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Warren Johnson joined NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom via Skype in the Wally Parks NHRA Studio delivered by Papa John’s to discuss the recent rules change for 2018 in Pro Stock. 

Lucas Oil Products has renewed its longstanding sponsor partnership with NHRA. This multi-year agreement includes Lucas Oil’s recent decision to sign on as the title sponsor for the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series opener, the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com. 

NHRA National Dragster’s final issue of 2017, featuring  our Year in Review and more, is online now for NHRA members, and it’s in the mail to homes and shops around the world.

Fans can get tickets for the lightning-quick Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties in Topeka, Kansas.

Top professional drag racers, drag racing fans, and friends joined to help further the outstanding programs at Riley Hospital for Children and Riley Children’s Foundation during DSR’s eighth annual “This is How We Roll for Riley Kids” bowling event.

FOX Sports and the National Hot Rod Association have released the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series television schedule, highlighted by live FOX broadcast network coverage of the Western Swing and the iconic U.S. Nationals from Indianapolis on Labor Day. 

Watch the 10 tightest final rounds in the Mello Yello professional classes from the 2017 NHRA Drag Racing season.

Fans can now purchase tickets for the second race of the NHRA Drag Racing season, the NHRA Arizona Nationals. The duel in the desert is set for Feb. 23-25 at Wild Horse Motorsports Park just outside Phoenix.

Scott Palmer will make another full-season push under the CatSpot Litter colors in 2018, while Dom Lagana will race 6-10 times in the Nitro Ninja dragster with the same sponsor.

Richie Crampton will pilot the Kalitta Air Top Fuel Dragster after filling in during the back half of the 2017 campaign.

E3 Spark Plugs has renewed its sponsorship agreement with NHRA, which includes their latest decision to sponsor NHRA’s Pro Mod series. As part of this multi-year agreement, E3 Spark Plugs is designated as the “Official Ignition Products of NHRA.”

Division 6 racer Chris Cannon missed out on the 2017 Lucas Oil Super Gas championship by just three points, but he’s not the least bit disappointed

Newly-crowned NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Top Fuel champion Brittany Force joined hosts Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick live via Skype in the Wally Parks NHRA Studio presented by Papa John’s to talk about her first championship and to answer fan questions.

In 2000, a panel of experts picked the Top 50 racers of NHRA's first 50 years. Considering that many of today's stars had not yet even begun, or were just beginning, their careers at the time, who would be added to a Top 50 list today?

NHRA All Access is the perfect holiday gift for the drag racing fan on your list, offering live and on-demand video access to all 24 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events in 2018, plus coverage of NHRA’s two Hot Rod Reunion events and hours and hours of historical video. Act now and lock in at the 2017 price!

Antron Brown joined Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick via Skype to talk about the recent changes at Don Schumacher Racing and to put a bow on his 2017 campaign.

In a history-making decision made at the request of the teams, NHRA will allow Pro Stock racers to run any currently approved engine combination in any currently approved body, regardless of the manufacturer, during the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season.

2017 Mello Yello Top Fuel champion Brittany Force will be live on NHRA.com and on NHRA's Facebook page Tuesday. Head over to the NHRA Facebook page to submit a question, and then tune in at 3 p.m. Eastern to see our interview with Force. 

Throughout 2017, NHRA All Access subscribers will get bonus content with the airing of vintage NHRA national events as part of the new Flashback Friday feature. This week: the 1962 U.S. Nationals.

Can't remember which car Don Prudhomme drove in 1978? Which years Bob Glidden actually (gasp!) drove a Chevy? Who was the crew chief on Tony Schumacher's dragster in 1999? One site makes it easy to answer all of your drag racing history questions.

Steve Torrence’s team has unfinished business to attend to next season. The crash in Dallas derailed the team’s drive for the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel championship this year. John Kernan visited the shop where the team is already preparing for another run at the title.

Eight-time NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel champion Tony Schumacher took part in a live interview Thursday on NHRA.com and on NHRA's Facebook page, joining hosts Lewis Bloom and Amanda Busick via Skype in the Wally Parks NHRA Studio presented by Papa John's to talk about recent team developments and to take questions from fans.

The final day of the 2017 Operation Appreciation tour concluded with a visit to the USS Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault ship that is the Expeditionary Strike Group’s main battle platform.

Just a month after clinching his third Pro Mod world championship, Troy Coughlin Sr. has announced his retirement from racing in the series. 

Ed Eaton, one of NHRA’s original division directors, died Nov. 27. Eaton was one of NHRA founder Wally Parks’ hand-picked regional supervisors in 1959, assigned to the Northeast region.

Mike Neff is back at Don Schumacher Racing, Brian Corradi has left the Matco Tools team, and Eric Lane has his first crew chief gig. Silly Season is officially upon us.

Eric Lane, who served as the assistant crew chief to Rahn Tobler for Ron Capps, will be the crew chief for Bob Tasca in 2018.

Don Schumacher Racing announced Mike Neff will tune the U.S. Army dragster piloted by Tony Schumacher in 2018 among other changes to its crew chief lineup.