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Country superstar Eddie Montgomery to perform live at Gatornationals

Multi-platinum award-winning country superstar Eddie Montgomery of Montgomery Gentry will kick off the NHRA Concert Series Presented by 8-Track Entertainment March 11, at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway. 
01 Mar 2022
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Eddie Montgomery
Multi-platinum award-winning country superstar Eddie Montgomery of Montgomery Gentry will kick off the NHRA Concert Series Presented by 8-Track Entertainment March 11, at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway. …
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Dodge provides contingency awards for Constant Aviation Factory Stock; continues support for sportsman racers

Dodge is putting its money where its parts are when it comes to Direct Connection, the brand’s exclusive new source of factory-backed performance parts. The Direct Connection Contingency Program will offer $10,000 to win for competitors in the Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown that drive Dodge Challenger Drag Pak race cars.
28 Feb 2022
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Joe Welch
Dodge is putting its money where its parts are when it comes to Direct Connection, the brand’s exclusive new source of factory-backed performance parts. The Direct Connection Contingency Program will offer $10,000 to win for competitors in the…
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Five Things We Learned at the NHRA Arizona Nationals

Two races into the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season, we’re already seeing some noticeable trends, and as we put the NHRA Arizona Nationals in our rearview mirror, here’s a look at five things that crystalized for us in Phoenix.
28 Feb 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Five Things We Learned at the NHRA Arizona Nationals
  Two races into the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season, we’re already seeing some noticeable trends, and as we put the NHRA Arizona Nationals in our rearview mirror, here’s a look at five things that crystalized for us in…
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Lucas Oil, NHRA partner to offer a free entry raffle for Lucas Oil Series racers

Lucas Oil and NHRA have partnered to offer an exciting incentive for racers in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, giving them the opportunity to win a free entry at the race.
28 Feb 2022
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Lucas Oil Series
Lucas Oil and NHRA have partnered to offer an exciting incentive for racers in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, which is home to the best and most decorated Sportsman competitors in drag racing. Racers at all NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing…
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Robert Hight, Mike Salinas, Aaron Stanfield take NHRA Arizona Nationals wins

Robert Hight won his second straight Funny Car title of the season while Mike Salinas (Top Fuel) and Aaron Stanfield (Pro Stock) scored their first wins of the new season to close out an amazing weekend of racing at the NHRA Arizona Nationals.
27 Feb 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Robert Hight
Robert Hight won his second straight Funny Car title of the season while Mike Salinas (Top Fuel) and Aaron Stanfield (Pro Stock) scored their first wins of the new season to close out an amazing weekend of racing at the NHRA Arizona Nationals…
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NHRA Arizona Nationals Sunday photo gallery

The NHRA National Dragster photographers were all over Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park on the final day of the NHRA Arizona Nationals, capturing all of the action on and off the racetrack at the second stop of the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season,
27 Feb 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
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SealMaster Track Walk 49
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NHRA Arizona Nationals Sunday News and Notes

News, notes, quotes, photos, and video from final eliminations day at the NHRA Arizona Nationals.
27 Feb 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
NHRA Arizona Nationals Sunday News and Notes
  UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY Teammates Brittany Force and Austin Prock faced off for the second straight weekend, this time in round one instead of the semifinals, and Force got her revenge with a stout  3.671 at…
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NHRA Arizona Nationals Sunday preview

If the two qualifying of qualifying at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park that set the field for today’s final eliminations for the NHRA Arizona Nationals are any indication, Sunday raceday will be a war.
27 Feb 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
NHRA Arizona Nationals
If the two qualifying of qualifying at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park that set the field for today’s final eliminations for the NHRA Arizona Nationals are any indication, Sunday raceday will be a war. The qualifying lead changes hands multiple…
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Steve Huff powers his electric dragster to sizzling 191-mph pass in Phoenix

In the first of many electric-vehicle exhibition passes that NHRA fans will see this season courtesy of Pep Boys, Steve Huff powered his dragster to a sizzling speed of 191 mph Saturday at the NHRA Arizona Nationals.
26 Feb 2022
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Steve Huff
 
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Doug Kalitta, Matt Hagan, Kyle Koretsky will lead Phoenix fields into Sunday battle

Cool conditions and a tight racetrack provided equal parts high performance and high drama on the final day of qualifying for the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, where Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan (Funny Car), and Kyle Koretsky (Pro Stock) will lead their fields into Sunday’s final eliminations.
26 Feb 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Matt Hagan
  Cool conditions and a tight racetrack provided equal parts high performance and high drama on the final day of qualifying for the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, where Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan (Funny…
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NHRA Arizona Nationals Saturday photo gallery

