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Another strong outing in St. Louis could be a gateway to a championship for Richie Crampton

Richie Crampton’s season took a sudden turn with a win at the Countdown opener, and now the Top Fuel veteran is excited to see if he can keep the momentum rolling at this weekend’s AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals.
23 Sep 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
Feature
Richie Crampton
In the span of a few hours, Richie Crampton’s season took a sudden turn at the Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship opener. Now the Top Fuel veteran is excited to see if he can keep the momentum rolling at this weekend’s eighth annual AAA…
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Infinite Hero team, driver Jack Beckman look to build on momentum of Reading win

Dean Antonelli, crew chief for the Jack Beckman-driven Infinite Hero Dodge Charger Hellcat Funny Car, talked with NHRA's John Kernan about the importance of their recent win at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals in Reading and what it's going to take to continue to have success.
23 Sep 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
NHRA Today™
Jack Beckman
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Krause, Youndt, Werner, and Carlson score Division 1 E.T. championships

Randy Krause, Austin Youndt, Paul Werner, and Bob Carlson all scored victories at the Division 1 Summit Racing Series event to earn the right to compete at the National Championships later this year.
23 Sep 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Division 1
The following are Saturday's final results from the 2019 NHRA Summit Racing Series Northeast Division Finals: SUPER PRO Randy Krause, Orefield, Pa., '00 Dragster, 7.722, 168.16  def. Dennis Leblanc, Manchester, N…
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Survive the Drive: Having the right tie-downs is key to keeping your race car secure

Having the right tie-downs and knowledge is key to keeping your race car secure inside the trailer on your way to, and from, your next race.
22 Sep 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
Racing Technology
Tie-downs
You head straight to the garage or shop every day after work. Late night after late night. Countless hours ensuring your dragster is prepped and ready for a pass that will take only seconds. Your i’s are dotted, and your t’s are crossed. Now imagine…
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Terry Smith, Dan Steed, and Jeff Taylor headline JEGS SPORTSnationals champions

Terry Smith, Dan Steed, and Jeff Taylor headlined the nine champions crowned at the JEGS SPORTSnationals at National Trail Raceway.
22 Sep 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
sportsman
Terry Smith, Dan Steed, and Jeff Taylor headlined the nine champions crowned at the JEGS SPORTSnationals at National Trail Raceway. Smith earned the title in Comp Eliminator, Steed picked up his first NHRA national event win in Super Stock, and…
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"That's how you learn new things" - how Tom Elliott became the elder statesman of Top Dragster

Tom Elliott has been racing for a long time. He now exists as an elder statesman in a category, Top Dragster, that ranges younger, if for no other reason than its speed.
21 Sep 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
Feature
Tom and Suzanne Elliott
Tom Elliott has been racing for a long time. He now exists as an elder statesman in a category, Top Dragster, that ranges younger, if for no other reason than its speed. The six-second rockets are among the quickest in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag…
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Surfing Safari, Part 2: The Surfers, the Hawaiian, Hondas, and Jim Morrison (!)

Words of admiration and old stories keep rolling in after the passing of Tom Jobe, resulting in some more touching tributes and interesting stories about the fabled Surfers Top Fuel team of the 1960s.
20 Sep 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
Surfers
Country music star Tim McGraw has a cut on his new album called “If I Died Today” that made me think a lot about Tom Jobe and the outpouring of love and respect for him that poured into my email box after last week’s…
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Latest issue of National Dragster includes Indy, Norwalk coverage and much more

NHRA National Dragster magazine's 18th issue of 2019, which includes in-depth coverage of the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, is online for NHRA members and in the mail to homes and shops around the world.
19 Sep 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
ND cover
NHRA National Dragster magazine's 18th issue of 2019, which includes in-depth coverage of the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, is online for NHRA members and in the mail to homes and shops around the world. From Top Fuel through the Factory…
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Tom Bailey stars in Hot Rod Drag Week with record 5.99 run

