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Countdown to the Championship drama highlights new National Dragster issue

The Countdown to the Championship is in full swing, and the October issue of NHRA National Dragster has all of the action covered. The new issue is now online in digital format and in the mail in its traditional print format to NHRA Members around the world.

05 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Issue 10

LOG IN TO READ THE NEW ISSUE The Countdown to the Championship is in full swing, and the October issue of NHRA National…

Coughlin and Gordon take big wins at World Wide Technology Raceway

Mike Coughlin and Doug Gordon scored big wins in the top Alcohol classes as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series North Central Division wrapped up a doubleheader event at World Wide Technology Raceway.

04 Oct 2023

Posted by NHRA.com staff

Division 3

The following are Sunday's final results from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, North Central Division event at World Wide Technology Raceway: TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER Mike Coughlin, Dublin, Ohio, 5.304, 273.44 def.…

Funny Car Countdown midpoint recap: Tasca, Hight, Hagan, Capps duke it out

Halfway through the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship, there's a real four-driver dogfight atop the standings. Here's a look at how the playoffs have gone so far in Funny Car. Second in a series.

04 Oct 2023

Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor

Funny Car Countdown midpoint recap

SHINING STAR: Although Bob Tasca III and Robert Hight each own enviable 8-2 win-loss records and each has a win, Tasca’s made the most hay, going from fourth at the Countdown to the Champioship’s onset right into…

Nitro teams take advantage of off week for a serious round of testing in Indy

The teams of Shawn Langdon, J.R. Todd, Alexis DeJoria, and Austin Prock tested Wednesday at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, while Travis Shumake and Angelle Sampey got used to their new nitro rides.

04 Oct 2023

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2023 Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster winner Julie Nataas

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Julie Nataas scored an impressive victory in Top Alcohol Dragster that began with a dazzling 5.12 No. 1 qualifying pass and concluded with her second win of the season and the sixth of her career when she defeated defending event champ Earl Nichols…

2023 Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Phil Esz

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Phil Esz pulled off a huge final-round upset to capture his first Top Alcohol Funny Car Wally, defeating past world champ and No. 1 qualifier Sean Bellemeur in a final round in which both drivers ran 5.495 with the victory being decided by Esz’s…

2023 Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals Comp winner Jared Kimbrough

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Second-generation Comp racer Jared Kimbrough reversed the outcome of the Spring Charlotte event final by wheeling the family’s C/ED to a .011-initiated (-.59) 7.31 to defeat Division 2 champ David Eaton’s A/AP Bantam victory in all-Florida finale.…

2023 Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Stock winner Anthony Bertozzi

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Two-time world champion Anthony Bertozzi won for the 31st time in his career and the fourth time in Charlotte when he drove his Pontiac past Troy Huntzberry in the Super Stock final. Bertozzi was able to cruise to the win after Huntzberry fouled out…

2023 Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals Stock winner Jeff Strickland

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Jeff Strickland followed his previous 2023 national event wins in Gainesville and Bristol with a third title in Stock in Charlotte. Strickland won the final after opponent Steve Foley slowed.

2023 Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Comp winner Junior Houston

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Junior Houston, who scored his first career national event victory in Super Comp last year in St. Louis, added a second score almost a year later, combining a near-perfect package consisting of a .008 light and an 8.904 to force former Pro Stock…

2023 Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Gas winner Dawson Pauley

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Dawson Pauley became the first driver of a Mazda to win an NHRA national event since Terry Hoard won the Fallnationals in 1980 when the homestate hero drove his Chevy-powered RX-7 to the Super Gas victory after Bob Prose, who won in Super Comp at…

2023 Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Sportsman winner David Cuadra

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

David Cuadra, who has split his time this season between Pro Stock and Right Trailers Top Sportsman, scored his long-overdue first win by stopping Tyler Caheely in the final round. Cuadra had the quickest car in Charlotte and drove to a 6.207 on his…

2023 Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Dragster winner Casey Spradlin

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Casey Spradlin, the 2009 JEGS Cajun SPORTSnationals winner, picked up his second national event title in Right Trailers Top Dragster when he defeated reigning world champ Jeremy Hancock in the final round. Spradlin left first and ran a 6.365 on his…

2023 Pep Boys NHRA Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster winner Tony Stewart

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Tony Stewart scorched his way to the national event winner’s circle for the second time this season in Top Alcohol Dragster by reversing the final-round outcome of last year’s fall Las Vegas event and defeating recent Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S.…

2023 Pep Boys NHRA Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Sean Bellemeur

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

U.S. Nationals champ Sean Bellemeur, who won this event back-to-back-to-back 2017-19, returned to the Maple Grove Raceway Top Alcohol Funny Car winner’s circle after last year’s runner-up, defeating Matt Gill in the final round, 5.46 to 5.51.

