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Giant August issue of National Dragster packed with race coverage, features

The August 2024 issue of NHRA National Dragster, a whopping 196 pages packed with national event coverage and a slew of interesting feature stories, is now online in digital format and in the mail in its traditional print format to NHRA Members around the world.

08 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Issue 8

READ THE ISSUE The August 2024 issue of NHRA National Dragster, packed with national event coverage and a slew of…

2024 NHRA Awards Ceremony returns to Pechanga Resort Casino

For the third consecutive year, the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Awards Ceremony is headed to the Pechanga Resort Casino in the heart of scenic Southern California Wine Country.

08 Aug 2024

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Awards Ceremony

For the third consecutive year, the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Awards Ceremony is headed to the Pechanga Resort Casino in the heart of scenic Southern California Wine Country. The 2024 ceremony will take place on Monday, Nov. 18…

2024 Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals Top Dragster winner Thomas Bayer

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Thomas Bayer collected Wally No. 13 and his third at Sonoma Raceway after defeating David Myhre in the final of Right Trailers Top Dragster. Bayer killed the Tree with a .002 light and ran a 6.130 on his 6.10 dial to seal the win.

2024 Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals Top Sportsman winner David Cook

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

David Cook’s pursuit of the Right Trailers Top Sportsman championship got a big boost when he topped Jeff Gilette in the final round. Cook got the best of the double breakout match with a 6.678 on his 6.68 dial while Gilette ran .006 under his 6.81…

2024 Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals Super Gas winner Ryan Giacone

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Five years after scoring his breakthrough win in Super Street at the 2009 Chicago event and two years after a Super Comp runner-up in Sonoma, Ryan Giacone claimed Super Gas honors back in Sonoma winning a double-breakout final-round contest with…

2024 Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals Super Comp winner Allison McKoane

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Allison McKoane won her second NHRA national event crown on Jerron Settles’ close -.001 foul start in the final round. McKoane previously was a Super Comp winner at the spring Las Vegas event in 2022.

2024 Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals Stock winner Paul Calvert

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Paul Calvert’s U/SA Mustang may have been the slowest car in Stock competition at the Denso Sonoma Nationals, but it was also one of the most consistent and Calvert did just job to outlast the field. In the final, Calvert ran right on his 13.90 dial…

2024 Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals Super Stock winner Jim Grossi

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Jim Grossi Jr. saved his best for last with a nearly unbeatable package in the Super Stock final that included a .004 light and an 8.500 on his 8.50 dial to knock out five-time world champ Justin Lamb, who was just .014-second behind at the stripe.

2024 Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals Comp winner Josh Lee

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Josh Lee scored his first career national event win in impressive fashion, winning wire-to-wire in Comp from the No. 1 qualifying spot with his Honda-powered H/A Bantam. Lee claimed the Wally after final-round opponent Steve Graham fouled in his Pro…

2024 JEGS SPORTSnationals Top Sportsman winner Bill Yates

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Bill Yates, who previously made history as the first Super Comp winner at the NHRA U.S. Nationals, scored again in Right Trailers Top Sportsman after Lester Johnson was a no-show for the final. Yates was dialed with a 6.786 on his 6.76 prediction.

2024 JEGS SPORTSnationals Top Dragster winner Anthony Bertozzi

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Two-time world champ Anthony Bertozzi claimed the 33rd national event title of his amazing career when he topped fellow world champ Blake Peavler in the final of Right Trailers Top Dragster. Bertozzi highlighted the win with a perfect 7.150 on his 7…

2024 JEGS SPORTSnationals Super Street winner Damien Hazelton

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Reigning Division 3 Super Street champ Damien Hazelton, near lane, who lives just a few hours from National Trail Raceway, collected his biggest victory ever with a holeshot final-round win over two-time Columbus winner Rudy Matthews, 10.910 to…

2024 JEGS SPORTSnationals Super Gas winner Lee Brewer

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Lee Brewer broke through for his first career NHRA national event victory, driving his ’67 Camaro to a narrow double-breakout final-round conquest of Patrick Martin, 9.881 to 9.880. The final-round appearances were a first for both racers.

2024 JEGS SPORTSnationals Super Comp winner Jacob Smith

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Jake Smith led a parade of first-time winners at the event, claiming his first Wally in a thrilling double-breakout bout with former Columbus event winner Rock Haas, 8.893 to 8.880.

