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2023 JEGS Allstars Super Gas winner Rusty Cook

02 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
55:45
Division 3’s Rusty Cook won his second straight and third overall JEGS Allstars Super Gas title, racking up a near-perfect run consisting of a .003 reaction time and an e.t. of 9.909 to defeat Division 7’s Steve Parsons.
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2023 JEGS Allstars Super Comp winner Mark Powers

02 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
56:03
Division 4’s Mark Powers claimed top honors in Super Comp with an 8.292 to 8.92 final-round decision over Division 7’s Tanner Theobald, a race that wasn’t as close as those numbers would indicate considering Powers’ substantial starting-line…
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2023 JEGS Allstars Stock winner Joe Sorensen

02 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
75:03
Six times, Joe Sorensen has qualified for the JEGS Allstars team in Stock and the Division 6 racer finally went the distance with a great final round performance that included a .001 light and a 10.617 on his 10.60 dial. Runner-up Jeff Lopez, the…
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2023 JEGS Allstars Super Stock winner Troy Olsonawski

02 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
84:21
Division 6 rep Troy Olsonawski had one of the longest tows to race in the JEGS Allstars, but he returned with the biggest prize after topping reigning champ Mike Crutchfield in the Super Stock final. Olsonawski put his popular station wagon into the…
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2023 JEGS Allstars Comp winner Chase Williams

02 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
64:46
Chase Williams, representing the host Division 4 team, scored in Comp eliminator with his B/DA entry, running a strong (-54) 6.69 to defeat the (-.51) 6.46 of reigning world champ and Division 7 representative Ryan Priddy.
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2023 JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Sean Bellemeur

02 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
95:06
In his first JEGS Allstars appearance, three-time Top Alcohol Funny Car champ Sean Bellemeur, representing the North Central Region, drove to a 5.412 to 5.440 win over Central Region runner Kyle Smith. 
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2023 JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Dragster winner Julie Nataas

02 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
56:47
Julie Nataas won the JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Dragster crown for the third straight year as part of a monster weekend for her OTG/Randy Meyer Racing team. The Central Region star defeated Mike Coughlin from the North Central Region in the final, 5.…
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Greg Stanfield wins Factory presented by Holley at 2023 NHRA Nevada Nationals

02 Nov 2023
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Greg Stanfield
For the third time this season, Greg Stanfield parked his Rod Shop Factory X Camaro in the winner’s circle. Stanfield, a winner in six different classes, defeated 2012 Pro Stock world champ Allen Johnson in the final, 7.025 to 7.099.
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NHRA on FOX is live from 2023 SEMA Show—Day 3

The NHRA will live stream racer interviews, special announcements, and breaking news all week from booth 10,000 at the 2023 SEMA Show in Las Vegas
02 Nov 2023
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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NHRA on FOX is live from 2023 SEMA Show—Day 3
Today's guests include:   Mike Finnegan Troy Coughlin Jr Tom Bailey, Aydan Bailey, and Bob Sean Taylor— Castine/M2 Machines Ralph Mondeaux. and Troy Coughlin Jr—Jegs Lon Damon-Lincoln Electric Clay Millican Brad New-…
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Rizzoli and Miller clinch Lucas Oil titles in Las Vegas; others still up for grabs

Kyle Rizzoli and Brandon Miller joined the list of 2023 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series world champions during last weekend’s NHRA Nevada Nationals in Las Vegas.
02 Nov 2023
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Kyle Rizzoli
Kyle Rizzoli and Brandon Miller joined the list of 2023 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series world champions during last weekend’s NHRA Nevada Nationals in Las Vegas. Rizzoli, the championship leader for most of the season, wrapped up the title in…
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2023 Texas NHRA FallNationals Top Sportsman champion Curt Fredrich

01 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
74:19
Curt Fredrich made an extremely competitive run in the final of Right Trailers Top Sportsman with a .021 light and a 6.523 on his 6.51 dial to deny part-time Pro Stock racer and recent Charlotte champ his second win of the season.
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2023 Texas NHRA FallNationals Top Dragster champion Holden Laris

01 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
71:43
In the Right Trailers Top Dragster final, Holden Laris bagged his fourth career win after a red-light start by Dane Ward, last-year’s eighth ranked driver. Laris was ready for almost anything with a .004 package.
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2023 Texas NHRA FallNationals Super Street champion Donnie Durenberger Jr.

01 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
96:10
Just two months after winning in Super Gas at his homestate Brainerd event, Donnie Durenberger won his second national event, wheeling his Sea Foam/Bishop’s Performance Nova to the Super Street title in Dallas, using a .007 reaction time and a 10.…
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2023 Texas NHRA FallNationals Super Gas champion Trevor Larson

01 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
61:08
Trevor Larson collected his ninth career victory and his sixth in Super Gas after he drove his SeaFoam Engine Treatment Corvette to a 9.92 to 9.94 final-round victory over four-time tour winner Steve Collier. Larson also has scored wins in Super…
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2023 Texas NHRA FallNationals Super Comp champion Michael Holcombe

01 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
85:23
Michael Holcombe completed a homestate Texas two-step in Super Comp, following up his 2022 Houston win with a victory in Dallas, defeating David Long, 8.91 to 8.92. Holcombe also was the runner-up earlier this season in Bristol.
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2023 Texas NHRA FallNationals Stock champion Jerry Emmons

