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For Rusty Hall, winning the Stock final at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals wasn’t all that difficult. Although he trailed Bobby Brannon off the starting line, Hall decided to hit the brakes, then watched his win light shine after Brannon…

Racers and fans attending this weekend’s NHRA’s California Hot Rod Reunion can take part in a free COPD screening event, thanks to the Right2Breate Project. Joe Morrison, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of…

The California hot rod culture will be on full display at the tradition-rich California Hot Rod Reunion presented by Automobile Club of Southern California at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif., Oct. 21-23.   The three-day event…

Ever wonder what an NHRA drag race looks like from the chief starter’s point of view? NHRA fans and race teams can enjoy a new level of immersion and interaction with their favorite sport as NHRA experiments with 360-degree video from the…

NHRA cameras were rolling as 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force, along with teammates Brittany and Courtney Force and Robert Hight, answered phones and talked with fans who ordered tickets for the Auto Club NHRA Finals Fans who called in…

The high rollers of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series know what’s at stake at the 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Oct. 27-30. As the second-to-last race of the 2016 season, the opportunity to…

Following a thrilling and memorable AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals in Dallas, the field of contenders remaining in the Countdown to the Championship has been trimmed to just a handful in most cases, but that doesn’t mean that anything has been…

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The second half of the 2016 Countdown to the Championship kicked off this weekend at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals, and when the dust settled at the end of today’s eliminations, one title contender continued to pull away from the pack, and…

After three action-packed events to open the Countdown to the Championship playoffs, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series headed to Texas for the fourth of six events that will determine this year’s world champions. The exciting action…

Drivers in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series classes got their final shots at qualifying and fine-tuning race-day setups for eliminations during today’s final two qualifying sessions, and though there were some improvements and shuffling…

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The AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals kicks off the second half of the 2016 Countdown to the Championship, and with just three races remaining to determine the world champions in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, there is a greater sense of…

Kalitta Motorsports has announced the expansion to a third Top Fuel dragster team to be driven by Troy Coughlin, Jr., beginning in the 2017 season. This announcement aligns two of the legendary names in the sport, Kalitta and Coughlin, for the…

Starting the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship with a first-round loss is usually not an ideal recipe to winning a world championship. It’s the exact scenario Pro Stock Motorcycle standout Eddie Krawiec was…

The 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship enters the second half with the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals at venerable Texas Motorplex, home of so much history since its creation in 1986. Three decades later, the all-concrete supertrack…

With the Top 20 Funny Cars list whittled down to just three – “Jungle Jim” Liberman’s '73 Vega, Dale Pulde’s '77 War Eagle Trans Am, and John Force’s '96 Castrol Firebird -- and the top two not to be announced for…

NHRA National Dragster photographer Marc Gewertz stopped by the Wally Parks NHRA Studio to share with NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom the staff’s favorite images from the Dodge NHRA Nationals.

For more than five decades, NHRA National Dragster's famed Tricky Tipster has tested his prognosticating skills prior to each national event, putting odds on the top eight racers he thinks have the best shot at victory in Tricky Tipster.…

Craig Porter also earned his first national event Wally with his victory in Super Gas in his second final. Porter, runner-up in his ’93 Mustang last year in Gainesville, went the distance this time by outmaneuvering final-round opponent Ed…

Super Comp victor Amanda Boicesco was one of only two first-time national event winners among the Reading Sportsman champs, but winning is no stranger to her family: Her father, Iggie, is an eight-time national event champ who won in Reading in…

Just three weeks after collecting his 49th victory in Super Stock at the NHRA Carolina Nationals in Charlotte, Peter Biondo snagged career win No. 50 in Stock in Reading. Racing in his 75th final, “the Terminator” drove his B/SA ’…

Michael Iacono, who scored his first victory at the 2004 Reading race, quickly recovered from his loss to Peter Biondo in the Stock final to corral his sixth win with a victory minutes later in the Super Stock final in his familiar pink GT/DA…

Andy Bohl, who last year scored a huge win at the U.S. Nationals, collected career win No. 3 in Reading with his Howard’s Cams/Competition Products Camaro when he defeated Sean Bellemeur in the final on a holeshot, 5.57 to 5.51, after a…

Jackie Fricke scored her first win in Top Alcohol Dragster by driving John Finke’s A/Fuel Dragster to a final-round victory over former national champ Chris Demke. No. 2 qualifier Fricke, whose husband, Shawn, is a national-event-winning…

Former Comp national champ Al Ackerman, who hadn’t won a national event since his dominating, three-win championship campaign in 2010, wheeled his F/Dragster to his fifth win with a final-round defeat of Joe Carnasciale, (-.65) 7.88 to (-.61…

Due to persistent rain that limited time-trial and qualifying efforts, the majority of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series portion of the Dodge NHRA Nationals was completed Monday at Maple Grove Raceway, where the sun shone most brightly on seven…

As the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season roars to its conclusion, NHRA has been asking on social media for fans to share their favorite moments of the season to date. NHRA’s Amanda Busick checks out the submissions from…

Five years ago, Chris McGaha recorded his first Pro Stock round win at the Texas Motorplex, the site of this weekend’s 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals at the Texas Motorplex. As big as that…