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The Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event initially scheduled to take place Sept. 27-29 at Virginia Motorsports Park has been relocated to Maple Grove Raceway Oct. 24-27 due to unfavorable weather forecasts.

Go behind the scenes with the winners of the NHRA Carolina Nationals as they celebrate with their teams and accept congratulations from their defeated final-round opponents.

In addition to the thrilling action in the Mission Foods Drag Racing Series at the NHRA Carolina Nationals, nine winners were also crowned in Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competition at zMAX Dragway, including Top Alcohol Car Funny Car winner Sean Bellemeur, who won for the fifth time this season.

On this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast, host Brian Lohnes is joined by Funny Car veteran Jack Beckman and Julie Nataas, the 2023 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Top Alcohol Dragster champion who will be making a Top Fuel debut at the NHRA Midwest Nationals this weekend.

Race No. 2 of the six-race Countdown to the Championship playoffs raced to conclusion with the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway. It was a wild weekend filled with upsets and important moments. Enjoy this video look back at the event.

NASCAR legend and FOX Sports broadcaster Kevin Harvick made a special appearance with his family in Tony Stewart's pit with his family, and in the broadcast booth at the 2024 NHRA Carolina Nationals, joining Brian Lohnes and Tony Pedregon.

Clay Millican enters this weekend’s NHRA Midwest Nationals as the defending Top Fuel champ and is right in the thick of the championship hunt and still feeling the momentum of his massive Toyota NHRA U.S. Nationals victory.

​​​​​​​Bob Tasca III and Matt Hagan face unrelenting pressure in the Funny Car points battle from two different John Force Racing Funny Cars.

Recalling the moment Matt Hagan's Dodge Charger shattered the four-second Funny Car barrier in Charlotte

You have plenty of chances to catch all the high-speed action again as NHRA on FOX re-airs the fourth race of the 2024 Countdown to the Championship!

The NHRA Carolina Nationals, the second of six Countdown to the Championship playoff races, had quite a few eye-opening moments. Here's a look at our five big takeaways from the event.

 Filling in for Khalid Al Balooshi, Travis Harvey made the most of his debut in the Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by LearnEV+, winning his first career start as part of the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway.

Three-time Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown moved into the points lead for the first time since 2017, winning his second straight playoff race at the NHRA Carolina Nationals. Austin Prock (Funny Car), Dallas Glenn (Pro Stock) and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won the 16th of 20 races.

The NHRA National Dragster photographers were all over zMAX Dragway on the final day at the NHRA Carolina Nationals, capturing all of the action on and off the racetrack.

News, notes, quotes, and photos from final eliminations at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway.

It seems fitting that Larry McBride, the face of Top Fuel Motorcycles for 40 years, was crowned the first champion of the Pingel Top Fuel Motorcycle Series, wrapping it up at the NHRA Carolina Nationals, but it took more than reputation to win the title.

It’s raceday for the second of six events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship playoffs at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway.

Reigning Funny Car world champion Matt Hagan picked up his first No. 1 qualifier since March, clinching the top position on Saturday at zMAX Dragway to close out qualifying at the NHRA Carolina Nationals. Brittany Force (Top Fuel), Erica Enders (Pro Stock), and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also qualified No. 1 in their fields.

The NHRA National Dragster photographers were all over zMAX Dragway on the final day of qualifying at the NHRA Carolina Nationals, capturing all of the action on and off the racetrack.

News, notes, quotes, and photos from the second day of Pro qualifying at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway.

There may only be one John Force, but his young protégé, Austin Prock, is closing in on some of the GOAT’s single-season Funny Car class records.

The opening day of qualifying Friday at the NHRA Carolina Nationals was a get-well kind of day for the No. 1 qualifiers who plan to use Saturday’s warmer conditions as raceday tune-ups for Sunday.