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News, notes, quotes, and photos from the second day of Pro qualifying at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway.

There may only be one John Force, but his young protégé, Austin Prock, is closing in on some of the GOAT’s single-season Funny Car class records.

The opening day of qualifying Friday at the NHRA Carolina Nationals was a get-well kind of day for the No. 1 qualifiers who plan to use Saturday’s warmer conditions as raceday tune-ups for Sunday.

When Erica Enders rolled to her 49th career win to start the season in Gainesville, few doubted that her milestone 50th win was right around the corner. Fourteen races and three runner-ups later, she’s still looking for the big 5-0.

Two-time Top Fuel world champion Brittany Force made the quickest runs in both qualifying sessions on Friday at zMAX Dragway, powering to the provisional No. 1 position at the NHRA Carolina Nationals. Matt Hagan (Funny Car), Erica Enders (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are also the provisional No. 1 qualifiers.

The NHRA National Dragster photographers were all over zMAX Dragway on the opening day of qualifying at the NHRA Carolina Nationals, capturing all of the action on and off the racetrack.

News, notes, quotes, and photos from the first day of Pro qualifying at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway. (Updated throughout the day)

NHRA world champion team owner Randy Meyer has announced the addition of a multi-faceted marketing partnership with the INA Towing Network highlighted by a “Slow Down Move Over” national awareness campaign and a branded dragster at the 2025 NHRA Gatornationals.

For the fourth consecutive season NHRA Top Fuel championship contender Josh Hart will be racing pink in support of the Brakes for Breasts charity campaign aligned with his primary sponsor TechNet Professional. During the NHRA Carolina Nationals.

Scott Sill, Andrew Innes, Nick Hastings, Jason Drnach, and Scott Sheppeard earned berths in the National Championship event with their victories at the Division 3 Summit Series Finals.

Tyler Vaughn, Jean Milton, Andrew Quinn, Gordon Fangmeyer, and Todd Larson scored wins at the Division 5 Summit Series Finals to earn their spots in the National Championship in October in Las Vegas.

Reigning Funny Car world champion Matt Hagan enjoyed a memorable weekend at zMAX Dragway earlier this year, picking up his 50th career Funny Car victory during the four-wide race in April, and knows he'll need more of the same in pursuit of a fifth world championship.

The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship continues at this weekend’s 16th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway for the second event of the six-race NHRA playoffs.

Following the first race of the 2024 NHRA Countdown to the Championship, Pro Stock has a new points leader in Aaron Stanfield, who will look to increase his lead in Charlotte as he continues to enjoy a career-best season.

The Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by LearnEV+ “Road to the Championship” continues this weekend as part of the NHRA Carolina Nationals, and with 27 cars slated to participate, the event will undoubtedly mark one of the toughest races of the season.

The experts at Alt Sports Data have set the opening lines for this week’s event at zaMax Dragway, and they have chosen Doug Kalitta, Austin Prock, Erica Enders, and Gaige Herrera as the pre-race favorites.

NHRA fans can watch the Division 4 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series doubleheader event from Tulsa Raceway Park for free starting Thursday on NHRA.tv.

In the comic books, Spiderman’s nemeses include Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus, but for Larry “Spiderman” McBride, it’s Mitch Brown who has his attention as the inaugural four-race Pingel NHRA Top Fuel Motorcycle Series rides to its conclusion this weekend at the NHRA Carolina Nationals.

Go behind the scenes with the winners of the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals as they celebrate with their teams and accept congratulations from their defeated final-round opponents.

Force = mass x acceleration: The science of acceleration drives the heart-pounding thrills of NHRA Drag Racing — see just how much more intense this sport is — even compared to a rocket launch!

Justin Ashley is the Top Fuel points leader heading into this weekend’s NHRA Carolina Nationals, but it’s hardly a huge advantage, as Ashley leads by just a single point over Reading winner Antron Brown and has never won this event.

The Pep Boys NHRA Nationals kicked off the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Countdown to the Championship at Maple Grove Raceway with a wild weekend of racing. Enjoy this video look back at the event.

Not a rocket launch, not the Times Square ball drop, not even the start of a Taylor Swift concert — nothing compares to the kickoff of an NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series event.

A thrilling qualifying run secured Smith's spot despite a fiery setback at the 2024 Pep Boys NHRA Nationals

For more than seven decades, the NHRA has been at the forefront of championing women in motorsports, and that mission continues with the introduction of a groundbreaking policy — the first of its kind in motor racing — designed to support female racers who are starting a family.

A centerline infraction by Joe Morrison helped Beckman move forward to the Funny Car final against teammate Austin Prock

The first race of the Countdown featured everything one would hope for: an indisputably intense energy, points shakeups, stoked rivalries, and a bright glimmer of the future. Here are five takeaways from the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway.

From leaping off the track to knocking moisture out of the air, Top Fuel dragsters push the limits of physics. See how in this NHRA On FOX slow-motion