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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.
11 Nov 2020
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Lucas Oil
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…
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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.
11 Nov 2020
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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.
11 Nov 2020
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
News
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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…
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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.
10 Nov 2020
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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.
10 Nov 2020
David Kennedy
Feature
1969 z28 Camaro Super Stock Icon Inside the winningest car in NHRA Chevrolet history Dan Fletcher A
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…
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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.
10 Nov 2020
David Kennedy
Feature
Hear what might be “The Greek’s” final top-end interview
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…
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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.
09 Nov 2020
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Nitro Time Machine
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    Read more: The all-too-short life of Dallas Int'l Motor Speedway
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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.
09 Nov 2020
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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.
08 Nov 2020
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Ed "The Outlaw" Jones Stagecoach wheelstander put on a show at the Dodge NHRA Finals
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…
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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.
07 Nov 2020
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Division 7
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.…
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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.
06 Nov 2020
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Jay Turner wins Top Fuel Harley season finale in Las Vegas

06 Nov 2020
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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…
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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. 
06 Nov 2020
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  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…
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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.
06 Nov 2020
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Lucas Oil
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…
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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.
06 Nov 2020
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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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…
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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.
05 Nov 2020
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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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.
04 Nov 2020
Posted by NHRA.com staff
Nitro Time Machine
Nitro Time Machine
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.
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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.
03 Nov 2020
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Don Schumacher 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  Each…
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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.
03 Nov 2020
David Kennedy
Racing Technology
The mechanical advantage leveraged in Pro Stock clutch tuning
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,…
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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
03 Nov 2020
David Kennedy
Race coverage
Tales from the Strip: What it's like racing teammates for a Funny Car Championship
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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.
03 Nov 2020
Posted by NHRA.com staff
News, Racing Technology
NHRA Expertise: The valvetrain secrets of a nitro-burning Hemi
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…
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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.
03 Nov 2020
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Feature
Behind the numbers
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…
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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?
02 Nov 2020
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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.
01 Nov 2020
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Steve Jackson
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.…
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Let the champagne flow: Pit-area champ celebrations put a capper on season

In lieu of a traditional Awards Ceremony that was not possible this year, NHRA provided the 2020 Camping World NHRA world champion teams with celebratory champagne, championship masks, t-shirts, and all of the makings for a lockerroom-style celebration.
01 Nov 2020
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Aaron Stanfield wins fifth straight race in SAMTech.edu Factory Stock Showdown

01 Nov 2020
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
Race coverage
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There were six events this season in the SAMTech.edu Factory Stock Showdown and Aaron Stanfield won five of them. A week after wrapping up the championship and winning his first Pro Stock event in Houston, the third-generation racer remained red hot…
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Erica Enders caps off fourth championship with 29th career Pro Stock victory

Capping off what was easily one of the best days of her long and successful career, Erica Enders won her fourth Camping World NHRA Pro Stock championship and then returned a few hours later to win her 29th Pro Stock event.
01 Nov 2020
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
Race coverage
enders
Capping off what was easily one of the best days of her long and successful career, Erica Enders won her fourth Camping World NHRA Pro Stock championship and then returned a few hours later to win her 29th Pro Stock event. Enders ran her record to a…
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Antron Brown breaks long dry spell with Top Fuel win at 2020 season finale

Antron Brown, the three-time world champ who had been winless since the Seattle event in the summer of 2018, collected the Top Fuel win at the Dodge NHRA Finals presented by Pennzoil, upsetting freshly recrowned three-time world champ Steve Torrence in the final round.
01 Nov 2020
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Antron Brown
Antron Brown will enjoy the offseason as much as anyone after breaking a long dry spell with his first Top Fuel victory in more than a year and a half. Brown won the season-ending Dodge NHRA Finals presented by Pennzoil by upsetting his good friends…
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Smith family runs the table in Las Vegas as Matt takes championship and Angie wins second Pro Stock Motorcycle race

Hours after watching her husband, Matt, win his fourth Pro Stock Motorcycle world championship, Angie Smith picked up a Wally of her own when she won the final round of the Dodge NHRA Finals presented by Pennzoil.
01 Nov 2020
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
Race coverage
angie
Hours after watching her husband, Matt, win his fourth Pro Stock Motorcycle world championship, Angie Smith picked up a Wally of her own when she won the final round of the Dodge NHRA Finals presented by Pennzoil. Smith outran Steve Johnson’s Suzuki…
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Matt Hagan seals championship season with third Funny Car win of the season

Matt Hagan wrapped up a perfect day at the Dodge NHRA Finals presented by Pennzoil at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, clinching the championship in the semifinals and then winning the event, his third of the season, beating teammate Ron Capps in the final.
01 Nov 2020
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
Race coverage
Matt Hagan
Matt Hagan wrapped up a perfect day at the Dodge NHRA Finals presented by Pennzoil at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, clinching the championship in the semifinals and then winning the event, his third of the season, beating teammate Ron Capps…
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