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Methanol Moonshine gets a new “Buddy” in Top Fuel driver Hull
Methanol Moonshine and NHRA Top Fuel driver Buddy Hull, along with the Buddy Hull Racing team, announced that they have entered into a new partnership agreement heading into the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.
Methanol Moonshine, an Aussie take on an American icon, has a new “Buddy” as on Wednesday at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) trade show, Methanol Moonshine and NHRA Top Fuel driver Buddy Hull, along with the Buddy Hull Racing team, announced…
Watch Live! NHRA on FOX stage at the 2022 PRI Show—Thursday
Racers, race fans, enthusiasts, and businesses will gather at the 2022 PRI Trade Show Dec. 8-10 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.
The 2022 PRI Show marks the motorsports industry’s first and largest in-person business gathering since the pandemic. Exhibitors will showcase the latest products, services, machinery, simulation and testing technologies, and trailers, available…
Alex Laughlin announced as new driver of the Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car
Alex Laughlin has been named the new driver of the Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car for 2023. Team Manager Jon Dunn made the announcement at this year’s Performance Racing Industry show in Indianapolis.
Alex Laughlin has been named the new driver of the Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car for 2023. Team Manager Jon Dunn made the announcement at this year’s Performance Racing Industry show in Indianapolis.
Laughlin, who has succeeded at every level in…
Elite team expands again, welcomes Jerry Tucker as newest Pro Stock driver
Sportsman racer Jerry Tucker will join the championship winning Elite Motorsports Pro Stock team for 2023 Camping World NHRA Drag Racing season.
Having built a reputation as someone willing to race anything with wheels, Jerry Tucker is throwing his hat into the Pro Stock ring this year as he has agreed to join Elite Motorsports, the largest professional team in NHRA drag racing. Tucker…
National Dragster Year in Review issue highlights 2022 season, world champs
The final NHRA National Dragster of 2022, the annual Year in Review issue, is now online in digital format and in the mail in its traditional print format to NHRA Members around the world.
Read the new issue
The final NHRA National Dragster of 2022, the annual Year in Review issue, is now online in…
Antron Brown Goes Outlaw Racing and Tells All, plus PRI Show Rumors!
NHRA Top Fuel great Antron Brown talked to host Brian Lohnes about his latest adventure. Additionally, Lohnes drops the hottest rumors surrounding the NHRA on this week of the PRI show in Indiana.
Just when you thought Antron Brown could not get any cooler, he just did. Last weekend, Brown attended the Snowbird Outlaw Nationals at the NHRA-sanctioned Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida and drove Manny Buginga's 3,000-hp Pro275…
NHRA announces schedule for Pro Mod, Specialty Classes and Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at 2023 national events
NHRA has released the 2023 schedule for the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series, as well as specialty classes and all NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series categories competing at NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series national events next year.
NHRA has released the 2023 schedule for the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series, as well as specialty classes and all NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series categories competing at NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series national events next year.
The NHRA…
Ten unforgettable moments from the 2022 season
The 2022 season was filled with so many dramatic moments, historic victories, and milestone performances, that it's hard to remember them all but that didn't stop the National Dragster/NHRA.com crew from taking a quick trip down memory lane to recall some of our favorite moments from the past 12 months.
The 2022 season was filled with so many dramatic moments, historic victories, and milestone performances, that it's hard to remember them all but that didn't stop the National Dragster/NHRA.com crew from taking a quick trip down memory lane to…
Scag expands NHRA involvement as major associate sponsor for Erica Enders
Elite Motorsports has announced that Scag Power Equipment will be joining its family of prestigious sponsors for the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Season. The Scag logo will be proudly brandished on the Pro Stock machine of five-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders.
Elite Motorsports, the largest professional race team in the NHRA, has announced that Scag Power Equipment will be joining its family of prestigious sponsors for the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Season. The Scag logo will be proudly…
Elite Motorsports adds Mountain Motor Pro Stock program with Enders and Freeman as drivers
Elite Motorsports has announced that it is expanding and returning to its roots with the acquisition of J.R. Carr’s Mountain Motor Pro Stock team.
Elite Motorsports has announced that it is expanding and returning to its roots with the acquisition of J.R. Carr’s Mountain Motor Pro Stock team. Mountain Motor Pro Stock feature engines in excess of 820-cubic inches with nearly 2,000 horsepower.…
Jim Dunn Racing parts ways with Funny Car driver Jim Campbell
Jim Dunn Racing has announced that it is parting ways with Funny Car driver Jim Campbell. The race team is expected to announce a new driver at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) tradeshow in Indianapolis this week.
Jim Dunn Racing has announced that it is parting ways with Funny Car Driver Jim Campbell. The race team is expected to announce a new driver at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) tradeshow in Indianapolis this week.
Campbell began…
NHRA Top Alcohol classes added to popular Cleetus and Cars event in Indy
NHRA Top Alcohol Dragsters and Top Alcohol Funny Cars will be a featured attraction during the popular Cleetus and Cars at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. The two premiere Lucas Oil Series classes will race for a full regional payout and NHRA championship points during the unique event, scheduled for May 6-7, 2023.
NHRA Top Alcohol Dragsters and Top Alcohol Funny Cars will be a featured attraction during the popular Cleetus and Cars at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. The two premiere Lucas Oil Series classes will race for a full regional payout and NHRA…
NHRA announces Callout events for Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle; Camping World Series category schedule
A Pro Stock specialty race is coming to Chicago, while the Pro Stock Motorcycle class will make its Seattle debut and compete in a Callout event in Sonoma.
NHRA has unveiled the category schedule for the four professional categories in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series for the 2023 season, as well as the announcement of highly-anticipated NHRA All-Star Callout events in both Pro Stock and…
Mason Wright joins Elite Motorsports Pro Mod team for 2023
Top Sportsman racer Mason Wright will pilot Elite Motorsports Camaro in 2023 NHRA Pro Mod series, plans for Gainesville debut.
