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Late-season rally helps Plaizier secure first Top Dragster championship

Casey Plaizier only led the points standings in Right Trailers Top Dragster for one day in 2025, but it was the day that matters most, the final day of the season.
18 Dec 2025
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
2025 world champion profile
Casey Plaizier
Casey Plaizier only led the points standings in Right Trailers Top Dragster for one day in 2025, but it was the day that matters most, the final day of the season.And oh, what a final day it was.The weather that eventually forced the cancellation of…
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Fifty years after launching the dream, Pawuk wins second straight championship

Mark “Cowboy” Pawuk is amongst the veterans of the sport, and in 2025, that experience parlayed into a second consecutive Flexjet NHRA Factory Stock Showdown championship for the Ohio native.
17 Dec 2025
Kelly Wade
2025 world champion profile
Mark Pawuk
The world of drag racing is a melting pot of old and new, from the mix of classic and modern-day muscle cars to an eclectic and enormous array of racers from every walk of life and spanning decades of age. Driving his sleek Empaco Dodge Challenger…
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Undefeated season leads McBride to second straight Top Fuel Motorcycle title

Larry "Spinderman" McBride went undefeated in the four-race season to claim his second straight Top Fuel Motorcycle world championship.
17 Dec 2025
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
2025 world champion profile
Larry McBride
Let’s face it, most racers wouldn’t have the nerve to even throw a leg over a Top Fuel Motorcycle, much less go out and attempt to win a race, and perhaps that’s what helps make Larry “Spiderman” McBride a rare and special breed.Following the…
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Boesch claims Indy win, second Top Sportsman title in five years

This season, Darian Boesch came extremely close to joining the short list of drivers who have won two world championships in a single year, winning the Right Trailers Top Sportsman title and finishing third in Right Trailers Top Dragster.
17 Dec 2025
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
2025 world champion profile
Darian Boesch
This season, Darian Boesch came extremely close to joining the short list of drivers who have won two world championships in a single year. The late Scotty Richardson did it first in 1994, and Justin Lamb and Jeff Strickland have since followed suit…
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DeFlorian overcomes early season challenges to score first championship

John DeFlorian’s 2025 campaign in Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage NHRA Mountain Motor Pro Stock was all-time for the St. Louis racer. After finishing No. 3 in the series last season, he made remarkable strides in 2025, inking four wins on the way to his first NHRA world championship.
16 Dec 2025
Kelly Wade
2025 world champion profile
 John DeFlorian
He has been racing for decades, but John DeFlorian’s 2025 campaign in Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage NHRA Mountain Motor Pro Stock was all-time for the St. Louis racer. After finishing No. 3 in the series last season, the driver of the Total Seal…
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Lottig captures series title in the second season of Holley EFI Factory X

Lenny Lottig has been there from the first official Holley EFI Factory X race in his Bill Jenkins “Grumpy’s Toy” tribute Camaro and this season came away as the 2025 Holley EFI Factory X champion.
15 Dec 2025
Kelly Wade
2025 world champion profile
Lenny Lottig
Factory X debuted as an exhibition in 2023, showcasing production-based muscle cars equipped with cutting-edge technology. The class was undeniably exciting, with late-model, factory-style bodies based on the Chevrolet COPO Camaro, Ford Mustang…
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