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Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals Friday Preview

The regular season for the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series concludes this weekend with the running of the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals, the sport’s biggest and most prestigious drag race.
29 Aug 2025
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Indy
The regular season for the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series concludes this weekend with the running of the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals, the sport’s biggest and most prestigious  drag race.The event is No. 14 of 20 races this…
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Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Series opens Road to the Championship in Indy

The Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series returns in a major way at the world’s biggest drag race, kicking off its four-race “Road to the Championship” playoffs as part of this weekend’s 71st annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals.
29 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Rickie Smith
Back in action for the first time in two months, the Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series returns in a major way at the world’s biggest drag race, kicking off its four-race “Road to the Championship” playoffs as part of this weekend’s 71st…
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Thursday news and notes from the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals

News, notes, quotes, and photos from the second day of the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at historic Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
28 Aug 2025
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Notes
After a strong start on Wednesday with time trials and qualifying in Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas, and the Sox & Martin Hemi Challenge, racing continued at Indy on Thursday beginning with class eliminations and moving on to the…
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Beckman to bring Brute Force to Cornwell Quality Tools U.S. Nationals

Two-time Indy winner Jack Beckman’s PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Funny Car to carry iconic John Force paint scheme for The Big Go.
28 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Beckman
The iconic blue Brute Force paint scheme that announced to the world in the mid-1970s that John Force had arrived on the NHRA drag racing scene will adorn the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevy Funny Car of Jack Beckman during this week’s Cornwell…
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Legends Nitro Series brings nostalgic Funny Car racing to U.S. Nationals

For the first time, the popular Legends Nitro Series presented by Extreme Steel Inc. and Modern Warriors will showcase 1970s-style Funny Car racing at the world’s premier drag racing event, the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals.
28 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Legends Nitro Series
For the first time, the popular Legends Nitro Series presented by Extreme Steel Inc. and Modern Warriors will showcase 1970s-style Funny Car racing at the world’s premier drag racing event, the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil…
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NHRA announces historic 2026 schedule for 75th Anniversary season

With the addition of two new tracks to the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series schedule for its 75th anniversary celebration, NHRA has announced its 2026 schedule for the highly anticipated milestone season.
28 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Schedule
 With the addition of two new tracks to the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series schedule for its 75th anniversary celebration, NHRA has announced its 2026 schedule for the highly anticipated milestone season.Set to celebrate 75 years of…
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Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown championship chase could swing in Indy

Heading into the biggest race of the Flexjet NHRA Factory Stock Showdown, Mark Pawuk is carrying a two-race winning streak, but the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals has a way of derailing momentum.
27 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Mark Pawuk
Heading into the biggest race of the Flexjet NHRA Factory Stock Showdown, Mark Pawuk and the Empaco Dodge Challenger are carrying a two-race winning streak. The Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals has a way of derailing momentum. Pawuk has…
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Austin Prock looking for four big scores at Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals

Reigning Funny Car world champ Austin Prock could walk away a four-time winner at this weekend’s Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals, locking up the regular-season championship, wins in both the PlayNHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout and Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge, and a second straight Indy win.
27 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Austin Prock
After an impressive first 13 races of the year, Austin Prock has the chance to put an incredible bow on a dominant regular season at this weekend’s Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.The defending world…
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Legendary KB Racing Pro Stock team owner Ken Black passes away

Ken Black, the Las Vegas-area businessman whose support helped launch the Pro Stock career of six-time world champion Greg Anderson and the Pro Stock powerhouse KB Racing engine-building business, passed away Aug. 26.
27 Aug 2025
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Ken Black
Ken Black, the Las Vegas-area businessman whose support helped launch the Pro Stock career of six-time world champion Greg Anderson, passed away Aug. 26. He was 79.With Black’s backing, KB Racing became a dominant force in NHRA Pro Stock competition…
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Wednesday News & Notes from the Cornwell Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals

News, notes, and photos from the opening day the 71st annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
27 Aug 2025
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Kevin Helms
Since last year’s event, things have changed at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, and it’s not hard to tell the most obvious improvement as the latest edition of the Parks Tower stands front and center on the starting line. The new tower, more…
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Torrence, Stewart, Alexander, Coughlin, Hull kids to run Baby Walker Nationals

The Baby Walker Nationals, a showcase for pre-adolescent champions-to-be, returns to the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series tour next week on the undercard of the 71st annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals.
27 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Baby Walker Nationals
Three years after it debuted to rave reviews in Houston, the Baby Walker Nationals, a showcase for pre-adolescent champions-to-be, returns to the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series tour next week on the undercard of the 71st annual Cornwell…
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Watch the Division 6 Summit Racing Series Finals for free on NHRA.tv

