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The NHRA National Dragster photographers were all over Texas Motorplex on Friday of the Texas NHRA FallNationals to capture all of the action on and off the racetrack.

NHRA team owners Joe and Cathi Maynard of the Maynard Family Racing organization were honored Friday, Oct. 14, at Austin Peay State University for a ceremony celebrating the naming of the school’s athletic complex, now called the Joe and Cathi Maynard Family Athletics Complex. 

Suffering his first bump in the road in the NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs, Top Fuel points leader Justin Ashley will look to bounce back at a track that served him well just a season ago when he won the Texas NHRA FallNationals.

Among all competitors in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, nobody has made a bigger move in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs than Pro Stock Motorcycle’s Angie Smith, who has jumped up four spots to third place in just two playoff races in the category.

Ryan Priddy and Kyle Rizzoli led the list of second-race winners as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Pacific Division was in action with a doubleheader event at Famoso Raceway.

Prior to the start of the Texas NHRA FallNationals, Alexis DeJoria and Tony Schumacher got their fill of food, fun, and games at the State Fair of Texas, including a launch on the famed Slingshot ride.

Kris Thorne may be on the verge of clinching his first world championship in the FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon, but he’s not about to celebrate just yet.

Three races down and three to go in the Countdown to the Championship and one gets the feeling that the old saying, “You ain’t seen nothing yet,” applies to the ongoing points battles in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle.

Brittany Force, crew chief David Grubnic, and the team own the 10 fastest 1,000-foot speeds in NHRA Top Fuel history. Here's a video look back on all 10, plus some interesting facts about nitro racing top speeds.

NHRA fans can watch the Division 2 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event from Orlando Speed World Dragway for free starting Friday on NHRA.tv powered by National Dragster.

Multitime world championship-winning team Kalitta Motorsports will once again join the chorus of professional organizations supporting breast cancer awareness throughout the month of October, along with primary sponsors DHL and CMR Construction and Roofing.

Just 14 days after breaking his collarbone in a final round accident in St. Louis, Robert Hight went to the final in Dallas to take on J.R. Todd.

Competition between Chevrolet COPO Camaros, Ford Cobra Jets, and Dodge Challenger Drag Paks in the Constant Aviation NHRA Factory Stock Showdown class will come to a head at this weekend’s season finale, the Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex. 

Following a successful outing in St. Louis, Mike Salinas and his Scrappers team are very much in contention for the 2022 NHRA Camping World Top Fuel title, and crew chief Rob Flynn says they're gearing up for the final three events of the season.

The 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship begins the second half of its six-race playoffs with the annual Texas NHRA FallNationals at fabled Texas Motorplex. All four world championships are still well up for grabs.

Fan-favorite Top Fuel racer Cory McClenathan has withdrawn from competition at the Texas NHRA FallNationals, where he had planned to drive good friend Dexter Tuttle’s dragster, due to health reasons.

On this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast, Tony Pedregon of the NHRA on FOX and National Dragster Senior Editor Kevin McKenna come on with host Brian Lohnes to talk about the Texas NHRA FallNationals. 

With three races remaining, Josh Hart and his R+L Carriers team are just 64 points out of first place in the hotly contested Top Fuel championship battle so they very much control their own destiny.

At the 1999 Dallas event, Tony Schumacher not only scored his first Top Fuel victory, but also moved a step closer to his first NHRA world championship.

The first three races of the Countdown to the Championship have not gone according to plan for Brittany Force and her Monster Energy team but they are counting on a strong finish at the final three events.

The newly formed Gadson/Brandt Pro Stock Motorcycle team will debut their Military Suicide Awareness Suzuki at the Texas NHRA FallNationals near Dallas.

Rahn Tobler was supposed to have retired, but early this year, the multi-championship-winning nitro tuner had a change of heart. It has been a unique season of learning for Tobler, just as it has been for his new charge, young John Force Racing Top Fuel driver Austin Prock. 

The NHRA Countdown to the Championship has already treated race fans to dominant performances, record-breaking runs, incredible surprises, and changes at the top of the standings – and that’s just through three playoff races.

With a commanding lead in the Camping World NHRA Pro Stock standings, Erica Enders and the Elite team are prepared for just about anything as they head into the final three events of the 2022 season.

NHRA events at the Texas Motorplex are never boring and that was certainly the case in 1989 as we take a trip back in our latest episode of Nitro Time Machine.

The Drag Racing Association of Women’s single biggest fundraising activity is the annual DRAW Auction at the Texas Motorplex, held during the Texas NHRA FallNationals on Saturday, Oct. 15, in the Champion’s Club.  

Brandon George, Tim Butler, John Nelson, Dalton Markham, and Jay Traina scored wins at the 2022 NHRA Summit Racing Series Southeast Division Finals to earn berths in the National Champion race in Las Vegas in late October.

The second annual Stampede of Speed concludes at Texas Motorplex with the main event, the 37th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals on Oct. 13-16, promising fans an incredible weekend of thrills and action, right in the heart of the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.

The Capco Contractors team has never been out of title contention this season, but their odds of a fifth straight Top Fuel title got a huge boost following Steve Torrence's most recent win in St. Louis.

The official start of the Texas NHRA FallNationals at the historic Texas Motorplex will rev up with an epic lineup of NHRA drivers and riders for the Pre-Stage Fan Fest in downtown Waxahachie, Texas.