2023 Pep Boys NHRA Nationals Comp winner Steve Szupka

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Steve Szupka collected career win No. 4, his third in Comp, and his second at Maple Grove Raceway when he drove his C/Dragster Automatic entry to victory in an all-Keystone State final-round bash with Mark Hopkins, who fouled in his D/A Beretta.…

2023 Pep Boys NHRA Nationals Super Stock winner Dan Fletcher

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

For the 107th time in his great career, Fletcher won an NHRA national event title. Fletcher’s latest win came in Super Stock after he ran a 9.732 on his 9.71 dial to stop Michael Iacono, who wasn’t far behind with a 9.823 on his 9.80 dial.

2023 Pep Boys NHRA Nationals Stock winner Joe Santangelo

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Joe Santangelo parked Anthony Bertozzi’s ’69 Camaro in the winner’s circle in Stock following a victory against Ken Miele in the final. Santangelo was solid on both ends of the track with a .016 light and a10.625 on his 10.60 dial.

2023 Pep Boys NHRA Nationals Super Comp winner Chase Fahnestock

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Eleven years after a runner-up at this event in his first career final-round appearance, Super Comp winner Chase Fahnestock, who lives just an hour from Maple Grove Raceway, made good the second time around, defeating first-time finalist and fellow…

2023 Pep Boys NHRA Nationals Super Gas winner Keith Mayers

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Keith Mayers, a popular two-time winner in Super Street with his Porsche 944, won Super Gas for the first time in his newest unique ride, a rare Ala Romeo Spider Quadrifoglio. Mayers was .006 on the Tree and ran 9.939 to edge first-time finalist…

2023 Pep Boys NHRA Nationals Top Sportsman winner George Forster

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

George Forster took on Michael Bastien in the final of Right Trailers Top Sportsman and emerged as a first-time winner thanks to a .005 light and a 7.487 on his 7.45 dial.

2023 Pep Boys NHRA Nationals Top Dragster winner Vince Musolino

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

A perfect .000 light and a 6.563 on his 6.54 dial helped Vincent Musolino secure the title in Right Trailers Top Dragster over Super Comp world champ James Glenn, who was .009-second behind at the finish line.

2023 Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster winner Madison Payne

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Madison Payne became a third-generation U.S. Nationals champion with her second career victory in Top Alcohol Dragster, besting defending Indy champ Julie Nataas, who red-lighted in the final. Payne’s grandfather, Brad Anderson, and father, Jay…

2023 Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car winner Sean Bellemeur

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Past world champ Sean Bellemeur also won the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car title for the second straight and third time overall with a crucial final-round victory over points leader Doug Gordon. Bellemeur wheeled Tony…

2023 Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals Comp winner Chase Williams

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Chase Williams won the U.S. Nationals Comp crown for the first time, wheeling his B/Econo Dragster past Troy Galbraith for the win, (-.50) 6.92 to (-.43) 6.78. Galbraith had used up .11-second in Competition Index Control to make the final while…

2023 Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals Super Stock winner Wyatt Wagner

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Coming off a third-place finish in last year’s championship battle, Wyatt Wagner score the biggest win of his career by taking the Indy Super Stock title over Frankie Morris in a battle of first-generation Camaros. Wagner earned the win after Morris…

2023 Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals Stock winner Donnie Beeler

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Donnie Beeler, a runner-up at Indy in Super Stock in 1985, got his long-awaited U.S. Nationals victory by beating Ross Ponville in the Stock final. Beeler, in his four-speed Camaro, won with a 10.89 against his 10.81 dial.

2023 Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals Super Comp winner Devin Isenhower

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

2018 Super Gas world champ Devin Isenhower is equally adept on the 8.90 index and he scored his second win of the season in Super Comp when he defeated five-time Super Gas winner Jason Kenny in a double-breakout final, 8.897 to Kenny’s further-under…

2023 Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals Super Gas winner Bo Butner

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

Versatile superstar Bo Butner became the first driver to win the Super Gas title at the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals in back-to-back years when he defeated George Meyer in the final round. Butner, who also has wins in Pro Stock, Comp,…

2023 Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals Top Sportsman winner Chris Osborn

04 Oct 2023

NHRA National Dragster staff

After winning the 2019 Norwalk event, Chris Osborn score again in Indy when he topped Steve Jager in the final of Right Trailers Top Sportsman. Osborn was first off the starting line and ran 6.722 on his 6.70 dial.