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Sean Bellemeur

Sean Bellemeur clinches third straight Top Alcohol Funny Car championship

Sean Bellemeur clinched his third straight and sixth overall NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car world championship and was officially crowned at the Texas NHRA FallNationals during Friday qualifying.
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Friday News and Notes from the Texas NHRA FallNationals

News, notes, quotes, and photos from the opening day of qualifying at the Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex. First up, some pre-race notes.
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Shawn Langdon

Langdon riding a four-race, 16-round win streak into Countdown's second half

Top Fuel points leader Shawn Langdon enters the Texas NHRA FallNationals on a four-race winning streak, the longest domination of the class since Texan Steve Torrence won five straight in early 2019 after finishing the six-race 2018 Countdown to the Championship playoffs with six straight wins.
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Gaige Herrera

Gaige Herrera eyes Pro Stock Motorcycle championship opportunity in Dallas

Gaige Herrera enters the Texas NHRA FallNationals at the famed Texas Motorplex as the most recent Pro Stock Motorcycle winner on the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series tour and just 32 points out of the lead.
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Dallas

Texas NHRA FallNationals Friday preview

The second half of the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship playoffs kicks off with the Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex, Race 4 of the six-race battle to crown this year's world champions.
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FanFest

A galaxy of NHRA superstars shined at annual FallNationals Pre-Stage FanFest

The Texas NHRA FallNationals Pre-Stage FanFest presented by Red Line Synthetic Oil featured the biggest names in NHRA Drag Racing Thursday, Oct. 15, at Railyard Park in downtown Waxahachie.
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JEGS

JEGS Allstars feted at pre-event breakfast at Texas NHRA FallNationals

On Thursday morning, NHRA and the Texas Motorplex hosted the JEGS Allstars Breakfast presented by ARP, ahead of the competition in which the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series’ Sportsman stars of the last calendar year will go head to head for individual and team honors.

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Terry Haddock

Funny Car’s Terry Haddock looking to make an impact in Countdown

At this weekend’s Texas NHRA FallNationals, Terry Haddock will be campaigning a red, white, and blue Concho Supply Funny Car celebrating and honoring America’s 250th anniversary.
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Issue 10

October issue of National Dragster packed with championship points action

The October 2026 issue of NHRA National Dragster, packed with racing action from four major NHRA series with championship implications, is now online in digital format and in the mail in its traditional print format to NHRA Members around the world.
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Austin Prock

Funny Car’s Austin Prock thinking big for Texas-sized shootout

Back in the NHRA Funny Car championship hunt, Austin Prock’s bid for a third straight world title hits an important point at this weekend’s Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex.
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Leonard Hughes

Legendary world championship-winning nitro tuner Leonard Hughes passes away

Leonard Hughes, the brilliant tuning mind and counterpart to partner Paul Candies’ deep pockets on the successful Candies & Hughes team that often dominated Top Fuel and Funny Car racing in the 1970s and ‘80s, died Oct. 14.
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Will Smith

Top Fuel rookie Will Smith looks for dream weekend in Dallas

The first three races of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs have been the best three events in Will Smith’s young Top Fuel career, as the standout rookie has come alive in the postseason.

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