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Erica Enders builds on her own legacy with third world championship

02 Jan 2020
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
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Erica Enders
Erica Enders became the 25th racer and third woman to win three Professional world championships when she defeated Chris McGaha at the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona. She established her place in Pro Stock history long ago, but it always feels like…
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Andrew Hines enters rare territory with sixth Pro Stock Motorcycle championship

01 Jan 2020
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Andrew Hines
On the surface, it looks like an open and shut case. Andrew Hines went to 10 final rounds in 2019 and won seven Pro Stock Motorcycle races. He also won 44 elimination rounds, by far the most of anyone in the Pro Stock Motorcycle class, and he went a…
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WATCH: Decade in Review

The 2010s were a decade full on highlights, with historic championships, record-breaking runs, and dramatic accomplishments. Relive them all in this quick look back at the past decade.
31 Dec 2019
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Stevie "Fast" Jackson delivers first NHRA championship with Pro Mod title

31 Dec 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
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Stevie "Fast" Jackson
Stevie “Fast” Jackson did not do anything surprising by winning the 2019 E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series title. That doesn’t make storming the most competitive class in drag racing with the power of a terminator and the bravado of…
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Top Fuel Driver of the Decade: Antron Brown

Antron Brown led Top Fuel in championships and wins in the 2010s
31 Dec 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
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Antron Brown
Antron Brown won 42 races and three championships during the 2010s, a tremendous achievement that served as a true coming-out party for the former Pro Stock Motorcycle rider. Any doubt that Brown would struggle to adjust to Top Fuel dragster melted…
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Tii Tharpe goes back-to-back for Top Fuel Harley title

Tii Tharpe helped further the Jay Turner Racing dynasty with his second-straight legacy.
30 Dec 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
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Tii Tharpe
Tii Tharpe established a dynasty for Jay Turner Racing by winning the Top Fuel Harley outfit’s third straight title, and his second in a row, on the final day of the season. It took less drama than his 2018 world championship, but the North…
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Funny Car Driver of the Decade: Robert Hight

Robert Hight won more than anyone and brought home a pair of titles in the 2010s
30 Dec 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
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Robert Hight
Funny Car enjoyed more parity as a category during the 2010s than at any point during the modern era. That’s just a long way of saying: Hey! Someone other than John Force won some races! That’s the good news if you don’t work for John Force Racing.…
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Pro Stock Driver of the Decade: Erica Enders

Erica Enders won three championships and became the defining driver of the decade
29 Dec 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
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Erica Enders
Erica Enders won her first race in 2012 and defeated the 2000s greatest driver to do it. Greg Anderson won three-straight titles from 2003-05 and won the first championship of the 2010s. K.B. Racing won four titles in the closing decade – so did…
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Megan Meyer becomes first woman to win Top Alcohol Dragster championship

Megan Meyer put together an incredible season in Top Alcohol Dragster and made history as a result.
29 Dec 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Megan Meyer
“I’ve been going to the racetrack my whole life, and I’ve always wanted to do what my dad did, to follow in his footsteps,” said Megan Meyer. “I’ve always wanted to do this, since day one.” As the eldest daughter of past national-event-winning…
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Sean Bellemeur enters rare company with back-to-back Top Alcohol Funny Car titles

Sean Bellemeur and Tony Bartone have teamed up for incredible Top Alcohol Funny Car success.
28 Dec 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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When Tony Bartone approached Sean Bellemeur in the 2017 season about taking over the wheel of his Top Alcohol Funny Car, he pitched it to him as “the perfect storm.” Bellemeur had already won two events for Bartone as a fill-in driver in 2015 and…
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Pro Stock Motorcycle Rider of the Decade: Eddie Krawiec

Pro Stock Motorcycle belonged to Eddie Krawiec in the 2010s
28 Dec 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
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Eddie Krawiec
Eddie Krawiec won his first championship without winning a race. It’s the kind of strange fact that’s more inconvenient than interesting. Winning is the goal for every racer every time they attend a National Hot Rod Association race, but it isn’t a…
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Frank Aragona Jr. goes back-to-back in Comp Eliminator for third world championship

There are few better in Comp Eliminator than Frank Aragaona Jr., something he continues to prove in one of the toughest Sportsman categories.
27 Dec 2019
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Frank Aragona Jr.
For Frank Aragona Jr., it always comes down to the math, and that’s especially true in Competition eliminator, or as it’s better known, “Complicated eliminator.” And, after claiming a second straight and third overall championship in 2019, the…
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Vic Penrod turns career year into first Super Stock world championship

Vic Penrod captured his first Super Stock world championship on the final day of the 2019 season.
26 Dec 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Vic Penrod
Talk about a leap of faith. Vic Penrod entered the final week of 2019 as the leader in Super Stock, but before it became official, there was one significant hurdle to clear. Heading into the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona, only Kyle Rizzoli could…
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Auto Club Funny Car team gearing up for another title run in 2020 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.
25 Dec 2019
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Allison Doll smashes records to take Stock championship

Allison Doll became the first woman to win the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Stock championship.
25 Dec 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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So, where was Allison Doll when she found out she’d officially locked up the 2019 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Stock world championship? “I was out in the yard, raking leaves,” Doll said, laughing.  Doll and her husband, Doug, the…
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Old car does new tricks for Super Gas world champion Jeremy Mason

