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Five-time and reigning NHRA Camping World Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Matt Smith joined WFO Radio and host Joe Castello to talk about the big moments and the toughest challenges. Plus, a look ahead to the 2022 season: V-Twin or Suzuki? Find out!

Multitime Pro Mod winner Lyle Barnett and drag racing suspension guru Mark Menscer join host Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast, talking about their careers in the sport, how they have achieved their success, and what the future holds for premier doorslammer competition. 

As the new Tony Stewart Racing team prepares for its debut at the season opener in Pomona, work is progressing at the team’s shop in Brownsburg, Ind., and crew chiefs Dickie Venables and Neal Strausbaugh discuss the preparation processes for their respective teams.

Past NHRA U.S. Nationals winner Terry McMillen will race part-time schedule of Top Fuel events during the 2022 season as a part of Dan Mercier Racing.

NHRA officials have announced a full schedule of Super Stock and Stock class eliminations for 2022. Competitors will get a chance to race for the coveted class NHRA Wally in each division within the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series.  

NHRA officials have announced two revisions to the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series national and regional points structure for the 2022 season for Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car competitors.

Justin Ashley Racing has announced a primary sponsorship agreement with Phillips Connect, a national leader in semi-trailer tracking and sensor technologies, to begin the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season. 

Doug Foley and partner Tim Lewis are going all-in this season to prove that they have a championship-caliber team. A new chassis and new parts will help the cause, and with a little sponsorship help, he thinks they could make the Countdown to the Championship.

Starting the 2022 season of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona marks the return of a tradition that just feels right to most everyone, but particularly to SoCal native Robert Hight. 

The stars of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series will begin preparing for the 2022 season as Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park outside of Phoenix hosts the PRO Nitro Spring Training test session Feb.10-12. 

Ride along with DHL/Kalitta Motorsports Top Fuel driver Shawn Langdon on a trio of runs from the 2021 Auto Club NHRA Finals as the former world champ walks you through the passes from his viewpoint as seen from the Toyota Visor Cam.

Step into the NHRA Nitro Time Machine for a trip back to 1975 to watch "Big Daddy" Don Garlits win Top Fuel at the season-opening Winternationals.

Eileen Daniels, who with her late husband, former Division 3 Director Bob Daniels, became a mainstay of NHRA Drag Racing in the Midwest and shepherds for Indianapolis Raceway Park, and later became a huge part of NHRA’s Hot Rod Reunion and nostalgia exhibitions, died Jan. 14.

As we continue our birthday salute to Don Garlits, listen to Hall of Fame announcer "Big Mac," Dave McClelland, call the action in seven memorable races in the career of "Big Daddy."

There’s never been another drag racer quite like Don Garlits, and there’s probably never going to ever be anyone like “Big Daddy.” The icon of our sport turned 90 years old Jan. 14, and we’re celebrating him with a massive 90-image photo gallery spanning his career.

Dodge//SRT and Mopar have announced their support of Tony Stewart Racing as the primary sponsors for Top Fuel driver Leah Pruett and three-time Funny Car world champion Matt Hagan in TSR’s inaugural 2022 NHRA season. 

The 1980 Popular Hot Rodding Championships had a little bit of everything including a classic Don Garlits vs. Shirley Muldowney Top Fuel final and an impressive Pro Stock win by Bob Glidden.

Two-time NHRA Funny Car world champ Cruz Pedregon will turn corners this Friday after accepting an invitation to race in the famed Chili Bowl dirt midget race on Friday night.

Championship-winning crew chiefs Mike Green and Tommy DeLago will team up to tune Justin Ashley's Top Fueler in the 2022 NHRA Camping World Top Fuel campaign, giving the 2020 NHRA Rookie of the Year a double-fisted approach to his championship aspirations.

Nitro crew chiefs Aaron Brooks and Jason Bunker join Brian Lohnes on this week's episode of the NHRA Insider podcast. The two men have wildly different histories in NHRA Drag Racing with Brooks being the more experienced of the two. 

Two of the best Funny Car drivers of the 1990s met in the 1994 Columbus final where Gordie Bonin defeated Al Hofmann.

Pro Mod's Steve Jackson joins NHRA's Brian Lohnes via Skype from Bahrain to discuss his off-season testing program, the new NHRA PRo Mod rules, and his expanding social media presence.

This edition of the Nitro Time Machine takes us back to the 1983 Winternationals, with action in Funny Car and Pro Stock.

Denso is the new title rights sponsor of the 2022 Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals, July 22-24. The Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals is the second stop of the annual NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Western Swing.

A five-minute video every racer needs to watch to maximize their cash winnings in 2022.

In our latest Skype interview, crew chief Neal Strasbaugh discusses the hectic off season at Tony Stewart Racing. "My emotions are on a roller coaster on an hourly basis."

In their first season together, Josh Hart and crew chief Ron Douglas won a pair of Top Fuel races. Now, they're preparing for a full season with an eye towards the Camping World NHRA championship.

Racers and race fans alike are getting excited for the kickoff of the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, which launches NHRA’s 71st season Feb. 17-20 with the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.

Tom "the Mongoose" McEwen is best known for his incredible Funny Car career but his final NHRA national event win came behind the wheel of a Top Fuel dragster at the 1991 Englishtown event.

Anyone who knows anything about drag racing knows the names of Dickie Venables and James Warren. But today we're going to acquaint you with the racing Dick Venables and James Warren that maybe you didn’t know, both of whom we lost in the last week of December.