2022 Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster winner Earl Nichols
Earl Nichols Jr., a former Super Gas racer, has less than 20 runs under his safety belts in Top Alcohol Dragster but already is a national event winner. A week after reaching the semifinals of the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals, Earl Nichols won wire-to-wire in Charlotte for his first national event win, racing from the No. 1 qualifying spot to the winner's circle after a 5.28 to 5.29 final-round defeat of Jasmine Salinas.