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When the intensity of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship season peaks, so does the stress on man and machine. This is the time of the year when maximum efforts are revealed, and when things don't go as planned—the equipment tells the tale!

With three offical races in the books, the brand-new Factory X presented by Holley class has already provided a lot of thrills and a few twists and turns.

Halfway through the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship, there's a real four-driver dogfight atop the standings. Here's a look at how the playoffs have gone so far in Funny Car. Second in a series.

Go behind the scenes with the winners of the NHRA Midwest Nationals as they celebrate their victories with their teams and one another and accept congratulations from their vanquished final-round foes.

The NHRA Midwest Nationals marked the midpoint of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship, crowning winners and upsetting the points standings at World Wide Technology Raceway.

The NHRA Midwest Nationals marked the halfway point of the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship. Here's a quick look a how the Top Fuel teams have fared through the first three races. First in a series.

The NHRA Midwest Nationals, the third race in the 2023 Countdown to the Championship playoffs, brought plenty of surprises for all. Here are five takeaways from the St. Louis event – get 'em while they're hot.

The NHRA Countdown to the Championship season is merciless and every driver is all-out in every round. Sometimes that's a little too far out!

With as quickly as things change in Pro Stock, Greg Anderson knows he can’t get too comfortable with last week’s win in Charlotte, especially with another huge NHRA Countdown to the Championship race taking place at this weekend’s NHRA Midwest Nationals.

The drama is always there at the NHRA Midwest Nationals, from record-quick and fast runs to domination and wild on-track moments. Here's a look at five of the more memorable moments in the history of the event.

Funny Car’s Bob Tasca III has made a strong impression over the first two races of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs and looks to close out the first half of the Countdown in style this weekend in St. Louis.

Go behind the scenes with the winners of the Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals as they celebrate their victories with their teams and one another and accept congratulations from their vanquished final-round foes.

With his victory at the Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals, his third score of the season, Bob Tasca III jumped to second in Funny Car points. Crew chief Aaron Brooks talks about what it's taken to get this far and what they'll need in the future.

No rider has ridden in more NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle races than Steve Johnson, who has competed in 488 of the 500 events. The sometimes comical, always lyrical, mostly serious veteran talks about how the class has changed and evolved over the years.

At the Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals, Top Fuel’s Mike Salinas became the first driver to power a car to 300 mph at the eighth-mile, winning a $30,000 bounty from Phillips Connect. Crew chiefs Rob Flynn and Aaron Cave talk about what it took.

The Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals, the second race of the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship, was a wild affair with upsets abounding yet some familiar names returning to the winner's circle.

Before the NHRA Countdown to the Championship started, Doug Kalitta’s last Top Fuel victory came in 2020 at World Wide Technology Raceway, the site of this weekend’s NHRA Midwest Nationals. Since then, he has won a pair of playoff races as he competes for that elusive first world championship.

The Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals, stop two of the 2023 Countdown to the Championship, further embued the reputation of zMAX Raceway as a place where cool things happen. Here's our five takeaways from this year's event.

After a dominating regular season in which he rode his Mission Foods/Vance & Hines Suzuki to six wins in nine starts and gained a huge points lead, people wondered how Gaige Herrera would handle his first adversity. Very well, it turns out.

After switching from a cockpit canopy car back to an open cockpit, Doug Kalitta broke the second-longest dry spell of his career, and the team is sticking with the same car. Coincidence or not, superstition or not, Kalitta's ready to roll in either configuration.

Reigning Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion Matt Smith wasn’t at the first race in the class, but the six-time champ will be at the 500th official race for the category, which takes place at this weekend’s Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway.

With a prime spot in the NHRA Countdown to the Championship, the Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals is always packed with excitement. Here's a look back at five memorable moments from the history of the event.

Robert Hight has already won once this year at one of his favorite tracks, zMAX Dragway, which hosts this weekend’s Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals. But a season sweep at "the Bellagio of dragstrips" would go a long way in the Funny Car standout trying to claim a fourth world championship.

A regular season filled with struggles changed almost overnight for Tony Schumacher. The Top Fuel legend and eight-time world champ enjoyed a sizeable turnaround to open the Countdown to the Championship, advancing to the semifinals last weekend to kick off the playoffs.

Go behind the scenes with the winners of the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals as they celebrate their victories with their teams and one another and accept congratulations from their vanquished final-round foes.

The 2023 Pep Boys NHRA Nationals will long be remembered for a series of upsets as well as Doug Kalitta's 50th career win. Take a look back at all of the excitement of the event in our Weekend Rewind video.

With his Top Fuel victory at the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway, Doug Kalitta became just the 23rd driver in NHRA history to reach the 50-win milestone and just the 16th to do it in the NHRA Professional ranks. Here's a look at the list of NHRA winners with 50 or more victories.

The first race of the 2023 NHRA Countdown to the Championship was one that left no stone unturned. Quick times! Big speed! Changing of the guard! Upsets! Rain! Yep, we had it all at Maple Grove Raceway's 38th annual Pep Boys NHRA Nationals, but we've narrowed down five attention-worthy notes.

The first portion of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series was a wild one for second-generation Pro Stock racer Fernando Cuadra Jr., and it concluded with a final-round on the most prestigious stage. His start to the Countdown, though, brought an unexpected challenge.

It was quite a ride. That’s one way to look at J.R. Todd’s regular season, but regardless of the twists and turns in the road, the destination was spot on: Todd and his DHL GR Supra team will start the 2023 NHRA Playoffs as the No. 5 seed.