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Historically, Summit Motorsports Park has pulled out all the stops for their annual NHRA affair, and this season was no different. Competitors had a grand stage on which to flourish, and they most certainly took full advantage. Here are five takeaways from Norwalk.

What did our NHRA National Dragster photographers see on Sunday at Summit Motorsports Park? Click through this photo gallery and find out.

Pro Mod standout Jason Scruggs picked up his first career victory in the FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by Type A Motorsports at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals.

Stephen Bell and his Stanfield Racing Engines Chevrolet COPO Camaro picked up their first victory of the season Sunday at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park.

The coveted Summit Motorsports Park ice cream scoop trophy was hoisted joyously by Blake Alexander in Norwalk. It's been a long time coming for Alexander, who earned his first win at the facility in 2018. Leah Pruett garnered her first victory for Tony Stewart Racing, while Matt Hartford and Hector Arana Jr. each scooped up their first wins of the season.

News, notes, quotes, photos, and videos from final eliminations at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park

Qualifying is complete, the ladders are set, and raceday has arrived at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Drivers in all four Professional categories are armed and ready to chase Wallys and the famed and coveted Summit Motorsports Park ice cream scoop trophy.

Justin Ashley, Ron Capps, Deric Kramer, and Angie Smith each collected Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge victories during Saturday qualifying at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park.

Aiden Rizner raced to his second straight NHRA Right Trailers Western Conference Finals title at Bandimere Speedway to headline the first of two national events for the NHRA Summit Racing Jr. Drag Racing League.

Qualifying for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals is complete, and the fields are set. Leah Pruett was able to keep the No. 1 that she nabbed early in Top Fuel, while Funny Car's Bob Tasca III and Pro Stock's Matt Hartford edged out the Friday low qualifiers. Gaige Herrera kept his streak of low qualifier awards alive in Pro Stock Motorcycle. 

NHRA National Dragster photographers nabbed many fine photos on Saturday at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Here is a small sampling.

This all-new category of race cars will win you over with a single burnout! Check out Greg Stanfield's Camaro, the first NHRA Factory X presented by Holley car to make a pass at a national event.

The landscape in the Pro Stock Motorcycle class looks drastically different in the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series in comparison to the year before, but for six-time and reigning Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Matt Smith, there is enjoyment in the challenge, even if it's alongside a certain level of frustration.

The final day of qualifying for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals will set the fields in all four classes. It will also include the exciting Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge, bringing the thrill of raceday to Saturday qualifying.

The drag racing world lost one of its biggest fans and supporters on June 23, 2023, with the passing of NHRA team owner Cathi Maynard.

There are times when things simply do not go as planned, particularly when Mother Nature has her say. On Friday at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, that was certainly the case — but Leah Pruett and reigning Funny Car champion Ron Capps made it worth the wait as they made thunderous passes in front of the fans at Summit Motorsports Park to claim the provisional pole in their respective classes. 

Deric Kramer didn't blaze into the 2023 rendition of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, but by race four of 18 on the Pro Stock schedule, he and his Michael Hiner-tuned GetBioFuel.com Chevrolet Camaro were showing up and showing out.

Take a walk through Summit Motorsports Park with the NHRA National Dragster photographers on Friday at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals

The launch of the inaugural 2023 Wally Parks NHRA Nostalgia Nationals in Bowling Green, Ky., was a huge success! See photo highlights from Beech Bend Raceway Park of the racing action, swap meet, and the legendary Don Garlits himself.

Leah Pruett's Dodge Direct Connection dragster has had a consistent edge, and after qualifying No. 1 in Bristol, Pruett and the Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Nitro team are eager to build on the momentum and claim their first Top Fuel win of the season.

The NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series reaches its ninth stop of 21 this weekend with the 17th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio. The four-day event features all four Professional classes, as well as the race-within-a-race Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge. 

Native Ohioan Troy Coughlin Jr. took a tour of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, before heading to this weekend’s Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals to compete in Pro Stock.

In advance of this weekend's homestate race in Norwalk, Ohio, the Jim Head Racing team tested its hot-weather tune-up and made fixes to its clutch management system during a test session at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.

The stars of the NHRA, including Clay Millican, Antron Brown, Greg Anderson, Dallas Glenn, Paul Lee, and more were at the Summit Racing Equipment store in Tallmadge, Ohio, Wednesday in advance of the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals.

The Richfield, Ohio-based Pawuk Family Racing organization will compete under the family banner for the first time at its home track, Summit Racing Motorsports Park, with patriarch Mark Pawuk in Flexjet Factory Stock and son Kyle in Stock eliminator.

The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals is always an action-filled event, but check out these five memorable moments from the Ohio event's great history.

As the Camping World NHRA Drag Racing season approaches the halfway point, Ron Capps and the NAPA Auto Parts team are right where they expected to be, in the thick of the battle for the Funny Car championship.

Most drag racing fans recognize Alex Laughlin as the driver for “Big Jim” Dunn’s nitro Funny Car, but when he’s not powering that 11,000-hp beast on the dragstrip, he’s in constant search of more excitement.