Top Sportsman standout Mason Wright is making a move to the Pro Mod ranks next season. Wright will join the Elite Motorsports team to compete in the 2023 NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series.
The Odessa, Texas resident and father of two is looking…
Cruz Pedregon Racing promotes Ryan Elliott to assistant crew chief
When Cruz Pedregon Racing needed a new assistant crew chief for its Snap-on Funny Car, they had just who they needed in-house, and Ryan Elliot was promoted from car chief to assistant crew chief
After a tough 2022 season, the Harlow Sammons Pro Stock team is pressing forward
The 2022 season did not yield the results they were looking for, but the father-son Pro Stock team of Chris and Mason McGaha are pressing forward as they look for improvement.
When a team has a season like the Harlow Sammons Pro Stock team just had in 2022, looking back for positive highlights can be just as frustrating as the on-track experiences they just faced.
Team leader Chris McGaha, an eight-time national event…
Angelle Sampey: “I still have a lot that I want to accomplish.”
Recently released from the Vance & Hines team, three-time Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion Angelle Sampey ponders her future, but she's not ready to call it a career just yet.
The final event in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series is normally followed immediately by the Silly Season, where drivers, crew chief, sponsors, and other team news dominate the headlines. This year, one of the most dramatic announcements was…
Top 10 Fastest Nitro runs of 2022
No other motorsport on earth even comes close to the speeds seen week after week in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series. 337 to 338-mph runs all year long showed how much power the crew chiefs made and how good these drivers are.
Nitro Hemi engines made explosive power at the 2022 Auto Club Finals
Leah Pruett and Alex Laughlin leveled the 500-cid nitromethane-burning Hemi engines in their Top Fuel Dragsters in round one of the 2022 Auto Club NHRA Finals. Pruett's team replaced the engine and gave eventual race-winner Austin Prock a run for his money in round two.
Finals winners Cruz Pedregon, Greg Anderson, and Angie Smith on WFO Radio
Auto Club NHRA Finals race winners Cruz Pedregon, Greg Anderson, and Angie Smith joined WFO Radio for interviews following the 2022 NHRA Finals in Pomona.
Auto Club NHRA Finals race winners Cruz Pedregon, Greg Anderson, and Angie Smith joined WFO Radio for interviews following the 2022 NHRA Finals in Pomona.
Pedregon had perhaps his greatest day of drag racing performance with…
NHRA News: Mike Rice promoted, three new Division Directors named
Rice named Sr. Director of Competition; DeYoung new Pacific Division Director
NHRA officials announced the promotion of Mike Rice to Senior Director of Competition and the addition of Matt DeYoung as Division Director of the Pacific…
Nick Duty named NHRA West Central Division Director
Nick Duty is the new NHRA West Central (Division 5) Division Director. With his role, Duty will oversee NHRA member tracks in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Nick Duty is the new NHRA West Central (Division 5) Division Director. With his role, Duty will oversee NHRA member tracks in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
“I have been involved in weekly drag racing,…
Rice named Sr. Director of Competition; DeYoung new Pacific Division Director
NHRA officials announced the promotion of Mike Rice to Senior Director of Competition and the addition of Matt DeYoung as Division Director of the Pacific Division (Division 7).
NHRA officials announced the promotion of Mike Rice to Senior Director of Competition and the addition of Matt DeYoung as Division Director of the Pacific Division (Division 7).
Rice, who started with NHRA in 2001, served as the Division Director…
Craig Curdie joins NHRA Division Director team as new Northeast Director
Craig Curdie is the new Northeast Division Director (Division 1), overseeing NHRA member tracks in Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia as well as tracks in Canadian providences New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec.
Craig Curdie is the new Northeast Division Director (Division 1), overseeing NHRA member tracks in Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia as well as tracks in Canadian providences New Brunswick, Nova Scotia,…
The Sports Report: Top 10 Alcohol Moments of 2022
Last week, we had some fun with the top NHRA Sportsman racing moments of the 2022 season, and now it's time for the Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car classes.
Last week, we had some fun with the top NHRA Sportsman racing moments of the 2022 season, and now it's time for the Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car classes. Not surprisingly, there were many memorable moments to consider, and breaking…
Rahn Tobler, the quintessential crew chief, reflects on 50 years of speed
Tobler embodied what every crew chief strived to achieve: Patience. Knowledge. Performance. Even when NHRA on Fox's Bruno Massel put him on the spot to describe his favorite moment from his whole career, Tobler mentally reviewed 50 years of experiences in milliseconds and gave the perfect answer.
It’s been a very storied career. I never thought when I started in 1971 with Dick Venables Sr. working with a local Top Fuel team in Houston, Texas, that I’d still be doing this almost 50 years later. I’m very fortunate to have worked with so many…
Neff, Schaffer excited about 2023 plans for Tony Schumacher, Maynard team
Mike Neff and Jon Schaffer have joined driver Tony Schumacher on the Maynard Family Top Fuel team for 2023. The winning duo has a lot of plans and a lot of work ahead to get ready for the new season.
Top Fuel dynasties: Torrence, Schumacher, Dixon, Garlits, Amato, Shirley, Beck
Brittany Force’s 2022 championship season brought to an end one of the most dominating eras in Top Fuel drag racing as Steve Torrence’s four-year reign as world champion was finally ended. But how does Torrence's streak compare to some of the other great Top Fuel domination in history?
Brittany Force’s 2022 championship season brought to an end one of the most dominating eras in Top Fuel drag racing as Steve Torrence’s four-year reign as world champion was finally ended.
In his 2018 through 2021 championship seasons, Torrence…