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Catch all of the breaking news announcements and interviews from the NHRA stage at the annual PRI Show.

After completing 27 consecutive years in NHRA competition, Leah Pruett is stepping aside from racing in 2024 to focus on starting a family with husband Tony Stewart, who will take over the controls of the team's Top Fueler for the 2024 season.

Even though it’s been a few years since his most recent Funny Car championship, fans still turn out in droves to see and root for the sport’s GOAT, John Force, who was named Fan Favorite by voters in the NHRA National Dragster All-Star Team balloting.

Gaige Herrera, who set an NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle class record with 11 wins en route to the 2023 championship, was voted the Best New Pro Talent to the NHRA Professional ranks spanning 2020-23.

Top Fuel driver Buddy Hull has been named as the new Funny Car driver for the legendary Jim Dunn Racing team for the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.

Turning on the win light is always a great moment for any driver, but when the driver's contribution is a starting-line holeshot, it goes up to a whole other level. Here's a look at five great holeshot victories from the 2023 season.

Jerry Bickel Race Cars, which for more than 40 years has built numerous championship-winning cars in Pro Stock, Pro Mod, and a variety of other classes, was voted by fans to the NHRA National Dragster All-Star team as Racecar Builder of the Year.

Holley EFI has been named the title sponsor of its exciting Factory X category, which is reserved for 2019 and newer manufactured automobiles, including the Chevrolet COPO Camaro, Dodge Challenger Drag Pak, and Ford Mustang Cobra Jet.

The dynamic duo of Alan Johnson and Brian Husen tuned Doug Kalitta to his long-awaited first NHRA Top Fuel championship and were named Pro Tuners of the Year by NHRA fans.

Aaron Stanfield claimed his third Flexjet NHRA Factory Stock Showdown championship in the last four years to collect the lion’s share of ballots from NHRA fans as Factory Stock Driver of the Year.

Bruno Massel Jr., who claimed a record-breaking fourth career Comp eliminator world championship, was voted Sportsman Driver of the Year by NHRA fans.

Maple Grove Raceway, which has hosted a pivotal NHRA national event since 1985 and was reinvigorated after it was purchased by the Koretsky family in 2022, was voted NHRA Track of the Year by NHRA fans.

NHRA Top Fuel star Clay Millican has given fans unparalleled backstage access to the running of a Top Fuel team through his social media accounts, including his YouTube, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and TikTok channels.

Doug Kalitta's long wait for a Top Fuel championship came to an end in 2023 with a dramatic season of competition. Here's a look at five pivotal moments from his championship-winning season.

This week on the NHRA Insider podcast, host Brian Lohnes and Tony Pedregon talk about the continuing news around crew chief moves and preview what will be the largest and most exciting week of drag racing news in years at the Performance Racing Industry trade show in Indianapolis. 

Simpson Performance Products, a trusted name when it comes to safety in motorsports, has been named the title sponsor of the NHRA Safety Safari as part of a multiyear partnership that begins with the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.

There is no shortage of drama, excitement, and entertainment within the ranks of NHRA’s Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car classes. Naturally, it’s hard to pick just 10 favorites from the 2023 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, but once again, we’ve managed to sift through an entire year’s worth of data to pick 10 of our favorites.

NHRA and Fendt, a leading brand of AGCO, a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of agricultural machinery and precision technology, have announced a multiyear partnership with Fendt becoming the official tractor of NHRA for the 2024 and 2025 race seasons.

The Elite Motorsports team has revealed a number of moves for the 2024 season, including the full-time return of Jeg Coughlin Jr., Bo Butner's transition to the Mountain Motor Pro Stock class, and numerous marketing partner announcements.

Paul Lee, team owner and driver, has named Jonnie Lindberg as crew chief for his nitro Funny Car team for the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. 

NHRA Top Fuel racer Jordan Vandergriff’s journey for love continued on last night’s episode of ABC-TV’s Bachelor in Paradise, and it was undoubtedly an episode to remember.

Leah Pruett made a series of test runs in the Tony Stewart Racing Top Fueler recently at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park as the team already is preparing for the 2024 season.

The second installment of a new feature, chronicling the 10 greatest career moments of some of NHRA's greatest racers. This week, it's legendary Top Fuel/Funny Car owner/driver Don "the Snake" Prudhomme.

Veteran crew chief Doug Kuch is returning to Foley Lewis Racing to work with driver Doug Foley and his Top Fuel team for the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. 

NHRA and Onawa Dragway teamed up to welcome the Iowa track to the network of NHRA member tracks within the thriving NHRA West Central Division (Division 5).

The 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season was a scoreboard watcher's delight, with blistering performances from coast to coast. Here's a look back at the five best runs of the year.