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After breaking a 14-year victory drought earlier this season in Topeka, Doug Engels added a second U.S. Nationals Comp trophy to his shelf to sit alongside his 2008 silverware. Engels, the No. 1 qualifier, made it through five rounds losing only .03…

Reigning Top Alcohol Funny Car world champ Sean Bellemeur won the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals for the second time, racing his Steve Boggs-tuned Bartone Brothers Camaro to a 5.46 to defeat D.J. Cox Jr., as he did earlier this season in…

Julie Nataas won’t soon forget her Indy 2022 weekend. In winning the JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Dragster crown Saturday night, her OTG dragster shed all of its body panels in the lights. The Randy Meyer Racing team drove a new body from Kansas…

Robert Fortuna chipped in with 300 of the Northeast Division’s total of 1,000 points after stopping Division 7 rep Paul Mitsos in the final of Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers. Mitsos was first off the starting line but broke out by…

Brandon Miller helped the Northeast Division put the wraps on their eighth overall team championship when he drove to victory in Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers. Miller was nearly unstoppable in his final round race against blocker…

Division 7’s John Dexter ran a near-perfect race in the Allstars Super Street finale, following a .015 light with a dead-on 10.900 pas in his Arizona-based Camaro to shut the door on recent NHRA National Dragster feature subject Keith Mayers and his…

Division 3’s Rusty Cook won back-to-back in JEGS Allstars Super Gas competition, and the defending champ did it in style with a perfect reaction time in the final and a 9.917 that left no room for his Division 3 teammate Rob Kropfeld’s otherwise…

Past U.S. Nationals champ Devin Isenhower continued his mastery of Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, wheeling his Division 3-based dragster to the Super Comp win in a doubke-0breakoutbout with Division 5’ Jeff Cheney. Isenhower’s 8.893 was just…

Larry DeForrest of Division 5 had to sit on the starting line for more than six seconds in his final round battle against Division 6s Darrick Ellam, but he was able to run down his opponent and win with a 9.59 on his 9.57 dial.

Division 2 rep Mike Crutchfield cemented his reputation as one of the best racers in the history of the JEGS Allstars with his fourth win in the specialty event. Crutchfield won the Super Stock title after Division 4’s Pete Peery red-lighted.

Division 2 Comp champ David Eaton brought home the hardware to Florida with his Oakley-backed A/AP Bantam roadster, taking an easy win when Division 5’s Doug Engels and defending Allstars champ and Monday’s U.S. Nationals winner, had to lift after…

Kyle Smith put the Central Region into the winner’s circle with his automatic-transmission-equipped PCdisposal.com Mustang, racing to a 5.50 to 5.57 victory over East Region pilot D.J. Cox Jr., who also was runner-up in the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA…

The North Central Region’s Julie Nataas jumped out to a big lead against tire shaking West rep Joey Severance en route to an apparent easy victory until her parachute came out at halftrack and the body panels flew off the car near the finish line,…

David Barton and his Saw Mill Auto Chevrolet COPO Camaro picked up their second consecutive Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown victory Sunday at the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway, the seventh of eight events on the 2022 season…

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It was a dominant start for John Force Racing to open the Countdown to the Championship playoffs, as Top Fuel’s Austin Prock and Funny Car points leader Robert Hight powered to wins on Sunday in front of a capacity crowd at Maple Grove Raceway at…

The following are Saturday's final results from the 2022 NHRA Summit Racing Series West Central Division Finals: SUPER PRO Lane Weber, Littleton, Colo., '79 Firebird, 11.279, 109.04  def. Mike Secrest, Wichita, Kan., '11…

  UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY Clay Millican was due for a break - and he got one in a major way to open Top Fuel eliminations on Sunday. Millican struggled mightily on the starting line in his first-round matchup against…

After two days of fencing in qualifying, the heavy blows will start landing as final eliminations race to life at the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway. The event is the first of six races in the Camping World Drag Racing Series…

Top Fuel points leader Brittany Force capped off qualifying with a thrilling run on Saturday at Maple Grove Raceway, grabbing the No. 1 qualifier in front of a sellout crowd at the 37th annual Pep Boys NHRA Nationals and the opening race of the…

NHRA and officials at Maple Grove Raceway announced a sellout crowd for Saturday’s racing at the 37th annual Pep Boys NHRA Nationals. The Koretsky family purchased the fan-favorite facility in April, making several upgrades and improvements to a…

Legendary Funny Car driver John Force is set to hit another incredible milestone this weekend at Maple Grove Raceway, as the 16-time world champion will make his 800th race start on Sunday at the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals. Including Force, only…

Day one of the Countdown to the Championship is in the books, which means final qualifying is upon us at Maple Grove Raceway for this weekend’s Pep Boys NHRA Nationals. As we move towards eliminations, the intensity will continue to ratchet up as…

The following are Saturday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Southeast Division event at GALOT Motorsports Park: COMPETITION ELIMINATOR Joel Warren, Clinton, N.C., '08 G5, H/AA, 5.371, 126.30  …

Funny Car points leader Robert Hight opened the Countdown to the Championship playoffs in impressive fashion, powering to the provisional No. 1 qualifier on Friday at the 37th annual Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway. Justin Ashley (…