with a win at his home event in Houston. Emmons earned career win No. 18 after Brandon Bakies fouled. Emmons won his first national event title in Houston in 1990 and was…
Harvey Emmons III successfully defended his Houston Super Stock title from 2021and won his fourth event at his home track when he stopped Brenda Grubbs in the final round. Emmons, who shared the winner’s circle with his brother, Jerry,…
Greg Kamplain, one of the most successful Comp drivers of the last decade, added another trophy to his mantle – his ninth in Comp and 11th overall – when he drove his and wife Judy’s new-look Mount Comfort RV B/Dragster Automatic entry to…
2020 world champion Doug Gordon appears to be back in championship form again, winning his second straight race with the Beta Motorcycles Camaro. Gordan, who has claimed seven of his 18 career wins in Texas, struck gold for the fourth time…
Four-time world champion Joey Severance recorded his milestone 25th career win and his second straight of the season at the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. Severance, who went more than three years between wins before scoring at the…
Four-time world champion Joey Severance recorded his milestone 25th career win and his second straight of the season at the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. Watch his final-round win and those of all of the other event winners.
Four-time world champion Joey Severance recorded his milestone 25th career win and his second straight of the season at the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. Severance, who went more than three years between wins before scoring at the NHRA…
NHRA fan-favorites Ron Capps and Tony Schumacher attended the 13th annual A Soldier’s Child Dinner Banquet May 6 to help raise funds for the national organization that aims to serve the children of fallen military personnel who lost their lives while on active duty.
NHRA fan-favorites Ron Capps and Tony Schumacher attended the 13th annual A Soldier’s Child Dinner Banquet in Murfreesboro, Tenn., May 6, helping to raise dollars and awareness for the nonprofit that has been near and dear to the hearts of Don…
Larry “Spiderman” McBride will take on Dave Vantine and his Yellow Bullet as Top Fuel Motorcycle exhibitions return to the Camping World NHRA Drag Racing Series.
Larry “Spiderman” McBride and Dave Vantine will be a featured exhibition at the upcoming NHRA Virginia Nationals as the popular Top Fuel Motorcycle class make a return to the Camping World NHRA Drag Racing Series.
McBride, of Poquoson, Va., is…
The Wild Card drawings for the NHRA Summit Racing Series National Championship were held recently to determine which divisions will be allowed an extra entry at the championship battle, scheduled for Oct. 27-30 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Competitors in the NHRA Summit Racing Series are set to race for championships in each of the seven NHRA divisions later this year, with the winners advancing to the NHRA Summit Racing Series National Championship, which takes place Oct.…
On this special day of the year, let’s celebrate the mothers of our world and our sport. Whether they be drivers, crewmembers, officials, sponsors, or just your biggest fan, they make our world a very special place. Happy Mother’s Day, moms!
A selection of Mother's Day poems ...
My Mother, my friend so dear,
Throughout my life you’re always near.
A tender smile to guide my way,
You’re the sunshine to light my day.
~ Anon.
Of all the special joys in…