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Justin Bond picked up his first win in the FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon during the 2022 season, capping off a memorable weekend as part of the Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor at Heartland Motorsports Park.

The Topeka heat meant this weekend's race wasn't the record-breaking event it’s been in the past, but the competition was some of the best we've seen all year

Tasca, Coughlin, and Gladstone unleash a get-wins-quick scheme on the competition, while Brown scores his first win as team owner at the 2022 Menards NHRA Nationals Presented By PetArmor.

News, notes, quotes, photos, and videos from final eliminations at the Menards NHRA Nationals Presented By PetArmor at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka. Updated throughout the day.

The weekend's heat only made the competition more intense at Heartland Motorsports Park.

During Saturday’s qualifying from the 2022 Menards NHRA Nationals Presented By PetArmor, where air temperatures were likened to the surface of the sun, man and machine coped with the heat in preparation for race day.

Saturday's clear skies and toasty temperatures meant great qualifying runs but few changes in the order. Our photographers took advantage of the great Topeka light to snap these shots just for you. Enjoy.

Pro Stock Motorcycle will make its first appearance at Heartland Motorsports Park since 1997 for this weekend’s Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor, and the class' most recent winner Joey Gladstone is ready to keep the momentum going.

Over the last two and a half decades, Angelle Sampey has gone from beating Matt Hines at the 1997 Menards NHRA Nationals Presented By PetArmor to becoming the winningest woman in all of motorsports—and racing under the Vance & Hines banner.

Prepare for the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series to bring the heat to Topeka today for day two of qualifying at Heartland Motorsports Park.

Heartland Motorsports Park's House of Speed is a vast complex with race cars and action in every corner. NHRA National Dragster's photographers capture all of it and share some of the highlights with you here.

Topeka's House of Speed hosted all four NHRA Pro Classes for the first time in 25 years and Salinas, Tasca, Anderson, and Gladstone took the No. 1 qualifying spots in their respective classes on a hot afternoon at the Menards NHRA Nationals Presented By PetArmors at Heartland Motorsports Park.

Here are Tricky Tipster’s selections for this week's Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor, and it’s no surprise that leaders Brittany Force, Robert Hight, and Erica Enders are favored in each class, with second-ranked Joey Gladstone getting the nod in Pro Stock Motorcycle.

The NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series returns to Heartland Motorsports Park's House of Speed for Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Pro Stock Motorcycle, Pro Mod, and Lucas Oil sportsman drag racing.

Hot off of his win two weeks ago in Seattle, eight-time Top Fuel world champ Tony Schumacher is excited for his first appearance in Topeka since the 2018 campaign, having erased some early-season struggles for a team that appears to be coming together at the right time.

With 11 of 19 Pro Stock races in the books for the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season, one driver has emerged as the odds-on favorite to win the championship, but Kyle Koretsky wouldn't consider that a wise wager.

Top Fuel driver and team owner Buddy Hull will return to the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series this weekend during the Menards NHRA Nationals presented by Pet Armor at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka.

NHRA on FOX analyst Tony Pedregon and NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor Kevin McKenna join host Brian Lohnes to talk about the upcoming Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor in Topeka, Kan., and how teams will either sink or swim in the projected searing heat of the weekend. 

A lengthy break in the schedule in the FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon might have been just what Lyle Barnett needed after back-to-back first-round losses dropped him from second to fourth in the points standings.

Heading into the Countdown to the Championship, Eddie Krawiec is well positioned to win his 50th event and his fifth NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series championship. Krawiec provides an update in our latest NHRA Skype interview with host Brian Lohnes.

After some early-season struggles, the new Tony Stewart Racing Top Fuel team and driver Leah Pruett connected for their first win at the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA Mile-High Nationals in Denver. Here, crew chief Neal Strausbaugh discusses the team's steady progress through the first half of the season.

More history was made at the 1995 Topeka event as John Force and Cruz Pedregon hooked up to provide the fans with the first side-by-side 300-mph runs in Funny Car.

Even the rain that forced the postponement of the final rounds couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the many racers, fans, and event workers that celebrated the return of drag racing to Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill., last weekend.

Dave Mohn, an NHRA fixture of the Division 1 region for more than 25 years, will retire from his position with NHRA this October to spend more time with family and the family business.

Three-time NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Comp eliminator world champion Frank Aragona Jr. battled cancer to be able to return to battle on the quarter-mile and scored his 40th Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series victory this past weekend.

Doug Kalitta will campaign a KalittaAir.com/careers-themed Top Fuel dragster during this weekend’s Heartland NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor at Heartland Motorsports Park.

Swanson Motorsports has announced that Fuel, a design agency from Hiawatha, Iowa, has assumed the role of primary sponsor for driver Afton Swanson and her NHRA Top Dragster race car for the remainder of the 2022 racing season.

A win and two runner-ups over the last four races has Bob Tasca III’s team confident that they’ve turned the corner on their season, just in time for the Countdown to the Championship.

The Stampede of Speed, a 10-day festival of music, drag racing, and amazing fan experiences in advance of the NHRA Texas FallNationals, will return in 2022 to the historic Texas Motorplex.

zMAX Dragway officials have announced that Betway, a global betting and gaming brand, has signed on as the entitlement sponsor for the Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals, Sept. 23-25.