Tom Bailey becomes the talk of Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week event with a thrilling 5.99-second, 250-mph performance and a convincing win in the Unlimited class.
19 Sep 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
Feature
dragweek1
NHRA fans get to see five-second Pro Mod cars at least a dozen times a year, but how many of those cars are street legal, or capable of being driven even a few miles on public roads? The answer is almost certainly zero which is what makes Tom Bailey…
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WFO Radio Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals Winners Edition

18 Sep 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
WFO
WFO Radio NHRA Nitro Podcast presents the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals Winners Edition featuring Richie Crampton, Jack Beckman, Jason Line, and Jerry Savoie. Crampton joins host Joe Castello for a round by round debrief, discusses a great…
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From the racetrack to the chassis shop, excitement is building for Richie Crampton

Just days after winning the Top Fuel title at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals in Reading to improve his championship hopes, Richie Crampton was back at work building chassis at the Lucas Oil Fabrication shop.
18 Sep 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
NHRA Today™
Richie Crampton
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The Sport Report: The waiting game

Joe Santangelo took advantage of his final chance to earn points by winning the Stock title in Reading; now he’s got to wait to see if he can hold on to the points lead in Stock and Super Stock.
18 Sep 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
The Sports Report
RP1
Following last weekend’s Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil, Joe Sangangelo’s scorecards are complete in both Stock and Super Stock and they are both impressive. Santangelo already won a national championship in Stock in…
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Thornley and Vreeland will team up in NHRA Top Fuel Harley in 2020

Pro Fuel rider Janette Thornley will partner with two-time AMRA Nitro Bike champion Rich Vreeland to make her Mickey Thompson Tires NHRA Top Fuel Harley Series debut in 2020 under the Straightline Strategy Group umbrella.
18 Sep 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Top Fuel Harley
Pro Fuel rider Janette Thornley will partner with two-time AMRA Nitro Bike champion Rich Vreeland to make her Mickey Thompson Tires NHRA Top Fuel Harley Series debut in 2020. The Straightline Strategy Group rider is looking forward to participating…
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NHRA Power Rankings: Jason Line leads Pro Stock in more ways than one

Pro Stock racer leads NHRA Power Rankings for the first time in 2019 following wild Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals.
17 Sep 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
Power Rankings
Jason Line
Jason Line took over the NHRA Power Rankings lead for the first time in 2019 following his 50th Pro Stock victory at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil. His win, the second of the season for the former world champion,…
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Troy Coughlin Jr., Sean Bellemeur lead Lucas Oil Series winners at Reading national event

Troy Coughlin Jr. and Sean Bellemeur led the list of Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series winners at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil at Maple Grove Raceway.
17 Sep 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Troy Coughlin Jr,
Sunday's final Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series results from the 35th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil at Maple Grove Raceway.  TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER Troy Coughlin Jr., 5.211, 279.96 def.…
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Fast Five: Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil

NHRA's Lewis Bloom and Brian Lohnes count down their top five highlights from the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil.
16 Sep 2019
Posted by NHRA.com staff
Fast Five
Fast Five
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Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Top Dragster winner Rusty Baxter

16 Sep 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
In many ways, Top Dragster presented by Racing RVs.com stole the show at Indy with a record 32-car field qualified between a 6.100 (the quickest allowable elapsed time) and a 6.234 by past Super Comp world champion Al Kenny. All but two of the…
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Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Top Sportsman winner Larry Demers

16 Sep 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Two weeks after winning the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Larry Demers struck again when he became the first driver to win Indy in Top Sportsman presented by Racing RVs.com. In a bizarre twist of fate, Demers did not qualify for the…
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Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Super Gas winner Nathan Vrooman

16 Sep 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Nathan Vrooman has won both Chicago and Indy this year following his final round win against Steve Hoyt in Super Gas. Vrooman, in his ’91 Beretta, closed the deal with a 9.919 and a .010 light while Hoyt trailed with a 9.920. The win was Vrooman…
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Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Stock winner Austin Williams

