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The final day of qualifying for the Menards NHRA Nationals will set the field in all three professional classes, and it will also serve as a thrilling race-within-a-race as the Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge is contested.

The first day of qualifying at the Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor was a scorcher, but the heat didn't hold back Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), Robert Hight (Funny Car), and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock). They aimed high and went quicker than everyone else to each end the night with a provisional pole. 

The 13th of 21 events on the 2023 Camping World Drag Racing Series schedule is taking place this weekend at Heartland Motorsports Park, and the 34th annual Menards NHRA Nationals is slated to be a race to remember as drivers in three Professional categories take to the dragstrip in the heart of America. 

Popular Top Fuel pro Scott Palmer is saddled up in new livery for this weekend’s Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor, representing the Professional Bull Riders Teams at Heartland Motorsports Park.

Dylan Hough won in Top Dragster and Tom Misfeldt in Sportsman Motorcycle at both races as the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Northwest Division was in action with a doubleheader event at Pacific Raceways.

NHRA officials have announced the 2023 NHRA Sweepstakes, featuring a host of prizes from five NHRA partners Camping World, K&N Performance, A-iPower, Summit Racing Equipment, and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.

After nearly a month off, the Pro Stock class returns to action this weekend at Heartland Motorsports Park, which marks the perfect location for standout Troy Coughlin Jr., who claimed the most recent Pro Stock victory last month in Denver.

The NHRA has been holding national events at Heartland Motorsport Park since 1989, and the heroics and histrionics that have taken place could fill a book. Here's a look at just five of the memorable moments at the vaunted Kansas facility.

In addition to his Funny Car driving duties for Jim Dunn Racing, Alex Laughlin will also be competing in Comp eliminator at this year’s Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor at Heartland Motorsports Park.  

The vaunted NHRA Western Swing trio of events is the focus of the new issue of NHRA National Dragster magazine, which is now online in digital format and in the mail in its traditional print format to NHRA Members around the world.

With a win in Seattle and a pair of victories in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge, Steve Torrence and the Capco team enter the final stretch of the regular season with renewed confidence and enthusiasm.

Congratulations to Hutch Harger, Oakley White, Kane Kern, Gage Wilson, and Camron Nelson on winning 2023 NHRA D4 South Central titles during the Jr. E.T. Finals at Ardmore Dragway.

On this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast, Tony Pedregon and Jim Epler join host Brian Lohnes to talk about the upcoming Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor.

With each passing race, things seem to get better and better for Funny Car’s Chad Green, who made his first career final-round appearance at the most recent race in Sonoma.

Defending Top Fuel champion Brittany Force hasn’t been to a final round this season and has a win-loss record hovering around the .500 mark, but her veteran tuner David Grubnic isn’t sweating it. He’s confident that the best is still to come.

In this bonus edition of the NHRA Insider, host Brian Lohnes talks with Ron Capps on the day before he is set to compete in the SRX stock car series on the dirt of Eldora Speedway in Ohio.

Thirty years ago at Heartland Motorsports Park, Jim Epler became the first Funny Car driver to exceed 300 mph. Epler, now the Executive Vice-President of Phillips Connect, looks back on his historic achievement.

NHRA fans can watch the Division 6 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series doubleheader event from Pacific Raceways for free starting Thursday on NHRA.tv.

A year ago — and in his first season as a team owner — Heartland Motorsports Park was the place for a major moment for Top Fuel star Antron Brown. The three-time world champion hopes to continue that success at this year's event.

Loaded with prestige, the world’s biggest drag race, the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals, returns to Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park on Aug. 30-Sept. 4 to close out the 2023 regular season in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series.

On the one-year anniversary of the forming of JCM Racing, team patriarch Joe Maynard and his primary driver, eight-time NHRA Top Fuel world champ Tony Schumacher, discuss the past year and what lies ahead for all three of the Maynard-affiliated teams.

Funny Car world champion Ron Capps is set for a busy week as he will race in this weekend’s Menard’s NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor at Heartland Motorsports Park the day after he makes his debut in the Superstar Racing Experience at Eldora Speedway.