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An overwhelming crowd of fans and racers exceeded the greatest expectations for the inaugural California Hot Rod Reunion at Famoso Dragstrip. Read this and join the action this weekend in Bakersfield!

Driving a manual transmission is something of a lost art, but not every Super Stock and Stock driver is about to sacrifice their clutch pedal. Here's a look at some of the best of the best.

A a sense of normalcy returned to NHRA racing in 2021 but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t plenty of drama, excitement, and unexpected twists and turns along the way. Here are 10 of our favorites

Two-time Sportsman world champ and NHRA National Dragster columnist Luke Bogacki wrote recently of the futility of starting-line staging battle, a column that becomes even more relevant following this past weekend's epic Pro Stock burndown in Topeka.

Let it be. These three words can be interpreted in two distinctly useful ways. The first: whatever happens, happens. The second: whatever our lofty desire or dream … let it come to fruition. Not necessarily, “Make it happen!” Rather, let it be.  

Austin Williams’ ambitious 2021 NHRA racing schedule includes trying to chase championships in three different classes, but he uses a scientific approach to data to work his magic,

It’s only when we make the commitment to truly dig deep and improve that the true extent of how much we don’t know becomes painfully obvious.

Doug Engels didn’t win the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Comp world championship last year, but it certainly wasn’t for lack of effort.

After a pair of near misses, Kyle Rizzoli is more determined than ever to win an NHRA world championship

Get to know these names, especially if you happen to be a fan of NHRA Sportsman racing, because many of the drivers featured here are going to carry the sport well into the future. Part two of our two-part series.

Top Alcohol Funny Car racer Bob McCosh’s breakout 2020 season in Top Alcohol Funny Car has him thinking big in 2021.

The father-daughter duo of Glen and Jenny Treadwell has been tearing up Comp eliminator the last couple of years, and not just in their home Division 2. Both are national-event-winning threats and championship contenders.

Get to know these names, especially if you happen to be a fan of NHRA Sportsman racing, because many of the drivers featured here are going to carry the sport well into the future.

Among the list of inspiring life rules inscribed onto the side of Dom Lagana’s Nitro Ninja Top Fuel dragster are these three: Life is built on second chances. Treasure your family and friends. Think positive, not negative. They became a roadmap to recovery for him after his devastating accident last year.

If resiliency alone won world championships, Shawn Cowie probably would have run out of fingers for championship rings by now. The Top Alcohol Dragster racer finished in second place for the fourth straight time last season, but 2021 might be his year. 

Two-time world champion Anthony Bertozzi wins a lot of races, but what he enjoys most is helping his friends win.

In the current issue of NHRA National Dragster, NHRA announcer and ND columnist Brian Lohnes weighs in on the pressure that awaits teams as the Countdown to the Championship approaches. "There will be teams that excel and teams that fold up like a cheap tent," he predicts.

As part of a special, youth-oriented issue, NHRA National Dragster took a look at Jr. Street, a racing program for 13-16-year-olds that gives them the opportunity to race against their peers in full-body street vehicles with an adult co-driver as their teammate.

As part of the magazine's "Next Gen" special edition about NHRA's many youth-related programs, NHRA National Dragster Editor Phil Burgess shares the story about a special encounter with a Jr. Dragster racer in Bristol.