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In the latest edition of Nitro Time Machine, we're going back to the 2017 Epping event where popular pro Terry McMillen endured a violent engine explosion in his Amalie Top Fuel dragster.

In the latest edition of Nitro Time Machine, we're going back to the 2017 Epping event where popular pro Terry McMillen endured a violent engine explosion in his Amalie Top Fuel dragster.

From Greg Anderson's milestone 100th Pro Stock win to dual Indy titles for Antron Brown and Ron Capps, there was a lot of celebrating going on in 2022, and NHRA's Behind The Scenes cameras captured it all.

NHRA and In-N-Out Burger have announced that In-N-Out Burger, California’s first drive-thru hamburger stand, has been named the title sponsor of both the In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip and the In-N-Out NHRA Finals as part of an exciting multiyear partnership that begins during the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series. season.

As we all put behind us a very successful 2022, the staff of the NHRA wishes a Happy New Year to its members, fans, racers, sponsors, member track operators, and everyone else who helps make the world of NHRA Drag Racing a wondrous place.

A sense of a new normalcy blessed the 2021 NHRA season with the community enjoying a spirited comeback from the scrappy yet shortened 2020 season so dramatically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Steve Torrence and “them Capco boys” won 11 of the 20 events –- including his milestone 50th in the class –- and led the points after 18 of the 20 races en route to their fourth straight Top Fuel world championship.

2021 NHRA divisional events saw car counts that were off the charts. NHRA Division 3 Director Tharpe explains how he went from a fan in the stands to helping run some of the largest drag racing events on earth

A a sense of normalcy returned to NHRA racing in 2021 but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t plenty of drama, excitement, and unexpected twists and turns along the way. Here are 10 of our favorites

From his first drag race at Freemont, to photographing the legends of drag racing over the last five decades, Shute's shutter has literally seen it all.

One of Pro Stock's most notable rivalries took center stage at the 1994 season-opener when Warren Johnson took on Darrell Alderman in the Pomona final.

Greg Anderson won his fifth NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Pro Stock championship in 2021 but had to fight to the bitter end in order to make it happen. 

Rachel Meyer deftly slipped into her sister Megan's two-time championship-winning car and rode their father Randy’s powerful tune-up to yet another world championship, the family's third straight in Top Alcohol Dragster.

The Killers Bs -- driver Sean Bellemeur, team owner Tony Bartone, and tuner Steve Boggs –- not only won their third NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car championship in four years but clinched it in dramatic fashion late in the season.

Lake Speed is one of motorsports go-to lubrication experts, and Pro Stock's Matt Hartford has hired him to work at Total Seal and bring his expertise closer to the drag racing world. Hear Speed's philosophy on the "soup" of ring seal.

After an early-season crash, Jose Gonzalez likely wouldn’t have been considered a candidate to have one of the most dominating seasons in E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service history.

In the latest edition of our popular Nitro Time Machine series, we go way back to 1958 to see the fourth annual NHRA Nationals in Oklahoma City, Okla.

Since the late 1990s, Jerry Emmons has practically had a reserved parking spot in the Top 10, finishing among the leaders in Super Stock and Stock nearly a dozen times, including a career-best No. 3 in 2006. In 2021, his name ended up atop the list as the Stock world champion.

Have a Pro Mod car, or looking to build one for 2022? The NHRA has updated some of its rules to make the class more accessible and allow screw-type supercharged engines into the class.

As Wally Parks was the first editor of Hot Rod Magazine, the connection between NHRA and Hot Rod is eternal. We sat down with the magazine's editorial director to talk about the latest build they drag tested and displayed at the 2021 PRI Show.

To win an NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series championship is one thing, but to rack up 734 points, as Super Gas titlist Luke Bogacki did in 2021, suggests someone capable of racing on a whole different level.

The staff of the NHRA wishes a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to the fans, sponsors, race teams, racetracks, and other supporters of the NHRA.

Brian Lohnes sat down with Tim Wilkerson at the PRI Show to discuss the success his Funny Car team had in 2021—and the motivation a win brings even seasoned teams like his.

Blake Peavler would have been the first to admit he didn’t enter the 2021 Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers season with championship aspirations and ended up enjoying a season not many could have predicted.

There was plenty of history at the 1976 SpringNationals at National Trail Raceway as we'll see in this edition of the Nitro Time Machine series.

Simpson Performance Products, a division on Holley, announced at the 2021 PRI Show that it would be partnering with the NHRA's iconic Safety Safari to provide the protective equipment for the men and women that watch over the world's quickest drag racers.

Every December is a time to stop to reflect on the past 12 months: What went right, what went wrong, what we can do better in the next year. Or, if you're the author of a long-running column about drag racing history, a look back at some memorable December stories.

A midseason problem turned into an opportunity for Alex Laughlin, who went from Pro Stock and Pro Mod driver to Top Fuel pilot, launching a new chapter in his drag racing career.

One of the great pit-area thrashes of all time took place at the 1981 Winternationals after Raymond Beadle’s Blue Max lost its roof in a winning semifinal run, and the team grafted on a roof from fellow Texan Kenny Bernstein’s spare body to run the final round.

Rod Tschiggfrie's childhood dream began life as an Oldsmobile 442 that he swapped a 6-71 blown 455 into. After decades of evolution, that same car now runs 5.80s at 260 mph—and remains licensed for street use.