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Factory Stock champ Aaron Stanfield now eyeing Pro Stock title

Aaron Stanfield recently clinched his second-straight title in the Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown. Now he's got his sights set on winning the Camping World NHRA Pro Stock crown.
04 Oct 2021
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Points-leading crew chief Dickie Venables talks Hagan championship chances

Dickie Venables, crew chief for Funny Car points leader Matt Hagan, shares his thoughts about the championship chase as the Countdown to the Championship playoffs reach the halfway point.
04 Oct 2021
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Bagwell, Gambardella, Mocny, Crosby take Division 2 Summit championships

Joseph Bagwell, Tony Gambardella, Michale Mocny, and Erik Crosby won Division 2 championships at the Summit Series Finals at Atlanta Dragway and earned berths to the National Championships in Las Vegas.
03 Oct 2021
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Division 2 Summit
The following are Sunday's final results from the 2021 NHRA Summit Racing Series Southeast Division ET Finals: SUPER PRO Joseph Bagwell, Hendersonville, N.C., '67 Chevy Nova, 4.881, 137.75  def. Willis Brown, , , dragster,…
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Cumming, Caissie, Wilber, and Sheran earns Division 1 Summit Series berths

Theresa Cumming, Dan Caissie, Russ Wilber, and Adam Sheran scored wins at Northeast Division NHRA Summit Racing Series finals at Lebanon Valley Raceway to earn berths in the National Championships in Las Vegas.
02 Oct 2021
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Division 1 Summit Series Finals
The following are Saturday's final results from the 2021 NHRA Summit Racing Series Northeast Division ET Finals: SUPER PRO Theresa Cumming, Milton, N.H., '00 Dragster, 7.869, 168.62  def. Randy Krause, Orefield, Pa., '00…
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Brundage, Phillips, Hairfield, Pollitt claim Division 7 Summit Series titles

Michael Brundage, Roger Phillips, Gary Hairfield, and Clay Pollitt collected wins at the 2021 Division 7 Summit Series Finals at Sacramento Raceway and will represent the division at the National Championship race in Las Vegas in October.
02 Oct 2021
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Division 7 Summit Series Finals
The following are Saturday's final results from the 2021 NHRA Summit Racing Series Pacific Division ET Finals: SUPER PRO Michael Brundage, Palo Cedro, Calif., '01 Sarmento Drags, 5.052, 135.20  def. Mark Simonian, Sanger,…
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Emmonses, Hickey lead champions at Division 4 Thunder Valley race

Brothers Terry and Jerry Emmons and Adam Hickey led the list of champions at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series South Central Division was in action at Thunder Valley Raceway Park.
01 Oct 2021
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Division 4
The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, South Central Division event at Thunder Valley Raceway Park: COMPETITION ELIMINATOR Adam Hickey, Ponchatoula, La., '07 Dragster, B/DA, 6.839…
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Cruz Pedregon ready to make a run at third NHRA Funny Car championship

Two-time NHRA Funny Car world champ Cruz Pedregon sits in fourth place heading into the final four events. He chatted via Skype with Brian Lohnes about his chances of winning a third title, beginning at the upcoming Texas NHRA FallNationals.
01 Oct 2021
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Inside Erica Enders’ love affair with the Gateway City

Erica Enders has won five of the last 10 Pro Stock events held at World Wide Technology Raceway and even she’s at a loss to explain why.
01 Oct 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Erica Enders
Some things just go together naturally like peanut butter and jelly, beer and pretzels, and lately, Erica Enders and World Wide Technology Raceway. To be perfectly candid, Enders is a four-time world champion who wins almost everywhere, but…
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Fricke, Gordon, Billingsley lead winners at second race of WWTR doubleheader

Jackie Fricke, Doug Gordon, and David Billingsley led the list of second-race winners as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series North Central Division was in actionwith a doubleheader season finale at World Wide Technology Raceway.
01 Oct 2021
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Division 3
The following are Monday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, North Central Division event at World Wide Technology Raceway: TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER Jackie Fricke, Flemington, N.J., 5.240, 276.75  def.…
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From Calvin Rice to John Force, a look at the history of NHRA's all-time winners

