Jason McCulloch joins Josh Hart Racing in pursuit of Top Fuel championship
NHRA Funny Car icon Jim Dunn honored with NHRA Lifetime Achievement Award
Toyota wins its first NHRA Manufacturers Cup championship
NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series champs honored at awards ceremony
Tony Stewart named 2024 NHRA Rookie of the Year
In Memoriam
Unofficial Mission Foods points standings
Greg Anderson joins exclusive company with sixth NHRA Pro Stock title
Antron Brown secures fourth Mission Foods NHRA Top Fuel world championship
Funny Car world champ Austin Prock makes fastest run in NHRA history
Gaige Herrera locks up second straight Pro Stock Motorcycle championship
In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Sunday preview
Austin Prock clinches first Funny Car world championship in dominant fashion
Saturday News and Notes from the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals
U.S. Army veteran, mother receives life-changing car gift at NHRA Finals
Cody Lane and Cody Webber clinch NHRA Lucas Oil Series titles in Pomona
DHL, Kalitta teams join forces to provide 2 million meals in “Race To End Hunger”
In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals Friday preview
Zurn Elkay and Mainline Sales join Krista Baldwin for NHRA Finals
Shell Roofing Solutions Group covers Funny Car driver Jason Rupert in Pomona
Paul Lee enters NHRA Finals with a new look from Mainline Sales Inc.
NHRA to honor veterans during weekend-long celebration in Pomona
Hull to finish rookie Funny Car season in iconic Mooneyes/Jim Dunn Racing entry
Factory Stock ace Stephen Bell to make NHRA Pro Stock debut in 2025
Final odds released for NHRA Mission Foods Top Fuel, Pro Stock championships
There's still time to enter 2024 NHRA Sweepstakes featuring big prizes
Sorensen and Fuller clinch Lucas Oil Series Sportsman titles in Las Vegas
Pritchett to make long-awaited Top Fuel debut in Shumake’s dragster in Pomona
FallNationals, JEGS Allstars coverage highlight new National Dragster issue
Prescott Raceway joins NHRA member track family in Division 4
Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Friday Notebook
News and Notes
The opening day of the 62nd annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals was filled with action, including the first of five Mello Yello qualifying sessions in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle, as well as Pro Mod and Top Alcohol qualifying, the Mopar Hemi Challenge, and the continuation of qualifying and time trials in the other Sportsman classes.
Here are the day's top five highlights:
Steve Torrence ran 3.702 in Top Fuel and Matt Hagan 3.856 in Funny Car to break the existing Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis track records.
2. Beckman speeds to track mark
Jack Beckman's speed of 333.08 was the sixth-fastest in NHRA Funny Car history and also broke the track speed record.
3. Hemi Challenge claimed by Daniels
Second-generation Super Stock racer James Daniels joined his father, Jim, with an impressive victory in the 16th annual Mopar Hemi Challenge, held Friday at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis. [Story]
4. Hess makes a mess
Mopar Hemi Challenge racer Bucky Hess crashed his beautiful Hemi 'Cuda during the semifinals of the event. Click here to watch.
5. 'Big Chief' makes Pro Mod debut
Justin “Big Chief” Shearer, star of the reality TV show Street Outlaws, made his official NHRA debut during the first qualifying session of the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series.