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The Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals marked NHRA’s return to Route 66 Raceway for the first time since 2019, and the race was spectacular on many fronts. Here’s a video look back at the weekend.

Vance & Hines Andrew Hines explains how 8.5-pound tungsten weights are positioned on a Suzuki motorcycle for best performance and 60-foot times.

The Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals mark the return of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series to one of the most favored facilities on tour, and while each of the near-500 participants are thrilled to be back, Peggy Llewellyn is, perhaps, the most excited of all.

Defending Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders has a great fondness for Route 66 Raceway, as it is where she claimed the very first win of her professional career. The now 43-time victor will be looking for rejuvenation on familiar territory at this weekend’s Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals.

The last time Steve Torrence was at Route 66 Raceway, he was in the middle of one of the most impressive stretches in his Top Fuel career, which is saying something considering the tremendous success he’s enjoyed as a four-time Top Fuel champion.

Robert Hight owns the track record in Funny Car at Route 66 Raceway, as well as back-to-back final-round appearances at the two most recent NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series races at the Chicago track in 2018 and 2019.

As NHRA prepares to return to Route 66 Raceway this weekend for the Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by Peak Performance, let's take a look back at the history of the event and relive five great moments.

At just 19 years of age, Brandon Miller has already earned two division championships, a JEGS Allstars title, and two national event wins. Miller is making good use of his time, and most recently, he claimed the Top Sportsman trophy in Charlotte — where he was also competing in the second Pro Stock race of his young career.

The Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge is back, bringing an added measure of excitement as the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series makes its first Chicago appearance in four years at the Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals at Route 66 Raceway on May 19-21.

The Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals provided a big moment for the Prock family with AustIn Prock winning in Top Fuel and his brother, Thomas, assisting their dad, Jimmy, in tuning Robert Hight to the Funny Car victory.

Call him John "Four-Wide" Force. Hear Force explain to Joe Castello how he's studied the tree and the learned to navigate the chaos of the starting line as well as anyone can.

The NHRA Safety Safari has been perfecting the dragstrip experience for decades. Yet just as for the competitors they serve, some races are tougher than others. At the 2023 Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals this team earned the respect of everyone in attendance.

NHRA on FOX's Bruno Massel talks with Grubnic about the strategy behind the team's incredible qualifying, and what's coming for the competition on a future race day.

Austin Prock joined Joe Castello on the WFO podcast to break down his Top Fuel win at the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals and to take a look ahead to the upcoming Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by Peak Performance.

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

Despite a rough weekend at the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, Matt Hagan and the Tony Stewart Racing team were able to hold onto their incoming points lead after the fifth race of the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.

The 2023 edition of the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals was filled with wild racing and upsets galore. Check out some of the highlights from the event in our Weekend Rewind video.

With three semifinal finishes and a third-place ranking, Alexis DeJoria is off to her best start to a season in nearly a decade, and her provisional No. 1 qualifying spot at the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals shows the team is playing for the win this year.

John Force has won the four-wide race in Charlotte in back-to-back years, bringing a string of dominance at the race into this weekend’s Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway.

Way back in 2005, an 11-year-old fan met rookie Funny Car driver Robert Hight. Both had dreams of making it big in the sport and at this weekend’s Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, they’ll finally share the same stage when Jacob McNeal makes his Top Fuel debut in Scott Palmer’s dragster.

The Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals will make history when Pro Stock newcomer David Cuadra lines up alongside brothers Fernando Jr. and Cristian and their father, Fernando Sr., during Pro Stock Q4 Saturday at zMAX Dragway. NHRA’s Joe Castello interviewed the family about the moment ahead.

Still young in his burgeoning Top Fuel career, Josh Hart has already enjoyed success in the four-wide format, advancing to the final quad three different times, and is looking for his first four-wide win at the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway.

The NHRA Four-Wide Nationals was born at zMAX Dragway, which has been host to the most four-wide events in history as well as some of the wildest moments. NHRA's Brian Lohnes shares his five most memorable moments from the event.

The John Force Racing team had their hands full getting a new chassis ready following the boss' much-replayed two-car shunt with J.R. Todd in Pomona, and the team plans to roll the new pipe into action at this weekend's Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.

The Pro Stock results have been a bit, well, unexpected this year. In a class where previous champions have relentlessly dominated, fresh faces are showing up in the winner's circle and with No. 1 qualifier awards, and Matt Hartford is elated to be in the mix. 

Crew chief Mike Green talks about the team's early success in the Justin Ashley-driven Phillips Connect Top Fueler and the tuning adjustments and strategies they've used to dominate the early part of the season.

In the inaugural compilation of NHRA’s Movers, Shakers, and Deal Makers, the staff of NHRA National Dragster recognizes the contributions of many of those most recently responsible for the growing success of the sport. 

Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage has partnered with Tony Stewart Racing in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, with the Tennessee-based company highlighting its world-class car collection on the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car of three-time champion Matt Hagan.

The FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by Type A Motorsports not only features some of the fastest cars in drag racing, but it also boasts some of the sport’s most colorful characters, so it’s no surprise there is controversy brewing ahead of this weekend’s Charlotte event.