One thing that likely will never change in our lifetimes is that John Force is the winningest driver in NHRA history (154 victories and counting), but he wasn't always the GOAT of winners. Here's a historical look back at NHRA's winningest drivers over the decades.
01 Oct 2021
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
DRAGSTER Insider
NHRA's Alltime winners
  A lot has happened since the last Dragster Insider column, including four straight weekends of national event racing (hence the column’s absence), but one thing that hasn’t changed, and likely will never change in our lifetimes, is…
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Texas Motorplex owner Billy Meyer chats about Stampede of Speed spectacular

Texas Motorplex owner Billy Meyer chats with NHRA’s Brian Lohnes about next week’s Stampede of Speed, a weeklong calendar of racing and social events leading up to the Texas NHRA FallNationals.
30 Sep 2021
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Supercharged moment of the Midwest Nationals: When Josh Hart took down Brittany Force

Did you see it? Two weekends in a row Josh Hart's part-time Top Fuel team proved to the world he's capable of running with (and beating) the best in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series.
30 Sep 2021
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Josh Hart took down Brittany Force two weeks in a row
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Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals Top Fuel Harley champ Ryan Peery

30 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Ryan Peery
Ryan Peery followed up his breakthrough win at the Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals a week earlier with a second straight score in Reading, defeating Bill Jackson in the final round, 6.49 to 7.01.
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Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals Top Fuel Harley champ Ryan Peery

30 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Ryan Peery
Ryan Peery was the only survivor in a first-round 2020 top-five-rider massacre and raced on to collect his first career Top Fuel Harley victory in his first final-round appearance, beating fellow first-time finalist Tyler Wilson despite the…
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Are you ready for some racing? Largest issue ever of NHRA National Dragster!

Buckle in, race fans, and prepare for the biggest issue of National Dragster ever produced: 244 pages of NHRA Drag Racing action from coast to coast. The issue is now online in digital format and in the mail for NHRA Members around the world.
30 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
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NHRA National Dragster
Read the issue Buckle in, race fans, and prepare for the biggest issue of NHRA National Dragster…
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NHRA Insider podcast: The Truth is the Same in Both Directions

Tony Pedregon and Josh Hart join Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast. Two radically different chats here and one fun show.
30 Sep 2021
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NHRA Insider podcast
NHRA Insider
  Tony Pedregon and Josh Hart join Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast. Lohnes and Pedregon go over who has risen and who has fallen over the last four races, who can get their program righted and who is in big…
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The Sports Report: What Nick Isenhower does for an encore

Less than a month after winning the Dodge//SRT U.S. Nationals, Nick Isenhower returned for an encore performance at the NHRA Midwest Nationals in St. Louis.
30 Sep 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
The Sports Report
Nick Isenhower
Winning any race in Super Comp is a ridiculously difficult feat given the level of competition that exists today and winning back-to-back races would appear to be significantly more difficult, especially when one of those events is the Dodge//SRT U.…
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Behind the scenes of the quickest Top Fuel run of 2021

Astounding! Brittany Force's Monster Energy Top Fuel dragster ran 3.64 seconds at 337 mph at the 2021 NHRA Midwest Nationals. NHRA on Fox's Bruno Massel spoke with Crew Chief David Grubnic to find out what made it possible.
29 Sep 2021
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Behind the scenes of the quickest Top Fuel run of 2021 Brittany Force
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#StumpBob: Which Top Fuel driver won a national event after failing to qualify?

Which driver won an NHRA national event in Top Fuel after being a DNQ? NHRA historian and statistician Bob Frey cannot be stumped!
29 Sep 2021
Bob Frey
Stump Bob
#StumpBob
Well, you must be talking about one of my favorite people, a Drag Racing Hall of Fame member and a guy who drove one of the baddest (if that’s a word) Top Fuel cars of his era: Clayton Harris. At the 1973 Summernationals in Englishtown,…
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Fanfest, driver autograph session set for Oct. 7 prior to Texas NHRA FallNationals

As part of the Stampede of Speed Fanfest preceding the Texas NHRA FallNationals, stars of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series will take part in an autograph session Thursday, Oct. 7, at Railyard Park in downtown Waxahachie, Texas.
29 Sep 2021
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Autograph
As part of the Stampede of Speed Fanfest preceding the Texas NHRA FallNationals, stars of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series will take part in an autograph session Thursday, Oct. 7, at…
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Stampede of Speed offers six days of racing around Texas NHRA FallNationals

