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On this crew chief edition of the NHRA Insider Podcast, host Brian Lohnes is joined by Dallas-winning Top Fuel crew chief Neal Strausbaugh and Dallas Pro Stock-winning crew chief Mark Ingersoll for two revealing discussions. 

Chuck Hawk Jr., Sean Brewster, A.J. Crader, Michael O'Neil, and Craig Merrilees scored wins at the 2023 NHRA Summit Racing Series Pacific Division Summit Showdown to earn the right to compete in the National Championship.

Billy Boyko, Mike Larose, Denny Renninger, Mike Konopacki, and Danny Hoff were winners at the 2023 NHRA Summit Racing Series Northeast Division Finals to earn berths in the National Championship in Las Vegas.

From an attention-grabbing Jr. Dragster debut and an early career in NHRA Sportsman racing, it’s been a long road to the top for Erica Enders, whose Pro Stock victory at the Texas NHRA FallNationals made her the winningest female racer in all of motorsports.

The Texas NHRA FallNationals, race four of six in the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship, pulled into famed Texas Motorplex with a tankful of hopes and excitement and pulled out four days with a lot more questions than answers. But here’s five things we know.

For the third time in 2023 Lenny Lottig took the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown title, winning the 38th annual NHRA Texas Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex.

Wittenberg, Cottrell, and Ramay dominated the 2023 Wally Parks Nostalgia Nationals in Bakersfield, Calif.

Pro Stock winner Erica Enders became the winningest female driver in motorsports history, Tony Stewart Racing scored a nitro double in Top Fuel and Funny Car with Leah Pruett and Matt Hagan, and Gaige Herrera continued to dominate in Pro Stock Motorcycle all at the Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex.

Chase Williams, an NHRA Division 4 Comp racer from Carthage, Texas, secured the championship in the 2023 Rooftec NHRA Competition Eliminator Bonus Fund Series. The championship provided him with a $100,000 winner's purse. 

Julie Nataas clinched her first NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Top Alcohol Dragster world championship at the Texas NHRA FallNationals. It’s the fourth championship in five years for Randy Meyer Racing.

The National Dragster photographers were all over Texas Motorplc on Sunday of the Texas NHRA FallNationals, capturing all of the action on and off the track.

News, notes, quotes, and photos from final eliminations at the Texas NHRA FallNationals.

Records, both national and track fell by the wayside in front of a near-capacity crowd on Saturday at the 38th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals. Sunday’s final rounds promise to deliver more excitement and drama as Camping World NHRA series racer continue their pursuit of victories at the historic Texas Motorplex

With his second-round win at the Texas NHRA FallNationals, Doug Gordon became the first Lucas Oil Series driver to clinch a 2023 world championship, winning his third in the Top Alcohol Funny Car class in his retirement season.

There were almost too many eye-opening runs to count during another fast day during the Texas NHRA FallNationals but few could hold a candle to the 6.627 by Vance & Hines Suzuki rider Gaige Herrera but fellow low qualifiers Steve Torrence, Bob Tasca III, and Greg Anderson still had plenty to crow about.

In the 38-year history of the JEGS Allstars competition, the Division 7 team hasn’t had many reasons to celebrate, but this year was different as the squad from the Pacific Division dropped the hammer on the competition to claim their second overall team title, and first since 2012.

Funny Car fan-favorite Jeff “the Surfer” Diehl will debut new sponsor Cerveza de Baja at this weekend’s Texas NHRA FallNationals at the Texas Motorplex.

The National Dragster photographers were all over Texas Motorplc on Saturday of the Texas NHRA FallNationals, capturing all of the action on and off the track.

Friday’s collision between Dale Creasy Jr. and Dave Richards in the first Funny Car qualifying session not only sidelined both teams for the event but put an early end to their seasons, but both of the privateer teams plan to rebuild and return next year.

The NHRA Insider podcast going LIVE from the pits at the Texas NHRA FallNationals with three big guests at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis. Brian Lohnes and Tony Pedregon will play host and co-host on a beautiful Saturday. The show starts at 10:45 p.m. Central.

Texas drag racing fans will get a lot of bang for their buck on Saturday at the Texas NHRA FallNationals with two full qualifying rounds that will set the fields for the critical event, which is the third of six in the Countdown to the championship. Follow along with our Saturday preview.

Steve Torrence, Bob Tasca III, Deric Kramer, and Gaige Herrera earned the provisional low qualifier spots and a lot of bonus cash during an action-packed day of professional qualifying at the NHRA Texas FallNationals.

During the first round of qualifying of the Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex, Dale Creasy Jr.’s Funny Car crossed the centerline and made contact with Dave Richards’ vehicle, resulting in Richards hitting the wall. Both drivers exited their cars under their own power.

The National Dragster photographers were all over Texas Motorplc on Friday of the Texas NHRA FallNationals, capturing all of the action on and off the track.

Leading the points in the Countdown to the Championship for the first time in his career, Funny Car standout Bob Tasca III and his team don’t plan on changing an approach that sent them into the lead with three races remaining in the season.

They've been together a decade, but Pro Stock racer Matt Hartford and crew chief Eddie Guarnaccia have never before seen a year like this. After a stumble in St. Louis, the challenge for the last three races of the Countdown to the Championship will be steep — but they've proven they have the car and experience to climb their way back to the top.

The 2023 Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown season begins to wind down with the Texas NHRA FallNationals, the second to last event on the schedule, with the championship on the line.

Doug Kalitta and his Mobil 1 Toyota team are feeling good about the progress they made in the first half of the playoffs but completely understand much more work lies between themselves and their ultimate goal.

With three races remaining to determine the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Professional champs, it’s put up or shut up time as the series heads to the historic Texas Motorplex for this weekend’s Texas NHRA FallNationals.