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There’s not a dynamometer in the world that can handle the high-horsepower output of a nitro-burning Top Fuel or Funny Car engine, and for years, experts in many fields have struggled to come up with an accurate and indisputable horsepower…

A special drawing for the NHRA Summit Racing Series National Championship will be held at the upcoming Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway. The drawing will determine which NHRA division will send the eighth man in…

With the uncharacteristic struggles he has had to open the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season, eight-time Top Fuel world champion Tony Schumacher saw some irony ahead of this weekend…

Brittany Force raced to her second victory of the season Sunday at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods and became the first female driver to win the unique event, held annually at zMax Dragway outside of Charlotte, N.C.. Tim…

Let’s face it: Almost everyone who visits Las Vegas dreams of hitting that huge jackpot that will lead to easy street, but the harsh reality is that only a tiny fraction of the gamblers, dreamers, and risk-takers who tempt fate in Sin City…

  With more than four decades of Funny Car racing beneath his safety belts and being “on fire from here to Australia,” few people are more qualified to provide a list of their favorite Funny Cars than John Force. The 16-time NHRA Mello…

Tim Wilkerson raced to his first Funny Car victory since 2011 to highlight competition at the 2015 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway. Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Jason Line (Pro Stock), and Hector Arana Sr. (Pro Stock…

The first quarter of the Top Fuel season was highly productive for Alan Johnson. The Santa Maria, Calif.-based parts manufacturer and tuner to the stars began the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series as a tuning consultant for Brittany Force…

Two-time Funny Car world champion Cruz Pedregon believes that a number of changes he has recently made to his Snap-on Tools Toyota Camry are about to lead to an impressive turnaround. While it is still early in the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing…

Racing in her eighth final round, Brittany Force broke through and collected her first Top Fuel Wally in Gainesville. Coming up short in seven finals before winning is tough — ask David Grubnic, because he also went through it — but…

The NHRA's Youth and Education Services (YES) Program is motorsports' first and only full-time program devoted exclusively to educational programming. The YES program was created in 1989 as a tool to connect education and drag racing. The YES…

With three world championships and 41 career victories, Pro Stock Motorcycle standout Angelle Sampey knows the components of a winning motorcycle. If her thoughts on the new Star Racing Buell she…

Pat Austin had an outstanding driving career in the Top Alcohol Funny Car ranks that lasted from 1985 to 2002 along with a memorable stint in Top Fuel. His 75 career wins rank him No. 10 on the all-time win list, and he is the only driver to double…

J.R. Todd, driver of the SealMaster Top Fuel dragster, will meet fans as part of a ticket promotion, participate in pre-game festivities and give the command "Play Ball" prior to the Atlanta Braves' baseball game with the Philadelphia…

In 1997, Jay Blake lost his senses of vision, taste, and smell in the midst of a horrific accident caused by the explosion of an industrial fork lift tire. Blake stayed positive as he learned how to live without those senses and continued to…

Fan voting ended earlier this week in the Top 20 Funny Cars poll, and we’ll begin to reveal the results in the very near future. It has been a fun exercise, especially the creation of the list and everything that went into it, as well as hearing…

Mike Gittings, most recently the chief starter in NHRA’s Northwest Division and a certified team member of the NHRA Safety Safari presented by AAA, has been named the official NHRA Chief Starter, one of the most storied positions in all of…

Due to on-track incidents that delayed Friday's Mello Yello qualifying at the NHRA SpringNationals, Top Fuel's second qualifying session didn't make it onto that evening's NHRA FOX coverage, but we've got you covered. The prime-time Friday…

The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series will rumble into Atlanta Dragway, Georgia’s House of Speed, May 13-15 for the 36th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals. The ground will shake and nitro will fill the air as the best…

Team Kalitta, in conjunction with Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park and the NHRA, has partnered with Ohio amusement park Cedar Point for NHRA Day at Cedar Point, Thursday, June 23, prior to the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. Fans…

After Courtney Force’s victory last weekend in Houston, a record five consecutive NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series events have featured female winners. Women continue to leave their mark in this sport, having collected eight national…

Brittany Force is experiencing a breakthrough season in Top Fuel with her John Force Racing/Monster Energy team. The second-generation driver has won the first two events of her young career and is leading the points in Top Fuel one-fourth of the…

  Leah Pritchett will compete in the next NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event in 10 days near Atlanta as the fourth woman to drive for Don Schumacher Racing when she pilots the FireAde Top Fuel dragster. It’s been a whirlwind year…

In 2008, after losing his sons, Jon and James, in a highway accident, former NHRA Top Fuel driver Doug Herbert created B.R.A.K.E.S. (Be Responsible And Keep Everyone Safe), a teen driving program that he hoped would help to prevent other families…

Some stories practically write themselves, and when reigning Stock national champion Kevin Helms arrived in Houston for the NHRA SpringNationals, it was almost a given that he was going to leave Royal Purple Raceway with a Wally. Nobody wins four…

Several NHRA Mello Yello drivers and NHRA’s Broadcasting Department were guests for a guided tour of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston the day before the NHRA SpringNationals kicked off at nearby Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown.…

The 2016 NHRA SpringNationals at Royal Purple Raceway was a race of many small miracles. The fact that the event was completed on its scheduled date was no sure feat considering the severe weather and flooding in the Houston area one week earlier…

NHRA fans can catch encore airings of the 2016 NHRA Four-Wide Nationals presented by Lowes Foods on their regional networks. The event, race five of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule, took place at zMAX Dragway outside of…

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Coming off a typically unpredictable four-wide event in Charlotte, it might have been tempting to expect a bit of a letdown when teams headed west to the NHRA SpringNationals at Royal Purple Raceway, but that was hardly the case. Track records in…