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On this episode of the NHRA Insider Podcast, Shawn Langdon and Manny Buginga join host Brian Lohnes to talk about two of the season's most memorable moments this far, and they both happened on the starting line. 

Fans who attend the upcoming Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway will have the opportunity to enjoy exhibition runs and a pit-area display featuring members of the popular Southeast Nostalgia Pro Stock Association.

The NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway marked the fourth race of 23 in the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, and it offered thrills like no other. Here are five big takeaways from the event.

The NHRA Four-Wide Nationals marked the first of two consecutive races in the four-across format, and Matt Hagan (Funny Car), Antron Brown (Top Fuel), and Dallas Glenn (Pro Stock) each claimed victory.

Motorsports hall of famer Tony Stewart added another victory to his amazing resumé, winning the Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in just his fourth national event start.

See Sunday action from the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas through the lens of our National Dragster photographers in this gallery.

News, notes, quotes, photos, and videos from final eliminations at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Updated throughout the day

The fields are set, and first-round quads have been determined for the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. Las Vegas has been alive with more horsepower than a mortal being knows how to process, and it's about to get real.

National Dragster photographers gathered an assortment of images on Saturday at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Final qualifying is complete at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, and for the first time in his Pro Stock career, Matt Hartford sits at the top of the pack. Brittany Force got the job done in Top Fuel, and Cruz Pedregon was the Funny Car No. 1 qualifier in Las Vegas.

Kevin Houghtaling, Brittany Boltz, and Ken Robinson led the winner's list as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Northeast Division was in action at Cecil County Dragway with the Northeast Shootout.

The season started on a high note for Troy Coughlin Jr. with a win at the season-opener, but the two races that followed left much to be desired. Coughlin, though, knows the tables will soon turn – and he's hoping it happens this weekend in Las Vegas. 

These NHRA Four-Wide Nationals mark Brittany Force’s 14th shot at the four-wide competition and the two-time world champ and defending event champ has a system worked out to help deal with the chaos that overtakes the starting-line staging procedure.

Qualifying for the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals continues on Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Thus far, Top Fuel's Brittany Force, Funny Car racer Cruz Pedregon, and Pro Stock points leader Dallas Glenn have all dialed the right numbers .

Brittany Force, Cruz Pedregon, and Dallas Glenn lead their respective fields after the opening day and first two qualifying sessions of the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

National Dragster photographers captured all of the action on and off track on Friday at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

For all of the NHRA Top Fuel records that Tony Schumacher holds, Top Fuel’s most decorated driver has never turned on the final win light in a four-wide race, a fact he hopes to change this weekend in Las Vegas, where he's won eight times in the two-wide format.

There have been plenty of good moments for Dallas Glenn at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but it’s also the one that got away last year at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, where a wiring issue on his car spelled the end of his chances to win, that continues to motivate him.

The NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series rounds out a three-race Southwest Swing with the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Speedway. The event is the fourth of the 2023 season and the first of two that will follow the unique format that sends four ground-pounding race cars down the dragstrip at once.

NHRA fans can watch the Division 1 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event from Cecil County Dragway for free starting Friday on NHRA.tv.

This week, Tricky Tipster accompanies the Camping World NHRA Series to Las Vegas where we're going four wide racing for the first time this season. The odds makers currently favor Steve Torrence, Matt Hagan, and Erica Enders in Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock, respectively.

After his first career round-win in Funny Car at the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals, Alex Laughlin is excited to add another class to his four-wide racing résumé in the Jim Dunn Racing Funny Car.

Ford Performance has unveiled the continued evolution of its electric-powered motorsports efforts with the Mustang Super Cobra Jet 1800, an aggressive revision to the NHRA world record-holding Mustang Cobra Jet 1400.

NHRA has announced the addition of Qlispé Raceway Park in Spokane, Wash., to the NHRA Member Track Network. After making several improvements, the facility returns to the NHRA Member Track Network with the intent to bring sanctioned NHRA events to the track.

Recent NHRA Arizona Nationals Pro Stock winner Camrie Caruso is also making noise with new sponsors, including the addition of Big Jeff Audio, which will be the primary sponsor on her Camaro for the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in Charlotte.

Fineline Graphics, a Denver-based premier print and design company, has been named the preferred signage and graphics company of NHRA as part of a new multiyear partnership.

Alexis DeJoria has enjoyed success at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the annual NHRA spring race but has never captured a win in the four-wide setting that will be part of this weekend’s NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.

Off to a solid start to open her 2023 season in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, Top Fuel star Leah Pruett is ready to take the next step this year at this weekend’s NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

On this episode of the NHRA Insider Brian Lohnes, Tony Pedregon, and Kevin McKenna talk about the Four-Wide Nationals, a wild weekend in Pomona, and some of the deeper stories brewing behind the scenes in the world of NHRA Drag Racing. 

After a tough weekend in Pomona that claimed two chassis and two bodies, the Kalitta Motorsports team jumped into immediate action to front-half one of the chassis.