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Ford Performance will reveal its prototype electric Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 at the 2020 Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals. Bob Tasca III and Tony Pedregon will match race electric and supercharged V8 versions of the car for racers and fans.

Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), Matt Hagan (Funny Car), Jeg Coughlin Jr. (Pro Stock), Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle), and Jonathan Gray (Pro Mod) are Tricky Tipster's favorites to capture glory at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals.

NHRA officials announced the addition of a third JEGS SPORTSnationals event to take place Oct. 24-25 during a doubleheader event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as part of a revised Pacific Division Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series schedule.

As the result of the cancellation of the California Hot Rod Reunion, the traditional season finale for the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, NHRA officials have announced that the season will now conclude at two separate events on the weekend of Sept. 18-19.

NHRA has announced the schedule for the remainder of the 2020 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season, with six national events to complete the 2020 season. 

NHRA has competed at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis three times already this season, but when racers assemble again this weekend, it'll be for the coveted Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals, and it;s a whole different Indy. Just ask past winners J.R. Todd and Tony Schumacher.

As NHRA's oldest and most prestigious race, the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals has ba special meaning for Mello Yello Drag Racing Series competitors including Ron Capps, Clay Millican, Jeg Coughlin Jr., and Angelle Sampey.

After announcing the revised 2020 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule, NHRA officials outlined the structure for Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series national championships.

The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum officials have announced the cancellation of the 2020 California Hot Rod Reunion presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif. 

NHRA officials have announced that the Summit Racing Series National Championships will be contested at the Dodge NHRA Finals, Oct. 30 – Nov. 1 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 

The best Sportsman racers that NHRA has to offer are headed for historic Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis this weekend to take part in the 36th annual JEGS Allstars, a special event held Friday at the Denso Spark Plugs U.S. Nationals.

In addition to the prestige and cash prizes that go with winning the JEGS Allstars competition, racers in the annual Sportsman-racer clash this year will also be vying for JEGS Performance Gift Cards during competition Friday at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals.

In the midst of what, by any measure, has been a challenging year, racers have continued to turn out and show their support for NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series and Lucas Oil Series events. That trend continued this week when the final entry list for the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals closed with an official tally of 891 entries across 17 eliminators.

Rookie Top Fuel racer Justin Ashley has added Manscaped as a major associate sponsor. The marketing partnership will cover the remainder of the 2020 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season beginning this weekend at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals.

Alexis DeJoria won the Denso U.S. Nationals Funny Car title in 2014. Now, after a successful test session, she's looking for a second title with her ROKiT/ABK Beer Toyota.

Megan Meyer, the defending NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster, world champion, will step away from the class after completing the 2020 season. Meyer won the championship driving the NGK Spark Plugs A/Fuel dragster tuned by her father and team owner, Randy Meyer.

In light of the ever-evolving COVID-19 pandemic and in accordance with the recommendation of state and local agencies, NHRA Youth and Education Services will now offer a brand-new digital curriculum to schools. 

The final foursome in Pro Stock at the 1980 U.S. Nationals included class legends Bob Glidden, Lee Shepherd, Bill Jenkins, and Frank Iaconio in a battle royale. Who won? You'll have to watch the video!

When Kenny Bernstein was unable to compete in the second round of Funny Car at the 1978 U.S. Nationals, Ron Colson was set to take a bye run into the semifinals in Roland Leong's Monza. But things didn't go exactly as planned.

Craig Bourgeois, Jeff Miller, and David Latino were among the chamopions as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division wasin action at Alamo City Motorplex.

Even 50 years later, it remains among the most dramatic and poignant footage ever recorded at an NHRA national event. The 1970 U.S. Nationals Top Fuel final, Don Prudhomme vs. Jim Nicoll. Nicoll’s clutch explodes at the finish line, cutting his front-engine dragster in two at his feet.

It took longer than she expected, but three-time world champ Angelle Sampey is hoping her recent Pro Stock Motorcycle victory at the Dodge NHRA Indy Nationals was a sign of things to come.

We go one-on-one with Jimmy Daniels, the man whose SS/AH ’68 Dodge Dart has won the Dodge NHRA Hemi Challenge for the last four years in a row—he’s the one the competition is coming gunning for this year.

The first-round pairings for the Mickey Thompson Tires Pro Bike Battle, which will be conducted at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals, were determined in an online conference call hosted by NHRA’s Brian Lohnes

Shawn Cowie, Brian Hough, and Doug Engels led the list of champions as tThe NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series' Northwest Division was in action at Yellowstone Drag Strip.

Next weekend, either Jack Beckman or Matt Hagan will collect win No. 350 for the Don Schumacher Racing enterprise in the delayed final round of the Lucas OIL NHRA Summernationals. The team's first victory came from the boss, who won Funny Car at the 1970 U.S. Nationals.

Testing ahead of next weekend's Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals continued Wednesday at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis with 10-time Indy Top Fuel winner Tony Schumacher and Funny Car ace Bob Tasca III joining the parade of cars running down the historic dragstrip.

To learn more about modern racing wheels, we turned to Josh Hamming, Technical Sales Specialist—Drag Race & Street/Strip at Weld Racing.

NHRA Sportsman-racing superstars David Rampy, who retired from driving ta the end of the 2019 season, will come out of retirement for one final race to try to win his first JEGS Allstars at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA U.S. Nationals.