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News, notes, quotes, photos, and videos from final eliminations at the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. Updated throughout the day.

The champions of what may well be the final NHRA national event at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park will be crowned today at the NHRA Arizona Nationals after two frantic days of qualifying.

Cristian Cuadra made NHRA history as the first Mexican-born racer to qualify in the No. 1 position in the Professional classes as he will lead the Pro Stock field into battle Sunday at the NHRA Arizona Nationals. Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) and Bob Tasca III (Funny Car) also led their fields at the close of qualifying.

Doug Kalitta. Alexis DeJoria. and Troy Coughlin Jr. collected the victories in the inaugural Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge, which took place during Saturday qualifying at the NHRA Arizona Nationals.

The National Dragster photographers were all over Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park on Saturday of the NHRA Arizona Nationals capturing all of the on-track and off-track action.

NHRA and Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park officials announced a sellout crowd for Saturday’s racing at the 38th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals in Phoenix. It's the second consecutive Saturday sellout of the young 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.

Darian Boesch scored a double win, in Top Dragster and Top Sportsman, as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series South Central Division was in action with the Texas Sportsman Challenge at Houston Raceway Park.

Alex Laughlin is less than 15 runs into his new career as a Funny Car driver, but he’s already run in the threes, qualified for a field, and, perhaps most importantly of all, he’s gotten a thumbs up from his team owner, notoriously tough grader Jim Dunn.

The 38th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals is said to be the last NHRA national event held at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, and Bo Butner and his wife, Randi Lyn Butner, are planning to make the most of it — whether or not it pans out to be the last hurrah in Phoenix. 

The final day of qualifying for the NHRA Arizona Nationals will not only set the fields for Sunday’s final eliminations but also will be highlighted by the inaugural running of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge during the day’s two qualifying sessions.

Blake Alexander and Cristian Cuadra, who have yet to secure a No. 1 qualifying berth in their young careers, and veteran Doug Kalitta, a 51-time No. 1 qualifier, are the field leaders after the opening day at the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park

The National Dragster photographers were all over Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park on Friday of the NHRA Arizona Nationals capturing all of the on-track and off-track action.

Buddy Hull will be making his season debut in Top Fuel this weekend, carrying a new major sponsor in Methanol Moonshine, local sponsorship from Chompie’s restaurant and Camelback Ford, a new crew chief in veteran Mike Guger, and a ton of expectations and dreams.

A lot of racers and fans will be sorry to see Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park close, but Leah Pruett, who's won there twice in three final-round appearances, will surely be at the head of that list.

Mike Eames has been named the NHRA Division Director of the Northwest Division (Division 6), where he will oversee NHRA member tracks in Alaska, Alberta (Can.), British Columbia (Can.), Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.

The 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series has headed west for a three-race left-coast stand that begins this weekend with the final NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park outside of Phoenix.

The NHRA Arizona Nationals has a history of great moments, and the 1993 event, 30 years ago, was action-packed with fires, crashes, and big wins. Here's a look back at five memorable moments from that event.

After a win in the season-opening Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, Matt Hagan crew chief Dickie Venables feels good about all of the changes the team made over the winter that helped contribute to a strong start.

NHRA fans can watch the Division 4 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series from Houston Raceway Park for free starting Friday on NHRA.tv.

Round one of the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge will pit Troy Coughlin Jr. against Dallas Glenn and Mason McGaha against Greg Anderson as the semifinalists from the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals meet again during NHRA Arizona Nationals qualifying with cash and bonus points on the line. 

Who will win the final NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park? Tricky Tipster has evaluated the field and has tabbed Doug Kalitta, Matt Hagan, and Erica Enders as the favorites.

On this episode of the NHRA Insider, host Brian Lohnes, Tony Pedregon, and Kevin McKenna discuss the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationls and all that happened there and take a look forward to this weekend's NHRA Arizona Nationals.

Jim Dunn Racing and driver Alex Laughlin will celebrate the last NHRA national event at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park with a special-edition USD Parts Funny Car and limited-edition driver-signed hero card.

Mission Foods has signed three-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Angelle Sampey to serve as brand ambassador for the Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge, an exciting new race program for the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.

Nobody does muscle cars better than Dodge, and for the Hemi car’s swan song it has unleashed an 8.91-second Demon that Dodge is calling the “most powerful muscle car in the world.”

Coming into the NHRA Arizona Nationals hot off their NHRA Gatornationals Top Fuel runner-up, the Torrence Racing team is ready for the year ahead, which assistant crew chief Bobby Lagana Jr. predicts will be "The most competitive Top Fuel field that NHRA has ever seen."

Jeff Diehl Racing, a well-known and respected Funny Car team in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, has brought in driver Jim Campbell to kick off its first race of the season at the NHRA Arizona Nationals. 

Cuadra Boys Racing, a part of the Elite Motorsports race team, has announced Columbia Impex as a major associate sponsor for the rest of the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season. Columbia Impex is a supplier of genuine reptile and exotic leathers.

After a strong start to the season with a semifinal finish in Gainesville, Leah Pruett's Tony Stewart Racing/Dodge Power Brokers team heads to Phoenix this week. Crew chief Neal Strausbaugh talks about the team's testing work and plans for the NHRA Arizona Nationals.

Hear Wilkerson explain to Bruno Massel how the Maynard-Wilkerson team was created and the instruction Joe Maynard gave to him.