The NHRA National Dragster photographers were all over Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park on the second day of the NHRA Arizona Nationals, capturing all of the action on and off the racetrack at the second stop of the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season,
26 Feb 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Local hero Jim Maroney is carrying on his family's Arizona nitro tradition

Arizona race fans have been cheering on the Maroney name since the 1970s when Jack Maroney fielded Funny Car at local dragstrips, but their new nitro hero is his son, Jim Maroney, who is trying to make a big impression with Phoenix friends, family, and fans with his Gilbert, Ariz.-based American Flow Tech Top Fueler.
26 Feb 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Feature
Jim Maroney
Arizona race fans have been cheering on the Maroney name since the 1970s when Jack Maroney fielded the Blind Faith Funny Car at local dragstrips like long-defunct Beeline Dragway, but their new nitro hero is his son, Jim Maroney, who is trying to…
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Green light: Chad Green goes all-in for full-season 2022 campaign in Funny Car

Chad Green’s transformation from full-time Pro Mod racer to full-time Funny Car racer is now complete as the Midland, Texas-based racer has committed to a full season on the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series tour. 
26 Feb 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Feature
Chad Green
Chad Green’s transformation from full-time Pro Mod racer to full-time Funny Car racer is now complete as the Midland, Texas-based racer has committed to a full season on the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series tour with his Bond Coat Mustang.…
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NHRA Arizona Nationals Saturday preview

With one get-reacquainted run down the Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park track under their belts Friday, teams will know more of what to expect for today’s final two qualifying sessions of the Arizona Nationals. 
26 Feb 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
NHRA Arizona Nationals
With one get-reacquainted run down the Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park track under their belts Friday, teams will know more of what to expect for today’s final two qualifying sessions of the Arizona Nationals.  Friday’s great conditions…
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Cummings, Hool, Cashio lead Nitro on the Bayou winners at No Problem Raceway

Matthew Cummings, Kris Hool, and Scott Cashio led the list of winners as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series South Central Division hosted Nitro on the Bayou at No Problem Raceway Park. L\\
25 Feb 2022
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Division 4
The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division Nitro on the Bayou: TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER Matthew Cummings, Delray Beach, Fla., 5.188, 277.26  def. Aaron Cooper,…
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Doug Kalitta, Robert Hight, Erica Enders heat up chilly day in the Arizona desert

Nitro thunder returned to Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park after a near-two-year absence for the opening day of qualifying at the NHRA Arizona Nationals. Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) and Winternationals champs Robert Hight (Funny Car) and Erica Enders (Pro Stock) lead their respective fields.
25 Feb 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Doug Kalitta
Nitro thunder returned to Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park after a near-two-year COVID-related absence for the opening day of qualifying at the NHRA Arizona Nationals. Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) and Winternationals champs Robert Hight (Funny Car) and…
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NHRA Arizona Nationals Friday photo gallery

The NHRA National Dragster photographers were all over Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park on the opening day of the NHRA Arizona Nationals, capturing all of the action on and off the racetrack at the second stop of the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season,
25 Feb 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Clay Millican battling to stay qualified for Pep Boys Top Fuel All-Star Callout

As he battles for every possible point to stay ahead of Shawn Langdon and Doug Kalitta and among the elite eight to qualify for the big-bucks Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout, Clay Millican has a lot on his mind.
25 Feb 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Feature
Clay Millican
As he battles for every possible point to stay ahead of Shawn Langdon and Doug Kalitta and among the elite eight to qualify for the big-bucks Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout, Clay Millican can’t help look back to last summer and wonder “What…
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Force and Phoenix: Racing together since 1984, and looking for much more

For nearly 40 years, John Force has crossed the desert from his Southern California base to race in Phoenix, running national events and match races since the facility now known as Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park opened in early 1984.
25 Feb 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Feature
John Force
For nearly 40 years, John Force has crossed the desert from his Southern California base to race in Phoenix, running national events and match races since the facility now known as Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park opened in early 1984 as Firebird…
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Qualifying at Arizona Nationals will set Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Stars Callout field

There’s a lot more on the line for Top Fuel drivers in qualifying at the NHRA Arizona Nationals than just making the 16-car field. The event is the final chance for drivers to earn a spot in the eight-car field for the Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout.
25 Feb 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
News
Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel Callout
There’s a lot more on the line for Top Fuel drivers in qualifying at the NHRA Arizona Nationals than just making the 16-car field. The second event of the season is the final chance for last year’s Top 10 finishers to earn a spot in the eight-car…
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Remembering Barry Setzer

