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Nitro Time Machine: Historic Las Vegas track tour
Join NHRA's Brian Lohnes and Tony Pedregon in the latest Nitro Time Machine as they explore the vast history of NHRA Drag Racing events in the Las Vegas area.
Happy 100th birthday Alex Xydias
The NHRA honors this legendary racer, speed-shop owner, filmmaker, publisher, and one of Wally Parks’ dearest friends.
Alex Xydias is a first-generation hot rodder with a hard-to-pronounce last name (just say "X-hideous") who was literally there when and where it all began. Xydias grew up in Los Angeles and raced a ‘34 Ford on the dry lakes near Muroc and El…
Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Top Sportsman winner Allen Firestone
Following a runner-up finish at the 2021 U.S. Nationals, Allen Firestone claimed his third career national event title when he stopped Freddy Perkins in the final of Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers. Firestone aced the final…
Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Top Dragster winner Wayne Landry
Two years ago, Wayne Landry won the NHRA Southern Nationals Top Dragster title in a race that was contested at Gainesville Raceway. Landry scored again in Gainesville with a final-round win against Clint Riley. Landry didn’t leave much margin…
Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Super Gas winner Kevin MacNicol
Kevin MacNicol made good in his first national event final-round appearance, making the four-hour trek up Interstate 75 pay off with a thrilling final-round victory over fellow Floridian Frank Altilio. After a near-even launch, MacNicol eked…
Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Super Comp winner Hugh Meeks III
Hugh Meeks III collected career win No. 3 and his first since scoring a pair of Super Stock wins in 2005, putting together a stout package consisting of a .010 reaction and an 8.909 to force three-time Gatornationals winner Sherman Adcock Jr.…
Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Stock winner Jeff Strickland
Following his win over Ron Urquhart in the final round of Stock, Jeff Strickland now has four Gatornationals victories in six final rounds. Strickland drove his COPO Camaro to the win with a 9.161 on his 9.17 dial. Urquhart, who won back-to-…
Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Super Stock winner Pete D’Agnolo
After winning a pair of national events in Comp last season, Pete D’Agnolo returned to the winner’s circle with an impressive performance in Super Stock. D’Agnolo ran his record to a perfect 4-0 in finals with a narrow victory over Billy Ryan…
Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Comp winner David Eaton
Thirteen years after tasting his first homestate victory, Florida Comp favorite and reigning Division 2 champ David Eaton collected another Gatornationals title when he powered his Oakley-backed A/AP Bantam roadster to a (-51) 6.67 to defeat…
Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Top Alcohol Dragster winner Jasmine Salinas
A year after walking away from a devastating crash at the 2021 Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, Jasmine Salinas experienced the greatest retribution by driving her Scrappers Racing entry to her first national event victory, winning a…
Angie Smith hopes strong Gainesville performance was the start of something really good
Coming off a runner-up finish at the season-opening Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals and a career-best 6.72, Pro Stock Motorcycle’s Angie Smith is hoping the best is yet to come.
If not for Karen Stoffer, who lit up Gainesville Raceway with a string of record-breaking runs and a victory, much of the attention in the Pro Stock Motorcycle class would currently be focused on Angie Smith, and rightly so.
Smith didn’t win in…
Mark 'the Cowboy' Pawuk's Dodge Drag Pak is full-gallop into the new year
The 2022 season has been good to NHRA veteran Mark Pawuk, who reset both ends of the Constant Aviation NHRA Factory Stock Showdown national record at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals to highlight a great March.
Mark Pawuk has said that he's been in love with drag racing since high school, when he tagged along to Ohio's Dragway 42 one night with the owners of the transmission shop where he was then employed. It wasn't long after that fateful Sunday that…
Jasmine Salinas adds to Scrappers team, family collection of event Wallys
With her Top Alcohol Dragster victory at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, Jasmine Salinas joined her father, Mike, and sister Jianna as NHRA national event winners and shared her thoughts about the big win with NHRA on FOX's Brian Lohnes.
Randy Meyer Racing to debut injected nitro Funny Car at Funny Car Chaos event
Current Top Alcohol Dragster standout Julie Nataas will drive a new A/Fuel Funny Car for the Randy Meyer Racing team; NHRA will continue to monitor progress of the injected nitro combination.
After winning the last three NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Top Alcohol Dragster world championships with daughters Megan and Rachel, A/Fuel tuner and team owner Randy Meyer is looking for a new challenge. He’s found one – or built one, rather –…
Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Sportsman video highlights
Jasmine Salinas, David Eaton, and Pete D'Agnolo led the list of Lucas Oil Series winners at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.