16 Sep 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
In one of the most talked-about final rounds of the season, Austin Williams captured the Indy Stock title following a heads-up final round against Matt Antrobius. Coming off another heads-up H/SA run in the semifinals against Eric Brooks,…
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Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Super Stock winner Tyler Cassil

16 Sep 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Tyler Cassil honored the memory of his late grandfather, Bill, in the best way possible, by winning the Indy Super Stock title in a Monday evening final round. Cassil wasn’t planning to enter the “Big Go” until he realized this was the 50th…
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Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Super Comp winner Lynn Ellison

16 Sep 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
It took eight rounds to decide a winner in Super Comp and it was not the least bit surprising to see veterans Lynn Ellison and Rock Haas square off for the title. Ellison, the 2012 U.S. Nationals Super Comp champ and the 2017 Top Dragster…
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Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Comp winner Frank Aragona Jr.

16 Sep 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Frank Aragona Jr. has already won a pair of national championships in Comp and he’s in line for a possible third title this season, but he’d never won the U.S. Nationals until this year when he defeated David Billingsley to win the title.…
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Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Jay Payne

16 Sep 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Jay Payne joined the short list of three-time Indy winners when he drove his Peak Camaro to the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car title. Payne, an Indy winner in 2010 and 2014, narrowly beat Chris Marshall in a close 5.…
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Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster winner Megan Meyer

16 Sep 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
Megan Meyer gave her Top Alcohol Dragster title hopes a boost when she stopped Troy Coughlin Jr. in the final round. The race was decided on the starting line after Coughlin fouled by three-thousandths of a second, putting a premature end to…
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Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Sportsman Highlights

Jay Payne joined the short list of three-time Indy winners when he drove his Peak Camaro to the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car title. Lynn Ellison also became a two-time U.S. Nationals champ when he drove to the Super Comp title.
16 Sep 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
Jay Payne
Jay Payne joined the short list of three-time Indy winners when he drove his Peak Camaro to the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car title. Lynn Ellison also became a two-time U.S. Nationals champ when he drove to the Super…
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What the teams said following the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals:

"I know we have a car capable of winning a race, I know if I drive up to my potential we have a driver capable of winning a race, and sometimes it’s just trying to find both of those on the same day." -Jack Beckman
16 Sep 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
Race coverage
Jack Beckman
The first race of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship is in the books. Read what the teams had to say following the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil.  Torrence Racing Steve Torrence “Maple…
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Jason Line opens Countdown with 50th career Pro Stock victory

Jason Line won his 50th career Pro Stock title in Reading, driving his Summit Racing Equipment Camaro to a win over Fernando Cuadra in the opening race of the Countdown.
15 Sep 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
Race coverage
Jason Line
The Jason Line’s mid-season struggles in Pro Stock appear to be a distant memory after the three-time world champ claimed a key victory in the final of the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil. Line, who won his first event of the…
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Richie Crampton makes big move up Top Fuel standings with second win of 2019

15 Sep 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
Race coverage
Richie Crampton
Richie Crampton surged to fifth place with his second win of the season at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil.  He defeated Kalitta Motorsports teammate Doug Kalitta to move up four spots in one weekend, a phenomenal…
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Jerry Savoie keys Suzuki revival with second-straight Pro Stock Motorcycle victory

Jerry Savoie goes from tenth to first in the Mello Yello standings after defeating Steve Johnson in rare all-Suzuki Pro Stock Motorcycle final round in Reading.
15 Sep 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
Race coverage
Jerry Savoie
Had Jerry Savoie not qualified for the Countdown to the Championship playoffs, it’s entirely possible that he would have skipped the Mopar Express Lane Nationals presented by Pennzoil but after his win in Countdown clinching Indy victory, the…
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