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NHRA's Brian Lohnes and Alan Reinhart were joined by Roger Conley to talk turbochargers: How they work and what's on the cutting edge of turbo tech.

The Elite Motorsports team has announced plans to field three full-season entries in the 2021 NHRA E3 Spark Plugs Pro Mod Series with drivers Alex Laughlin, Rickie Smith, and Lyle Barnett.

NHRA officials announced the 2021 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event contested at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park scheduled for May 14-16 has been moved to Oct. 14-17 and will expand to a double event.  

Donnie Bender, crew chief on Paul Lee's Global Electronic Technologies Funny Car, explains how the blower lubrication system saves teams parts and money.

A brilliant pilot at the wheel of any racecar, we get insight on Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s origin story as he celebrates decades of success in Pro Stock.

Part of KB Racing’s horsepower machine, Jason Line reflects on his Pro Stock career as he works on his next chapter in drag racing

After a year's delay due to COVID, Top Alcohol Dragster pilot Josh Hart will compete in NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Top Fuel competition beginning with the 2021 season opener at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, March 11-14.

Brian Lohnes and Alan Reinhart talk nitrous oxide! This power adder has helped warplanes make extra speed in the skies and it has long helped drag racers fly down the strip. How does it work, why does it work, and what’s the future for this venerable gas that Pro Mod and Top Sportsman love so much?

Not many people (well, only one, actually) can say they caused Top Fuel legend Don Garlits to not qualify at the U.S. Nationals, upset Kenny Bernstein in the last race of his "Forever Red" retirement tour, and was the first Japanese national in an NHRA Top Fuel final. That guy was Yuichi Oyama.

NHRA National Dragster's Year in Review issue, highlighting 2020's champions and all of the struggles and triumphs of the season, is now online and still free for all to read. The issue also contains a salute to "the Greek," retiring Top Fuel driver Chris Karamesines, the Year in Photos, and much more.

Chuck Yeager’s name is synonymous with speed, and he and Wally Parks both shared stories of record runs from Muroc Dry Lake.

NHRA fans have helped select the top 20 moments of the 2020 season through voting in the second week of December. We're unveiling them here, in reverse order, beginning Dec. 12

2020 U.S. Nationals Top Fuel winner and DHL Kalitta Air Top Fuel dragster driver Shawn Langdon took some time recently to look back at his unique season and also look ahead to the 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.

There were a lot of thrills for Steve Torrence en route to winning the Top Fuel championship, but high on that list was his victory at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in a replica of “Big Daddy” Don Garlits’ Swamp Rat 14 dragster with Garlits himself in attendance rooting him on ... sometimes too close for comfort.

Two drivers from opposite Pro Stock camps (Driving vs. Horsepower Prowess) match-up closer than you might think.

Cruz Pedregon has already made news this off season with a complete overhaul of his Snap-on Tools crew. The two-time Funny Car champion recently revealed more details about the season's most talked-about move in an exclusive Skype interview with NHRA's Brian Lohnes.

Justin Ashley's first season in Top Fuel included a win in Indianapolis and the NHRA rookie of the year award. Now, he's gearing up for the 2021 season with heightened expectations.

NHRA officials have announced the schedule of qualifying regional and divisional events for the 2021 JEGS Allstars event which pits the top points earners from NHRA’s four geographic regions and seven geographic divisions in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series against each other.

Leah Pruett joins host Brian Lohnes for an in-depth interview about the 2020 season which was both successful and tumultuous for the driver of the Mopar Top Fuel dragster. There's also a cool musical look back over the incredible final rounds of 2020 in the Pro Stock Motorcycle category!

In 2020, Bryan Worner joined his twin brother, Bryon, was an NHRA Lucas Oil Series Super Stock World Champion. Worner recently joined NHRA's Brian Lohnes via Skype to discuss his historic season.

After two-year hiatus, Alexis DeJoria returned to the tour in 2020 behind the wheel of the ROKiT Toyota Camry Funny Car. After an eventful season DeJoria took some time to look back at her successes as well as look ahead to the 2021 NHRA season.

Megan Meyer won her second-straight Lucas Oil Series Top Alcohol Dragster championship in 2020 and then announced her retirement from active competition. She joined NHRA's Brian Lohnes via Skype for an exclusive NHRA.com interview.

Challenged on Twitter to pick a random NHRA driver, fans responded with a wide-ranging and impressive list of their favorites. Now you get your chance, too.

In our latest Nitro Time Machine, go back to Houston in 2000 where Bob Gilbertson scored one for the underdogs when he drove to the Funny Car title over Jerry Toliver.

Former Super Stock champ Anthony Bertozzi won the 2020 championship in Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers and he joined NHRA's Brian Lohnes via Skype to recap his historic season.

Randal Andras dominated the competition in the Mickey Thompson Tires Top Fuel Harley Series in 2020, winning six of the eight events en route to winning Jay Turner Racing's fourth straight championship, but only after he got his mojo back.

Robert Hight and NHRA Championship Drag Racing earned the votes in AAA’s Decision 2020: Drags or Checkered Flags to retain bragging rights as best racing series. Hight, who also won the contest in 2016, faced off with fellow AAA-sponsored NASCAR driver Joey Logano. 

Short of winning the Powerball lottery, there isn’t much else Aaron Stanfield could have done to make his 2020 season any more successful. Despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, Stanfield persevered to put together one of the greatest seasons for any NHRA driver.

Fueled by fans and out to punish the competition, Steve Jackson's second championship in the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service was brutal for everyone — including "Stevie Fast."

NHRA officials announced new dates for the 2021 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events contested at Cecil County Dragway and Rockingham Dragway.