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NHRA, Brainerd International Raceway, and Lucas Oil Products teamed up to announce the renewal of Lucas Oil as the title sponsor of the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals, held Aug. 18-22.

Longtime nitro Funny Car driver and crew member Jack Wyatt shares the interesting story of his first race car, a Chevy-powered 1949 Anglia that he debuted at age 14.

Christopher Dodd, the 2020 NHRA Lucas Oil Series Super Comp champion, joined NHRA's Brian Lohnes to discuss the effort that went into winning his first title, and how he plans to defend it this season.

In the latest installment of NHRA Shop Talk, hosts Brian Lohnes and Alan Reinhart sparked a discussion with Rob Fisher of E3 Spark Plugs to talk about spark plugs.

Kalitta Motorsports has extended its marketing partnership with SealMaster. SealMaster has been a major player in the NHRA at a variety of levels, and Kalitta Motorsports has enjoyed a direct, longstanding partnership with the company since 2014. 

No matter your class of racing, winning comes from hard work, a little “racer luck,” and meticulous preparation. This story is about preparing to win.

On this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast, Tony Pedregon and Josh Hart join host Brian Lohnes for two entertaining chats. 

After winning the 2020 Camping World NHRA Funny Car title, Matt Hagan and his crew chief Dickie Venables don't expect to make major changes as they prepare for their title defense.

If resiliency alone won world championships, Shawn Cowie probably would have run out of fingers for championship rings by now. The Top Alcohol Dragster racer finished in second place for the fourth straight time last season, but 2021 might be his year. 

Three-time Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion Angelle Sampey will return to her Suzuki roots in 2021 with a new Vance & Hines four-valve entry backed by Mission Foods.

Joey Gladstone and JR Gray join Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast. Both men have backgrounds in drag racing's grudge scene and have worked their way to the worlds of NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle and E3 Spark Plugs Pro Modified, respectively. 

Richard Freeman, Lincoln Morehead, and Blake Hickman led the list of champions as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series kicked off its 2021 season at Orlando Speed World Dragway with the Southeast Division Winter Warm-up.

After a successful rookie season that included a final-round appearance at the season-ending Dodge NHRA Finals in Las Vegas, Kyle Koretsky will carry the colors of Lucas Oil Products on his KB Racing Camaro.

NHRA.tv is providing complimentary livestream coverage of the season-opening Division 2 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series from Orlando Speed World Dragway, Feb. 5-6, the first of many such events to be streamed this season. Racing continues Saturday at 9 a.m. Eastern.

Innovation has always been a hallmark of drag racing. New ideas – sometimes brilliant, sometimes harebrained – surfaced every weekend at tracks across the country. Some worked, some didn’t, but it even some that didn’t work still advanced the sport.

Newly crowned Lucas Oil Stock world champ Jody Lang joined NHRA's Brian Lohnes to discuss his memorable 2020 season, his feared Malibu wagon, and his pending title defense.

The landscape of the Pro Stock Motorcycle class figures to change dramatically this season with the arrival of new four-valve Suzuki engine technology. NEW VIDEO ADDED!

Born into a family that bleeds Ford blue, it's no surprise that Bob Tasca III's first race car was a Ford Mustang.

NHRA’s biggest and longest drag race returns to Lucas Oil Raceway Park at Indianapolis for the 68th annual NHRA U.S. Nationals. Fans can purchase tickets now for this ever-thrilling event.

Pro Stock clutch specialist and successful NHRA Sportsman racer Dallas Glenn will fulfill a lifelong dream when he debuts in Pro Stock at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals with the help of RAD Torque Systems and Silver State Plumbing,

The February 4-6 "Winter Warm-Up" kicks off the NHRA Lucas Oil Divisional Series Contingency program.

In the latest edition of our Nitro Time Machine, we go back a decade to the 2011 Charlotte event, where Matt Hagan recorded the sport's first three-second Funny Car run.

DiPinto International Logistics has become the primary sponsor of Jim Dunn Racing’s NHRA Funny Car. The team will begin its season at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals March 12-14 with returning driver Jim Campbell at the wheel.

Two-time world champion Anthony Bertozzi wins a lot of races, but what he enjoys most is helping his friends win.

Pro Stock Motorcycle racer David Barron has become the owner of his own Pro Stock Motorcycle team in preparation for the 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.

Top Fuel driver Doug Kalitta and Tony Merritt, VP Marketing/Sponsorship, Stanley Black and Decker Inc., join NHRA's Brian Lohnes to discuss the recent contract extension that will have Kalitta in a Mac Tools dragster for the 2021 season.

Scotty Pollacheck got his long-overdue first Pro Stock Motorcycle victory last season and will now return for a shot at the championship with the backing of Denso and Strutmasters.com

Funny Car pilot Blake Alexander has worked his way through the drag racing ranks to compete in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, and it all started in NHRA’s Summit Racing Jr. Drag Racing League program.

The new NHRA.tv Sportsman livestream service that launches Friday from the Division 2 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event in Orlando, Fla., will be complimentary all season to NHRA fans. Here's how to register to watch.

Ron Capps rode out a harrowing, body-shredding blower explosion at Texas Motorplex in 2002 that left Capps stunned and the body of Don Prudhomme’s Skoal Camaro in tatters.