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The magic of Pomona

NHRA has been racing down the Pomona dsragstrip since the early 1950s and will once again kick off its season next week with the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals. Here's a look back at some memorable images over the past 70 years.
11 Feb 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
Winternationals
Pomona. For NHRA racers and race fans around the world, the name means one of two things: either the exciting start to another season of NHRA racing or the dramatic conclusion of a year of racing. From 1961 through to today – skipping last year’s…
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PRO Spring Training: Drivers discuss testing plans, hopes for 2022 season

NHRA’s Joe Castello visited with a number of drivers during the opening day of the PRO Spring Training pre-season test in Phoenix, chatting with John and Brittany Force, Bob Tasca III, Clay Millican, and Justin Ashley.
10 Feb 2022
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pre-season test
  Former Top Fuel world champ Brittany Force talks about the excitement and process of getting back behind the wheel at the start o the season and her hopes for the 2022 world championship. Bob Tasca III says he’s looking to…
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PRO Testing: Thursday Photo Gallery

Talented photographer Gary Natase captured the action on the track Thursday at the PRO Nitro Spring Training event at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park.
10 Feb 2022
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Torrence, Hight, DeJoria, Tasca star on Day 1 of PRO Nitro Spring Training

The Top Fuel and Funny Car teams of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series wrapped up the opening day of pre-season testing at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. NHRA on FOX’s Brian Lohnes recaps the day’s action.
10 Feb 2022
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Summit Racing Equipment joins Stringer Performance, Clay Millican for 2022 season

Summit Racing Equipment will join Stringer Performance as a major sponsor partner for the entire 2022 NHRA Drag Racing season. Clay Millican will again pilot his Parts Plus Top Fuel dragster.
10 Feb 2022
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Summit Racing Equipment
Summit Racing Equipment will join Stringer Performance as a major sponsor partner for the entire 2022 NHRA Drag Racing season. Clay Millican will again pilot his Parts Plus Top Fuel dragster while campaigning the Summit brand in the NHRA Camping…
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NHRA to stream 30 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series divisional races for free

NHRA will stream 30 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series divisional races on either NHRA.tv or the NHRA YouTube page for free during the 2022 racing season beginning with this weekend's Division 2 event in Valdosta, Ga.
10 Feb 2022
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NHRA tv
NHRA will stream 30 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series divisional races on either NHRA.tv or the NHRA YouTube page for free during the 2022 racing season. All 22 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series events this year can also be viewed on NHRA.tv and…
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Pre-season testing, Day 1: How tweet it is

The PRO Nitro Spring Training test session is underway at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park outside of Phoenix. Follow along as the NHRA and the teams chronicle their efforts on social media through videos and photos.
10 Feb 2022
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Steve Torrence
Nothing like nitro in the morning 😍 @SteveTorrence •…
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Full fields in Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock promise fast start at Winternationals

The pits at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona will be packed for the 2022 season-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com with full fields in the Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock classes.
10 Feb 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Winternationals
The pits at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona will be packed with NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series teams for the 2022 season-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com with full fields in the Top Fuel, Funny Car, and…
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Get ready for complimentary live Sportsman streaming from NHRA.tv

The NHRA.tv Sportsman livestream service that launches Friday from the Division 2 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event in Valdosta, Ga., will be complimentary all season to NHRA fans. Here's how to register to watch.
09 Feb 2022
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NHRA.tv
The  NHRA.tv Sportsman livestream service will provide complimentary access to select NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events all season to NHRA fans, courtesy of a partnership with NHRA National Dragster magazine. If you don’t…
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New team owner Antron Brown makes final preparations for 2022 season

Heading into his first season as a driver/team owner, Antron Brown is ready to get started. Here, he joins NHRA's Brian Lohnes to discuss his new dual role in the sport.
09 Feb 2022
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J.R. Todd raves about potential of new Toyota GR Supra Funny Car body

This offseason marked the first time J.R. Todd has been involved with bringing an entirely new body to a nitro class. Rest assured, the former Funny Car champ has enjoyed every bit of it, giving him an added dose of excitement heading into the 2022 NHRA season.
09 Feb 2022
Josh Hachat
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Toyota GR Supra
This offseason marked the first time J.R. Todd has been involved with bringing an entirely new body to a nitro class. Rest assured, the former Funny Car champ has enjoyed every bit of it, giving him an added dose of excitement heading into the 2022…
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Jim Dunn Racing welcomes new beverage, snack sponsors to start 2022 season

Jim Dunn Racing will introduce two new sponsors to the NHRA at the season-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals with the addition of Deville Beverages and Our Savorite Fine Foods as associate sponsors of the team.
09 Feb 2022
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Jim Dunn Racing
Jim Dunn Racing will introduce two new sponsors to the NHRA at the season-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com with the addition of Deville Beverages and Our Savorite Fine Foods as associate sponsors of the team…
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Nitro crew chiefs set game plans ahead of 2022 preseason testing this week

Teams from the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series are headed to Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park outside of Phoenix this week for preseason testing ahead of the year-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals. Here's a look at what some crew chiefs are planning.
09 Feb 2022
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Bo Butner discusses his long-awaited return to the Pro Stock class

After taking some time off, Bo Butner is energized and ready for his return full-time duty in Pro Stock. In this exclusive Skype interview with NHRA's Brian Lohnes, Butner comes clean on his plans and expectations for the 2020 season.
08 Feb 2022
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WFO Podcast: Joe Castello, Alan Reinhart preview Phoneix PRO test session

NHRA announcers Alan Reinhart and Joe Castello preview 2022 PRO Nitro Spring Training at Wild Horse Motorsports Park. 
08 Feb 2022
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WFO
NHRA announcers Alan Reinhart and Joe Castello preview 2022 PRO Nitro Spring Training at Wild Horse Motorsports Park.  The PRO preseason test session scheduled for Feb.10-12 is the final test session prior to the Lucas Oil NHRA…
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Doug Gordon will fly Beta colors for his final two years in family's Alcohol Funny Car

Beta Motorcycles has extended its sponsorship of Doug Gordon Racing through the 2022 and 2023 NHRA seasons. Gordon’s daughter Maddi is scheduled to take over the driver’s seat starting in 2024, so this new sponsorship extension will finish Doug’s days behind the wheel. 
08 Feb 2022
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Doug Gordon
Beta Motorcycles has extended its sponsorship of Doug Gordon Racing through the 2022 and 2023 NHRA seasons.  “This is great news for our Gordon family racing team,” said Doug Gordon, the 2020 NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car champion. “Beta has…
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NHRA Insider podcast: In With The Old

Returning Top Fuel standouts Tony Schumacher and Austin Prock join host Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast to talk about the 2022 season, how their teams will attack preseason testing, and what it means to have a full season in front of them. 
08 Feb 2022
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NHRA Insider podcast
NHRA Insider podcast
  Tony Schumacher and Austin Prock join host Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast. The two returning Top Fuel standouts have a lot to say about the 2022 season to be, the way that their teams will attack preseason…
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Auto Club Raceway at Pomona shined up and ready for 2022 season launch

"A new major championship meet arrived on the scene in 1961 when the NHRA Winternationals were held in Pomona, Calif. ... the Winternationals officially opened the new competition calendar." — Wally Parks
08 Feb 2022
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Auto Club Raceway at Pomona
Pomona. It's the emotional epicenter of all drag racing. For more than 60 years, the Winternationals that runs here in February has been the launch of the drag racing season. It's where drag racing innovations debut, where nitromethane burns…
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Sampey, Krawiec will ride Vance & Hines Suzukis with Andrew Hines as crew chief

Angelle Sampey and Eddie Krawiec will ride Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycles with Vance & Hines four-valve Suzuki motors in the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series with six-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Andrew Hines serving as crew chief.
08 Feb 2022
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Vance & Hines
Vance & Hines has announced details of its 2022 campaign to earn the NHRA Camping World Pro Stock Motorcycle championship, with a trio of former NHRA champions leading the charge. Andrew Hines will step up to the role of full-time crew chief for…
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Forrest Lucas inducted into Missouri Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2022

Forrest Lucas, founder of Lucas Oil Products Inc., and namesake of Lucas Oil Speedway and Lucas Oil Stadium, has been inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. 
08 Feb 2022
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Forrest Lucas
Forrest Lucas, founder of Lucas Oil Products Inc., the world leader and distributor of high-performance automotive additives and lubricants, and namesake of Lucas Oil Speedway and Lucas Oil Stadium, has been inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of…
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Funny Car champ Ron Capps set to begin first season as driver and team owner

