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Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Sean Bellemeur

24 Mar 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
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  Sean Bellemeur’s latest victory in Tony Bartone’s Hussey Performance Camaro is the 20th of his career, and it came at the expense of final-round opponent DJ Cox. The Top Alcohol Funny Car final was easily the best race of the day as…
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Amkus Rescue Systems continues as Official Rescue Tool of NHRA

NHRA and AMKUS Rescue Systems have teamed up to announce the extension of AMKUS as the official rescue tool of NHRA, providing the necessary tools to NHRA’s Safety Safari to ensure the safety of all NHRA competitors. 
24 Mar 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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AMKUS
NHRA and AMKUS Rescue Systems have teamed up to announce the extension of AMKUS as the official rescue tool of NHRA.  Through 2023, AMKUS will provide the necessary tools to NHRA’s Safety Safari to ensure the safety of all NHRA competitors.…
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My first race car: Jackie Fricke

Jackie Fricke currently drives a 280-mph injected nitro dragster but her first race car was significantly slower. See how the reigning JEGS Allstars champ got her start in the latest edition of My First Race Car.
24 Mar 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
My First Race Car
Jackie Fricke
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Meet Top Fuel's newest sensation, Gatornationals champion Josh Hart

Josh Hart joined an exclusive fraternity when he won the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in his NHRA Top Fuel debut. Here, he joins NHRA's Brian Lohnes to discuss his history-making feat.
24 Mar 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Josh Hart
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Robert Hight's Auto Club team doesn't miss a beat in long-awaited NHRA return

After a year on the sidelines, Robert Hight returned in Gainesville with a runner-up finish. In our latest Skype interview, Hight joined NHRA's Brian Lohnes to discuss his comeback.
24 Mar 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Robert Hight
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The Architecture of a Title

The key to winning an NHRA Lucas Oil world championship is about much more than turning on enough win lights. Beyond logistical considerations, every racer also has some level of strategy behind the architecture of a title season.
23 Mar 2021
Luke Bogacki
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Luke Bogacki
As we embark on another year of NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competition, racers from across the continent undoubtedly have their calendars open and have begun penciling in potential race dates and planning the upcoming season. While the…
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Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum adds Dale Coleman to board of directors

The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum presented by Automobile Club of Southern California has appointed Dale Coleman, retired vice president of Fairplex, to its board of directors.
23 Mar 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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NHRA Museum
The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum presented by Automobile Club of Southern California has appointed Dale Coleman, retired vice president of Fairplex, to its board of directors. “We are pleased to welcome Dale as a new independent director…
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Despite qualifying troubles, Krista Baldwin can't wait for next Top Fuel race

Krista Baldwin's long-awaited Top Fuel debut did not go exactly as planned as she missed the field in her Gainesville debut, but that has done little to dampen her enthusiasm.
22 Mar 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Krista Baldwin
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Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car to run four-wide at both 2021 events

For the first time, Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car will be contested in a four-wide format at both the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas and at the NGK NTK Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte. 
22 Mar 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Las Vegas
For the first time, Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car will be contested in a four-wide format at both the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and at the NGK NTK Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX…
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Atlanta Dragway to host final NHRA Southern Nationals this season

NHRA and Atlanta Dragway have announced that the 2021 NHRA Southern Nationals, April 30-May 2, will be the final NHRA national event at the historic track. 
22 Mar 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Atlanta
NHRA and Atlanta Dragway have announced that the 2021 NHRA Southern Nationals, April 30-May 2, will be the final NHRA national event at the historic track.  As this chapter of drag racing history comes to a close, Atlanta Dragway invites…
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Fricke, Januik, Carter lead Las Vegas winners at Pacific Division opener

Jackie Fricke, Nick Januik, and Dean Carter led the list of winners as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division raced to conclusion at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
21 Mar 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Jackie Fricke
  The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway: TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER Jackie Fricke, Flemington, N.J., 5.239, 272.…
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J.R. Todd, Ron Douglas join NHRA Insider podcast to talk about Gainesville wins

Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Funny Car winner J.R. Todd and Top Fuel-winning crew chief Ron Douglas join Brian Lohnes on this episode of NHRA Insider. 
20 Mar 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
NHRA Insider podcast
NHRA Insider
  Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Funny Car winner J.R. Todd and Top Fuel-winning crew chief Ron Douglas join Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider.  Todd talks about the offseason and his road to victory in…
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National Women's History Month: NHRA records and milestones by women

