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Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals Comp champ Craig Bourgeois
Craig Bourgeois already had four wins on his scorecard before the Houston race but the Division 4 veteran tacked on another title to seal the deal for his second title. Driving his unique front engine A/Nostalgia Dragster, Bourgeois finished the…
Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals Top Alcohol Funny Car champ Brian Hough
Brian Hough won the Top Alcohol Funny Car final round when Chris Marshall red-lighted in the final round but the real drama came in the semifinals where the world championship was clinched in Doug Gordon’s favor. Gordon, the incoming point…
Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals Top Alcohol Dragster champ Shawn Cowie
Shawn Cowie scored his 20th career win and second this season in Top Alcohol Dragster title when he defeated Julie Nataas in the final, 5.207 to 5.259. Cowie, who kicked off the season with a win in Pomona and also scored at the Regional event…
Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals Sportsman highlights
Shawn Cowie claimed the Top Alcohol Dragster title and Brian Hough won in Top Alcohol Funny Car to lead the list of Lucas Oil Series champs at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil
Shawn Cowie claimed the Top Alcohol Dragster title and Brian Hough won in Top Alcohol Funny Car to lead the list of Lucas Oil Series champs at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil. Cowie and Hough were joined in the…
Vance & Hines wraps up successful relationship with Harley-Davidson, moves resources to new racing development center
With the announcement that Harley-Davidson has chosen not to field factory racing teams in American Flat Track (AFT) or NHRA drag racing in 2021, Vance & Hines will redeploy its racing development team towards creating high performance products for a variety of vehicles, brands and race series in both two and four-wheel segments.
With the announcement that Harley-Davidson has chosen not to field factory racing teams in American Flat Track (AFT) or NHRA drag racing in 2021, Vance & Hines will redeploy its racing development team towards creating high performance…
NHRA announces complete 2021 Camping World national event class schedule
NHRA officials have announced details of its 23-event 70th anniversary season focusing on Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying days, as well as schedules for specialty series that compete at national events.
NHRA officials announced the details of the 2021 Camping World Drag Racing Series 23-event season, revealing national event pro category qualifying days and specialty series schedules. Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series categories will be contested at all…
Full slate of Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series action to play out at 23 national events
NHRA officials have announced details of its 23-event 70th anniversary season which includes a full slate of Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series action. The Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series will be contested at all 23 events on each event day.
NHRA officials have announced details of its 23-event 70th anniversary season which includes a full slate of Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series action. The Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series will be contested at all 23 events on each event day.
Outside of…
Video highlights: Matt Smith, 2020 Camping World NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champ
Matt Smith had the dominant bike during much of the 2020 season and was rewarded with his fourth Camping World NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle championship.
Top 10 NHRA Sportsman drag racing moments from the 2020 season
For all the challenges of 2020, NHRA’s sportsman racers were blessed to compete in 14 national events (including three JEGS SPORTSnationals races) and 41 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series divisional and regional events. Those events produced so many highlights that it was nearly impossible to pick out a list of even 10that stood out from the rest. Regardless, we've chosen a few memorable moments that won't soon be forgotten.
For all the challenges of 2020, NHRA’s sportsman racers were blessed to compete in 14 national events (including three JEGS SPORTSnationals races) and 41 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series divisional and regional events. Those events produced so many…
Video highlights: Steve Torrence, 2020 Camping World NHRA Top Fuel champion
With a dominant performance that included three wins and seven final rounds in just 10 races, Steve Torrence won his third consecutive Camping World NHRA Top Fuel world championship.
Super Stock icon: Inside the winningest car in NHRA [and Chevrolet] history!
The 1969 Chevy Z/28 Camaro that has given Dan Fletcher much of his success is not just the winningest car in NHRA history, it's also the winningest Chevrolet in all of motorsports.
Dan Fletcher is one of only three people in the history of drag racing to attain more than 100 NHRA wins, putting him ahead of many of the sport’s legends and in an exclusive club with John Force and Frank Manzo. He’s also the only person that’s…
Hear what might be “The Greek’s” final top-end interview
NHRA on FOX's Amanda Busick spoke with an emotional Chris “The Greek” Karamesines at the 2020 Dodge NHRA Finals presented by Pennzoil for what might be his final interview after getting out of a Top Fuel dragster.
Amanda Busick The emotions at the top end are already high, and through tears Chris said 'It's been 63 years of fun.' What has drag racing meant to your life?
Chris Karamesines It's been my life. Not…
Nitro Time Machine: 1969 Springnationals
Dallas International Motor Speedway was a showcase track in the late 1960s and early 1970s and played host to numerous NHRA events, including the 1969 NHRA Springnationals, the subject of today's Nitro Time Machine trip back into history.
Rising star Aaron Stanfield recaps his incredible 2020 season
The 2020 season was a challenge for many, but Aaron Stanfield will long remember it for all the right reasons. In addition to his first Pro Stock win, Stanfield also dominated the SAMTech.edu Factory Stock Showdown. Stanfield joined NHRA's Brian Lohnes to discuss his breakout campaign.
Ed "The Outlaw" Jones Stagecoach wheelstander put on a show at the NHRA Finals
Ed "The Outlaw" Jones Stagecoach wheelstander has been a West Coast dragstrip icon for decades. He put on a show at the 2020 Dodge NHRA Finals Presented by Pennzoil at The Strip in Las Vegas.
NHRA on FOX's Brian Lohnes announces from the 2020 Dodge NHRA Finals presented by Pennzoil.
Brian Lohnes: It is Ed "The Outlaw" Jones coming out on the race track right now. The Jelly Belly Stagecoach…
Shields, Bellemeur, Lambeck lead winners at 2020 Lucas Series season finale
Duane Shields, Sean Bellemeur, and Doug Lambeck led the list of final 2020 season winners at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Pacific Division event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
Duane Shields, Boulder City, Nev., broke def.…
Matt and Angie Smith discuss successes of their incredible 2020 seasons
It was an amazing season for Matt Smith Racing. Matt Smith won the Camping World Drag Racing Series Pro Stock Motorcycle championship and wife Angie and teammate Scotty Pollacheck each won races and joined the Denso 200-mph Club. The Smiths joined NHRA's Brian Lohnes via Skype to talk about their 2020 season.
Jay Turner wins Top Fuel Harley season finale in Las Vegas
Jay Turner became just the second multi-event winner this season in the Mickey Thompson Tires Top Fuel Harley Series, repeating his final-round conquest of Rickey House from the Phoenix event earlier in the season. Turner rode around House’s…
Erica Enders, Antron Brown join Brian Lohnes for NHRA Insider podcast show
Newly minted four-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders and Las Vegas Top Fuel winner Antron Brown join Brian Lohnes on the NHRA Insider Podcast.
Newly minted four-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders and Las Vegas Top Fuel winner Antron Brown join Brian Lohnes on the NHRA Insider Podcast.
These are two awesome conversations with NHRA competitors who battled…
NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series to celebrate 20th year with action-packed 2021 schedule
The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, where NHRA's top Sportsman competitors battle one another for national, regional, and divisional championships, will celebrate its 20th year during the 2021 race season as it competes at premier racing facilities across the country.
The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, where NHRA's top Sportsman competitors battle one another for national, regional, and divisional championships, will celebrate its 20th year during the 2021 race season as it competes at premier racing…
Jody Lang and Anthony Bertozzi clinch NHRA Lucas Oil Sportsman titles
Thursday night in Las Vegas during the final rounds of the weather-delayed JEGS SPORTSnationals, Jody Lang officially clinched the world championship in Stock Eliminator and Anthony Bertozzi locked up the title in Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers.
Thursday night in Las Vegas during the final rounds of the weather-delayed JEGS SPORTSnationals, Jody Lang officially clinched the world championship in Stock Eliminator and Anthony Bertozzi locked up the title in Top Dragster presented by Vortech…
Relive one of the biggest Funny Car blasts in history: Mark Oswald in Dallas in 1990
Long before Mark Oswald was a crew chief on Antron Brown's Top Fueler, he was a successful Top Fuel and Funny Car driver for the Candies & Hughes team but as you'll see this is this clip, tings didn't always go right for Oswald and team.
Nitro Time Machine: Tony Christian takes Pro Stock honors at 1988 Brainerd race
In this episode of the Nitro Time Machine, we travel back to the 1988 NorthStar Nationals in Brainerd, where Tony Christian won his second of three career Pro Stock Wallys.
In this episode of the Nitro Time Machine, we travel back to the 1988 NorthStar Nationals in Brainerd, where Tony Christian won his second of three career Pro Stock Wallys.
Behind Don Schumacher Racing's 11-race sweep of 2020 NHRA Funny Car racing
Don Schumacher Racing DSR Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car drivers swept the 2020 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series’ 11-race season, going undefeated and extending DSR’s Funny Car win streak to a record 14 consecutive victories.
Don Schumacher Racing DSR Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car drivers swept the 2020 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series’ 11-race season, going undefeated and extending DSR’s Funny Car win streak to a record 14 consecutive victories
Each…
NHRA Expertise: The mechanical advantage leveraged in Pro Stock clutch tuning
NHRA on FOX's Bruno Massel (and a part-time Pro Stock racer himself) was in the pits at the 2020 Dodge NHRA Finals presented by Pennzoil with Elite Motorsports Rickie Jones talking Pro Stock car clutch setup.
Bruno Massel In the world of Pro Stock, often the margin of victory comes down to thousands of a second. So a lot of pressure goes onto the driver and how fast they're able to react. But Crew Chief Rickie Jones came up with,…
Tales from the Strip: What it's like racing teammates for a Funny Car Championship
Tony Pedregon reflects on what it was like for Tommy Johnson Jr. to have to race his teammates at the 2020 Dodge NHRA Finals presented by Pennzoil for a Funny Car Championship
NHRA Expertise: The valvetrain secrets of a nitro-burning Hemi
The Hemi engines drag racers know and love get their name from the hemispherical (half of a sphere) combustion chamber that positions their valves 180 degrees from one another. Those monstrous valves are held in place by titanium retainers and steel keepers.
From the NHRA Rulebook
For Nitro Funny Car engines:
Only one cylinder-head design is acceptable: Intake valve angle of 35 degrees, + or - 1 degree Intake…
By the numbers: The difference between first and second place is in the stats
Steve Torrence, Matt Hagan, Erica Enders, and Matt Smith won the inaugural NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series championships on the final day of the season, but, for the most part, it was the work they did all season long that put them in that position.
Steve Torrence, Matt Hagan, Erica Enders, and Matt Smith won the inaugural NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series championships on the final day of the season as the Dodge NHRA FInals in Las Vegas, but, for the most part, it was the work they did all…
The Last Debate: Robert Hight vs. Joey Logano—Drags or Checkered Flags?
Tune in live at 9 a.m. Pacific time as NHRA's Robert Hight and NASCAR's Joey Logano stump for your vote: Drags or Checkered Flags? Who gets your vote?
Jackson earns second straight NHRA Pro Mod world championship in Las Vegas
With a clutch run in the second round on Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Stevie “Fast” Jackson claimed his second straight world championship in the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service.
With a clutch run in the second round on Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Stevie “Fast” Jackson claimed his second straight world championship in the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service.…