NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

It's Gainesville week! On this show, host Brian Lohnes is joined by NHRA on FOX Analyst Tony Pedregon, and the two go in-depth looking at the upcoming Amalie Motor Oil Gatornationals as well as the full 2024 Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season to come. 

Pro Stock racer Camrie Caruso has partnered with Aqua Prop for the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season and will race alongside Aqua Prop’s CEO, Brandon Foster, who is committed to competing in at least 15 national events this season.

The Leverich family will celebrate 65 years of drag racing legacy at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, where Jake Opatrny will saddle up in the family’s Top Fuel with a special tribute paint scheme.

Top Fuel standout Josh Hart will host the second annual Gatornationals Kickoff Party and Fanfest from 6-9 p.m. on Wednesday at Burnyzz Speed Shop in Ocala, Fla.

With the 2024 season set to begin, five-time Pro Stock champion Greg Anderson and KB Titan Racing have announced a multiyear extension of what has already been a productive partnership with HendrickCars.com and Hendrick Automotive Group.

FTI Performance and Finish Line Consultants will continue to present the special FTI Pro Mod Showdown award, a $7,500 bonus for the Pro Mod driver with the best average qualifying e.t. over four sessions.

DHL and Kalitta Motorsports have signed a multiyear contract extension for J.R. Todd’s DHL GR Supra Funny Car, adding to the legacy of one of the longest-running and most successful sports marketing partnerships.

The popular NHRA Insider podcast will be a feature in the pits and streamed live on multiple platforms throughout the full slate of NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series events in 2024.

Tyler Hester and Cory Lee won in Nostalgia Top Fuel and Nostalgia Funny Car, respectively, to lead the list of winners as the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series kickedoff its 2024 season with the 63rd annual Good Vibrations Motorsports March Meet at Famoso Dragstrip.

Brooke Heckel, Kenny Schindler, and Cody Phillips led the lost of winners at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Southeast Division event at Gainesville Raceway.

A special celebration of life for motorsports icon Don Schumacher will take place at his home track, Route 66 Raceway in Chicago, on Friday, May 17 during the Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by Peak Performance.

In recent years, David Eaton has been a strong contender for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Comp eliminator title and finished No. 1 in the Southeast Division standings. Typically a strong starter, the Florida native is already on the board with a 2024 win and looking for more.

Ten years before the Gatornationals brought NHRA national event racing to Florida, NHRA partnered with NASCAR to create a test event, dubbed "the Winter Nationals," during NASCAR Speedweek in Daytona in 1960.

Gerda Joon has been named as the crew chief for second-generation nitro racer Travis Shumake’s Top Fuel dragster. Joon will have the distinction of being the only active female crew chief in the Top Fuel category. 

Kelley Murphy, who works on the JEGS.com/White Castle entry of Troy Coughlin Jr. for Elite Motorsports, will be fulfilling a 28-year dream when he makes his Pro Stock debut at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.

Paton Racing will put CK Racing’s Cody Krohn behind the wheel of its Top Fuel dragster at multiple NHRA events in the 2024 season, kicking off at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. 

NHRA Rookie of the Year candidate Ida Zetterström continues to ramp up support for a late summer debut in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series with the addition of Edelbrock Performance and VP Racing Fuels, to her growing list of partners.

NHRA fans can watch the Division 2 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series "Baby Gators" event from Gainesville Raceway for free starting Thursday on NHRA.tv.

Brian Husen has been named crew chief of Shawn Langdon’s Kalitta Air Careers team and will now lead the 2013 NHRA Top Fuel champion’s tuning efforts. Mac Savage will replace Husen as assistant tuner for Doug Kalitta behind crew chief Alan Johnson.

The three-time championship-winning Killer Bs team of driver Sean Bellemeur, tuner Steve Boggs, and team owner Tony Bartone will launch its pursuit of a fourth NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car crown at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.

Top Fuel standout Josh Hart will have the opportunity to defend his victory in the Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout, which takes place on Saturday, March 9 as part of the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at legendary Gainesville Raceway.

NEW FEATURE: With 2024 just around the corner, Division 5 Director Nick Duty says the West Central is poised to continue leading the way in promoting NHRA Drag Racing and serving competitors across the West Central Division.

Eight-time champion Tony Schumacher has been part of the Top Fuel brigade for nearly three decades, and for many of those years, he's led the charge. The most winning driver in the class enters the 2024 season with a new look on his JCM Racing dragster, but his championship spirit is still fully intact.

Mahindra Ag North America, a Texas-based company highlighting its world-class farm tractors, will serve as the primary sponsor of Tony Stewart's Top Fuel dragster at two NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series events, which will be named at a later date.

Tickets are now on sale for the 59th annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, as world champions will be crowned in dramatic fashion at legendary In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip on Nov. 14-17 in Pomona, Calif.

This episode of the NHRA Insider concentrates on two fascinating storylines developing in the home state of the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. Josh Hart and Dave Richards are at their center, and both men join host Brian Lohnes on this episode of the show. 

LE Tonglet, the 2010 NHRA world champion and winner of 20 NHRA national events, will make his return to the Pro Stock Motorcycle class during the 2024 season.

A driver's first season can be one of many learning experiences, both good and, sometimes, bad, as this quintet of rookie drivers discovered in their initial campaigns.

Jackie Fricke, Kyle Smith, and Adam Hickey led the list of winners as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series South Central Division was in action with Nitro on the Bayou at No Problem Raceway.

Automotive Racing Products (ARP), an industry leader in fastener technology, will be the title sponsor of the new “ARP Six-Second Club” for the Holley EFI NHRA Factory X category.