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The West Coast may have been Ground Zero for the Funny Car population explosion of the late 1960s and early 1970s, but the East Coast also had its share of memorable early floppers. Here's a look back at some of those wild rides.

In less than a month, the hallowed grounds of Gainesville Raceway will come to life when the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series opens its 2023 season on March 9-12 at an action-packed Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.

The United States Air Force has been added to the team of partners for the NHRA Youth and Education Services (YES) Program for the upcoming 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.

They Walked Away 2022, a compilation of the wildest and most explosive moments from the 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, is available now to subscribers on the new NHRA.tv. Check out the teaser video to get your motor running.

On this episode of the NHRA Insider Podcast, host Brian Lohnes is joined by David Grubnic and Robert Hight, who talk about their teams' offseason moves and early testing results for 2023.

Coming off a Top 10 finish in 2022, D H Davies Racing (DHDR) and driver David H. Davies is expanding the racing program and continuing to focus on performance and race-day success in the Flexjet Factory Stock Showdown series.

A positive test session at Gainesville Raceway and approval from NHRA on their new Gen 3 Suzuki Hayabusa bodywork have the Vance & Hines team excited about the 2023 Pro Stock Motorcycle season.

Five-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders joined Joe Castello on WFO Radio to discuss her 2022 campaign. Enders talked about her 10-win 2022 season and looked ahead to NHRA's 2023 schedule, testing, and previewed the 2023 Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. 

Endeavor Streaming and the NHRA have announced today a multiyear partnership, leading with the upgrade of NHRA’s OTT platform NHRA.tv. The new service is available for sign-ups.

NHRA has announced a new multiyear partnership with Scag Power Equipment, with the industry leader in commercial and residential riding, stand-ons, and walk-behind lawn mowers set to become the Official Outdoor Power Equipment Provider of NHRA.

Motorsports legend Tony Stewart will compete full time in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series for McPhillips Racing. Joining Stewart in his quest for victory will be longtime partner Mobil 1.

Veterans Todd Okuhara and Aaron Brooks have been named co-crew chiefs for Bob Tasca III’s Nitro Funny Car. Both have a wealth of NHRA crew chief experience – 31 years between the two of them.

The Top Fuel field at the 1989 Keystone Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway was loaded with talent but as we see in this edition of Nitro Time Machine, no one could touch Darrell Gwynn and the Coors Extra Gold team.

The teams from John Force Racing, Kalitta Motorsports, DC Motorsports (Alexis DeJoria) and Paul Lee are making pre-season testing runs at Gainesville Raceway in advance of the season-opening Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.

With 100 days remaining before the NHRA stars return to Chicago, here’s a look at some of the record-breaking runs and memorable moments that have taken place at Route 66 Raceway since the track opened in 1998.

If you are looking for NHRA.tv, our team is in the process of giving you a brand-new NHRA.tv experience. We ask for your patience as we get things ready for you. Look for a big announcement next week.

Frank Aragona Jr., one of the greatest and fiercest NHRA Competition eliminator racers of the modern era, passed away Feb. 10 after a long and brave battle with cancer. He was 53.

When the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season opens March 9-12 at famed Gainesville Raceway, reigning NHRA Rookie of the Year Camrie Caruso will make her debut with the new KB Titan Racing team while flying the colors of Right Trailers.

When Alex Laughlin, the new driver of Jim Dunn’s Funny Car, races at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, he’ll become just the second driver in NHRA history to have competed in Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock at an NHRA national event. Meet Bruce Larson, who did it 30 years before.

The quickest and fastest street cars in the world will once again be on display as Sick Week presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive and is set to appear at NHRA member tracks in Florida and Georgia from Feb. 12-17.

Alexis DeJoria unveiled the striking new paint scheme of her Bandero Premium Tequila Toyota GR Supra Funny Car live on Instagram Thursday afternoon.

Old World Industries, the parent company of PEAK and BlueDEF. has been named the presenting sponsor of the Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK Performance. PEAK will also continue as the Official Antifreeze of the NHRA and BlueDEF as the Official Diesel Exhaust Fluid of the NHRA. 

John Force Racing's driver lineup remains the same as 2022 with John Force, Robert Hight, Brittany Force, and Austin Prock returning, but the team has announced significant crew changes as they pursue NHRA Camping World titles in Top Fuel and Funny Car.

NHRA is seeking applicants for a division director in its Northwest Division to lead all operational aspects of regional and divisional Sportsman racing events.

John Force, Shelly Anderson Payne, Ron Attebury, Sonny Messner, Carol “Bunny” Burkett, Graeme Cowin, Vinny and Richard Napp, Bob Frey, and Linda Jones will be the newest inductees into the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing’s International Drag Racing Hall of Fame.

After a hectic start-up in 2022, the two-car Tony Stewart Racing team featuring Leah Pruett and Matt Hagan is having a far more "normal" off-season as they prepare for the Gainesville season opener.

On this episode of the NHRA Insider, new Vance & Hines team rider Gaige Herrera and multi-time champion Funny Car crew chief Dickie Venables join host Brian Lohnes to talk about testing, preparing, and what it will take to win in 2023. 

The NHRA Launch program continues to boast impressive levels of success, helping present a large number of job opportunities within the industry.

Julie Nataas and Hunter Green will serve as the full-time drivers for Randy Meyer Racing (RMR) in the 2023 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series season.

The Drag Racing Association of Women will once again be presenting its Annual Tracy Winters Memorial Golf Tournament on March 8, the Wednesday before the season-opening Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville.