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It’s been more than two decades since the loud rumble of mountain motors have shook the grounds at Thunder Valley but they'll be back this weekend at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals as Bristol is the third stop of a four-race NHRA Mountain Motor Pro Stock exhibition series. 

NHRA Pro Stock racer Matt Hartford, who for years has served as the face of Total Seal Piston Rings as its vice president and most visible employee, just completed the purchase of the 52-year-old company and assumed the titles of president and CEO -- none of which will affect his racing plans.

A stretch of four straight race weekends during June can be a tall order for the drivers in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. For Ron Capps, though, it’s not hard for him to get excited, especially when he knows one of those dates includes a trip to Bristol Dragway.

After Kyle Fickler celebrated the end of a long winless drought in Topeka, he generously reached out to help an old friend.

Steve Torrence, Robert Hight, and Pro Mod’s Steve Jackson have been dominant this season which helps explain why they are Tricky Tipster’s Bristol favorites.

With her legendary father, 16-time Funny Car world champ John Force, joining her in Thunder Valley, Brittany Force is planning something special for this weekend’s Father’s Day Weekend 19th annual NHRA Thunder Nationals.

Nothing says Father’s Day weekend quite like 11,000-horsepower in picturesque Thunder Valley, and that’s exactly what the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series will provide at the 19th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway on June 14-16.

The national education and advocacy campaign Your Car. Your Data. Your Choice. will be a major sponsor of the Clay Millican-driven Top Fuel dragster for the upcoming NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, Tenn., June 14–16.

Billy Torrence is making things very uncomfortable for the Top Fuel class

NHRA's Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick count down their top five highlights from the 2019 Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties.

E3 Spark Plugs recently extended its partnership with NHRA as the Official Spark Plug and Official Ignition Products of NHRA. 

Incoming points leader Steve Jackson drove his Bahrain1 Camaro to a second win of the season to extend his lead in the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Series.

Stephen Bell prevails over teammate Arthur Kohn in an COPO Camaro final round in the SAM Tech.edu NHRA Factory Stock Showdown in Topeka.

Shawn Cowie and Sean Bellemeur scored respective wins in the Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car classes to lead the list of Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series champions at the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties.​​​​​​​

Steve Torrence defeats his father, Billy, to earn fifth-straight Top Fuel title while Robert Hight claims career win No. 49 in Funny Car to tie Don "the Snake" Prudhomme.

Steve Torrence wins fifth-straight Top Fuel title in Topeka after historic father-son final.

Robert Hight wins fourth event of 2019; ties Don "the Snake" Prudhomme with 49th career victory.

It will be JFR vs. DSR in the Funny Car final when points leader Robert Hight takes on Jack Beckman in the Topeka Funny Car final.

The Topeka Top Fuel final will feature a pair of Capco Contractors dragsters as Billy Torrence is set to face his son, Steve.

Photo highlights from the final day of the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties

Wide open battle in Funny Car after four winners in the second round of eliminations in Topeka each ran between 3.92 and 3.95-seconds.

Steve Torrence runs his win streak to 17 rounds; Austin Prock heads to semifinals for the first time.

Pro Mod racers Jeremy Ray, Steven Whiteley, and Todd Tutterow were involved in on-track incidents during the first round of the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties.

Low E.T. of the race changed hands four times during an action packed first round of Funny Car eliminations.

Brittany Force throws down a 3.690 to set low E.T. of the event and Doug Kalitta goes 3.737 as Top Fuel class shows huge performance improvement in round one.

There have been six different Funny Car winners in the first nine races of the season and Jack Beckman wants to be seventh.

Yes, things are moving in the right direction for Cruz Pedregon

Scott Palmer and his Magic Dry Top Fuel team have been the talk of the pits in Topeka with their special edition paint scheme honoring the local Evel Knievel Museum.

The tenth event of 24 on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series tour concludes with the race day at the Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties in Topeka.

Chip Ippolito, James Antonette, and Allison Doll led the list of champs as Numidia Dragway played host to the second event of Division 1's 2019 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series schedule.