Texas Motorplex’s Stampede of Speed, Oct. 2-10, will feature six days of racing events plus a full day of Professional testing before culminating with the Texas NHRA FallNationals.
28 Sep 2021
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Stampede of Speed
Texas Motorplex’s Stampede of Speed, Oct. 2-10, will feature six days of racing events plus a full day of Professional testing before culminating with the Texas NHRA FallNationals.   “No one has ever put together a multiday schedule as…
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Annual DRAW auction to take place Saturday of Texas NHRA FallNationals

DRAW, the Drag Racing Association of Women, will host the annual DRAW Auction, at the Texas Motorplex during the Texas NHRA FallNationals. DRAW also will be holding a special sale of racing collectibles throughout the event.
27 Sep 2021
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DRAW auction
DRAW, the Drag Racing Association of Women, will host its single biggest fund-raising activity of the year, the annual DRAW Auction, at the Texas Motorplex during the Texas NHRA FallNationals.   The auction will be held on Saturday, Oct. 9,…
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Countdown spoiler Josh Hart making his presence known in Top Fuel playoffs

Top Fuel rookie Josh Hart didn't run enough races to make the Countdown to the Championship playoffs, but with a win in Charlotte and a second-round defeat of points leader Brittany Force in St. Louis, he and crew chief Ron Douglas are playing the spoiler role.
27 Sep 2021
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Five things we learned from the NHRA Midwest Nationals

With three races down and four to go in the Countdown to the Championship, here are five things we learned from the St. Louis event.
27 Sep 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Matt Hagan
The 2021 season isn’t over yet, but we can see the finish line on the horizon which means it’s not an exaggeration to call the NHRA Midwest Nationals one of the most important events of the year. Not surprisingly, this year’s edition delivered a lot…
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Aaron Stanfield claims Factory Stock championship with Midwest Nationals win

In a dominant performance at World Wide Technology Raceway, 2020 Factory Stock Showdown world champion Aaron Stanfield made it two in a row clinching the 2021 Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown title on the way to his second victory of the season.
26 Sep 2021
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Aaron Stanfield
In a dominant performance at World Wide Technology Raceway 2020 Factory Stock Showdown world champion Aaron Stanfield made it two in a row clinching the 2021 Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown when his closest competitors, David Barton and…
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NHRA Midwest Nationals Sunday Gallery

The final day of the NHRA Midwest Nationals in St. Louis did not disappoint and our National Dragster photographers were there to capture every dramatic moment.
26 Sep 2021
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Ron Richards 45
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Hagan distances himself from the Funny Car field with third win of 2021

After returning from a bout with COVID, Matt Hagan survives a Funny Car slugfest to claim first St. Louis title and recapture the points lead.
26 Sep 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
Race coverage
Matt Hagan
Matt Hagan came into the NHRA Midwest Nationals just five points out of the lead in what is shaping up to be one of the most competitive Funny Car points battles in years. He’s leaving St. Louis with a somewhat generous 59 point advantage over the…
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By two-thousandths of a second, Enders gets fourth Pro Stock win of the season

Following a dramatic final round win over Dallas Glenn, Erica Enders claims her fourth win of the season and takes back the Pro Stock points lead.
26 Sep 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
Race coverage
Erica Enders
Pro Stock racing has always been close, but few races have been as close, or as dramatic as the St. Louis final round featuring Erica Enders and Dallas Glenn. Enders won her 33rd career race and fourth season but the margin of victory at the finish…
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Torrence back on top following ninth Top Fuel win of the season

Three-time Top Fuel champion Steve Torrence reclaims the points lead following a final round win over Mike Salinas in St. Louis.
26 Sep 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
Race coverage
Steve Torrence
Steve Torrence says he doesn’t count points, and there is certainly no reason to doubt him, but the three-time Top Fuel world champ clearly didn’t enjoy coughing up the points lead last week in Charlotte when he lost in the semifinals of the DeWalt…
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NHRA Midwest Nationals Sunday News and Notes

News and Notes from final eliminations day at the NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway. Notes, quotes, photos, videos, and more!
26 Sep 2021
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
Race coverage
Brittany Force
News and Notes from final eliminations day at the NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway. Notes, quotes, photos, videos, and more! UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY Wow. Just wow. That was the reaction of most…
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