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At the 2021 PRI Show, Glen Cromwell highlights the roadmap to a successful 2022 race season, and how it actually began with the racing community coming together in 2020 as we'd never seen before.

Don Garlits' amazing win at the 1967 Nationals, so well remembered for his post-race starting-line beard shave, might not have been possible without Bob Taaffe, who helped "Big Daddy" build a new car in just 72 hours. Garlits remembers Taaffe after his recent passing.

"Winning the first one was an absolute accomplishment, and then people start asking, 'what's next?'" said Dodd. The 2021 season began cool and calm for the 2020 Super Comp champ, but then when he realized they were chasing their second title—that's when the pressure mounted.

A true car guy, Anderson came to the 2021 PRI Show to see the latest machine tools, engine parts, and race car technology. He also sat down with Brian Lohnes to review the discipline required to achieve this level of success in Pro Stock.

DeJoria had a season filled with semifinal-round appearances, number one qualifiers, and factored into the 2021 Funny Car championship. The only thing she's changing for next year is getting an awesome new Toyota Funny Car body.

Crew chief and tuner for Jerry Savoie and Karren Stoffer, Kulungian spoke openly on the NHRA on FOX stage at the 2021 PRI Show about the painful challenges the White Alligator Racing team bikes went through all season long.

You can count Cruz Pedregon as one who would have been just fine extending the 2021 season by a few more races. As it is, his strong finish to this season only has the veteran Funny Car standout even more excited to get 2022 going.

Following a semifinal finish at the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona, no one is more excited for the start of the 2022 season than Cameron Ferre.

Antron Brown says, "It's good to go back to our family," as he realigns his 2022 team with his Lucas Oil.

At the 2021 PRI Show, John Force, Austin Prock, Brittany Force, and Robert Hight spoke about their 2022 program and the aggressive new efforts they have in place to win both nitro championships.

Guests Tony Pedregon and Wes Buck join Brian Lohnes on this final episode of the NHRA Insider podcast for 2021, looking back at 2021 as a whole and at the recent PRI Show in specific, and they take a look at what the 2022 season may hold.

New team. New marriage. New shop. Leah and Tony talked about prepping for the 2022 season and living in a motorhome in front of their shop while on the NHRA on FOX stage at the 2021 PRI Show.

Tickets are now on sale for the 2022 Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals, which takes place July 29-31 at Pacific Raceway as part of the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season and marks NHRA’s first trip to the scenic facility near Seattle since 2019.

Racers, race fans, enthusiasts, and businesses will gather at the 2021 PRI Trade Show Dec. 9-11 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.

Two-time and reigning NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Funny Car world champion Ron Capps has announced the launch of Ron Capps Motorsports, with Capps as team owner and driver of the NAPA Auto Parts entry in 2022. Dean Antonelli and John Medlen will serve as co-crew chiefs.

Pro Mod veteran Chad Green has become a huge thorn in the side of the multicar Funny Car teams and everyone else in the class for that matter, and he's only getting started, and he may even possibly run a full season in 2022.

Third-generation drag racer Camrie Caruso has hired past world champ Jim Yates to serve as crew chief on the 2022 Caruso Family Racing Pro Stock Camaro.

Racers, race fans, enthusiasts, and businesses will gather at the 2021 PRI Trade Show Dec. 9-11 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.

Racers, race fans, enthusiasts, and businesses will gather at the 2021 PRI Trade Show Dec. 9-11 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.

In 1952, hot rodding had a bad name. An NHRA pamphlet, the Hot Rod Story, set a blueprint for moving forward with a rallying call that reads almost like the Gettysburg Address of NHRA. You should read this to know from whence we came.

Longtime motorsports industry supporter Lucas Oil Products, Inc., has joined three-time NHRA Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown’s AB Motorsports team as its official lubricants partner for the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.

Racers, race fans, enthusiasts, and businesses will gather at the 2021 PRI Trade Show Dec. 9-11 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.

Now through Dec. 24, NHRA is offering a holiday special on select national event tickets: a cool 20% discount. It’s the perfect holiday gift for the racing fans in your life!

Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, home of the Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals, will transition to a new name for the 2022 season and beyond: Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, marking a return to the full Indianapolis Raceway Park moniker, used from 1961 to 2005.

As part of the ongoing effort to keep pace with current trends in the high-performance automotive industry, NHRA has announced several enhancements to the Street Legal program. The program will allow a broader and more diverse range of vehicles for the participants and give recognition to their on-track performance.

Ron Capps won a second NHRA Camping World Funny Car world championship with new crew chiefs and new driving procedures, proving once again that he is among the elite in class history.

When he clinched his fifth NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Pro Stock Motorcycle title in Pomona, it was simply a validation of Matt Smith's greatness, both as a rider and a world-class tuner.

Following a season where he won five of six events and practically coasted to his first title in the Constant Aviation NHRA Factory Stock Showdown, Aaron Stanfield knew that winning a second title would be difficult, but he might not have anticipated the battle that ensued in 2021. 

After adapting to a new combination and solving some early mechanical gremlins, Bruno Massel Jr.joined a short list of Comp racers to win three world championships with a dominating season.

Greg Stanfield thought his days as an NHRA Super Stock champion were nothing more than a distant memory. He was mistaken. More than a quarter-century after winning his fourth Super Stock title in a five-year span, Stanfield is once again an NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series champion.