NHRA fans can watch the Division 6 NHRA Summit Racing Series event from Rad Torque Raceway for free starting Thursday on NHRA.tv.
27 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Division 6 Summit Racing Series
NHRA fans can watch the Division 6 NHRA Summit Racing Series event from Rad Torque Raceway for free starting Thursday on NHRA.tv.Presenting sponsors of NHRA.tv Sportsman coverage from the event are Strange, Summit, Holley, and Laris Motosports…
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First regular-season championships, Countdown berths on the line in Indy

The Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals is the final race of the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series regular season and the gateway to the Countdown to the Championship playoffs, and the plotlines of both of those stories will factor heavily over Labor Day weekend.
27 Aug 2025
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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U.S. Nationals
They say there’s no race quite like Indy, and this year’s Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals will live up to the event’s 70-year tradition, packed with drama on a number of fronts that go beyond who will claim bragging rights at the sport’s…
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2025 Sportsman Appreciation Dinner at Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals

A huge celebration of Sportsman racers, teams, and the racing partners that support this sport kicks off the Biggest Drag Race in the World!
26 Aug 2025
David Kennedy
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41:01
For the third consecutive year, the NHRA Sportsman Appreciation Dinner was held on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, ahead of the opening day of the 71st annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.This dinner once…
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Indy Top Fuel dominator Tony Schumacher returns to drag racing's biggest stage

Tony Schumacher, Top Fuel’s winningest driver and also the most successful driver in NHRA U.S. Nationals history, returns to competition at this weekend’s Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals.
26 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Tony Schumacher
An argument could be made that Rick Ware Racing is best positioned for Top Fuel success at the world’s biggest drag race, this weekend’s Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.After all, they have the…
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Sunday sales at Princess Pink Lemonade Stand benefit Riley Children's Hospital

The daughters of some of the most prominent drivers competing at the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals will assemble Sunday morning to support the Princess Pink Lemonade Stand from which beverages will be poured in return for cash donations to Riley Children's Hospital.
26 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Princess Pink Lemonade Stand
The daughters of some of the most prominent drivers competing in this week’s 71st annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park will assemble Sunday morning to support the Princess Pink Lemonade Stand from which…
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Meant to be: Tony Mandella scores magical win in late Don Kennedy's car

Sometimes the outcome of a drag race has nothing to do with reaction times or dial-ins, or speed. Sometimes they’re just meant to be, as was the case when Tony Mandella drove the late Don Kennedy's car to the Super Stock win at Beech Bend Raceway.
26 Aug 2025
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Tony Mandella
Sometimes the outcome of a drag race has nothing to do with reaction times or dial-ins, or speed. Sometimes they’re just meant to be.When Tony Mandella saddled up in Don Kennedy’s GT/DA Sunfire at the Division 3 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series…
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Tricky Tipster, Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals

The PlayNHRA oddsmakers have set the lines for this week's Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at historic Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. Here are the odds for each class.
26 Aug 2025
NHRA National Dragster staff
Tricky Tipster®
Tipster
For drag racers and drag racing fans, there is no event bigger, more important, or more prestigious than the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals. A Labor Day tradition at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park since 1961, an Indy win can define…
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Alex Laughlin to accrue points for Buddy Hull and Jim Dunn Racing in Indy

While driver Buddy Hull continues to recover from a left-hand injury suffered earlier this season, the Jim Dunn Racing/Blaze Exhaust Probes Funny Car will be piloted at the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals by Alex Laughlin.
25 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Alex Laughlin
While driver Buddy Hull continues to recover from a left-hand injury suffered earlier this season, the Jim Dunn Racing/Blaze Exhaust Probes Funny Car will be piloted at the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals by a driver who knows how to win…
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The Big Go big preview with The Insiders

Tony Pedregon and Kevin McKenna join host Brian Lohnes to talk about all aspects of the 2025 Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals, and it's a banger of a chat.
25 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
NHRA Insider podcast
NHRA Insider
 A new tower, testing mishaps, Countdown to the Championship controversy, teams that are fast when it's cold and teams that are cold when it's fast, this episode has it all. Tony Pedregon and Kevin McKenna join host Brian Lohnes to talk about…
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Matt Stutzman, medal-winning 'Armless Archer,' will compete at U.S. Nationals

Paralympic gold medalist Matt Stutzman, known worldwide as the “Armless Archer” for his remarkable achievements in competitive archery without the use of arms, will make NHRA history when he competes in Top Sportsman at the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals.
25 Aug 2025
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Matt Stutzman
Paralympic gold medalist Matt Stutzman, known worldwide as the “Armless Archer” for his remarkable achievements in competitive archery without the use of arms, will make NHRA history when he competes in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the Cornwell…
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Funny Car stars gear up for PlayNHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout in Indianapolis

