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Last week’s video collection of vintage Funny Car clips was met with glee by the Insider faithful, what with all of the vintage fiberglass and dry hops, but it was the clip of the Mickey Thompson/Danny Ongais Mustang that drew the most oohs and…

It was not the start four-time Pro Stock world champion Greg Anderson expected, but it is one he will gladly take. There were vast changes in Pro Stock heading into the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag…

Hector Arana Jr. didn’t start his 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock Motorcycle season the way he wanted and he’s had a month to think about it. This weekend’s seventh annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by…

For more than five decades, NHRA National Dragster's famed Tricky Tipster has tested his prognosticating skills prior to each national event, putting odds on the top-eight racers he thinks have the best shot at victory in Tricky Tipster.…

This weekend the adrenaline-charging excitement of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series returns to zMAX Dragway for the spectacular 7th annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods, April 22-24. The event is the fifth stop of 24…

The winningest driver in NHRA history knows that the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods is a completely different animal. Even with 143 Funny Car victories, John Force’s lone win at the four-wide event, at the inaugural race…

Now in his fourth season in Funny Car, Chad Head continues to find a better comfort level in his Head Racing Toyota Camry. The results indicate as much during the early portion of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello…

This weekend, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series lands in North Carolina for the first of two yearly events at zMAX Dragway, the 7th annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods in Charlotte. This week, we will look through the NHRA…

Top Fuel legend Chris “the Greek” Karamesines will have some good racing company at this weekend’s NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods as his granddaughter, Krista Baldwin, a 22-year-old Top Alcohol Dragster rookie,…

NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing is known for pure, raw power thanks to the 10,000-horsepower, nitro-burning beasts that are featured at every event, but once a year, the series gets a little more powerful, if you will, thanks to Bruton Smith’s…

Jack Beckman ended a 54-race winless streak by racing to the Funny Car victory to highlight racing at the 2015 edition of the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway. Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Larry Morgan (Pro Stock), and Andrew Hines (Pro Stock…

  As far as Top Fuel driver Leah Pritchett is concerned, any day at the races is a good day, so while some NHRA Pros prefer to spend their rare off weekends at the beach or the golf course, Pritchett is perfectly content to spend a day…

Leah Pritchett will continue to compete in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, driving the Nitro Ninja Top Fuel dragster owned by the Lagana family at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes…

It’s only April and four of NHRA’s six divisions have yet to host their first NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event of the season, but in Division 2, Jonathan Anderson is already well on his way to a probable division championship.…

Although it’s a young race on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series tour, the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals has been packed with action, drama, and history since its 2010 debut. As part of NHRA’s celebration of 50 years of Funny Car, here…

After winning the last two NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car national championships in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Jonnie Lindberg had big expectations when he joined Head Racing to drive a 10,000-horsepower Funny Car for the first time. But…

Daniel Wilkerson will make his first Funny Car start since 2013 at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods. Funny Car veteran Tim Wilkerson and the Levi, Ray & Shoup Ford Shelby Mustang will be joined in…

Antron Brown lives for challenges, and the bigger they are the more excited the Top Fuel standout gets. The defending Top Fuel world champion has a major one this weekend at the one-of-a-kind seventh annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by…

Hello, hello! I thought I had a lot to catch you all up on with my last blog about Phoenix test, Pomona, and Phoenix. This time I really have a lot to say! Hold on to you your hats, because we’re about to start a whirlwind recap of…

The NHRA Four-Wide Nationals is an event unlike any other on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series tour. Envisioned by Bruton and Marcus Smith when they constructed four lanes on zMAX Dragway’s all-concrete surface, watching four 10,000-…

Drag racing fans are invited to join the NHRA, Shell Oil Co., and Don Schumacher Racing on Thursday, April 28, at a special event in downtown Houston. NHRA, Shell, and DSR will be in Hermann Square Park at City Hall at 900 Smith Street at 11 a.m. (…

The NHRA will be honored at the British Drag Racing Hall of Fame Gala in November as the recipient of the Global Achievement Award sponsored by Lucas Oil. The Lucas Oil Global Achievement Award was inaugurated in 2014 in memory of Pat Garlits, the…

Del Worsham is used to making the most of big moments throughout his standout NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series career. He grabbed the spotlight last year during the Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship, winning four races and claiming his…

Don Garlits earned the first Top Fuel Wally at the 1963 Winternationals, and 809 more have been awarded to date. Who has the most? This week, we look at the five drivers at the top of the Top Fuel wins list. No. 1: Tony Schumacher…

Each interactive issue of NHRA National Dragster magazine includes downloadable images for NHRA fans to use as wallpaper for their computers and cellphones. Click on the links below to get the images. Instructions on how to add them as …

With a father that is in the American Motorcyclist Association Hall of Fame and an older brother that is a three-time NHRA champion, Andrew Hines had some big shoes to fill when he joined the Pro Stock Motorcycle class for his first full season in…

The NHRA has a job opportunity for Director of Accounting. The Director of Accounting, under the direction of the Controller, is responsible for the supervision and control of the general accounting functions and for financial statement and report…

I’ve spent so much time already this year writing about cool old Funny Cars and sharing cool old photos of same, so maybe it’s time for a little video to give new fans a better taste of what we’re being all nitro-teared nostalgic…

It is unique, it is thrilling and it is one of the biggest spectacles in all of motorsports. Seeing four 10,000-horsepower nitro machines power down zMAX Dragway during the seventh annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods, April 22-…

In this week’s journey into the NHRA National Dragster photo archives, we look into the file of the driver for the famous Warren-Coburn-Miller Top Fuel team, also known as The Ridge Route Terrors: James Warren. Warren and his…