A year after walking away from a devastating crash at the 2021 Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, Jasmine Salinas experienced the greatest retribution by driving her Scrappers Racing entry to her first national event victory in Top…
Phillips Connect extends relationship with Justin Ashley Racing for full season
Justin Ashley Racing has announced that its primary sponsorship agreement with Phillips Connect will be extended for the full 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.
Justin Ashley Racing has announced that its primary sponsorship agreement with Phillips Connect, a national leader in semi-trailer tracking and sensor technologies, will be extended for the full 2022 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.…
Pro Stock Motorcycle teams test at Indianapolis Raceway Park
A week after their season debut at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, Pro Stock Motorcycle racers Eddie Krawiec, Angelle Sampey, Steve Johnson, and Ryan Oehler tested at Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Electric dragster exhibition runs returned to NHRA on FOX at Gainesville
The world's fastest electric-powered dragster was on display and made exhibition runs at the 2022 Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. Steve Huff made multiple runs in the machine at the event, presented by Pep Boys Electric Vehicle Service.
NHRA Arizona Nationals Top Sportsman champion Don Meziere
Don Meziere is a perfect two for two to start the 2022 season after he followed his Pomona victory with another win in Phoenix. Meziere ran his winning streak to 10 rounds in Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers, including a single…
NHRA Arizona Nationals Top Dragster champion Art Hoover
Art Hoover ran his record to a perfect 3-0 in final rounds following his final-round win against Rodger Comstock in Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers. Hoover, who won the last Top Dragster event in Phoenix in 2020, claimed the…
NHRA Arizona Nationals Super Street champion Matthew Bong
Racing at an NHRA national event for the first time at his home track couldn’t have gone any better for Matthew Bong, who wheeled his 427-powered Mustang to his first career win. Bong had his car expertly dialed in the final, running a near-…
NHRA Arizona Nationals Super Gas champion Mark Yeager
Seventeen years after his breakthrough first career win in Phoenix, Mark Yeager was back for seconds. The California driver wheeled his West Coast Architectural Sheet Metal ’63 Corvette roadster to a tight .012-second final-round package, tying…
NHRA Arizona Nationals Super Comp champion Dan Foley
The fourth time was the charm for Dan Foley to finally collect his first career win in Super Comp. Foley, whose 8.901 in round one made his SDPC RaceShop/Foley Electric Service dragster the low qualifier, repeated that number in the final round…
NHRA Arizona Nationals Stock champion Leo Glasbrenner
A week after winning in Pomona, Leo Glasbrenner continued his perfect start by winning his ninth national event title in Phoenix. In the final round, Glasbrenner drove his COPO Camaro past Jeff Jerome’s vintage Plymouth with a perfect 9.41 on…
NHRA Arizona Nationals Super Stock champion Ryan McClanahan
Former world champ Ryan McClanahan earned his 10th career win and second in Phoenix when he grabbed the Super Stock title. McClanahan made a solo run in the final with his quick SS/AM Cobalt after opponent Larry McLanahan was a no-show…
NHRA Arizona Nationals Sportsman video highlights
Winternationals champs Leo Glasbrenner and Leo Glasbrenner continued their hot streaks by winning their second events of the season at the NHRA Arizona Nationals at World Horse Pass Motorsports Park outside of Phoenix.
Winternationals champs Leo Glasbrenner and Dave Meziere continued their hot streaks by winning their second events of the season at the NHRA Arizona Nationals at World Horse Pass Motorsports Park outside of Phoenix.
Former world champ…
Shawn Langdon fueling the future as Super Comp coach for next-gen racers
Shawn Langdon is recognized most often as a Top Fuel world champion and 17-time nitro winner, but he's also found a way to get back to his roots — as something of a coach for third-year Super Comp competitor Madison Payne.
Shawn Langdon is recognized most often in NHRA's Camping World Drag Racing Series as a driver who holds the reins of an 11,000-hp race car. The 2013 Top Fuel champion and 17-time nitro winner campaigns the CMR Construction & Roofing Top Fuel…
Gatornationals Top Fuel runner-up Doug Foley sees more good times ahead
Doug Foley reached his first career Top Fuel final at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, setting up the seasoned veteran for a continued push for the Foley & Lewis team for the rest of the season.
The Science of Speed: Crew Chief Andrew Hines on the team's return to Suzuki
Their Suzuki relationship developed in the ’80s with Terry Vance and Byron Hines, now second-generation Vance & Hines' Crew Chief Andrew Hines is back with Suzuki and giving NHRA fans a taste of what to watch for in 2022.
Motorsports legend Tony Stewart revels in first win as an NHRA team owner
It didn't take long for Tony Stewart to find the winner's circle, as he has done throughout his Hall of Fame motorsports career, but this one came as the new team owner of an NHRA Funny Car with driver Matt Hagan at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.