2024 JEGS SPORTSnationals Stock winner Caleb McFarland

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Caleb McFarland pulled off an impressive feat by driving his manually shifted A/S Firebird to the Stock title in Columbus. The latest in a long line of McFarland family racers, Caleb won the final with a .007 light and a 10.396 on his 10.33 dial to…

2024 JEGS SPORTSnationals Super Stock winner Irvin Johns

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

At the age of 80, Irvin Johns reset his own record as NHRA’s oldest national event champion. Johns, winner of the 2023 Chicago event, won the final with a 9.360 on his 9.22 dial after opponent Pete D’Agnolo slowed.

2024 JEGS SPORTSnationals winner Comp winner Rodger Brogdon

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Rodger Brogdon, previously a three-time winner in both Comp and Pro Stock, added a seventh Wally to his collection, leaving with a clutch .001 reaction time and powering his RoofTec Camaro to a (-.39) 7.36 to defeat three-time Atlanta winner Brian…

2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Top Dragster winner Ed Olpin

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Ed Olpin is now an 11-time national event winner after Kacee Bootsma red-lighted in the final of Right Trailers Top Dragster. Olpin previously won in Top Sportsman and Super Gas.

2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Top Sportsman winner Robert Strohm

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Robert Strohm added a national event win to his 2021 JEGS Allstars title in Right Trailers Top Sportsman. In the final, Strohm squeezed by John Ermish in a narrow double-breakout.

2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Super Street winner Jeff Jackson

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

After winning back-to-back in Seattle in 2007 and 2008, Jeff Jackson returned to the Super Street winner’s circle in his familiar Mustang. His final-round opponent, Francesca Ward, who won the event in 2018, came without a thousandth of a second of…

2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Super Gas winner Michael Dalrymple

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Super Gas winner Michael Dalrymple scored his third career national event win, all of which have come at Pacific Raceways, when he ran a near-perfect 9.909 in the final round to beat Josh Mellof. Dalrymple’s two previous wins came in 2009 (in Super…

2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Super Comp winner Dale Green

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Seventeen years after a runner-up in Seattle in his first national event final-round appearance, Dale Green returned to get the job done in Super Comp. After wading through five tough rounds, the final was actually his easiest after multi-time…

2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Stock winner Chris Hall

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Chris Hall claimed a third national event win by beating Joe Sorensen in the Stock final. Hall got the best of the double breakout final with a 10.481 against his 10.50 dial.

2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Super Stock winner Brad Burton

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Brad Burton greatly improved his odds of winning the Super Stock world title following a win at his home track, Pacific Raceways. Burton defeated fellow world champ Jody Lang in the final with a 8.385 on his 9.36 dial.

2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Comp winner Ryan Warter

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Second-generation Northwest Comp racer Ryan Warter collected his third national event win and his second at his home track when he defeated Dustin Lee in the final round. Warter, whose first career win also came in Seattle, in Stock, ran (-.45) 8.54…

2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Maddi Gordon

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Maddi Gordon made NHRA history as the 100th different woman to win an NHRA national event. The rookie driver, daughter of three-time Top Alcohol Funny Car world champ Doug Gordon, defeated Brian Hough for the momentous victory.

2024 NHRA Northwest Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster winner Casey Grisel

07 Aug 2024

NHRA National Dragster staff

Casey Grisel scored his long-awaited first national event win in Top Alcohol Dragster in the car tuned by legendary A/Fuel guru Jerry Darien. Grisel defeated two-time defending event champ Jackie Fricke in the final, beating her on a holeshot, 5.25…

Indy in the 1990s: Career-defining victories and the emergence of new stars

The Toyota NHRA U.S. Nationals is filled with history, and there’s no denying the 1990s were loaded with an incredible number of legacy-making events for drivers like Warren Johnson, John Force, and Cruz Pedregon.

07 Aug 2024

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70 Years of U.S. Nationals magic

Warren Johnson

The Toyota NHRA U.S. Nationals is filled with history, and there’s no denying the 1990s were loaded with an incredible number of legacy-making events. From first-time wins to final Indy wins, to a run of dominance to incredibly heart-warming stories…

Watch the Division 6 Lucas Oil Series event from Seattle free on NHRA.tv

NHRA fans can watch the Division 6 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series doubleheader event from Pacific Raceways for free starting Thursday on NHRA.tv.

07 Aug 2024

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Division 6

NHRA fans can watch the Division 6 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series doubleheader event from Pacific Raceways for free starting Thursday on NHRA.tv. Presenting sponsors of NHRA.tv Sportsman coverage from Seattle are Moser, Total Seal, Strange,…

Ida Zetterström makes final tune-up before Brainerd Top Fuel debut

European Top Fuel champion Ida Zetterstrom participated in a final test session at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park before her upcoming debut in Brainerd.

06 Aug 2024

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Ida Zetterstrom