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Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Stock winner Jeff Strickland

23 Mar 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
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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-…
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Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Super Stock winner Pete D’Agnolo

23 Mar 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
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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…
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Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Comp winner David Eaton

23 Mar 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
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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…
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Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Top Alcohol Dragster winner Jasmine Salinas

23 Mar 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
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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…
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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.
23 Mar 2022
Kevin McKenna, NHRA National Dragster Senior Editor
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Angie Smith
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…
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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.
23 Mar 2022
Kelly Wade
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Mark Pawuk
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…
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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.
22 Mar 2022
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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.
22 Mar 2022
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Julie Nataas
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 –…
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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.
22 Mar 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Sportsman video highlights
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…
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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. 
22 Mar 2022
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Justin Ashley
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.…
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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.
22 Mar 2022
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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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.
22 Mar 2022
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Electric dragster exhibitions returned to NHRA on FOX at Gainesville
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NHRA Arizona Nationals Top Sportsman champion Don Meziere

21 Mar 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
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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…
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NHRA Arizona Nationals Top Dragster champion Art Hoover

21 Mar 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
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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…
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NHRA Arizona Nationals Super Street champion Matthew Bong

21 Mar 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
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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-…
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NHRA Arizona Nationals Super Gas champion Mark Yeager

21 Mar 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
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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…
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NHRA Arizona Nationals Super Comp champion Dan Foley

21 Mar 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
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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…
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NHRA Arizona Nationals Stock champion Leo Glasbrenner

21 Mar 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
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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…
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NHRA Arizona Nationals Super Stock champion Ryan McClanahan

21 Mar 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
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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…
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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.
21 Mar 2022
NHRA National Dragster staff
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NHRA Arizona Nationals Sportsman video highlights
  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…
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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.
21 Mar 2022
Kelly Wade
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Shawn Langdon
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…
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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.
21 Mar 2022
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Doug Foley
 
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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.
21 Mar 2022
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The Science of Speed: Crew Chief Andrew Hines on the team's return to Suzuki
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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.
21 Mar 2022
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Tony Stewart
 
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All the thrills of four-wide racing to be unleashed in Las Vegas at Four-Wide Nats

Drag racing’s ultimate thrill ride returns to the entertainment capital of the world, as the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals are set to take place April 1-3 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 
21 Mar 2022
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Four-Wide
Drag racing’s ultimate thrill ride returns to the entertainment capital of the world, as the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals are set to take place April 1-3 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  The incredible thrill of four 11,000-hp nitro-…
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Funny Car fury: What's going inside the car during a 330-mph pass

Driving a straight-line drag race car might look simple, but there’s a lot that goes on that you can’t always see from the grandstands. Two-time NHRA Funny Car champ Cruz Pedregon walks us through what it takes to make a run.
19 Mar 2022
Phil Burgess, NHRA National Dragster Editor
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Cruz Pedregon
Driving a straight-line drag race car might look simple, but there’s a lot that goes on that you can’t always see from the grandstands. Two-time NHRA Funny Car champ Cruz Pedregon walks us through what it takes to make a run in one of the 300-…
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Stump Bob: Which drivers have scored their first round-wins against world champs?

NHRA historian and statistician Bob Frey cannot be stumped!
18 Mar 2022
Bob Frey
Stump Bob
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OK ... so, here goes.  When Chad Green beat Matt Hagan in Las Vegas in 2021, Hagan was the reigning champion (Hagan won in 2020), and it was the first round-win for Green. And, to date, his only round-win. Including Green, there have…
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Titan Racing Engines: Standing on the shoulders of giants

Pro Stock rookie Camrie Caruso hasn't wasted any time in showing her capabilities, setting top speed at her first race and grabbing a pair of round-wins at her next two, and a large part of that can be attributed to the Titan Racing Engines power beneath the hood of her Camaro.
17 Mar 2022
Kelly Wade
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Titan Racing Engines
Camrie Caruso hasn't wasted any time in showing her capabilities in the NHRA Pro Stock ranks, and a large part of that can be attributed to the Titan Racing Engines power beneath the hood of her Right Trailers/Powerbuilt Tools Chevrolet Camaro.…
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Can you name the Funny Car driver with the most Gainesville wins?

He has double the number of victories at the Gators than his closest rival — did you guess right?
17 Mar 2022
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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Can you name the Funny Car driver with most Gainesville wins?
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Behind the scenes with the winners of the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals

Before the NHRA on FOX TV cameras begin rolling on the winners from an NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series event, the final-round participants often exchange heartfelt sentiments with one another. Here's a look behind those scenes from the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.
17 Mar 2022
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Behind the scenes
 
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