NHRA Drag Racing is one of the most gender-inclusive sports in the world, as male and female competitors go head to head without handicaps. As the world salutes National Women's History Month in March, here's a look back at some major accomplishments by females in NHRA Drag Racing history.
19 Mar 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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NHRA
NHRA Drag Racing is one of the most gender-inclusive sports in the world, as male and female competitors go head to head without handicaps. As the world salutes National Women's History Month in March, here's a look back at some major…
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Watch the Division 7 Lucas Oil Series event from Las Vegas live on NHRA.tv

NHRA fans can watch this weekend’s Division 7 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway free on NHRA.tv powered by National Dragster.
19 Mar 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Las Vegas
NHRA fans can watch this weekend’s Division 7 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway free on NHRA.tv powered by National Dragster…
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Remembering Doug Thorley

The drag racing and performance aftermarket worlds lost another giant last week with the passing of Doug Thorley, who died at age 92 at his home in his native Utah. Here's a fond look back at his career.
19 Mar 2021
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
Doug Thorley
The drag racing and performance aftermarket worlds lost another giant last week with the passing of Doug Thorley, who died at age 92 at his home in his native Utah. Thorley not only created an aftermarket titan in Doug’s Headers in 1958 but also…
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Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Sportsman Video Highlights

Rachel Meyer has added to the family win total after driving to her first victory at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals to lead the list of Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series winners at Gainesville Raceway. Meyer shared the spotlight with Ray Miller III and Jonathan Anderson, who successfully defended their titles in Super Comp and Super Gas,
18 Mar 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
Rachel Meyer
Over the past five years, Megan Meyer has won a dozen national events and two world championships in Top Alcohol Dragster, and before that, her father, Randy, collected eight more wins as a driver. Now, Rachel Meyer has added to the family win total…
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Aaron Stanfield extends winning streak to six races in NHRA Factory Stock Showdown

18 Mar 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Factory Stock Showdown
  It may not have been his prettiest or easiest victory, but somehow Aaron Stanfield found a way to extend his winning streak to six straight races in the NHRA Factory Stock Showdown class. Stanfield, who won the last five races of the…
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Defending Top Fuel Harley champ Randal Andras opens 2021 with Gatornationals win

18 Mar 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Top Fuel Harley
  Reigning NHRA Top Fuel Harley champ Randal Andras, near lane, who won six of eight events in the shortened 2020 season, continued his reign of terror in Gainesville, collecting career win No. 8 with a final-round victory over his Jay…
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NHRA launches electric race car initiative; bringing automakers, racers, and aftermarket together

The National Hot Rod Association held its first panel discussion with original equipment and aftermarket manufacturers, safety equipment partners, and EV racers to develop strategies to race and showcase this new technology.
18 Mar 2021
David Kennedy
News
NHRA launches electric race car initiative; bringing automakers, racers, and aftermarket together
Wally Parks recognized the importance of connecting automakers and drag racers to allow them both a place to develop their performance. That vision helped to create the first muscle cars and launch generations of racers. That vision also gave…
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Josh Hart feeling the love after memorable win in Top Fuel debut at Gatornationals

The messages started almost immediately after Josh Hart crossed the finish line first in Gainesville, the last moments of his dream weekend in his Top Fuel debut at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. They also haven’t let up, and it may be weeks before Hart can respond to them all.
18 Mar 2021
Josh Hachat
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Josh Hart
The messages started almost immediately after Josh Hart crossed the finish line first in Gainesville, the last moments of his dream weekend in his Top Fuel debut at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. They also haven’t let up, and it may be…
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When your only enemy is time—you fight it with team intensity

Cruz Pedregon has campaigned an NHRA Funny Car for the last eight years using whatever means (and whatever teams) necessary. For 2021 he's brought in a turn-key team of pros to wrench on the car, and get him to the finals.
17 Mar 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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When your only enemy is time—you fight it with team intensity
For the last eight years, it's been a revolving door of crew members here at Cruz PetroPedregon racing, but Cruz took stock of himself, and he said, "that'll work for a team that has time. I don't have that kind of time anymore." So coming…
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Green? No worries for DSR drivers

