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Everyone knew this would be emotional... Pro Stock's most charming racer is stepping out of the driver's seat, but his family's winning ways will forever remain.

Team Tasca proclaims vindication after running even faster after removing its modified magnesium intake from its Ford Mustang Funny Car

As legend has it, Rickie Smith’s parents didn’t give him the nickname “Trickie Rickie” so it must have been earned elsewhere. To that end, Smith’s latest trick might just be his most impressive one.

The second and final four-wide race of the season is in the books after an interesting weekend in Charlotte. Here are our five big takeaways from zMAX Dragway.

After a strong 3.85 run last night that has Alexis DeJoria qualified second in the Funny Car field, crew chief Del Worsham is ready to put behind them the rough stretch that went from the last race of 2023 and into the 2024 season.

He knows it's a long shot, but Austin Prock hopes to earn enough qualifying points to make the field at the Pep Boys NHRA All-Star Callout in Indy. He had to start from zero behind drivers who earned points last year, but after three No.1 qualifiers, he's making progress.

After a six-week hiatus from the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series schedule, the competitive Pro Stock Motorcycle class returns to action at this weekend’s NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway, and atop the list of riders ready to hit the track is six-time champion Matt Smith.

Bob Tasca III knows all about how difficult it is to win a four-wide drag race, doing so two weeks ago in Las Vegas under the rarest of circumstances in NHRA Funny Car history: a triple holeshot.

Stock Eliminator racer Randi Lyn "RL" Butner is adding another category to her 2024 race schedule. This coming weekend, she will make her debut in the NHRA Johnson's Horsepowered Garage Mountain Motor Pro Stock class, and she plans to run for the championship alongside her husband, 2017 Pro Stock world champ Bo Butner, in the monstrous 800-plus-cubic-inch series.

Top Fuelers have been going four-wide in Charlotte since the 2009 exhibition at zMAX Dragway and since 2010 in points-earning competition, and they've delivered some amazing moments since then. Here's a look back at five great Top Fuel finals.

The Pro Stock standings have an unexpected name smack-dab in the middle of the top 10 heading into this weekend's NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway. NHRA Rookie of the Year contender Brandon Foster is brand new to the class, but he's quickly building steam even as he's settling in.

Four-wide Pro Stock finals invariably end up doorhandle to doorhandle to doorhandle to doorhandle, allowing for some major upsets or surprise finishes. Here's a look back at five memorable four-wide Pro Stock finals from zMAX Dragway.

So far this season, Jonnie Lindberg has shone brightly in his new role as the crew chief for Paul Lee's McLeod/FTI Dodge nitro Funny Car, and he believes the best is yet to come.

After his win at the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas, reigning Top Fuel world champ Doug Kalitta has a chance to sweep the pair of unique races for the first time in his stellar career at this weekend’s NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte.

In Las Vegas, Tony Stewart gave NHRA on FOX's Amanda Busick his insight on this type of racing, saying it "kinda has that short-track, Saturday night dirt-track feel."

Funny Car's brutally competitive environment is tough to break into, but Chad Green rode right into the thick of things in 2023. Despite a significant changing of the guard, the amiable Texan hasn't veered off the championship trail.

Recap the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas with Pro Stock winner Jeg Coughlin Jr. Joe Castello and NHRA's Alan Reinhart will go into detail with Coughlin about his first four-wide Pro Stock race win as well as victories by Doug Kalitta and Bob Tasca III.

Go behind the scenes with the winners of the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals as they celebrate their victories with their teams and one another and accept congratulations from their vanquished final-round foes.

After the successful return to Route 66 Raceway last season, NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series teams and officials are excited to return to Chicago for the upcoming Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by Peak Performance on May 17-19.

The NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was filled with wild moments, upsets, and close racing. Take a video look back at a memorable weekend at The Strip in our Weekend Rewind.

The Fire Dept. Coffee "Coffee with a Crew Chief" featured Mark Oswald, tuner of Antron Brown's Matco Tools Top Fueler with NHRA's Hannah Rickards.

A semifinal finish in Pomona and a runner-up in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge in Phoenix make Mason McGaha one of the favorites to be NHRA's next first-time pro winner.

After scoring win No. 104 in Phoenix, Pro Stock veteran Greg Anderson will look to add another to his impressive résumé at the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas, at a track that means a great deal to him.

Ten years ago during the spring NHRA event in Las Vegas, J.R. Todd was at home in Indianapolis when he got the phone call that changed his life. He wasted no time getting on an airplane to make it a reality.

Go behind the scenes with the winners of the NHRA Arizona Nationals as they celebrate their victories with their teams and one another and accept congratulations from their vanquished final-round foes.

Less than a week after his first NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Funny Car win, Austin Prock has a chance to keep rolling at this weekend’s NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The 2024 edition of the NHRA Arizona Nationals capped a busy weekend filled with drama, action, upsets, and familiar faces in the winner's circle. Here's a quick look back at the action from Firebird Motorsports Park.

Geoff Monise pulled off an upset in the final of the Modern Warriors Legends Nitro Series at the NHRA Arizona Nationals, beating Bobby Cottrell, who won the Winternationals crown yesterday. Monise and the Quarter Pounder team denied him a double-win weekend with a 4.75 to 4.81 final-round decision.