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The NHRA Countdown to the Championship continues at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals with 40 racers in the hunt for a championship. Professional qualifying continues with a pair of sessions in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock…

Watch Robert Hight, Billy Torrence, Erica Enders and Steve Johnson take pole in their respective categories and Luigi Novelli drive through a big explosion during the first day of qualifying at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals…

Billy Torrence and Steve Torrence highlighted a Capco Contractors one-two punch in Top Fuel qualifying at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals in St. Louis.  Billy Torrence took the top spot with a 3.699-second lap at 321.88-mph. His son…

Robert Hight made a statement run at the first of three races sponsored by the company that sponsors his Chevy Camaro Funny Car.  The 2017 world champion ran a 3.877-second pass at 334.9-mph to go to the top of the Funny Car field, beating…

Erica Enders started at the top of the Pro Stock field in Reading but did not have the race day she wanted. She started her bounce back weekend in fine fashion in St. Louis.  Enders ended Friday qualifying at the top of the Pro Stock sheet…

Steve Johnson is determined to prove his final-round appearance in Reading was not a fluke. The Suzuki rider took provisional pole position at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals with a 6.838-second pass and stunning the St. Louis crowd.…

Rickie Smith ended up on the top of the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod sheet in both sessions at the end of Friday qualifying in St. Louis, but not without a little drama. Smith made a 5.763-second pass at 251.63-miles per hour to take provisional pole…

Robert Hight drove through a fiery explosion to capture a massive win at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals in 2018. Re-live his victory, and the rest of the final rounds, from last year's race from World Wide Technology Raceway outside of St…

DON SCHUMACHER RACING ANTRON BROWN “Looking forward to racing at World Wide Technology Raceway. St. Louis has always been a great place for us. We won there four years in a row, and we want to get back on that trend. We fell…

The NHRA Countdown to the Championship continues at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals with 40 racers in the hunt for a championship. Professional qualifying kicks off with a pair of sessions in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock…

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The first race of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship is in the books. Read what the teams had to say following the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil.  Torrence Racing Steve Torrence “Maple…

The Jason Line’s mid-season struggles in Pro Stock appear to be a distant memory after the three-time world champ claimed a key victory in the final of the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil. Line, who won his first event of the…

Richie Crampton surged to fifth place with his second win of the season at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil.  He defeated Kalitta Motorsports teammate Doug Kalitta to move up four spots in one weekend, a phenomenal…

Had Jerry Savoie not qualified for the Countdown to the Championship playoffs, it’s entirely possible that he would have skipped the Mopar Express Lane Nationals presented by Pennzoil but after his win in Countdown clinching Indy victory, the…

Jack Beckman scored his first win of the 2019 season at the perfect time to take over the Funny Car standings. He defeated John Force in a rematch of the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals to capture his first win in more than a year. …

Check out the best shots from the final day of racing from the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil as captured by NHRA National Dragster photographers Marc Gewertz and Bob Szelag.

Fernando Cuadra missed the Countdown to the Championship in Pro Stock by less than a round and for that, the rest of the class should be thankful since the Mexican businessman is doing some damage in the first event of the NHRA playoffs. Cuadra, who…

Jerry Savoie and Andrew Hines were in no hurry to stage their Pro Stock Motorcycles during the second round at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil. The two former world champions warmed up their motorcycles for more…

Clay Millican delivered a holeshot victory to the Parts Plus Top Fuel team in the first round at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil. That means there is a new leader in the Top Fuel clubhouse for the first time since the…

The NHRA Countdown to the Championship begins in earnest with race day at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil with 40 racers in the hunt for a championship. Professional racing begins with four rounds in Top Fuel, Funny Car,…

On the starting line or anywhere else, not much rattles Eddie Krawiec, so if anyone thinks he’s ready to hit the panic button after going winless in the first 10 events of the 2019 season, they’d be sadly mistaken. First, it’s important to remember…

Teams wrapped up the first weekend of qualifying in the NHRA Countdown to the Championship at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil. Here's what they had to say ahead of race day.  John Force Racing Brittany…

Down by 50 points heading into the first race of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs, Erica Enders chipped away at leader Bo Butner with a solid qualifying performance in Reading that included a 5.480 that was good for the top spot in…

Returning to the site of her ground-breaking first NHRA win in 1996, two-time Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion Angelle Sampey qualified in the top spot for the second-straight event and 51st time in her career. Sampey rode her Screamin’ Eagle…

Ron Capps captured his second No. 1 of the 2019 season on the back of a record-setting performance in his NAPA Filters Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car.  The Don Schumacher Racing team reset both ends of the track record with a 3.837-…

Brittany Force ran the quickest time in NHRA Top Fuel world history with a 3.623-second blast at 331.61-mph to secure her third-straight No. 1 qualifier at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil.   Force…

Matt Smith begins his 2018 Pro Stock Motorcycle world championship defense with all his cards on the table. Well, as on the table as the cagey veteran ever cares for them to be. He's outspoken in a sense. Smith didn't debut the way he wanted at…

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The NHRA Countdown to the Championship continues at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil with 40 racers in the hunt for a championship. Professional qualifying wraps up with a pair of sessions in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock…