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Bob Tasca III will compete in the NHRA New England Nationals with support from longtime Tasca Racing backer PPG. “My family has used PPG for many years,” said Tasca. “We share a great…

Can anybody stop Jason Line? The Pro Stock points leader and two-time Mello Yello world champion has completed the best stretch of races in his career in the first eight races of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. He has been in…

Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel), John Force (Funny Car), and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) — all three winners of the event rank as the active wins leaders in their classes — took home victories in their respective categories at the 2015 NHRA…

The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads to New Hampshire for the 4th annual NHRA New England Nationals, the ninth of 24 races in the 2016 season. Historic New England Dragway, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2016, sits about an hour north…

Pro Stock points leader Jason Line is on an incredible streak, having advanced to all eight Pro Stock final rounds this year, but as good as his run is, Line’s eight straight only ranks eighth on the all-time list. Following is a look at the…

Reigning NHRA Comp Eliminator national champion Craig Bourgeois of Metairie, La., led the list of champions crowned on Sunday at the JEGS NHRA SPORTSnationals at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Ky. Bourgeois drove his nostalgia dragster…

Jimmy Scott Dick Krieger Paul Mercure Bobby Warren Joe Moore The JEGS NHRA SPORTSnationals is an event NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series competitors circle on their calendars each year. It…

For the past five months, we’ve been talking almost exclusively about Funny Cars here – I know, #FirstWorldProblems, right? – so I thought I’d take a look back at a place that was responsible for many of them, Don Kirby’s Funny Car “supermarket…

Memorial Day weekend is the only weekend off for Del Worsham from now until July, but instead of taking a break, the driver of the DHL Toyota Camry Funny Car for Kalitta Motorsports has not only decided…

Drag racing legend Shirley Muldowney is resting comfortably and talking with family members and friends a day after surgery in North Carolina to address potential lung cancer concerns. In a four-hour surgery performed Wednesday at Novant Health…

Jimmy Prock is among the most renowned crew chiefs in the sport today. The tuner of the Infinite Hero Dodge Charger driven by Jack Beckman has a career total of 71 wins and two championships. Prock began turning wrenches on father Tom’s…

Jeg Coughlin Sr., center, with sons, from left, Troy, Mike, Jeg Jr., and John. The JEGS NHRA SPORTSnationals presented by Quick Fuel will bring NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series racers from all over the nation to Beech Bend Raceway Park…

In this week’s journey into the NHRA National Dragster photo archives, we look into the file of one of the most accomplished Top Alcohol Funny Car drivers, Brad Anderson. Ranked No. 33 on the NHRA Top 50 Drivers list in 2001, Anderson…

K&N Engineering Inc. has signed a multiyear agreement to extend the company’s sponsorship of the K&N Horsepower Challenge. The K&N Horsepower Challenge is the longest-running specialty event in the NHRA. “We are very excited to…

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Sportsman racers who qualify for the JEGS Allstars will have extra incentive to perform this year with the addition of nearly $47,000 in manufacturer contingency awards. Finalists in Top Alcohol Dragster, Top…

More than a week removed from the Atlanta event, people are still talking about the incredible Top Fuel final between Kalitta Motorsports teammates J.R. Todd and Doug Kalitta that was the closest race in the category’s history. Though there…

Beal Racing has signed an eight-race primary sponsorship agreement with AutoAnything, a leading eCommerce retailer of car and truck performance products and accessories, for the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season. After a successful…

Much has been made about the recent surge in wins by women in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, including Brittany Force’s first Top Fuel wins in Gainesville and Charlotte as well as Funny Car victories by her sister Courtney and…

Dale Pulde might be your favorite Funny Car driver’s favorite Funny Car driver. Considered one of the most natural drivers in the Funny Car class, Pulde drove 70 different Funny Cars during his lengthy career, which began in 1966 while he was…

John Force damaged his new Chevy Camaro SS Funny Car in the second qualifying session Friday at the NHRA Kansas Nationals. Force launched hard but experienced tire shake, smoked the tires, and did a quick pedal job, but hit the left lane guardwall…

Drag racing legend Shirley Muldowney, a three-time NHRA Top Fuel champion, has been diagnosed with lung cancer and will undergo surgery at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center in downtown Charlotte early Wednesday morning to remove her right…

Dode Martin was a drag racer at early Southern California tracks when he met Jim Nelson at Paradise Mesa Drag Strip, where Nelson was an NHRA tech inspector. They became partners and created Dragmaster to build race-ready machines. Their first…

Heartland Park Topeka is lauded as having one of the best racing surfaces in the country, which helps set the stage for record-setting conditions when the right ambient air conditions present themselves. Its history is full of milestone…

  The 2016 JEGS NHRA SPORTSnationals presented by Quick Fuel will make its triumphant return to Beech Bend Raceway Park, May 27-29, to showcase competition in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. The JEGS NHRA SPORTSnationals will comprise…

The 2016 NHRA Kansas Nationals will very likely go down in the history books as one of the best races in the history of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. From the incredible Friday night qualifying that produced the quickest and fastest Funny…

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As part of NHRA’s 50 years of Funny Car celebration, fans voted on a Top 20 list developed by respected drag racing historians and Funny Car experts. The results are being revealed in reverse order, beginning the weekend of the Summit Racing…

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Last weekend’s Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway was the most-watched NHRA event in the modern TV landscape, delivering 1,367,000 viewers on Sunday’s finals show alone. The FOX Sports 1 telecast had…