Having recently added team owner to his job title, reigning Camping World NHRA Funny Car champions Ron Capps joined NHRA's Brian Lohnes to discuss his preparation for the 2022 season.
07 Feb 2022
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Summit Racing Equipment continues title sponsorship of NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League

Summit Racing Equipment has renewed its title sponsorship of the NHRA Summit Racing Jr. Drag Racing League. As part of a 30th-anniversary celebration, a series of exciting eight-car shootouts will be held at seven different NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series national events.
07 Feb 2022
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Summit Racing Equipment
Summit Racing Equipment has renewed its title sponsorship of the NHRA Summit Racing Jr. Drag Racing League, a popular racing league for kids ages 5-17, as part of a multiyear extension. The NHRA Summit Racing Jr. Drag Racing League is set to…
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Kalitta Motorsports extends and expands DHL sponsorship in 2022 season

Kalitta Motorsports and DHL have signed a multiyear extension to the NHRA partnership of one of the longest-running and most successful motorsport marketing programs. J.R. Todd will drive the DHL Toyota Funny Car, and Shawn Langdon will be behind the wheel of the DHL Top Fuel dragster.
07 Feb 2022
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DHL
Kalitta Motorsports and DHL have signed a multiyear extension to the NHRA partnership of one of the longest-running and most successful motorsport marketing programs. The upcoming season will be the 15th year the two globally successful companies…
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Tickets on sale for Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway

NHRA and Pep Boys Auto Service & Tires have announced that Pep Boys, one of the nation’s leading automotive service networks has been named the title sponsor of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series event on Sept. 15-18 at Maple Grove Raceway.
07 Feb 2022
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Pep Boys NHRA Nationals
NHRA and Pep Boys Auto Service & Tires have announced that Pep Boys, one of the nation’s leading automotive service networks has been named the title sponsor of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series event on Sept. 15-18 at Maple Grove…
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Mike Salinas and the Scrappers team prepared for tough Top Fuel battle

The battle for the 2022 Camping World NHRA Top Fuel title will be intense and Mike Salinas and his Scrappers team figure to be in the thick of it as they welcome new crew chief Rob Flynn.
04 Feb 2022
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Constant Aviation to continue as title sponsor of NHRA Factory Stock Showdown

Constant Aviation, an industry leader in aircraft and engine maintenance, will continue as the title sponsor of the NHRA Factory Stock Showdown class for the 2022 season.
04 Feb 2022
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NHRA Factory Stock Showdown
Constant Aviation will continue as the title sponsor of the NHRA Factory Stock Showdown class for the 2022 season. Constant Aviation, an industry leader in aircraft and engine maintenance, became title sponsor of the Factory Stock Showdown category…
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Nitro Time Machine: Robert Hight celebrates his first victory in Houston

Robert Hight has won three world championships and more than 50 races in a nitro Funny Car and it all began in 2005 with his first victory at Houston Raceway Park as we'll see in this episode of Nitro Time Machine.
04 Feb 2022
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Nitro Time Machine: Explosive action from the 1999 Winternationals

In the latest edition of Nitro Time Machine: We go back to the 1999 Winternationals where Mike Dunn kicked off the new season with an explosive Top Fuel victory.
04 Feb 2022
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Nitro Time Machine
Nitro Time Machine
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By The Numbers: Pro Stock readies for 900th event 'birthday' in Pomona

Pro Stock made its debut at the 1970 Winternationals and will celebrate its 900th competition event at this year’s Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com. Here's a look at some statistics from the first 899 events.
04 Feb 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
Pro Stock
The popular Pro Stock class made its debut on Jan. 30, 1970 at the season-opening Winternationals and will celebrate its 900th competition event at this year’s NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals…
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Tommy Johnson Jr. runs a "convenience store" of parts, supplies for nitro teams

Tommy Johnson Jr. might not have a full-time Funny Car ride right now, but the nitro-racing veteran still remains a key player through a parts business that supplies needed consumables to the top race teams in the sport.
03 Feb 2022
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