Barry Setzer, who for two years in the early 1970s was the owner of the quickest and fastest Funny Car on the planet, passed away Jan. 31 at age 79.
25 Feb 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
Barry Setzer
As an impressionable, almost-teenage drag racing fam in the early 1970s whose primary contact with the sport was through the many monthly magazines, Barry Setzer was a bit of an enigma. His name was everywhere in 1972 and ’73, plastered on the…
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NHRA Arizona Nationals Friday preview

Race teams from the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series will head back into battle less than a week after the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com. The tour began its eastward move from California with a short hop to Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park for the NHRA Arizona Nationals.
24 Feb 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
NHRA Arizona Nationals
Race teams from the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series will head back into battle less than a week after the glorious start to the 2022 season at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com. The tour began its eastward…
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Tricky Tipster: NHRA Arizona Nationals

Last week, at the season-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com., Justin Ashley, Robert Hight, and Erica Enders delivered wins in Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock, respectively. Tricky Tipster, NHRA’s wizard of odds, had Ashley and Hight among the favorites at 5-1, while Enders was valued at 4-1, second among Pro Stock racers.
24 Feb 2022
Posted by NHRA.com staff
Tricky Tipster®
Justin Ashley
Last week, at the season-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com., Justin Ashley, Robert Hight, and Erica Enders delivered wins in Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock, respectively. Tricky Tipster, NHRA’s wizard of…
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USD Parts to sponsor Jim Dunn Racing at NHRA Phoenix event

Phoenix-based USD Inc., the southwest’s leading distributor of original equipment parts for Ford, General Motors, and Mopar, will sponsor the Jim Dunn Racing team at NHRA’s return to Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, 
23 Feb 2022
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Jim Dunn Racing a
Phoenix-based USD Inc., the southwest’s leading distributor of original equipment parts for Ford, General Motors, and Mopar, will sponsor the Jim Dunn Racing team at NHRA’s return to Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park,  USD has been a primary…
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Better together: Chris and Mason McGaha

When Chris McGaha made his Pro Stock debut at the NHRA U.S. Nationals in 2011, he could not have fully envisioned how the years ahead would unfold. He did, however, have an inkling that he needed a second car, and he always knew that it would be his son, Mason, at the wheel.
23 Feb 2022
Kelly Wade
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Chris McGaha
When Chris McGaha made his Pro Stock debut at the NHRA U.S. Nationals in 2011, the Odessa, Texas, native could not have fully envisioned how the years ahead would unfold. He did, however, have an inkling.  "I always felt like I needed a…
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A Quick Starter and A Comebacker

NHRA Winternationals Top Fuel winner Justin Ashley and returning Pro Stock champ Bo Butner join Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast. 
23 Feb 2022
Posted by NHRA.com staff
NHRA Insider podcast
Insider podcast
  Justin Ashley and Bo Butner join Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast.  Ashley talks about his highly impressive start at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com, where he took…
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Justin Ashley looks to make it two in a row to open 2022 at NHRA Arizona Nationals

A week after opening the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season with a victory, Top Fuel rising star Justin Ashley will look to keep rolling and make it two wins in a row in 2022 in just his second career appearance at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park during this weekend’s NHRA Arizona Nationals.
23 Feb 2022
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
Justin Ashley
A week after opening the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season with a victory, Top Fuel rising star Justin Ashley will look to keep rolling and make it two wins in a row in 2022 in just his second career appearance at Wild Horse Pass…
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Nitro Time Machine: Frank Manzo dominates the 1997 Arizona Nationals

Top Alcohol Funny Car kingpin Frank Manzo kicked off the 1997 season by winning the first two events of the year including the Arizona Nationals in Phoenix.
23 Feb 2022
Posted by NHRA.com staff
Nitro Time Machine
Frank Manzo
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Two years later, Pro Stock star Erica Enders is after another Phoenix win

The last time Erica Enders was at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park was two years ago, and she was holding a Wally as the Pro Stock winner, and Enders is now after the same success heading into this weekend’s NHRA Arizona Nationals.
23 Feb 2022
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Erica Enders
The last time Erica Enders was at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, it was 2020, and she was holding a Wally as the Pro Stock winner en route to her fourth NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series world championship. That was two years ago, and Enders…
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What happens when you’re both lucky and good? Just ask Top Sportsman winner Don Meziere

Top Sportsman racer Don Meziere opened the new season by winning his sixth NHRA national event title at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com, but it was far from easy
23 Feb 2022
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
The Sports Report
Don Meziere
Don Meziere has now won six NHRA national events including three at Auto Club Pomona Raceway and none of them have come easily. In 2014, Meziere won his first national event in Super Comp, but he had to beat Steve Casner in the final by .015-second…
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