It’s a well-known fact around motor racing that many consider green to be an unlucky color. On this St. Patrick's Day, members of Don Schumacher Racing weigh in on whether or not they believe green to be lucky or unlucky.
17 Mar 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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DSR
It’s a well-known fact around motor racing that many consider green to be an unlucky color. On this St. Patty’s Day, members of Don Schumacher Racing weigh in on whether or not they believe green to be lucky or unlucky: “My first ever Top…
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NHRA, FOX see positive television numbers following season kickoff in Gainesville

With a successful kickoff to the 2021 NHRA season, NHRA and FOX are celebrating a positive showing of the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. 
17 Mar 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News
NHRA on FOX
With a successful kickoff to the 2021 NHRA season, NHRA and FOX are celebrating a positive showing of the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.  The start of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season had great racing…
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Moving On Up: A look at more emerging Sportsman stars (part two)

Get to know these names, especially if you happen to be a fan of NHRA Sportsman racing, because many of the drivers featured here are going to carry the sport well into the future. Part two of our two-part series.
17 Mar 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
From the pages of National Dragster
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Get to know these names, especially if you happen to be a fan of NHRA Sportsman racing because many of the drivers featured below are going to carry the sport well into the future. The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series is loaded with talented racers…
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Larkin named new driver of Gregg Racing Top Alcohol Dragster for 2021

Gregg Lawrence, owner of Gregg Racing, has named Trevor Larkin as the driver of the team’s A/Fuel Dragster for the 2021 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series season.
16 Mar 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Trevor Larkin
Gregg Lawrence, owner of Gregg Racing, has named Trevor Larkin as the driver of the team’s A/Fuel Dragster for the 2021 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series season. Larkin replaces Russ Parker, who requested to step aside over the winter to be able to…
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Top Fuel's Terry McMillen remains determined to return soon for 2021 season

It was out of the ordinary to not see Terry McMillen at last weekend's Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, but the positive news is McMillen isn't giving up in his search for a sponsor that will help him return to the Top Fuel ranks in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series as soon as possible.
16 Mar 2021
Josh Hachat
News
Terry McMillen
It was disappointing and out of the ordinary to not see Terry McMillen at last weekend's Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, a race he has long been associated with because of his relationship with Amalie, but the positive news is…
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Pomona event postponed to later date; racing continues in Las Vegas

NHRA officials have announced the postponement of the 61st annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, originally scheduled for April 9-11. A new date for the event is to be determined. 
16 Mar 2021
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Pomona
NHRA officials have announced the postponement of the 61st annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, originally scheduled for April 9-11.  NHRA and track officials will continue…
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NHRA Launch puts motorsports positions at job seeker's fingertips

Thanks to a collaboration between the Vance Family Foundation and the NHRA, there's never been a better opportunity to find a career in motorsports. NHRA Launch - Motorsports Careers is an online portal that facilitates connections between individuals and companies within the motorsports industries for free.
15 Mar 2021
Josh Hachat
News
NHRA Launch
Thanks to a collaboration between the Vance Family Foundation and the NHRA, there's never been a better opportunity to find a career in motorsports. The foundation and NHRA worked together to create NHRA…
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Bob McCosh: Living the Dream

Top Alcohol Funny Car racer Bob McCosh’s breakout 2020 season in Top Alcohol Funny Car has him thinking big in 2021.
15 Mar 2021
Josh Hachat
From the pages of National Dragster
Bob McCosh
Bob McCosh Jr. headed to No Problem Raceway a year ago with a new Top Alcohol Funny Car, eager to put together a new chapter in a racing career that had reached its third act. But as he arrived at the track to open his 2020 campaign — one that…
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Who's next? Who will be NHRA's next first-time Pro national event winner?

Josh Hart won Top Fuel in his debut at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, becoming NHRA’s most recent first-time Pro winner, and he could easily be joined by a half-dozen or more NHRA Pros who are on the verge of collecting their first Wally.
15 Mar 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Next
Josh Hart won Top Fuel in his debut at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, becoming NHRA’s most recent first-time Pro winner. Last year, Ryan Oehler, Justin Ashley, Aaron Stanfield, and Scotty Pollacheck each collected their first win in…
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