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DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Gas champ Craig Porter
Craig Porter won his second national event title and first since the 2016 Reading event when he topped world champ Iggie Boicesco in a double-breakout Super Gas final, 9.893 to 9.885. Porter got to the final after wins over Ricky Hall and David…
DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Comp champ Bob Prose
Bob Prose won his first national event in Super Comp after Michael Handras fouled in the final round. Prose ran an 8.920 to seal the win, and he nearly raced his daughter, Alison, in the final round after she lost a tough semifinal race against…
DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals Stock champ Timothy Stickles
Timothy Stickles had to face a tough challenge on his way to a first win in Stock eliminator when he took on Brad Plourd in the final round. Stickles saved his best run for last with a .004 light and a 12.194 on his 12.16 dial that was too much…
DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals Super Stock champ Dan Fletcher
It took much longer than he’d hoped, but Dan Fletcher now has 105 NHRA national event wins, moving into a tie with Frank Manzo for second place behind John Force on NHRA’s all-time wins list. Fletcher drove his familiar Micro Strategies ’69…
DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals Comp champ Frank Aragona Jr.
Frank Aragona Jr. helped himself in the championship race by winning a second straight Comp title in his J/AA ’32 Bantam. Aragona, a winner a week ago in Reading, drove to a (-.400) 7.600 to beat Larry Pritchett’s slowing 8.733 in his A/SM…
DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car champ Sean Bellemeur
Sean Bellemeur’s odds of winning a third Top Alcohol Funny Car title got a huge boost when he turned on the win light in the final round against Nick Januik, 5.532 to 5.554. Bellemeur, who now has six combined national and regional victories…
DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster champ Matt Cummings
Matt Cummings has raced in just eight national events this season in the McPhillips family A/Fuel dragster, and he’s now got three wins after defeating Karen Stalba in the Top Alcohol Dragster final round. Cummings, a winner in Reading and a…
DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals Sportsman video highlights
A week after winning titles at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals Presented By Pennzoil in Reading, Matthew Cummings and Frank Aragona returned to the winner’s circle at the DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals in Charlotte.
A week after winning titles at the Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals Presented By Pennzoil in Reading, Matthew Cummings and Frank Aragona Jr. returned to the winner’s circle at the DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals in Charlotte with victories in Top…
JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Funny Car champ Brian Hough
The West Region got a chance to celebrate after Brian Hough stopped Central Region racer Kyle Smith in the Top Alcohol Funny Car final. Hough drove to a 5.499 to edge Smith’s 5.554.
JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Dragster champ Julie Nataas
Julie Nataas, racing for the North Central Region, earned the title in Top Alcohol Dragster with a strong performance in her Randy Meyer Racing entry. Nataas got a single run in the final round after opponent James Stevens broke. Nataas also…
JEGS Allstars Top Sportsman champ Robert Strohm
In Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers, Division 6 racer Robert Strohm celebrated a win with a 7.445 on his 7.40 dial after Division 4’s Bob Gulitti got loose and had to lift before the finish line.
JEGS Allstars Top Dragster champ Al Kenny
There was a former world champion in the winner’s circle in Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers as Al Kenny of the Division 1 team drove to a narrow win over Division 3’s Al Peavler. Both drivers posted a 6.10-second dial, and Kenny…
JEGS Allstars Stock champ Jerry Emmons
A red-light decided the Stock final, where Division 3’s Randi Lyn Shipp left a fraction of a second too soon, allowing Division 4 ace Jerry Emmons to drove to the title. With a free pass, Emmons drove his Lucas Oil Camaro to a 10.272 on his 10.…
JEGS Allstars Super Stock champ Bryan Worner
Reigning NHRA Super Stock world champion Bryan Worner drove to a win in Super Stock for the Division 1 team after Division 7’s Brian Broussart red-lighted by just two thousandths of a second.
JEGS Allstars Comp champ Doug Engels
Doug Engels claimed the victory after Craig Bourgeois had to lift off the throttle in his front-engine A/Nostalgia Dragster. Racing against a 7.89 index, Engels drove to a 7.361 to seal the victory.