Jeremy Mason chased down his first Super Gas world championship in his father's 1966 Chevy II.
24 Dec 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
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Jeremy Mason
Jeremy Mason owned just one national event win before hoisting the 2019 Super Gas world championship trophy in November. Now he owns two: A win at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals propelled him to the top of one of the toughest categories…
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Ray Miller III brings home Super Comp title for his family

Ray Miller III, of the ubiquitous Miller Race Cars, owns his first world championships.
23 Dec 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
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Ray Miller III
The story of Ray Miller III must begin with his father, Ray Miller Jr. The racer-turned car builder who began the family business, ubiquitous to those who pay the faintest bit of attention to the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, won just a single…
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Danny Nelson uses 43-day run to take Top Dragster title

An incredible 43-day run during the middle of the season paced Danny Nelson towards his first Top Dragster world championship.
22 Dec 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Danny Nelson
Forty-three days. That’s all it took for Danny Nelson to score enough points to win the world championship in the Top Dragster presented by Racing RVs class.  While Nelson raced his low six-second dragster from April to October, it was a…
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Sandy Wilkins breaks through for 2019 Top Sportsman championship

Sandy Wilkins earned his first Top Sportsman world championship after several near misses.
21 Dec 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Sandy Wilkins
Following a string of solid performances that included three top-10 finishes in the Top Sportsman presented by Racing RVs class, Sandy Wilkins finally broke through for his first world title thanks to a season that began and ended with a pair of…
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From the fab shop to the race teams, John Force Racing has a busy off-season

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.
18 Dec 2019
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What's next for Jonnie Lindberg?

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.
18 Dec 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Top Alcohol Funny Car racers who thought they’d seen the last of Jonnie Lindberg might be in for a surprise as the two-time world champion appears headed back to his old stomping grounds. While Lindberg admits that his 2020 plans are still somewhat…
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'Them Capco boys" hard at work gunning for third straight Top Fuel title in 2020

The holidays may be upon us shortly, but there's no holiday at Torrence Racing where the two-time Top Fuel champs are hard at work preparing for the 2020 season an a chance to join an elite group of teams who have won three straight titles.
11 Dec 2019
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Steve Torrence
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Robert Hight: "Who would have thought you'd ever see Funny Cars separated by inches at the finish line"

Funny Car world champion Robert Hight feels the nitro categories have caught up to Pro Stock in terms of tight finishes at the stripe.
10 Dec 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
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Robert Hight
Robert Hight loves driving his Auto Club Chevy Camaro Funny Car in part because of its incredible elapsed times and high speeds. The jaw-dropping numbers have been self-evident since he worked as a crew member on John Force's team many years ago;…
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Terry McMillen Top Fuel team burning the midnight Amalie to assure a better 2020

After a disappointing season in which Terry McMillen failed to qualify for the Countdown to the Championship, crew chief Rob Wendland and the Amalie Motor Oil Top Fuel team are hard at work to make sure that doesn't happen again in 2020.
09 Dec 2019
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Following hiring of Eric Lane, work is racing along at Cruz Pedregon Racing

With the recent hiring of crew chief Eric Lane, there's a lot of work -- and a lot of optimism -- flowing at Cruz Pedregon Racing, where the former two-time world champ is eager to get back into the thick of the championship race.
09 Dec 2019
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Off-season is really the busy season at Don Schumacher Racing

They call the time between the Auto Club NHRA Finals and the season-opening Winternationals the "off-season," but there's very little time being taking off at Don Schumacher Racing, where work is progressing on the team's 2020 machines.
05 Dec 2019
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This 1963 Plymouth Savoy has seen it all on a drag strip

John Dourlet is the latest Featured Flyer for the second time and this time it's with an iconic 1963 Plymouth Savoy.
30 Nov 2019
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Given the sheer number of quality cars in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, it’s unusual that any racer would have more than one opportunity to be a part of NHRA National Dragster’s popular Featured Flyer section, but then again, not many cars…
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Erica Enders compares championships, talks epic first-round battle in Pomona

Erica Enders talked to NHRA on FOX broadcaster Brian Lohnes about her championship, her extension with Elite and Melling Performance, and what comes next for the newly crowned champ.
28 Nov 2019
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Erica Enders wrapped up her third Pro Stock world championship and barely took a moment to catch her breath before traveling with a handful of NHRA racers and Elite Motorsports team owner Richard Freeman, to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the Global…
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Aaron Stanfield: "I set my goals high, so you never know, we could win three championships"

Aaron Stanfield will drive in Pro Stock, Factory Stock and Top Dragster in 2020 as he prepares for breakout season
27 Nov 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
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Aaron Stanfield
Aaron Stanfield will compete for three championships in 2020, including Pro Stock for the first time in an already impressive career. Stanfield owns five Wallys in two categories (Super Stock and Top Dragster) and licenses in six (including Factory…
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How a supercharger helps a Top Fuel dragster create more than 10,000 horsepower

26 Nov 2019
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Bruno Massel
NHRA on FOX reporter Bruno Massel took a visit to Top Fuel racer Clay Millican's pit to check out the supercharger that sits atop his nitro-burning machine during the Auto Club NHRA Finals in Pomona. Check out what he found out about the device that…
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