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For more than five decades, NHRA National Dragster's famed Tricky Tipster has tested his prognosticating skills prior to each national event, putting odds on the top eight racers he thinks have the best shot at victory in Tricky Tipster.…

Craig Porter also earned his first national event Wally with his victory in Super Gas in his second final. Porter, runner-up in his ’93 Mustang last year in Gainesville, went the distance this time by outmaneuvering final-round opponent Ed…

Super Comp victor Amanda Boicesco was one of only two first-time national event winners among the Reading Sportsman champs, but winning is no stranger to her family: Her father, Iggie, is an eight-time national event champ who won in Reading in…

Just three weeks after collecting his 49th victory in Super Stock at the NHRA Carolina Nationals in Charlotte, Peter Biondo snagged career win No. 50 in Stock in Reading. Racing in his 75th final, “the Terminator” drove his B/SA ’…

Michael Iacono, who scored his first victory at the 2004 Reading race, quickly recovered from his loss to Peter Biondo in the Stock final to corral his sixth win with a victory minutes later in the Super Stock final in his familiar pink GT/DA…

Andy Bohl, who last year scored a huge win at the U.S. Nationals, collected career win No. 3 in Reading with his Howard’s Cams/Competition Products Camaro when he defeated Sean Bellemeur in the final on a holeshot, 5.57 to 5.51, after a…

Jackie Fricke scored her first win in Top Alcohol Dragster by driving John Finke’s A/Fuel Dragster to a final-round victory over former national champ Chris Demke. No. 2 qualifier Fricke, whose husband, Shawn, is a national-event-winning…

Former Comp national champ Al Ackerman, who hadn’t won a national event since his dominating, three-win championship campaign in 2010, wheeled his F/Dragster to his fifth win with a final-round defeat of Joe Carnasciale, (-.65) 7.88 to (-.61…

Due to persistent rain that limited time-trial and qualifying efforts, the majority of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series portion of the Dodge NHRA Nationals was completed Monday at Maple Grove Raceway, where the sun shone most brightly on seven…

As the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season roars to its conclusion, NHRA has been asking on social media for fans to share their favorite moments of the season to date. NHRA’s Amanda Busick checks out the submissions from…

Five years ago, Chris McGaha recorded his first Pro Stock round win at the Texas Motorplex, the site of this weekend’s 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals at the Texas Motorplex. As big as that…

Reaching the 50-win milestone in NHRA national event competition is a rare and impressive feat, one first accomplished 30 years ago at Texas Motorplex, site of this weekend’s AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals, by NHRA Pro Stock icon Bob Glidden…

With his victory in Stock at the recent Dodge NHRA Nationals, Peter Biondo, one of the premier NHRA Sportsman racers of all time, became just the 17th driver in NHRA history to record 50 NHRA national event wins. Biondo, known in drag racing…

Cruz Pedregon is a two-time NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car world champion, but the last few years have not been kind to the Cruzer. He hasn’t won an event since Englishtown in 2014 and has only five…

As he chases his first NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car world championship, Ron Capps was a model of consistency throughout the 2016 regular season. That consistency has stretched into the…

So you’ve never heard of Gage Burch? Stick around a while, you almost certainly will. As a quick introduction, Burch is a 16-year-old drag racing prodigy from Palmetto, Fla., who is in the process of making the jump from the NHRA Summit…

The AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals and the Dodge NHRA Nationals are switching their event dates for the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship.   The Dodge NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading…

It appears that the Pro Stock Motorcycle Countdown to the Championship is going to be a two-bike affair between Screamin’ Eagle Harley-Davidson teammates Andrew Hines and Eddie Krawiec, who sit 1-2 atop the standings, but they’re not…

In this week’s edition of Night at the Museum, NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom highlights one of the newest additions to the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum: Don “the Snake” Prudhomme’s Army Plymouth Arrow. The car won the…

Alex Laughlin, who at the recent AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals became NHRA’s latest first-time winner in Pro Stock, isn’t resting on his laurels. The talented Texan recently earned his…

Through a standout career that includes eight Top Fuel world championships, Tony Schumacher has displayed an incredible ability to produce remarkable late-season runs to grab a world title. Trailing…

NHRA’s six-race Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championships has determined the season championships, but it hasn’t always been that. NHRA of FOX reporter Jamie Howe takes a look back at the numerous ways and format…

Bristol Dragway won the NHRA Southeast Division Summit Racing Series Team Championship over Gainesville Raceway and Montgomery Motorsports Park while Timmy Smith led the list of individual winners at the Southeast Division Summit Finals at Atlanta…

Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park captured the team championship while Russ Stryker, Howard Devore, Steven Umberger and Freddie Camarena took home the individual championship at this weekend’s NHRA Pacific Division Summit Racing Series Finals…

With just three races left in the Countdown to the Championship, Antron Brown in Top Fuel and Ron Capps and Tommy…

The "all-in-one" fuel-system valve is all the rage in the nitro classes these days, a unit developed by the DHL team in cooperation with Don Jackson that replaces three others parts with one, as Kalitta Motorsports crew chief Jim…

We’ve looked at the top drivers in Top Fuel, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle in this column, so to wrap up the series, this week, we delve into the win stats for the Funny Car class. Everyone can probably quickly guess the top two drivers…

What does is cost to build a 10,000-horsepower nitro Funny Car that will run 330 mph on the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series? NHRA on FOX analyst Tony Pedregon, a former two-time NHRA Funny Car world champ, breaks it down, from chassis to…

The list of Sportsman winners at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals included everything from fresh-faced 18-year-old Koy Collier, who was competing in his first national event, to 69-year-old veteran Larry Cummings, who collected his first…

Matt Driskell, the 1996 Super Comp national champ, is now a serious contender for a second title following his win in the Top Dragster presented by Racing RVs category. The final round featured two of the top-five ranked drivers in the country with…