Eight top Funny Car drivers will battle it out for big honors in the PlayNHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout specialty race on Sunday at the 71st annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
25 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Callout
Since the 1960s, nitro-burning Funny Cars have had NHRA fans on the edge of their seats, watching the incredible machines power to big speeds and fast times. On Sunday at the 71st annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil…
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Nataas to drive Worsham’s Funny Car in Indy on 20th anniversary of double win

Twenty years after Del Worsham and his father, Chuck, “doubled up" in Indy, winning the Skoal Showdown and the U.S. Nationals, Julie Nataas will sit in the cockpit of Del's Funny Car in an attempt to again win the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals.
25 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Julie Nataas
Twenty years ago, Del Worsham and his father, Chuck, stunned the Funny Car class by winning both the Skoal Showdown bonus event and the NHRA U.S. Nationals on the same weekend, a rare “double-up” that earned him $225,000 and a permanent place in…
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Kalitta Motorsports, DHL, Kalitta Air partner in 2025 'Race to End Hunger'

Kalitta Motorsports, longtime partner DHL Express, and Kalitta Air are partnering again to accelerate the fight against food insecurity by helping working families, children, and senior citizens facing hunger through the now-familiar six-race program: the Race to End Hunger.
25 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Race To End Hunger
Kalitta Motorsports, longtime partner DHL Express, and Kalitta Air are partnering again to accelerate the fight against food insecurity by helping working families, children, and senior citizens facing hunger through the now-familiar six-race…
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Westerfield, Ramay lead Woodburn Nostalgia Summer Nationals winners

Shane Westerfield, Wayne Ramay, and Brad Woodard led the list of winners as the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series was in action at Woodburn Dragstrip for the Nostalgia Summer Nationals.
24 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Shane Westerfield
The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series Nostalgia Summer Nationals:NOSTALGIA FUNNY CARShane Westerfield, Fullerton, Calif., '69 Camaro, 5.608, 262.64  def. Jeff Arend, La Verne,…
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Forrest Lucas, self-made entrepreneur and longtime NHRA partner, passes away

Forrest Lucas, the self-made entrepreneur who turned a small startup into the global brand Lucas Oil and became one of NHRA Drag Racing’s most influential benefactors, passed away Aug. 23. He was 83.
23 Aug 2025
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Forrest and Charlotte Lucas 14
Forrest Lucas, the self-made entrepreneur who turned a small startup into the global brand Lucas Oil and became one of NHRA Drag Racing’s most influential benefactors, passed away Aug. 23. He was 83.Born in 1942 in rural Indiana, Lucas rose from…
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Fricke, McCulloch lead winners at New England Dragway Division 1 Lucas Oil event

Jackie Fricke and Jeff McCulloch scored Top Alcohol wins as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Northeast Division was in action at New England Dragway.
23 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Division 1
The following are Saturday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division event at New England Dragway:TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTERJackie Fricke, Flemington, N.J., 5.285, 278.52  def. Tom Fox Jr.,…
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Cummings, Beverett victorious at Division 3 Battle at the Beech in Bowling Green

Matt Cummings and Chip Beverett scored Top Alcohol wins to highlight eliminationals at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series North Central Division Battle at the Beech at Beech Bend Raceway Park.
23 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Division 3
 The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, North Central Division Battle at the Beech:TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTERMatt Cummings, Pompano Beach, Fla., 5.254, 276.18  def. Zachary Fulcher,…
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Free live coverage of Sportsman qualifying, including Sox & Martin Hemi Challenge

The Sox & Martin brand will once again be the presenting sponsor and provide free online coverage of Sportsman qualifying, Stock and Super Stock class eliminations, and the Sox & Martin Hemi Challenge on NHRA.tv during the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals.
22 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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US Nationals
The legendary Sox & Martin brand will once again be the presenting sponsor and provide free online coverage of Sportsman qualifying, Stock and Super Stock class eliminations, and the Sox & Martin Hemi Challenge on NHRA.tv during the 2025…
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NHRA Mission Foods Awards Ceremony returns to Pechanga Resort Casino

The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Awards Ceremony is again slated to take place at Pechanga Resort Casino in the heart of scenic Southern California Wine Country.
22 Aug 2025
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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banquet
The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Awards Ceremony is again slated to take place at Pechanga Resort Casino in the heart of scenic Southern California Wine Country.The 2025 ceremony, which takes place for the fourth straight year at Pechanga…
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