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John Hall, a two-time winner in the Pro Stock Motorcycle category, will rejoin Matt Smith Racing in 2021 beginning with the upcoming Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.

With an eye towards future expansion, NHRA set to host a panel discussion regarding electric vehicle racing program during the upcoming NHRA Gatornatioanls in Gainesville.

John Force Racing recently announced its return to competition in 2021 at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. NHRA’s John Kernan checked in with crew chiefs Jimmy Prock, Daniel Hood, and David Grubnic for the latest updates.

Final champions were crowned Sunday as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series raced to completion in the South Central Division with the Nitro on the Bayou event at No Problem Raceway Park.

Tickets for the 34th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil, scheduled for May 21-23 in the Houston suburb of Baytown, are now available.

NHRA Top Fuel star Leah Pruett is ready for the 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season to launch at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals and also looking forward to pursuing her other passion, wake surfing..

It's one thing to lose a race car to fire on the dragstrip and another to lose it in a trailer fire on the way to the track. John Lombardo Jr. recounts the "surreal and unpleasant night" in 1984 when legendary Funny Car owner Joe Pisano's rig burned to the ground in the California desert.

eCarMover will be backing two Pro Stock entries at the NHRA season-opening Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals as Pro Stock veteran Alan Prusiensky and rookie Mike Callahan will each be backed by the Florida-based company.

"Big Daddy" Don Garlits won a lot of races in his career, but his Gainesville wins are among his most treasured. In our latest Nitro Time Machine, Garlits crushes the field at the 1978 Gatornationals.

Three-time Funny Car champion Robert Hight joins NHRA's Brian Lohnes via Skype to discuss John Force Racing's long-awaited return to the sport, how he spent the downtime during the 2020 season, and his penchant for winning titles in odd-numbered years.

In the latest episode of our My First Race Car series, Stock and Super Comp world champion Austin Williams joined NHRA's Brian Lohnes to discuss his rise from the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League to his first runs in his mother's '69 Camaro, and his plans for the upcoming season.

The Kalitta Motorsports facility in Ypsilanti, Mich. is a busy place as Hall of Fame team owner Connie Kalitta, drivers Doug Kalitta, J.R. Todd, and Shawn Langdon and their crews prepare for the start of the 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.

Despite being battered by the winter storm that blasted the Lone Star State and their historic track, the staff at Texas Motorplex showed their resiliency and #TexasStrong giving spirit by handing out 500 cases of bottled water.

Nevada-based Aggretek Construction and Mining Equipment will sponsor fast-rising NHRA Funny Car racer Alex Miladinovich and the M12 Racing team at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals April 16-18 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

NHRA Funny Car driver Alexis DeJoria is ready to begin her quest for her first NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series world championship behind the wheel of her new-look black and white Toyota Camry Funny Car with familiar sponsor ROKiT as well as a new sponsor Bandero Premium Tequila.

The Top Fuel and Funny Car stars of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series are headed to south Florida the first week of March to begin testing prior to the NHRA season-opening Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals March 11-14 at Gainesville Raceway.

NHRA and Atco Dragway have announced a new date for the track's NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event. The Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event will be moved to Aug. 6-8. NHRA is currently discussing options regarding the track’s PCRichard.com National Open Series event.

In this episode of Shop Talk, NHRA's Brian Lohnes and Alan Reinhart were joined by MSD's Joe Pando to talk drag racing ignition systems from Sportsman racing all the way up to nitro-powered machines. 

NHRA National Dragster has compiled a calendar with all NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series and Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events, plus the JEGS SPORTSnationals, Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series events, NHRA Summit Jr. Drag Racing League Conference Finals, and more.

Melanie Troxel joined the short list of winners in both Top Fuel and Funny Car following her dramatic late-night final round win over Mike Neff at the 2008 Bristol event.

Greg Anderson is on the verge of becoming the sport's all-time leader in Pro Stock victories. In the latest edition of Nitro Time Machine, we travel back to the 2001 Bristol race to see where it all started.

Get to know these names, especially if you happen to be a fan of NHRA Sportsman racing, because many of the drivers featured here are going to carry the sport well into the future.

Brad Plourd has raced everything from a Jr. Dragster to a 230-mph supercharged Comp altered, and he's won in just about all of them, but his favorite remains his trusty '66 Chevy II.

Denny Savage was an old-school Funny Car driver, born in the class' earliest years in the mid-1960s, and enjoyed a career that lasted well into the 1980s while driving famed cars such as the Hawaiian, the Chi-Town Hustler, and more than a dozen others. This is his story.

Join J.R. Todd, Ron Capps, and Brian Lohnes for NHRA Nitro Time Machine LIVE! as they relive and comment on the historic 1992 Gatornationals.

Western Technical College will be the presenting sponsor of the NHRA Youth and Education Services (YES) Program, signing in a three-year agreement to back the popular education-based program.

On this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast, Pro Mod veteran Mike Janis and NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor Kevin McKenna join Brian Lohnes. 

Fan-favorite Scott Palmer sat out most of the 2020 season, but he's eager to return this season with new partners, a new car, and a renewed attitude focused on becoming NHRA's next first-time Pro winner. One thing that won't change is his popular pit area throttle whacks.