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The landscape in the Pro Stock Motorcycle class looks drastically different in the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series in comparison to the year before, but for six-time and reigning Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Matt Smith, there is enjoyment in the challenge, even if it's alongside a certain level of frustration.

The final day of qualifying for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals will set the fields in all four classes. It will also include the exciting Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge, bringing the thrill of raceday to Saturday qualifying.

The drag racing world lost one of its biggest fans and supporters on June 23, 2023, with the passing of NHRA team owner Cathi Maynard.

There are times when things simply do not go as planned, particularly when Mother Nature has her say. On Friday at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, that was certainly the case — but Leah Pruett and reigning Funny Car champion Ron Capps made it worth the wait as they made thunderous passes in front of the fans at Summit Motorsports Park to claim the provisional pole in their respective classes. 

Deric Kramer didn't blaze into the 2023 rendition of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, but by race four of 18 on the Pro Stock schedule, he and his Michael Hiner-tuned GetBioFuel.com Chevrolet Camaro were showing up and showing out.

Take a walk through Summit Motorsports Park with the NHRA National Dragster photographers on Friday at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals

The launch of the inaugural 2023 Wally Parks NHRA Nostalgia Nationals in Bowling Green, Ky., was a huge success! See photo highlights from Beech Bend Raceway Park of the racing action, swap meet, and the legendary Don Garlits himself.

Leah Pruett's Dodge Direct Connection dragster has had a consistent edge, and after qualifying No. 1 in Bristol, Pruett and the Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Nitro team are eager to build on the momentum and claim their first Top Fuel win of the season.

The NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series reaches its ninth stop of 21 this weekend with the 17th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. The four-day event features all four Professional classes, as well as the race-within-a-race Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge. 

Native Ohioan Troy Coughlin Jr. took a tour of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, before heading to this weekend’s Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals to compete in Pro Stock.

In advance of this weekend's homestate race in Norwalk, Ohio, the Jim Head Racing team tested its hot-weather tune-up and made fixes to its clutch management system during a test session at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.

The stars of the NHRA, including Clay Millican, Antron Brown, Greg Anderson, Dallas Glenn, Paul Lee, and more were at the Summit Racing Equipment store in Tallmadge, Ohio, Wednesday in advance of the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals.

The Richfield, Ohio-based Pawuk Family Racing organization will compete under the family banner for the first time at its home track, Summit Racing Motorsports Park, with patriarch Mark Pawuk in Flexjet Factory Stock and son Kyle in Stock eliminator.

The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals is always an action-filled event, but check out these five memorable moments from the Ohio event's great history.

As the Camping World NHRA Drag Racing season approaches the halfway point, Ron Capps and the NAPA Auto Parts team are right where they expected to be, in the thick of the battle for the Funny Car championship.

Most drag racing fans recognize Alex Laughlin as the driver for “Big Jim” Dunn’s nitro Funny Car, but when he’s not powering that 11,000-hp beast on the dragstrip, he’s in constant search of more excitement.

The annual weekend at Summit Motorsports Park has always been a big one for drivers in the FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by Type A Motorsports, but with the new Road to the Championship in effect for the first time in the category, the spotlight is even bigger.

In a loaded Top Fuel field that features five world champions in the top 11 spots and a host of other standout drivers, nobody has been better through the first eight races of the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season than Justin Ashley.

Already this season, 26 side-by-side races in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series classes of Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle have been decided by just thousandths of a second, and five of these razor-thin wins have come in final rounds.

Tony Pedregon and Todd Veney join host Brian Lohnes for this episode of the NHRA Insider Podcast. to recap the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals and preview the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals

With an energized team and Applied Innovation on the car this weekend, Doug Kalitta’s Toyota team is poised to make more progress at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals.

Winning the New England Nationals was the one thing Rhode Island-native Bob Tasca III just couldn't seem to make happen — until an unusual Saturday at Bristol Dragway, where the Funny Car driver finally earned his home-race trophy at a facility he calls home-away-from-home.

Anson Brown, a former Jr. Dragster racer and the son of three-time NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Top Fuel champion Antron Brown, won twice at TB Promotions Twin 50s at World Wide Technology Raceway to earn a $75,000 windfall.

The NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series is set to return to one of the sport’s finest facilities at the 17th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals on June 22-25 at Summit Motorsports Park.

NHRA wishes a Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. Whether you be a racer, a fan, a sponsor, or any part of our world, we wish you the happiest of days with this special message.

Justin Ashley swept all Top Fuel honors last weekend in Bristol Dragway, winning the delayed NHRA New England Nationals, the Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge, and the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. Crew chief Mike Green walks us through the challenges.

Matt won Race 1 and sister Christine won Race 2 as the Harris family dominated Comp eliminator as the Division 5 Thunder on the Mountain presented by Trailer Source doubleheader event at Bandimere Speedway.

Drag racing legend Don Garlits will be the grand marshal at this weekend's inaugural Wally Parks NHRA Nostalgia Nationals in Bowling Green, Ky. Here's a look at 10 magical moments from the career of "Big Daddy."