JEGS Allstars Super Street champ Jacob Rutledge
Jacob Rutledge, making his first Allstars appearance, went the distance in Super Street after Division 7 racer Ryan Giacone red-lighted in the final.
JEGS Allstars Super Gas champ Rusty Cook
Rusty Cook chipped in with three valuable round-wins for the division 2 team after scoring a narrow 9.918 to 9.889 decision over defending JEGS Allstars winner Jeremy Mason in Super Gas.
JEGS Allstars Super Comp champ Ray Miller III
Ray Miller III, the former Super Comp world champ and current points leader, defeated Division 3 rep Zach Fisher with an 8.94 in the final round.
Tim Wilkerson doesn’t want recent hot stretch to stop heading to home track
September has already been a great month for Tim Wilkerson, and now, the Funny Car veteran has a chance to cap it off in style at his home track during this weekend’s NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway in St. Louis.
September has already been a great month for Tim Wilkerson, and now, the Funny Car veteran has a chance to cap it off in style at his home track during this weekend’s NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway in St. Louis. Wilkerson…
Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals Top Sportsman champion Jimmy Lewis
Jimmy Lewis won 11 national events and a world championship in Super Gas, but he’d never won Indy until he beat current championship leader Allen Firestone in the final of Top Sportsman presented by Vortech Superchargers. Lewis got the win with…
Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals Top Dragster champion Zach Sackman
The win in Top Dragster presented by Vortech Superchargers went to Zach Sackman, who previously won the Chicago race in 2017. Sackman was at his best in the final with a .003 light and a 6.113 against his 6.11 dial to stop Bradley Johnson, last…
Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals Super Street champion Larry Paden
Larry Paden became just the second driver to win a U.S. Nationals title in Super Street, joining 2020 champ Raymond Miller. Racing his Chevy S-10 against the best 10.90 drivers in the country, Paden got to the final with wins against Shawn…
Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals Super Gas champion Edmond Richardson
The Super Gas final marked the return of four-time world champ Edmond Richardson, who claimed his 49th career win and first in Super Gas when Tim Gillespie fouled in the final round by .008-second. Richardson had his work cut out for himself in…
Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals Super Comp champion Nick Isenhower
Nick Isenhower competes regularly at Lucas Oil Raceway, and he put that experience to good use during his run to the Super Comp title. After defeating former Indy winner Lynn Ellison and JEGS Allstars rep Rusty Cook, Isenhower won the final…
Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals Stock champion Matt Lisa
A pair of Northeast Division racers squared off in the Stock final with Matt Lisa earning his first win against Todd Hoven’s high-flying Dodge Coronet in Stock. Lisa ran under his 10.97 dial with a 10.959, but that was enough as Hoven also ran…
Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals Super Stock champion Matt Morris
Super Stock champ Matt Morris didn’t let the pressure of an Indy final get to him as he used a .008 light and a 9.748 on a 9.72 dial to claim the win against Gary Emmons, who broke out in his Lucas Oil entry. Morris had a tough road to the final…
Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals Como champion Jim Greenheck
Two years ago, Jim Greenheck earned his first national event title in Brainerd, and now, he’s got a second after wheeling his C-Tech Manufacturing D/AA Camaro to the Comp title over three-time world champion Frank Aragona Jr. Greenheck helped…
Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals Top Alcohol Funny Car champion Doug Gordon
Doug Gordon, the reigning Indy champ and world champion, drove his Beta Motorcycles Camaro to career win No. 14 by stopping Shane Westerfield in the Top Alcohol Funny Car final round. Both drivers ran 5.492 in the final, but the race ended on…
Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster champion Jackie Fricke
Jackie Fricke won a race at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis last season when he earned the JEGS Allstars title, but this year’s win in Top Alcohol Dragster over Matt Cummings was easily the biggest of her career. Fricke, who ran nothing but 5.…
Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals Sportsman video highlights
Given the rich history and tradition of the Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals, it would be difficult for anyone to win NHRA’s oldest and most prestigious event and not feel at least a small amount of emotion. That wasn’t a problem for the 10 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series champions crowned at this year’s event.
Given the rich history and tradition of the Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals, it would be difficult for anyone to win NHRA’s oldest and most prestigious event and not feel at least a small amount of emotion. That wasn’t a problem for the 10 NHRA Lucas…