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On this post-Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals episode of the NHRA Insider Podcast, Andrew Hines and Rob Flynn, two winning crew chiefs from the event, join host Brian Lohnes to talk about their experiences and how they achieved victory. 

In addition to the Camping World Drag Racing Series action taking place at Gainesville Raceway, nine champions were also crowned in Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competition at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, led by Matt Gill, who won the event for the second straight year in Top Alcohol Funny Car.

The 2023 Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals will long be remembered as one of NHRA’s most successful and most memorable events. Naturally, the season opener also provided a lot of valuable lessons but somehow, we’ve narrowed that down to five points that we learned last weekend at Gainesville Raceway.

Joe Welch and his Joe Welch Racing Dodge Drag Pak picked up the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown victory at the season-opening Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, taking down Chevrolet COPO Camaros and Ford Mustang Cobra Jets along the way. 

Justin Bond opened the 2023 season in the FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by Type A Motorsports win on Sunday at Gainesville Raceway, knocking off J.R. Gray in the final round at the 54th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.

Gaige Herrera scored his first career win in Pro Stock Motorcycle and was joined in the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals winner's circle by Mike Salinas, Matt Hagan, and Troy Coughlin Jr. as the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season kicked off at Gainesville Raceway.

The National Dragster photographers were all over Gainesville Raceway on Sunday of the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, capturing all of the on-track and off-track action.

News, notes, quotes, photos, and videos from final eliminations at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway. Updated throughout the day.

It isn’t an exaggeration to say that Saturday’s crowd at the 54th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals was one of the largest ever to see a drag race in person and the stars of the Camping World NHRA Drag Racing Series responded with a phenomenal show.

Local hero Josh Hart, who won his first career NHRA national event title at Gainesville Raceway, added another highlight to his career with his victory in the 2nd annual Pep Boys All-Star Top Fuel Callout, held Saturday during the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.

In support of NHRA, Half Scale and Antron Brown to establish this new class, Toyota and TRD, U.S.A. (Toyota Racing Development) engineers developed the GR Supra Jr. Roadster as the first of its kind for the NHRA Summit Racing Jr. Drag Racing League.

NHRA officials at Gainesville Raceway announced a sellout for Saturday’s racing at the 54th Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.

The National Dragster photographers were all over Gainesville Raceway on Saturday of the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, capturing all of the on-track and off-track action.

Media Day, an annual first-race tradition for drivers to get their new publicity photos and headshots, is supposed to be serious business, but there's still plenty of time for camera-mugging, gymnastics, and other hijinks.

It’s early in the season – with just testing and one day of Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals qualifying behind us — but if there’s an unexpected MVP so far this season, it’s definitely Bob Tasca III.

Top Alcohol Funny Car racer John Headley won his opening round race against Bob McCosh Jr., but things when wrong at the finish line when his car crossed the centerline and made contact with the retaining wall. Headley walked away from the incident.

Greg Anderson and the rest of the KB Titan Pro Stock team quickly adjust to a hectic off-season as they look to shift the balance of power in the Pro Stock class.

Before a rain shower interrupted Friday’s action, the 54th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals was off to a rousing start with a packed house at Gainesville Raceway and plenty of memorable runs by NHRA Camping World Series pros as the 2023 season got underway.

Day one low qualifiers for the 54th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway include Brittany Force, Bob Tasca III, Erica Enders, and Steve Johnson.

Justin Ashley Racing has announced a partnership with National Debt Relief, the country’s largest debt relief company. The partnership will begin with the season opening Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, March 9-12, at Gainesville Raceway and continue throughout the first three races of the 2023 NHRA season.

The National Dragster photographers were all over Gainesville Raceway on Friday of the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, capturing all of the on-track and off-track action.

The gauntlets were laid down for Saturday’s Pep Boys All-Star Top Fuel Callout as the top drivers in the class made their first-round callouts for the $80,000-to-win special event, held during qualifying at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway.

Erica Enders is poised to become the winningest female driver in NHRA history, while Brittany Force will almost assuredly become the sport's leading female winner in Top Fuel.

It was a historic season in many respects for Ron Capps last year, as the veteran Funny Car standout won his second straight world championship in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Season and gives Capps plenty of momentum going into 2023.

For just the second time, the Camping World NHRA Drag Racing Series, kicks off a season at historic Gainesville Raceway with the 54th running of the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. The first of 21 national events this season, the Gainesville event is also one of the most historic and most prestigious races in the sport.

With plenty of momentum from a number of major announcements in the off-season, the FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by Type A Motorsports is set to open the 2023 season as part of the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.

Kicking off the new season, Tricky Tipster, NHRA's resident odds-maker, has elected to go with reigning NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series champs Brittany Force, Ron Capps, Erica Enders, and Matt Smith as his pre-race favorites for the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.

Reigning Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown champion David Barton will return to Gainesville Raceway to begin his title defense at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.

In advance of the 54th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, NHRA and Top Fuel team owner and driver Josh Hart hosted a massive car show and FanFest at Burnyzz Speed Shop in Ocala, Fla.