01 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
117:05
Two of the best Stock drivers in the history of the South Central Division squared off in the Dallas final with Jerry Emmons stopping reigning world champ Jimmy Hidalgo Jr. Emmons, now an eight-time winner in Dallas, finished with a 10.514 on his 10…
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2023 Texas NHRA FallNationals Super Stock champion Tyler Wudarczyk

01 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
65:59
Tyler Wudarczyk helped secure his Top 10 spot in the Super Stock standings by beating past world champion Vic Penrod, who fouled by .009-second in the final.
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2023 Texas NHRA FallNationals Comp champion Jim Greenheck

01 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
64:12
Jim Greenheck scored his second win of the season in Comp and the fourth of his career with his C-Tech Manufacturing C/AA '12 Camaro, pounding out a (-.48) 7.16 to defeat three-time Shaun Vincent, who slowed in his C/TA S-10 in the final.
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2023 Texas NHRA FallNationals Top Alcohol Funny Car champion Doug Gordon

01 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
75:09
A day after clinching his second straight and third overall Top Alcohol Funny Car championship, Doug Gordon won his sixth Wally of the season and the 26th of a driving career that will conclude this season by defeating two-time Top Alcohol Dragster…
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2023 Texas NHRA FallNationals Top Alcohol Dragster champion Julie Nataas

01 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
74:20
Julie Nataas put a capper on an amazing weekend that included her third straight JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Dragster win and the clinching of the world championship by winning Sunday’s big show in a big way with a devastating 5.12 to defeat Norwalk…
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2023 NHRA Midwest Nationals Top Sportsman winner Chad Pekrul

01 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
88:35
Chad Pekrul is now a three-time NHRA national event champion following his final-round win over Kyle Firestone in Right Trailers Top Sportsman. Pekrul posted a 6.61 on his 6.59 dial while Firestone broke out by four thousandths.
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2023 NHRA Midwest Nationals Super Gas winner Al Gavlovsky

01 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
89:15
Twenty years after his first final-round appearance, in Brainerd in 2003, Al Gavlovsky made good the second time around, wheeling his ’63 Corvette to the Super Gas title in a thrilling final round. Gavlovsky was a thousandth of a second from being…
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2023 NHRA Midwest Nationals Super Comp winner Trene Cressonie

01 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
91:46
Trene Cressonie, who just missed earlier in the season in Brainerd, added his second career national event victory in Super Comp, taking an easy final-round lap after 2019 world champ Jeremy Mason fouled by .005-second.
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2023 NHRA Midwest Nationals Stock winner Tyler Bohannon

Racer and promoter Tyler Bohannon grabbed his third win of the season in Stock by driving his Corvette past veteran Lyn Smith in the final round. Bohannon used a .010 light and a 10.415 on his 10.41 dial to get the job done.
01 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
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2023 NHRA Midwest Nationals Super Stock winner Jay Storey

01 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
82:07
Jay Story, a runner-up in Denver the last two seasons, broke through for his first national event win when he topped Brenda Grubbs in a close double-breakout Super Stock final round. Story helped himself with a nearly-perfect .007 light.
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2023 NHRA Midwest Nationals Comp winner Ronnie Bohn

01 Nov 2023
NHRA National Dragster staff
News
96:14
A first-time Comp winner was crowned for the second straight event as Ronnie Bohn drove his J/Dragster Automatic entry to victory for the first time. Bohn, previously a runner-up in Norwalk in 2021, collected the win after six-time event titlist…
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Behind the Scenes with the winners of the NHRA Nevada Nationals

Go behind the scenes with the winners of the NHRA Nevada Nationals as they celebrate their victories with their teams and one another and accept congratulations from their vanquished final-round foes.
01 Nov 2023
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Behind the Scenes
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Packed NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series 2024 event schedule released

The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, which features the top Sportsman drivers in drag racing, announced the schedule for the 2024 season, featuring stops at standout racing facilities across the country, including a pair of new facilities on the 2024 tour.
01 Nov 2023
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Packed NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series 2024 event schedule released
The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, which features the top Sportsman drivers in drag racing, announced the schedule for the 2024 season, featuring stops at standout racing facilities across the country, including a pair of new facilities on the…
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NHRA on FOX streaming live from 2023 SEMA Show—Day 2

The NHRA will live stream racer interviews, special announcements, and breaking news all week from booth 10,000 at the 2023 SEMA Show in Las Vegas.
01 Nov 2023
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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NHRA on FOX live streaming from 2023 SEMA Show
Today's List of Guests Del Worsham Don Prudhomme Dale Coleman Ed Justice Ed McCulloch David Grubnic Danny Thompson Buddy Hull Julie Nataas Warren Walchaer Gale Banks Mike, Jasmine and Jianna Salinas Laurent Potdevin—…
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Fricke, Bellemeur lead Sportsman winners in NHRA Nevada Nationals action

In addition to the Camping World Drag Racing Series action at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, eight drivers also took some victories in Lucas Oil Series racing at the NHRA Nevada Nationals.
31 Oct 2023
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Jackie Fricke
Jackie Fricke may hail from the East Coast, but she’s been incredibly successful out west, claiming four of her nine career wins west of the Mississippi including Top Alcohol Dragster in Las Vegas, defeating West Coast stalwart…
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