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A look back at some Christmas-inspired Dragster Insider columns from years past.

Vic Penrod captured his first Super Stock world championship on the final day of the 2019 season.

Even after capturing their third Funny Car championship, there's no letup at John Force Racing for Robert Hight's Auto Club Chevy Camaro team. After unpacking the trailer, work quickly began on projects and plans to defend their crown in 2020.

Allison Doll became the first woman to win the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Stock championship.

The staff of the NHRA wishes a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to the fans, sponsors, race teams, racetracks, and other supporters of the NHRA.

Jeremy Mason chased down his first Super Gas world championship in his father's 1966 Chevy II.

Ray Miller III, of the ubiquitous Miller Race Cars, owns his first world championships.

An incredible 43-day run during the middle of the season paced Danny Nelson towards his first Top Dragster world championship.

Sandy Wilkins earned his first Top Sportsman world championship after several near misses.

Thanks to a huge assist from fellow racer Gary Clapshaw, "Big Daddy" Don Garlits was able to race to his first 300-mph performance at the 2001 U.S. Nationals. In the wake of Clapshaw's passing Dec. 15, it's a story worth retelling.

FOX Sports and the NHRA has released their 2020 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series television schedule, highlighted by live FOX broadcast network coverage of four consecutive summer events as well as the iconic U.S. Nationals.

Steve Reintjes, who has served as NHRA’s Coordinating Producer for the past two years, has been promoted to the role of Vice President of Broadcasting. 

From the fab shop turning out short blocks, cylinder heads, superchargers, bodies, and chassis to the race shops, where 2020's combinations are being brewed, there's a lot going on at John Force Racing in the off-season.

Osborn, the world’s largest and most complete solution provider of high-quality surface treatment and finishing products, will join Kalitta Motorsports as a major associate sponsor to the multi-time NHRA world championship team. 

NHRA has announced the schedule for the 2020 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, featuring the NHRA Motorsports Museum’s Hot Rod Reunions.

Two-time world champion Jonnie Lindberg is building race cars and planning his return to Top Alcohol Funny Car class after three-year run with Jim Head Racing in the Mello Yello series.

Former NHRA Top Fuel and Funny Car racer Gary Clapshaw passed away Dec. 15. Clapshaw ran his own cars for years but is perhaps best remembered for generously loaning his Top Fuel dragster to legend Don Garlits, providing “Big Daddy” with the car to make his long-desired first 300-mph pass.

Safety equipment pioneer Bill Simpson, founder of Simpson Racing Products, who introduced the concept of a braking parachutes in drag racing and also developed life-saving fire-retardant equipment for motorsports, died Dec. 16.

Bo Butner, the 2017 NHRA Pro Stock champion, has inked a deal with Strutmasters for the 2020 season of NHRA's Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.

Rodney Flournoy was a Southern California fan favorite in the 1980s with his family-run Funny Car. Nearly 40 years later, he's still burning nitro in the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series, now with his daughter at his side.

More than 80 guests stopped by the NHRA booth through the three days of the 2019 PRI Show in Indianapolis to chat with NHRA on FOX hosts Brian Lohnes, Tony Pedregon, and John Kernan. Watch them all now.

NHRA National Dragster's final issue of 2019, the annual Year in Review edition, is online for NHRA members and in the mail to homes and shops around the world.

NHRA and IndyCar drivers bowled and mingled with families and fans during Don Schumacher Racing's annual Bowl For Riley event in Indianapolis, which now has raised more than $700,000 for Riley Children’s Foundation.

Ford Performance, along with Ford Customer Service Division and its brands Motorcraft and Quick Lane, have signed a multiyear deal with NHRA team owner and driver Bob Tasca III, continuing a long relationship with his Mustang Funny Car operation.

Journeyman nostalgia drag racer Joe Morrison was introduced as the new shoe of the Leverich Family Racing Top Fuel Dragster for the 2020 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.

Mobil 1 will return to the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series in 2020. ExxonMobil, in partnership with Toyota Racing Development, will become Kalitta Motorsports’ official lubricant partner in 2020 and Mobil 1 racing oil will be used in all team cars. 

The 2019 season was full of exciting moments, but which were the most memorable? NHRA fans took part in a vote and selected the 19 Most Memorable Moments of the season. No. 1: John Force wins 150.

The NHRA on FOX cameras are rolling at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show in Indianapolis with three full days of interviews from the show, available for viewing at NHRA.com .