NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

NHRA officials have announced the addition of Lead Foot City, a unique, all-purpose facility in Brooksville, Fla., to the NHRA Member Track Network as part of the NHRA’s Southeast Division.

Famoso Dragstrip will transition to new leadership in 2025, as Tim Huddleston will take over the daily operation of the facility from longtime operator Blake Bowser, who will continue to lead the charge for the March Meet and the California Hot Rod Reunion.

NHRA has partnered with Neonetics to provide colorful neon signs and clocks for NHRA fans to proudly display in their home or business.

The Chevrolet Monza of the mid-1970s remains one of the immortal early Funny Car body designs in drag racing history with a rich legacy of performance and famous owners, including Don Prudhomme, “Jungle Jim” Liberman, Roland Leong, and some guy named John Force. 

The 2024 racing season may be over, but there's still plenty of NHRA Drag Racing to enjoy during the holiday season with repeats from NHRA on FOX national event coverage as well as several "best of" programs throughout the month.

A month after securing his fourth NHRA world championship, Antron Brown and his AB Motorsports team continued speeding towards success as Brown and primary partner Matco Tools have announced an extension of their relationship, which spans more than 20 years.

Mike Coughlin, entering his 40th season as a licensed NHRA racer, will compete in the Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage Mountain Motor Pro Stock class in 2025 as a member of Elite Motorsports.

With a new lease on life after a proposed closing in 2023, the operators of Firebird Motorsports Park have gone full speed ahead with improvements at the famed Phoenix-area racetrack, including a repaving of the dragstrip in anticipation of the 2025 NHRA Arizona Nationals, March 21-23.

Cody Lane and his father Jeff have won tons of divisional championships and finally put it all together this year for Cody to win the Comp world championship.

Missing the first two races in a 10-race season generally isn’t the road map to an NHRA Pro Mod championship, but apparently, no one ever explained that to Jordan Lazic. 

Five-time Super Stock world champion Greg Stanfield etched his name in the pages of history once more, winning the championship in the inaugural season of Holley EFI Factory X.

On this episode of the NHRA Insider powered by Speedmaster, host Brian Lohnes is joined by Spencer Hyde and Jack Beckman and also breaks down an incredible week of news announcements made by teams and racers during the annual PRI Show. 

Blake Alexander and Chad Green unveiled their ambitious plans to expand to a two-car Funny Car team at the 2024 PRI Show.

In a move set to put his Snap-on Makers and Fixers Dodge Hellcat team on a focused, stable path to the NHRA Mission Foods Funny Car championship, Cruz Pedregon has announced the re-signing of crew chief Jason Bunker to a multiyear deal.

Jimmy Hidalgo Jr. won the Super Stock world championships this year and came within one point of also winning the Stock championship despite a score north of 700 points.

Joe Sorensen never even considered a world championship until this year. Midseason, it became apparent that he had a decent shot and played an exceptional game all the way to the final division race of the year.  

Colby Fuller started the year with his first divisional trophy, raked in his first Super Comp national event win a few months later, and went on to lock down his first NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series world championship

Longtime Southern California racer Val Torres Sr. found himself in the midst of an incredible battle as the 2024 season came to a close. Ultimately, Torres stood his ground on home turf against some of the best in the country to earn his first world championship in an emotion-tipped season closer. 

Cody Webber raced in Las Vegas three times in 2024 and was rewarded with two wins and a runner-up, and the valuable points he earned in those three events were key to his world championship drive in Right Trailers Top Dragster.  

The 2nd annual NHRA National Dragster All-Star Team was unveiled over the weekend at the Performance Racing Industry trade show in Indianapolis, with a live global audience watching the coronations on the NHRA stage.

The 2024 PRI Show in Indianapolis provided three days packed with major announcements of interest and importance to NHRA racers, fans, and sponsors, including new events, partnerships, and schedules.

NHRA Top Fuel championship contender Josh Hart announced during the 2024 PRI Show in Indianapolis that his R+L Carriers Top Fuel team will chase the championship with the official support of Snap-on Tools. 

Long recognized as one of the most historic tracks in NHRA history, fans have voted In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip as the 2024 Track of the Year.

With two additional events on the season, the NHRA has announced its 11-race schedule for the 2025 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, which will also include a Wally Parks Nostalgia Nationals event and the California Hot Rod Reunion.

The popular Legends Nitro Series will return in 2025 with a 10-race schedule spanning events in the six-race NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series and four NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series events, including the prestigious Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals.

NHRA on FOX's stage promises another action-packed lineup of drag racing stars, industry experts, and major announcements. Watch the livestream—Here!

Precision Built Race Cars, which has become one of the go-to places for Top Fuel and Funny Car chassis, was voted as Racecar Builder of the Year by the voters for the 2024 National Dragster All-Star team.

Pro Mod racer Spencer Hyde will fill the open seat at Jim Head Racing for the entire NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series in 2025. 

Aaron Stanfield didn’t win the 2024 Holley EFI NHRA Factory X championship, finishing second behind his father, Greg, but the three-time Factory Stock Showdown champ still earned a lot of respect from voters in the dual-category balloting between Factory X and Factory Stock Showdown drivers.

NHRA officials have announced that PJH Trackbite has been named the “Official Traction Compound of NHRA,” beginning during the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season as part of a long-term partnership.