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With the playoffs on the horizon, action heated up at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals as the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series tour made its annual stop at rustic Brainerd Int’l Raceway. Here are five things we learned.

Two years into her Top Fuel journey, third-generation driver Krista Baldwin is making steady progress and she’s enjoying every moment of it.

There are several reasons why Brainerd Int'l Raceway is a special place for reigning Funny Car world champion Ron Capps, especially the “Capps Corner” portion of “the Zoo” campgrounds, which is filled with Capps aficionados, and they’ll be out in full force this weekend at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals.

Antron Brown’s first year as a team owner has been anything but easy, but following the Top Fuel star’s first win of the season — and as a team owner last Sunday in Topeka — things are starting to click for the three-time world champ.

It has not been the 2022 season Doug Winters had anticipated in the FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon, but the veteran has the chance to get things turned around in a major way at this weekend’s Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals, a race powered by his sponsor, Stinar.

Menards NHRA Nationals presented PetArmor winners Antron Brown, Bob Tasca III, Troy Coughlin Jr., Joey Gladstone, and Justin Bond joined host Joe Castello on WFO Radio to talk about winning the event.

Experience the unfettered joy as Antron Brown, Bob Tasca III, Troy Coughlin Jr., and Joey Gladstone celebrate their wins with crewmembers, fellow winners, and their vanquished final-round opponents at the Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor.

A blisteringly hot weekend at the 2022 Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor resulted in some even hotter action on the racetrack. Relive the magic in our Weekend Rewind video.

We all come to NHRA events for the racing, and we leave every track with memories and wisdom.

The Topeka heat meant this weekend's race wasn't the record-breaking event it’s been in the past, but the competition was some of the best we've seen all year

Saturday's clear skies and toasty temperatures meant great qualifying runs but few changes in the order. Our photographers took advantage of the great Topeka light to snap these shots just for you. Enjoy.

Pro Stock Motorcycle will make its first appearance at Heartland Motorsports Park since 1997 for this weekend’s Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor, and the class' most recent winner Joey Gladstone is ready to keep the momentum going.

Over the last two and a half decades, Angelle Sampey has gone from beating Matt Hines at the 1997 Menards NHRA Nationals Presented By PetArmor to becoming the winningest woman in all of motorsports—and racing under the Vance & Hines banner.

Heartland Motorsports Park's House of Speed is a vast complex with race cars and action in every corner. NHRA National Dragster's photographers capture all of it and share some of the highlights with you here.

Hot off of his win two weeks ago in Seattle, eight-time Top Fuel world champ Tony Schumacher is excited for his first appearance in Topeka since the 2018 campaign, having erased some early-season struggles for a team that appears to be coming together at the right time.

With 11 of 19 Pro Stock races in the books for the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season, one driver has emerged as the odds-on favorite to win the championship, but Kyle Koretsky wouldn't consider that a wise wager.

Top Fuel driver and team owner Buddy Hull will return to the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series this weekend during the Menards NHRA Nationals presented by Pet Armor at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka.

After some early-season struggles, the new Tony Stewart Racing Top Fuel team and driver Leah Pruett connected for their first win at the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA Mile-High Nationals in Denver. Here, crew chief Neal Strausbaugh discusses the team's steady progress through the first half of the season.

Three-time NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Comp eliminator world champion Frank Aragona Jr. battled cancer to be able to return to battle on the quarter-mile and scored his 40th Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series victory this past weekend.

A win and two runner-ups over the last four races has Bob Tasca III’s team confident that they’ve turned the corner on their season, just in time for the Countdown to the Championship.

Steve Huff made exhibition passes in a Pep Boys Electric Vehicle demonstration at the 2022 Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals.

Erica Enders maintained her points lead in Pro Stock despite earning two fewer points than teammate Aaron Stanfield over the three-race Western Swing. Here's a look at the movers, shakers, and disappointments within the class. Last in a series.

Shawn Langdon, J.R. Todd, and NHRA on FOX's Bruno Massel all experience 70 mph in a whole new way, from the cockpit of an Olympic bobsled.

These seven racers have more wins than any other female — and many of the men — in professional motorsports.

Ron Capps and Alexis DeJoria talk about Funny Cars and going more than 300 mph with Seattle Seahawks Cody Barton, Jordyn Brooks, and head coach Pete Carroll.

Robert Hight was far and away the star of the 2022 Western Swing, going 10-1 in head-to-head battles to accumulate 321 valuable points, more than any driver in any class, as he solidified his points lead, second in a series.

After years of racing each other, the Prock and Tobler families unite in a Top Fuel dragster effort that pairs experience and talent in a potentially devastating combination for the competition.

Pure unfettered joy, quiet moments with vanquished opponents, and celebrations with team and family made for some incredible Behind the Scenes action for the winners of the Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals.

"Everything stays the same," said Joe Maynard of the Maynard family. "This [team has] a legacy of winning, we simply mean to maintain that legacy, and maybe create a little of our own."

Wild action, surprise winners, and lots of on-track drama made the 2022 Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals a race to remember and a fitting end to the Western Swing. Relive the magic in our Weekend Rewind video.