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Mike Janis, the reigning world champion in the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service, nabbed his first victory of the season Sunday at the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals where the series was presented by SMP Racing. 

The Skillman family celebrated a double win after father Bill claimed his first SAM Tech.edu Factory Stock title and Drew won in Stock Eliminator.

Andrew Hines becomes the first Pro Stock Motorcycle rider to win 50 NHRA national event titles after beating Eddie Krawiec, Hector Arana Jr., and Ryan Oehler in the Charlotte final.

Reigning world champ Steve Torrence collected his first win of the 2019 season and took over the points lead, beating Clay Millican, Terry McMillen, and Leah Pritchett in the final round.

Shawn Langdon, who scored his first career win in Top Fuel at zMAX Dragway in 2012, got his first Funny Car win and became the 17th driver to win in both the Top Fuel and Funny Car classes when he outlasted Robert Hight, John Force, and Matt Hagan.

Reigning Top Fuel champ Steve Torrence won his first of the season, Shawn Langdon his first in the Funny Car class, and Andrew Hines his 50th in Pro Stock Motorcycle to highlight a wild day of final eliminations at the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.

Pro Stock Motorcycle riders Matt Smith and Steve Johnson have been embroiled in an online war of words about rules changes within the class, and both got a spot on stage during the pre-race ceremony at the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals to share their opinions.

It will be NHRA champions going four-wide in the Funny Car final after Robert Hight, John Force, Shawn Langdon, and Matt Hagan all advanced out of the semifinals.

Clay Millican has reached his third final of the season after winning his quad. He’ll be joined in the Top Fuel final by Leah Pritchett, Steve Torrence, and Terry McMillen, guaranteeing a sixth different winner in six races this season.

Eddie Krawiec and Ryan Oehler advance to the final and are joined by Andrew Hines and Hector Arana Jr. following a re-run.

Photo highlights from the final day of the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway.

John Force, gunning for career win No. 150, advanced to the semifinals with a 3.920 alongside and in front of Matt Hagan’s 3.953 to lead the eight racers headed on in Funny Car competition.

Scott Palmer and Dom Lagana, both of whom failed to make a full run in qualifying, pulled the surprise of round one as both advanced to the Top Fuel semifinals after finishing 1-2 in their quad ahead of Antron Brown and Brittany Force.

Karen Stoffer and Hector Arana Jr. tied for low E.T. of the opening round of Pro Stock Motorcycle eliminaitons.

Down to their last qualifying run, Ron Capps and crew chief Rahn Tobler make a bold move by changing cars.

After finishing the 2018 season with an unprecedented six-race win-streak sweep of the Countdown to the Championship, world champ Steve Torrence is winless through five Top Fuel races this season. Is he worried? Hardly.

Is the Reed Motorsports team preparing for a breakthrough first victory? Cory Reed certainly seems to think so.

Welcome to raceday at the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway. After two days of qualifying, Sunday promises to be a real four-wide shootout.

Robert Hight earned his fourth No. 1 start in six events this season by stealing the pole from Friday leader Jack Beckman with a 3.883.

Incoming qualifying leader Mike Salinas didn’t better his 3.68 Friday field leader, but the Scrappers Racing pilot let everyone know he was ready for Sunday eliminations with a best-of-session 3.728.

Mike Salinas (Top Fuel), Robert Hight (Funny Car), and Karen Stoffer (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are the top qualifiers for the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway and will lead their respective fields into eliminations Sunday.

Photo highlights from the second day of the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway.

Karen Stoffer captured the fourth pole of her career, and her first since the 2015 season at the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.

The day before he saddled up in the Matco Tools dragster for his first qualifying run of the NGK Spark Plugs NHRA Four-Wide Nationals marked the 20-year anniversary of Antron Brown’s first career win. He still looks back on those formative days that made him what he is and helps him get through the rough patches.

Reigning world champ Steve Torrence had the best run of the second Top Fuel session, racing his Capco Contractors dragster to a 3.756. Friday leader Mike Salinas stayed atop the pack with his 3.687.

Robert Hight, Jack Beckman, and Tommy Johnson Jr. were the quickest drivers in the third Funny Car qualifying session.

Karen Stoffer betters Friday's run to lead Q2 while teammates Joey Gladstone and Cory Reed make big gains at zMax Dragway.

Karen Stoffer has big expectations for her first season as a member of Jerry Savoie’s White Alligator Suzuki team.

Don Schumacher Racing has expanded the team’s ongoing partnership with Okuma to include a primary sponsorship of Leah Pritchett’s Top Fuel dragster at three NHRA events in 2019, and associate support of Tommy Johnson Jr.’s Make-A-Wish Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car.

Mike Salinas didn't ponder long after his breakthrough win in Las Vegas. After a celebratory ice cream, for him it was a simple as, "OK, now that I've proven I can win, let's go win again." He makes no bones about it: He expects success. He's a goal setter and a problem solver, whether it's in his business or his racing.